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New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
DYING WHILE on TIE WITNESS STAND.

David VI. Mcckrr, ,nc of the oldest and most
prominent business men of Newark, expired III l.
noon yesterday. Mr.. Mcckcr was engaged in giving
testimony before Il Master in Chanccry in regard 10
contested assessments for thc Mill Brook SEVER and
was being cIO>s-cA uinncd by the cIty counsel lie
had just answered - question, when he irIncd for
walu in his chair, and in less than ten minutes was
found to hc dead The deceased man was Il member
Of ths firm of Gardner, Harrison a Co., macahlr
iron manufacturers. from 1873 to IS1N. when
the firm bccaInc I.lson a. Mcrkcr. In 1871, Mr.
Mrckcr hrr4mr sole proprietor He was sixty years
uOsitiOns.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
DEAD FROM VIOLENCE OR EXCESS.

Mrs. Annie Wcnirkrr. the wife of Adam Wcnlrkcr,
n baker living in the rear house at No IudlON ST.
was found dead in her room yesterday morning.
She was covered with hlood Til" husband WIS
arrested on suspicion of having caused her death.
His head was bruised and cut. and il" admitted
that he had been fighting during the ngt with
his Wifr. Int denied that hr had allied her After
the liglIt both had fallen asleep; when tn" baker
awOkc in the morning the woman was dcai The
stencil in the from rum and filth WAS s" l"r.
Thr that neither the police nor the Coroner dared
to stay To make an examination ui the body and
Coroner Ellngcr ordered it to hc s,nt tO the
MOrguc where the autopsy will he made. Nn
marks Of injury discovered hy superficial
examination. but Wcnickrr committed {" the
Tomhs To await the result of an inquest. Both h"
and his wife were hard drinkers. The woman,
il was said, had not been sober ior five days.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
CLEARING AN ORSTRrCTEp PIER.

The ohstructcd and filthy condition of Pier
North River has been a s0urc" oi much complaint
from agents of stcamboats landing there, and also
from persons who patrOn/c the steamboats,
Yesterday the Dock Commissioners CONSIDERED
some of thcsr complaints which set forth Thai tho
pier is numbered up with old pig iron, scrap Lon
and other freight which is allowed TO remain sly
rral days at Il inr and the surface" of the pier in
some places - covered with chloride of lHnr aud
and many PERSONS have had their clothing injured
10y it. Chici Englurrr Greene also reported that
the pier surfacr was becoming seriously damaged
from is present condition. 4 resolution was
adoptcd requiring the owners to remove their
freight within specified time. ulurmIng them
C%pclSc
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
BASEBALL NOTES.

The Boston Club played the Cincinnati Club
at Boston yesterday and won by score Of IL to 2.
The Eastern clubs will play In the Western cities next
week as follows: The Worcester Club at Cincinnati,
the Providence Club at Cleveland the Boston Club at
Buffalo and the Troy Ciuo a. CnlcaG9; Inc Western
home.
An excellant game was played between the Chicago
and the Worcester clubs Worcester Mass yes erday
Il required innings decide the game the Chicago
Club winning by score of 2 10 O.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
NEW BROOKLYN OFFICIALS.
REpTBLICANS IN CONTROL.

TIE NEW LAW PROMPTLY CARRIED INTO EFFECT
NEW HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS APPOINTED BY
THE CONTROLLER AND AUDITOR - FEELING
AMONG POLITICIANS.
The bill providing for the appointment OF single
heads for the Brooklyn municipal departments Dy
the Controller and Auditor was signed by the Gov
ernor Yesterday. and the officials named at once
made the appointments. All the appontees are
Republicans, and virtual revolution in the polit-
cal complexion of the city government is effected
Legal proceedings have been begun by the dis
placed officials.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
PlSSENG ERS ARRITED.
FROM LIYERPOOI-BY STEAMSHIP a
NOTICE TO NARINERS.

SEW LIGHT AT STAGE HARBOR on HARDISG'S
BEACH. MASSACHUSETTS,.
OFFICE TIE LIGITH rsR BoARD,l
WASHINGTON. June Ii. 1880.
NoticC IL hereby given that on and after July 10. 1880
fixed the fourth lighting go" OF the no.
Will be- from Recently erected
nj Stage abDr ardings Beach, Ot Massachusetts,
ghthOs" painted red the lantern black The
focal plane - lcct ahOvc the ground - feet above
ow water. The Keepers dwelling is painted white and
stands feet south OF the The approximate position
II the thOu.r taken from the United States Coast and
tc0riIr survey Charts, follows Lat. Al" 80 20 NJ
ion, 90 30 W.
ISy order OF the Lighthouse BOARD. JOHN RODGERS.
Rear Admiral L. s. Navy, Chairman.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
DISCUSSIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

regular meeting of the Board of Education was
held yesterday afternoon. The report OF the City
Superintendent for May stated that 327 classes had
been examined, and that the general management
Of the tweniy-sevcn schools visited excellent.
special order of business the discussion of the
report of the Committee on Buildings, presented on
june o, relative to new bylaws on repairs atcra-
tions, etc., to school buildings. This Occasicncd a
debate. Six OF the resolutions were adopted and
two were referred to the Finance Committee.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
ALAPGE CONSIGNMENT or MorSIoNS.

The four European steamships which arrived
yesterday. landed 2.579 immigrants at Cast L.
I;ardcIl-thc Wiclaud. from Hamburg gON; the
Wisconsin, from liyrrpool, $50; the AhyS-
sinia. from I.vcrpool. 53N and the Canada
from IIavrr SOB Among the passengers ui the
Wisconsin were $50 Mornons, accompanied by
eleven missionaries. who will 20 to Salt Lake City
and other p"rlioi.s Of the tah Territory. These
converts to the faith Of the Latter Day Saints were
from England, Wales, Scotllnd, switzerland.
SchcsWig- IIostcin and the northern part ol
Germany. There were several old men and women
among them. Whose passages w'rc paid hy their
children and other relatives in the Mormon
Territory. There were about one hundred children
among the Mormon mmigrautS Il numbrr of
cnmry Young women and several hardy Young
men. They will he forwarded to their destinations
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
HOME " II TVS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

Fifth Hrenue Hotel-GOvernor Charle9 Foster, OF
OHIO dc Presenst secretary Of the French y tegan
Captain GEORGE NJ. Wheeler United states EnglDees, anu
olive Logan Sikes Ho0ndn pthon
Warner Miller HerEmcr, n. Y..S Isnts BiSh9p
T. o. Haven syracuse. GTGnd HotetIGeneIa u =;
Augur L. s. nm. BrerOort HOuSc-Frederick Bllnngs' oi
vermont and Professor Richardson OF trinity College
Buckfnqhdm HOe-rhe Rev Dr Bralnard OF AnDurn ~ p
81 Nicholas IIotei-Lieutenant a. Markwad OF the
German Army Windsor Ho-J j. Belden' OF SYRACUSE
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17

"Fonrth of ,Jnly July 81 have sent petition to
the Board of Managers asking that July . may aiso
be observed as n holiday.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17

He went into q prominent drug store, and
said 70 the deptist you pulls out mitSut pain ~" Ger
sbiminy-you dinks dat don't hurt none, py grRcious
fSan Antonio Herald.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
ANXIOUS FOR TWO HOLIDAYS

About 800 members OF the Produce Exchange
Tho are anxious for an additional holiday with the
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
LONG ISLAND.
TRuELLERN 10 EEEOPE.

Following are the lists Of cabin pas>cnacrs
who VIII sad to-day on III" Inman steamship Cuy of
Montreal, and the Imperial German Mail Steamship
SucN1a:
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
MARINE (NTELLIGENOE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATU RE ALMANAC.
snn ri.e. 4.2s sun sets.. 1888 Clock fast On 46s
Moon sets O2i Moon sonths. 73i MOons days, 10
HIGH WATER TO-DAY a, n.
Sandy HOOK. IL Island. 2.37 Hell Gate... 4:26
IlI wATEP rO.DAY-P. ".
Sandy Hook. 2iI Island. 3:05 He'll Gate 4:b7
New-York tribune., 1880-06-17

Made from Grape Cream Tartar.
such light, flaky hot breads, or luxuriC
indigesuDle food. ~ The rich cOOkiI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
LATER NEWs.

ACTING Postmaster-General Hazen,
on the 18th, issued an order TO exclude from
the mails registered letters and letters con-
tanning postal money orders addressed to sew
eral firms alleged TO be engaged In conduct
ing fraudulent lotteries Mt Louisville and
CovingtOn, KY, and New York City.
AN Augusta, Me-, dispatch, on the
10Th stated that the election returns received
up 20 that time gave Davis plurality OF about
200 votes There were still a few towns and
plantations TO hear from.
MICHAEL DAvITT, the Irish agitator,
arrived at Oakland, Cal, on the 10Th, and was
escorted through the principal streets by a
torchllght procession to Germania Hall, where
he delivered an address 10 large audience.
General w. s. Rosecrans was the presiding
officer.
THE trouble at the Corning coal
mines in Perry County, Ohio, assumed such
proportions on the 10th that the sheriff
ordered a company OF militia 20 the scene
and later called on the Governor for add-
tional troops, The miners assaulted the
works In the evening when they were ordered
10 halt by the militia and they responded
by firing upon the troops. The troops re.
turned the ire, Wounding several men and
scattering the assaulting party.
THE following circular was issued by
the Secretary of the Treasury on the 18th;
Until further notice the United States
Assistant Treasurer at New York will pay out
at his counter standard silver dollars
or silver certificates In sums Of $40, or any
multiples thereof, In exchange for like amounts
Of gold coin or gold bullion deposited with
him Upon receipt by the Treasurer Of the
United States in this city OF an original GER
tlleate OF deposit Issued by the United States
Assistant Treasurer at New York with him OF
gold coin or gold bullion IN sums Of $40, or
any multiple thereof payment OF like
amount In standard silver dollars or silver
certificates at the counter OF any United States
Assistant Treasurer designated by depositor
will be ordered"
DIR. r. II. TALBOT, editor of the
Greeaback STANDARD at Maryville, Mo-, was
shot through the window Of his bedroom on
the night OF the 18th by On unknown assassin.
The ball Weighing an ounce, passed through
the DOCTORS body and slightly wounded Mrs.
Talbot, who was In bed. Dr. Talbot died
on the 10Th,
AT the Chicago race track, on the
18th, Maud s. trotted a mile in 2;lO9l, beat
ing the best time on record half a second.
A FIRE at East Las Vegas, N. NJ, on
the 10th, destroyed fifteen business houses
two hotels, a theater, the postoillce and seY'
eral saloons. About 200 people were render.
eahomeless. Loss estimated at 100000.
CAPTAIN NELSON, Of the trading
schooner Western Home, which arrived at
San Francisco ON the 18th, reports the Arctic
relief revenue cutter Thomas Corwin lying al
one OF the small porls unable 20 proceed or
her voyage, owing to the immense flows oi
Ice which bar her way Captain Nelson says
the ice this year had offered more dinicultiel
70 Noyagers OF the Northern Sea than has
been known for years.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
A Fight with Kerosene Lamps as Weap-
Ons-0ne Man Fatally and An
other Dangerously BurRed.

Somewhat brief mention was made in
Yesterdays Tribune of a frightful duel he
tween two men armed with Kerosene lamps.
One Of the contestants died at the County
Hospital yesterday, aud the death of the other
was expected TO follow before to-day. The
case is almost unparalleled for rfrlghtful atroc-
ity. The particular portion OF the yard of the
Union Iron and Steel Mills, used for loading
cars, is lighted, when the men arc
working nights, by some thirty. or forty
kerosene lamps, These are OF double
tin, and contain about a pint of oil
each. They are designed for hand use. The
wick is set in q funnel, which stands about
four inches above the top OF the lamp, and II Is
very well known TO those who handle them
down they either explode or tho oil runs from
them and catches fire. William Doyle and
Thomas Connell, the victims of the Sunday
morning duel, are old employees In the yard,
and must have been perfectly well acquainted
with these facts. Both men had been quar-
rellng all night about where their lamps should
be placed 10 throw the best light, and the work.
men who heard these spats say 1t was hard to
tell who was right and who wrong. However,
ponent, and this he did without any other
proyocatiOn than Doyle's angry words, Doyle
retaliated by hurllng his lamp at his assailant.
The burning oil flew In all directions, and the
other workmen were obliged TO run TO prevent
their clothes from taking fire. The lighting
men Clinched, and their lamps, exploding IN
quick succession, deluged them both with
burning oil and otherwise injured them. But
II was only when their burning clothing was
scorohing their bodies Into a crisp that
they ceased the combat. Their fellow,
workmen rushed TO their assistance, and
several were badly burned about the hands In
their prRiseworthy endeayOr TO save the lives
of the two men by tearing from them the
burning clothing. Before this could be ao.
compllshed Doyle was terribly ohared, and
his screams OF agony could be heard for blocks,
COnnel was not quite so badly burned but bis
pain was almost as intense as that of Doyle,
Both were attended as soon as possible by Dr.
Greer, who said promptly that Doyle could not
live, and he thought Connelrs condition pre-,
carlous. Doyle was taken home TO No. ~
Church place, where he has wife and two
children, and Connell was taken to his home
at the corner of Wood and Fourteenth streets
where he has a wife and six children, but sub
sequently both were taken 70 the County
Hospital. There Doyle died In the most horri
BILE agony yesterday forenoon, The Deputy
Coroner, who was notified, went there 20 hold
the inquest, but the Hospital physicians could
extend no hope for ConnelrH recovery, and
his condition was so low that 1t was decided
10 postpone the inquest until to-day, when the
chances are that the inquest Will be double
one.-ChicuOO Tribune.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
The Wooden Bridge Across the Golden
LsOrn.

THE bridge, an old wooden pontoon,
connecting Stamboul, the old city, with
Galata and Pera, is the place of all 9TH
ers TO see strange sights; from dawn till
dark it is filled with a never-ending
Kaleidoscope throng. Men wearing the
ordinary semi-military suit, with the fez
for head covering; women enveloped,
except the eyes, in yoshmak and feredji,
with yellow, pointed shoes; children in
funny quilted garments, boys and girls
alike, except that the girl wears fancy
gauze handkerchief on the head and the
boy wears the fez; Greek and Armenian
women bareheaded, otherwise dressed a
Ia Frank; Imams or priests In long
robes, streaming behind them as they
walk, the fez wound with white tur-
ban; Circassians with drab coat, fitting
tight 10 the waist, skirts full and plait-
ed, girdles bristling with weapons, the
head surmounted by tall astrachan fur
hat hamals with their immense bur-
dens, for whom every body and every
thing must give way; Dervishes, with
high conical hats of light felt in long
robes; Armenian priests in long black
gowns, tall hats and long wells; water
CdIIlbIs Win wafer NOolbu WIN lup mum
Olympus, in leather bottles, clinking
their glasses and crying, "Water, cold
as icel" Soldiers in uniform of blue,
corded and trimmed with red, consist
ing of full trousers reaching below the
knee, ample girdle and short embroi-
dered jacket; peasant women with gay
Jackets and full trousers reaching the
ankles; and mingled with this motley
throng are faces at once recognized as
German, Italian, Jewish, English and
American, besides carriages, horses,
donkeys and dogsl There are men sell
'ng an endless variety of things-fruits,
iuts, and raisins mixed (as they should
always be eaten), toys, shoes, flowers,
helvahs, and great many other dain-
ties, of which the names would give you
no idea; men carrying Turkish and
Persian rugs over their shoulders that
would excite the cupidity of any Ameri-
can housekeeper, and last, but not
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gathered from All Quarters.


TIE American Charge d'Affaires at
Constantinople having represented that, in
view Of the complications now existing I'm the
East and the probability Of an early opening
Of hostilities between the foreign powers, it
would be advisable to have an American war
vessel at that port 10 protect American inter
ests. Secretary Thompson has ordered the
Nipsic TO proceed thither without delay.
THE work of taking the census of the
Indians in the United States will be com
meneed October 1st.
THE statement of the Department of
Agriculture shows that the average condition
Of the corn crop for September for the whole
country IS ninety-one, a decline Of sevenper
cent. since the returns Of August lst.
THE Board of Architects have re-
ported in favor Of erecting a new building for
the Congressional Library.
THE total value of exports of domes-
tic brcadstuns from the United States for the
month of August, 1880 was S3l, ,49S,9l5.
THE September estimate of the wheat
crop this year gives the condition at ninety
against ninetY-two in 1879.
A WASHINGTON dispatch ,'on the 18th,
stated that reports had reached there Of the
prevalence Of a mild type Of yellow fever on
the lower Mississippi seventy-fyc cases, with
several deaths being reported since August.
The National Board Of Health has no official
information on the subject, but the officers
say It is altogether probable that the fever
exists
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
WEST AND aOUTu.

A FIRE in Columbia, Texas, on the
18th, destroyed sixteen stores. Loss estlma-
ted at $4,000 to ESQ, 600; no insurance.
The Workingmen of San Francisco
have renominated Kalloch for Mayor.
FOURTEEN female missionaries from
the Presbyterian Board OF Missionaries passed
through Cheyenne, w, T., on the IAN, on
their way TO the Mormon settlements In Utah.
Idaho and Western Wyoming.
In shooting affair at Buffalo Springs,
Texas, on the 18th, J. T. Lamb received twelve
buckshot in his person, George Edwards 1--WE,
Colonel Young four and Press Chandler was
hhot In the hand. Maltreatment Of a hog was
the origin Of the dlhloulty.
GENERAL BUsHRoD JOHNSON, who
was Major General In the Confederate sery-
fee, died at Brighton, Ill.,, on the 18th.
WAITsBURG, Washington Territory.
was almost totally destroyed by fire on the
18th. One Chinaman was burned 10 death.
The Missouri Greenbackers have put
fun Electoral ticket In the field.
In the District Court at Leayenworth
Kan, on the l4th, Thomas q. Thurston. who
on the Goth Of last MdS, without proyocatiop
in the streets Of LeaYenworth, shot AZ Ia,
back Of d. r. Anthony, editor OF the Time,
while the latter was walking away from him
missed him and seriously wounded Luclei
Baker, 4 prominent attorney, nd John p
Douglass, withdrew his plea Of not guilty 0
attempting murder and pleaded guilty.
The trial of Virgil and Hamilton
Gully on the charge Of the murder Of John
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
His Own Surgeon.

THAT Gen. Sickles is alive to-day is
due only to his great presence of mind.
When he fell on the field of Gettysburg
he tainted. Recovering consciousness,
but half dazed, he found he was com
pletely away from the hope of immediate
help, and that blood was gushing from
his leg in jets, showing that an artery
was severed. Painfully raising himself
until he found his handkerchief, he tied
It around the wound in such way as to
stop the flow, aud, in order TO secure
additional tightening, ran his sword
handle under the handkerchief, and with
all his power twisted it around and held
it so until the surgeon came on the bat
tle-feld. Like most persons, he had
read directions of what was necessary to
be done in such emergencies, but unlike
most persons, he was cool and collected
enough 10 put his reading into practice
when the emergency came.-Ohye LO-
gaH, iR San Francisco Call.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
rhe sorrowmI man rrom CoInmDns.


AT the Union Depot the other morn
ing Officer Button observed o tall, long
legged stranger, who seemed TO be
clothed mostly in q linen duster, wipe
his eyes and blow his nose like one suf-
tering mental distress, and he ap-
preached and asked the cause.
"Oh, lots of things, - replied the man,
as he shook out his handkerchief. ''Is
there a camp-meeting anywhere around
herePn
"Not that know Of"
"And don't they have any prayer
meetings here in the day-timeP"
"No."
"There isn't any body around the
depot who makes q specially of singing
Gospel hymns, is therePn
"Don't know of any body. Has your
wife run awayPn
"No; 1 never had one."
"Lost your walletPn
"No; never carry wallet"
"Any body abused youPn
"No; every body is very kind to me. "
"Then why this sorrow and these
tearsP Strong men do not weep with
out strong cause.n
"I weep-I weep because the world
is cold-because it is wicked-because
human nature has become suspicious.
weep, because another sun has risen on
the evil passions of men,"
"Are you naturally sorrowfulP"
"I am. / sometimes wish l wasn't
that way. How long before the Lake
Shore train goesP
"About twelve minutes
"Then / will spend eleven minutes in
further weeping. Have you a private
room in which can slt and cryP'
"Say, old man, what's your layP'
asked the officer after looking him over
"My lay is weeping. l am the sor'
rowful man from Columbus"
"That's too thin. What's the par
ticular racket this morningP"
"Won't you give me awayP" asked
the man after fresh dig ut his eyes.
"No.n
"I'm dead broke and want to get t
Toledo. The conductor who goes ou
on this train stands over there, and I'm
weeping for his benefit. He has already
remarked my grief, and he wonder
what ails me. When he asks for m,
ticket I'll either be missionary wht
weeps over the avarice of railroad cor
porations and appeal to his charity, or
country parson who lost his money ol
the confidence game. Now let me weel
some more"
He wept some more, and then said:
"It's the best lay in the world. It,
q hundred times ahead of cheek o
riding on the springs, and it costs m
nothing and is always ready. | Criet
my way from Columbus to Indianapolis
wept from there to Chicago, and the
sobbed myself along to Detroit. 1 nov
weep that may see Toledo, and l shal
depend upon emotion to scoot m
through to Columbus in good style.
will now edge along towards the con
ductor and give way to an extra burst c
mingled grief and contrition. Ta-ta
old blue coat-don't give away ma
who couldn't raise a nickel if his eye
should give out to-morrow!"-DetrO
Free Press.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
Rope Jumping

As COOLER weather approaches the
iumping-rope will be more and more in
the hands of giIls. Properly used it is
not an objectionable plaything. But
children can not be too frequently eau
toned against jumping against time or
competing to see who can jump the
greatest number of times without stop
ping. In an essay on popular customs
on public health in the recently pub
hshed annual report of the Department
of Statistics of Indiana, DR.. j. w. Her.
vey, of indianapolis, lays great stress
on the danger of this practice. None,
he says, is more injurious; and in illus
tration of its evil effects he mentions q
case of real occurrence in that city.
The patient, a girl of twelve years, was
dead when he reached the house. He
says: "On inquiry l learned that she
had jumped the rope at school, few
days before, five hundred times. Think
of five hundred rushes of blood upon
the little heart in quick successionl No
wonder had to make the certificate of
death, 'Emboli, or clot in the heart,
caused by overhead and jumping straight
up five hundred times.'" Not only does
this practice throw great and some
times killing strain upon the heart, but
il often causes serious injury 10 the
Joints of the knees and hips and to the
spine. The muscular and nervous ex-
haustion, due TO long continued jumping,
must also be injuriOus.-ScieHtifc Amer-
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