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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

that purpose As il be done without trenchng upon
the present means OF supply, think time should be
lost in preparing to avail ourselves Of such means
The plan is simply erect Immediately the highest
ground Of the ponds. or lakes in Cen
tra Park high pressure tower say hundred feet IN
height, or even more, and with one or two powerful
pumps placed at the lake. TO be prepared at any
moment force the water Of tie lake through pipe
laid for the purpose to the top OF the tower; ana rom
there by pipe laid to connect with one OF the mains
from the reservoir the water wOuld flow through the
city with sufficient pressure TO supply all the engines al
fire. by having men always the engines, with fires
banked aud some steam on at very short notice the
pumps could be set running and enough from the
lake sent top of the tower and thence through the
mains Of the city to afford ample supply for the e1
tingshment of large fire and the prevention OF gen
era cOnnagrdtiOn.
Orif the Holly system OF pumps and engines was pro-
CURED perhaps the water of the lake by proper con-
neciion could forced directly into the street mains
and be given sufficient pressure without the use OF the
tower The large lake in the Park contains an ample
supply of water to all tine demand for combating
fire Of almost any proportions II held IN reserve e.
cusvely for that purpose and being fresh water the
objection to forcing salt water from the river mo the
MAINS as mas been suggested does not eA
is can find why should see the city re-
duced to for want OF water with snch an ample
and available supply lying rlgh at our doors Ih9 'e ,
porary drawing Oh of the Of one or even all the
pared with the vast stake. With an ample
supply of and material and under proper direction,
with prompt energetic action, the whole Work coid DC
completed in few days ana al comparatively sh' GA
pCnse. 1900. .i,...
| cOnnagratOn without II, we are ia the most lmm
nent peril II is now, hardly time 10 erect
tower for that purpose perha ieAPoaii5 s t i Of
be made by obtaining the privilege (paying Ior ~ VI
placing tank the roof OF one OF The highest h2lses
in y-nnth-s between run aa pacrd NJ the
| lower pond in the Park, near Fity-nlhth,st Mh'cn
| would doubtless furnish all the wafer needed l0r an
Veg York, oct 49, 1881.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
THEMES OF THREE PREACHERS.
NO DFCADENCE IN THE CHURCHES.
me Rer T. De JTu TaImGqe At ne brooklyn tabernacle
(ITesbgiefidH).

The Rer he VII IaInGGs At NE brooklyn TdDeTnae'e
(ITeSJytefidn).
There was the usual large attendance at the
morning service in the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday
Mr. Talm,ce discussed tine question as church attend
ance falling of in America, and II so In any case, VINO IL
TO bIameF His text was Hebrews X, % Not Tor
saking the assembling Of yourselves together"
Startling statements, said Mr. Talmage' have beeh
made in the pulpit and in the religious press III Is
ayerred tnat church attendance in America is In decad
ence DENY the statement by presenting the hard facts
No one will deny there more churches now tlan
ever before. one denomination averages new church
every day in year On the same principle thaI e
more banks the bankers there are the moro
churches the more attendants there are. cannot
understand what KIND of arithmetic the man calculates
with who saws there is deterioration In church attend
oncc You are not to argue adversely because church
IL depeted The churches like everything else nave
their day. and they sometimes perish through mter-
necine war. | ready to admit That there aro
churches that have been depicted through uo
fault Of their congregation II merchandise crowds ont
a church Il cannot be helped but in nearly all other
cases the depletion IL the pastor IL is brought
about by his attempting to implant the methods OF MI!
wears ago Men who abreast OF he time in whlch
they live never lack audiences You might as wei thro"
the furnaces ont OF the basement and substitute the
footsoyes used by grandmohcrs dispace the organ
with the tuning fork and the present platform with inc
wine glass pulpit, rs TO attempt 10 continue III tno
churches tho methods of fifty years ago
The trouble b. gins away back In the theological SENT
nnres II pity that provision is not made for those
worn out In the service Of Christ. The want oil sh'n
provision makes tendency to turn our
theological scmnaries into ndrmares for old and Wor-
out preachers. II not nnrcqnently happens lhh VS.
principal OF seminary isapponcd because ne ~ ulioc
sucressful merchants train young mcrchantsi We
want more lively and able men in the theoogca 7'ni
Christ aud Him crccd Yes but not n IN abstraction.
ttf.. Loft I'M ls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
crrsE AS POLITICIANS.

South Brooklyn is OveTrun with yagrant geese,
which go about in hocks OF twenty or thlrt{ Qlod
The aged watclIman OF row OF french nu,o oS
Nipth-st and Seycnth-ayc has made pets OF Sole vi
these wandering fowls and every morning he can
be seen standing in front of the flats looking up anu
down the street and across the vacant 'otS Ioi is
pets. flock soon appears, and the geese IaneinS
themselves along the gutter, wait for him 10 urn Oh
the water from the hyrantto give tneul tneH Ioln
ing drink. Several fiOcks come TO MN TOT VIZ,
and he has q name for each One nock OF udIh
coOred fowls he calls Democrats, and tnelT leideI
rather cOrpuicnt Coos. and, Judging from appear
ances undoubtedly fighting character, reI0lees III
the name of John Kelly. This bird has the look OF
having gone through many hard battle WIN MS
feathere1 rivals and with stray dogs. There mas
been split IN the party latry, or some OF tne pIGs
have been killed OF, as the Democratic Hook Is
not as large now rs 1t was few weeks
ago. There Is another flock Of geese of winter ana
cleaner aspect tbat has been designated hepuDH-
cans The leader, until a few weeks ago. was a large
white bird with a top-knot and he strutted around
As if he owned all he surveyed. He has disappeared,
that appears tO be able to lead his followers to we
tory every time. There are also few Struggling,
weak and dispritcd tlOcks OF geese, that
could be APP rOprlately called Greenback-
ers They have sclIy appearance,
and do not associate with the other TO Is,
but whenever battle is going on between tue Re
publicans and Democrats they gather in the adjcin-
ing vacant lots and make much noise, but do not
attempt to join in the contest Ii the Republicans
are getting th,ir rning drink in front Of the as,
aud the Democrats come mp, there Is sure to be
collision, and The Republicans usually come out best.
If the Democrats get to the watering place
first, and the Republicans seen coming over the
hill the Democrats usually retire until their oppon-
cnts have slaked their thirst and moved on amid
much Mapping of wings and strutting around Then
the Democrats return.
The old Waterman seen yesterday morning
watering his fayorite flock and talking to them,
when hr spicd the other flock coming up Ninth-st.
from the direction Of Sixth-ayc. He apparently
thought that 4 the fowls that were then drinking
did not DEPART Immediately there WOnld be hght,
and nOt'wishiug to have 50 much noise on sunday,
lac called them TO hurry up AID move on; there
comes the Democrats" The birds paid little atten-
ton to this ana would not go until saiuted with
few stick, and stones aud much shoomg," when
the Democrats got a drink.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
TIE COURTS.

A VERDICT OF DAMAGES SUSTAINED.
Margaret Smith recovered verdict several
months ago the Superior Court of this CITY against the
British and North American Mail Steam Packet Com
pany commonly known the Cunard Line, for $1,000
damages because Of injuries she received from an aecf
dent board Of the vessels OF the line The Judg-
ment has now been sustained by the Court Of Appeals
Mrs. smith in the autumn Of 1877 took passage from
Liverpool to NevYOrk the steamship Algeria, OF the
Cunard Line, ~ n passenger The section OF
bcrtll5 I'm which the plaintiffs berth was bullt IN
two platforms tiers. Mrs Smiths berth was the in
board berth the lower tier Each Of ths five berths on
the upper tier was occupied by a One day DIR
ing the passage part Of the upper tier fell
down several times, and in the evening
part OF the lower tier fell The steward was
informed Of this by passengers, but refused
to repair II until morning Mrs Smith retired to her
berth o'clock About O'Clock the entire upper tier
of bch down with crash close over the plain
tTs Berth There considerable confusion and NOISE,
and the plaintiff became paralyzeI with fear that she
could not help hcrse!f TIe section was a complete
wreck and the officers OF the ship had 10 lift up the
boards and remove the plaintiff and the other occupants
from the bcrtls to enable the carpenter with hammer
ana nails repair and put mp the section The steward
pulled the plaintiff ~ her berth in tdnuDg condi-
ton ard her her feet at the door Of the section
and rolling OF the snip threw nar staggering over 10
She opp0sit" side OF the dunsrooH some sixteen Iett,
AGAINST door sandhZ alaf' az Wh,i sto s,i ~
her hand breast and head and then eii pack on the
floor and fHuteg Tie steward iltH plche'l
stf her on the pOr where IL wet and covered WITH
,nnit and there left her Tor half an hor or MORE uht
the carpenter and several sailors with hammer and
nails paired the berth and then the steward TOOK her
up placed her ~ her BERTH she was severely bruised
ad was confined her berth during the rest OF tho voy
|
| The Court cf Appeals couCurs with Judge Selgwck
who wrote opinion Of the General Term tbat the use
nj ordinary skill and materials Of ordinary strength
would enable the builder 81 the structure that was intend
cd 10 hold up bcy;hs tn make sscdre against the
strains and shDc4 OF not extraordinary violence
Ihc means for this security being az the command OF the
owners of the steamship, the law presumed that ther
WI, negligence when the bcrhs fell In she Opr'2n or
tee pr the structure posed passengers in berths to
peculiar and unusual dangers, being new IN pesgn ana
intent unally planned by the company to increase It's
profits by holding large number of sleeping people.
Henry stanton appeared Tor Mrs smith, and George
d. Lord for the company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

The fmpr.l ot the aj. Judge sanford va hold
y..trrl.r afternoon Hj his house, No. - West
iit-.csout-.. I'm, i,e.. Or. d.. q. Potter. rector
n Grace hr,h ID. conducted tHr services, assisted by
Inc Rev. Mr. Nelson. There was No address the
c.crci.r. consisting -imIl OF the reading oi the
r1y,,rI .piiI. Among the relative. present were
two bfo-h.i-, of the deceased person, jude r.. y
sanford and j imr, II. SANFORD, and e.. l. Billings
l,nr.r bliss, and Air,. H. u. Forbes. The legal p-D-
ic, Ion was ar, IS repre- cutcd. Among tuosr psr,
emf were the following: Chi'i-Jusurc ScdgNick
rX-rurt-Ius. Ice barbour, Judges j. j. Freedman, j.
T. sheridan g. ". .prr, Mile. Beach, &. IL. IraN
and Davies, Recorder Smyth. David Dudley Field
ROYAL :. Crane G.. T.. Lau"don, ). \. Bar>tlrr ). l.
Eutrrli and Stephen q. Nash. IIorrWcrc also ln at
f.udlrac Jam's Grant WILSON, john l. Arncw:
Commodore Ha,iaud, Alexander Taylor, General
Bult.rlchl and many other prominent persons.
\ spcrial train viii convey ihc body 10 NeE-ilj-
ven iAi, morning, where IL viii b. placed IN the
family vault.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
ClLENDAR+OCTOBER "a.

SUPREME coasr-cu,ugess ov Barrett, J.-Court
IS e. g. 81 , s. o. ST. 6j 5S III I5S lgL
strisia C5eIr .iESER>L. rEiM -.tea by Davis PJ,
i ina ' ioi I io5 l0 o. s05 ia 10 3Ii is iJj
90 pol lls lIs, 49, 100, -. l2J $780, ~ US, 2l2
55rasaa rssg-Ioli BY oS yam , Worst J.
D S1rrvS Gojtr 'Sis@tr-rAar GIcI by ponohqe
80 2gen al Iy E ia iS 5 Gg9 Eg 5IS i7
i"Si , IN 'EGf G15 sos i3i5 16f7 iii - ir,$
l22l ltgn i5S G3 li8i AL Sd od3 90 959 i2i3
PAIR u-LarTemsre J1court opens at A. 1880 M
1911 1915 1856 1876. 1873 1879. 30 l59G 1908 1907
!Salo IS 5 Ill., iI 5 '1 $50 iV Us go rs i4
I39 llJae 1914 l42o 1886, 1881 Az, 1900, sl3. $780,
PAM Ilod by [awonGs JcouTt , opens ,g At 1929 1925
I$53, 1879 1885 I9Ig 4S ltll l54 lisp II59' 1$?3
l I5i i5t it2 l}t' i S 'Pi $ g 1859 g5 st
1853 l7li 1865, ll2la, 1870 llsJ 1905 14Oo 1921.
courropcns AZ loa calendar called at Il .: m No
40 II Case GS Compton agt Compton.
PARi lied by Freedman, J-conrt opens at Il a. m.
No. a93 $92 5ss S9d 295 2s 400 297 500 2SG 5O5 592
PAGf iIi-iieldby Speir J.-Couu opens az ii a. m.
Nos Gls 800 GO 5f 1855 1855 1886 40, SOP. l72 654,
Go,nr6N PLsisIGEyEAL TERM-AdJournca until the lrst
CoSaoS PLe,s~srsorAL reGM-Held BY Van Brunt Co.
Court opens at 1880 a. IN; no Day Calendar o..
SSsaSI rrRs- f p m r. ny Van Brun.
259 1881 1884, 430 1870 1918 go 557 66S, 1869, 1896
1871, 1903 1851 1872 1872 1876 1863 l3i7 1904 1905
1906, 1907. 1908.
2 los s y Rsafa a GSpr Opens 1884, % ig5 NSs
1927. 49, 3i 1926 1921, 1870 1874 1852 l457, l45s,
MARINE CoUET0TRIAL TERst- PA I5Ield by Halves,
sss s5Ss sSs $S@ sS$ SSs 5SsI 1913 S SIsS 1900
55ss 1852 $3.50 GS6! $685. $3.50 6S7 6374 1876, esq.,
$3.50 1881, 1888, 63S5, $685. 1891, $780,
pAET iILsTllod BY Shea G j. Court opens at 10 NJ
620s 4757 653 6lOo $3.50 $780, 235, 81 TO- 1885, 6223
GENERAL SESSION. Ciidersieeye 1.-The People agt.
Charles Don0hue robbery Carl A. SapOnard feonous
saut and battery DANIEL Martin burglary Edward " Hage
grand larceny; David stevenson larceny; MI
chael Sullivan grand larceny; William StTassney false pre-
tencos Hoato A. Wright false prctences Thomas Pender
CAST larceny from person; CaOpy petit larceny;
Henry Harrison pool selling James Reynolds pool selling
PARr Il.-COwing 1.-The People agt William Sindram.
homieiie; Michael iIaeket homieiei Walter Nc Aeer
elonious assault battery;
John SMITH crime against nature; James Daily, burglary
John Ready assault and battery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
VACCINE AID HUMAN VIRUS.
in, Edflor OF me TrtOunG

r q
SIR: In your article in Sundays paper con-
corning the views and arguments OF the anyaccnaion
party there fact TO be noticed which bears strong
" upon question. Although they able TO prove
by the death that the number of fatal has
Increased since vaccination has been general, still do
not believe that any addition will be made from 1870 10
1850 and my reason for such belief is that during The
last fifteen years the matter used has generally been
cine virus while for fifty years before true vaccine
virus was never employed, but matter taken from
one patient to another until 1t became thor
oughly "humanzed," by absorbing something
from each system it passed through. 1t
finally became merely irritating substance, which,
while IL would cause absCess 10 FORM would not pro
duce those changes in the blood which would prcyct
the yariOa poison from being absorbed. hi, ls the
reason why have many local cpdcIics OF
smallpox; bat until hevc fully tested the vaccine
virus and it fail see nothing better than tnat
Every ply slcIn is cOgzant @! the fact that there
many Old who having been vaccuatct in early
youth vaccine virus, have passed through life with
out danger from smallpox. II vaccination with true
vaccine were made imperative by law, believe
that all smallpox epdemics would soon cease.
JOuS ". MACLEAN II. -.
NorsalG, Conn., Get. Il. 1881.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
MATTERS OF FACT ONLY CONSIDERED.

The Court Of Appeals has just handed down
decision Affirming iud snent for the defendant in the
suit Of Augusta g. Genet against the Delaware and Hud
sou Canal Company. The action brought to cancel
and auuul lease made to the company OF Mrs Genet's
coal lands situated in Pennsylvania upon the ground Of
fraudulent rrprrso nations made by the officers OF the
company nj the time the execution Of the lease The
amount of rent 90 be paid by the company depended
upon the quantity Of coal mined from the plaintiffs land
The eutaton alleged to have been fraudulent con-
sisted o statements made by the officers to the guam
tity OF coal which the company intended to mine. For
number Of years, owing to the complications Of the coal
companies. as the defendant claimed the eXpecta-
lions NJ the officers Of the Delaware ana Hudson Canal
Company were disappointed. and they Were unable to
m,uc IuucA coal 40 intended at the unr OF the
making or the lease. -,
rr.entatons " her party TO it, such representations
must be- concerning matters Of flct and hit stateehls
as intention Iuture purpose cannot IN law ne itud
utut IA, effect of the decision, which 1lrns thaJ "l
Justice Duu1uur 1T The Ncw-IOrk special Term ana OF
I ~r.rriuc Court. General Tcru, discussing the COM
ulint clear tc officers from the charge OF lEaudu-
lieut. conduct. 49,, --... 81. A.. -.
Tho Is Of importance. not only because OF te law
question determined bUt especially IrOul the iact tnai
1 tIr cDll lands ~ the Delaware and Hudson Canal
COMPANY and of many ~ the other coal companies
lr he, under similar leases, the validity OF Mhlcu HAS
now been established George C. Genet, the husband OF
fr plalfi who acted her agent In the negotiations
with The c.uany, appeared her attorney; Messrs.
Matthews * IapallO tor the company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
IMMIGRATION TO C1LIFOENLA.
COMMISSIONER STAIRS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IMMIGRANTS AND sHEEP-RAIsING.

COMMISSIONER sTAERs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IMMIGRANTS AND sHEEP-RAIsING.
Emigration Commissioner George Starr, who
has inst returned from California viii make Informal
report to the Commission at ifs next meeting, Of his OBJ
servaons during the trip. He believes that California,
Nevada aud Nebraska offer special Inducements to i'm
migrants because OF the large Of valuable aSri
cultural lands at present unimprOycd and that Ger
mans viii be specially adapted for California.
''There ia at present limited German immigration to
California" continued Mr. Starr. "Thc better thinking
peope OF the state begin to that it Is not to
its interest encourage labOrers from China. They
are not producers; they do not become citizens
They are simply the hands in mills, factories and on
railroads. In consultation with manufacturers, MGR
chants and landowners, found that there was great
desire to promote immigration other than Chinese and
that the Germans 10 be the most desirable met
several carloads of Germans gong to California; but the
of transportation Is great that Immigration 10 the
Pacific coast will be greatly retarded, unless some M
ducemcnt reduction of fares something like II, Is
grants can get all land they want and with bone and
muscle they will soon make themselves independent
There Is a great deal Of unimprOyed land III SOnoma
Comfy and Napa Valley, which can De bonght ~ nolni-
nal price If young man should go to Caliior-
mia or near there and engage in cattle and sheep rails
ing There il a great field for it, 1t was no uncommon
thing 100000 cattle IN one herd In Nevada ana
Nebraska herdng their cattle and sheep to
bring East. o.. -,
In Nebraska the best land in close proximity TO the
railroads. to he taken up but there II vast acre
age back from the railroads waiting 10 be improved OF
course everything has been seriously affected by the
drouth but the wd-Owing fodder IL stu IN excess OF
the requirements, and cattle live and atten upon IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
CT rp,Nc1s YAyIER,S CHURCH.

The new church of ST. Francis Xavier IN WeSt
Sixeenth-s was formally opened last nlght WIN q
sacred and promenade concert For more THAN Two
hours the large edifce was thrOnged with people;
GilmOre's military band and orchestra furnlshed
the instrumental music The concert was begun WIN
the overture R0Ssini's "Stabet Mater" Benlamln
c. Bent PLAYED cornet solo and Signor RailaYolo
Miss Glover sang Sulivan's ballad, " Look
The Anchors Weighed A picc6lo solo by
Signor de Carlo, q piano solo by Miss Henrietta
Markstein and n solo for the saxophone by r. a.
Iefevbre were well received. The programme was
finished with the orchestral pieces Monastery
Bells" and II PrOfeta.'
The new structure is among the most costly
ecclesiastical edihces in the CITY. 1t was begun
about five years ago, and it is expected that IN me
beginning of the ensuing year II Will be dedlcaled
and regularly used for services. The front OF the
church is OF New-HamDshire gray granite and red
porphyrv. and the STYLE is a combination OF the
early Roman and Corlnthian. Inc heigntt
of the front is 104 feet and its width
II feet. Three doors open into the interior
of the church, which is in the form of cross The
inside consists of nave II feet wide with dome
roof 73 feet above the floor The length OF the
church between the walls is 1874 feet. The choir IS
n feet wide and 80 feet deep. Along the side walls
are paintings illustrating scenes in the life OF 81.
Francis Xavier The large and cOmmOdIous sanctu-
airy has not vet been completely lifted up.
The Rev. Father Dealy, pastor Of the church, mas
announced that a lair which is to continue two
weeks, will be opened in the church November /
Handsome and costly articles OF all KINDS, both I0r
eign and dom site, have been presented TO the
church for the fair, and it is expected that INC as
play will exceed the fair of last year. The Aayler
Alumni SOdaty will assist ut the lalr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
AN APPEAL FOR MICHIGAN.


SIR: Many things have been said, and elo-
quenty said and in behalf OF the sufferers by the
disasters in Michigan. The occurrence Of the fires ana
their destructive sweep at the time when the mind
and heart of the Nation utensedn the overwhelm
ing interest in the case oe departed President But now
that the way is open, seems mat some general cooper
alive move should be made meet the demands Of the
army of sufferers by the prompt and united efforts oil
responsible organizations. 1t would be simple and
available pau to have collection taken in the churches
throughout the country any day in the month,
and let the officers, members and chill
dren the Sunday schools unite in making specia-
effort in this behalf Many who would contribute do not
know To whom means should be sent. Many arc u'Hi-
dent and .OllOw but never lead. weeks previous no
tce would probably bring together the Wiling Offering
of many who want know how to give, anu would SO
hcit ana bring together the total OF their work to swell
the aggregate of the public collection deS0iaied re-
ion IN sackcOth and ashes and the drapcry 81 black
eucG forests and blghtcd homes calls for relief The
thousands of Impoverished and beeavcd survivors weep
over the the departed, and cry for
aid in their gloom and helplessness Shall not the ai
peal be heardi H.
Netg- York, oct 10, 1881.