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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20
THE FORDHAN DOGS.

The story told in yesterdays TRIBUNE of n
boys experience with savage dogs at st. Johns
College, Fordham, no doubt made many a read
ers blood Jingle with Indignation at the selfish
and cool blooded brutality which for the pro-
lection of paltry fruit orchard or defence
against petty trespassers sets loose q pack of
savage dogs at night, to the personal peril of
passers-by ard the terror of the whole neigh
borhOod 1t was pitiul story. This lad, sew
enteen years old, walking at night from Will
iamsbridge to this city, thinking to take Il
nearer way to the depot, followed the pathway
over a stile leading from the railroad track into
the grounds of the college. He had proceeded
but short distance when two great dogs
sprang upon him, knocked him down, tore his
clothes. and buried Their teeth in his hands,
arms and legs. His cries for help brought the
Waterman OF the premises to the spot with still
another dog which he could net restrain from
Joining in the bloody work npon the POOR boys
body and limbs. BY dint of heavy blows with
a club the Waterman ut length succeeded in
beating the brutes off from their PROSTATE
victim. He then led the boy, covered with
blood and with his clothes nearly torn off, to
the gate and showed him the way ont The
boy after wandering about all ight was taken
TO the Ninety-ninth Street Hospital, where his
wounds were pronounced Ivery dangerous,
both hands being bitten through and his lett
arm and right leg shockngly mangled.
The poor fellow had no idea when he stepped
over the stile that lie was trespassing on the
grounds of a religious society AN educational
institution "a Christian college, He knows it
now.
An officer of the college, boing inquired of,
was surprised to learn that the dogs had
bitten anybody" Was there ever an owner OF
one of these ugly brutes-whose only .vaiue is
in their fcrocity-who was not "surprised
when he bit anybody ave are compelled"
said be, ito have these dogs to guard the 100
acres Of ground that surround the college,
which includes our orchard, itself great
temptation to thieves" Compelled" indeed
Does tho reverend gentleman mea to say that
the only way to protect the paltry orchard Is
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GENERAL NOTES.

A Philadelphia cabman, whenever he failed
TO get fare the arrival of train in the habit OF
venting his disappointment by thrashng his horse
numerically. The animals patience gave way at last,
and one night when its In the stall it seized
him deity by the nape OF the neck with its teeth and
chokcd him to death II is human il not divine, To
consider this the best days work the horse ever did
One of the questions in a suit before the
District Court In Philadelphia ia whether or not damn
Is profane word Blatant sinners will care little for
the result but the decision will be awaited with deep In
terest by host Of worthy and possibly by devout
women few" who in moments OF great physical
mental torture have found grateful soace IN the
of that compact aud cOgcnt eNpeuve. The case is
that OF printing establishment vs.. telephone
was made the medium of proiane and vulgar language;
and damn " IS the test word
The City of Detroit boasts one of those rare
ana radiant beings known musical prodgies. lie is
boy Of nine years who was born blind but recovered
his sight two years ago by OF an operation Con-
ary to the general rlo that when OF the is
I'm eclipse the others become unnaturaly acute. IL
not until this boy obtained his sight that he discovered
unusual powers Of hearing II has become his
habit denote by letter every sound he hears For in
stance he viii say That dog barks in sharp"
hiccoughs In natural" A yolinst has taken him in
hand and expects before long to turn loose q genius
upon tho WOIm'
In his inaugural address Governor Jerome
OF Michigan called expanse of unoc-
euped land In tho northern part of the State aud urged
the Legislature 10 take such action would lead ts
set lemeut A commissioner appointed TO ascot
tain and make known the facts and the result has been
an extraordinary increase OF immigration TO that
region Reports from forty nine counties Indicate that
fully 10000 permanent residents have been added TO tho
population Of the district during the past year. and II is
thought that the movement in that direction has not
yet reached Ito height The State in consequence has
made threo-fold gan. II has kept many citizens who,
determined upon change, would otherwise have
moved to some othor State IL has added 10 its popula
ton large number Of new setters and II has made
productive great extent OF Idle land.
One of the most remarkable crimes of tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 1882

by setting pack of ferocious dogs loose IN the
grounds to endanger the lives and limbs OF IN
nc cent people7 And is fruit-stealing deemed
worthy of tn, at Fordham-and death, too
by the awful fortunes of hydrophobia The only
purpose for which these dogs were kept was
to do Just the work they did-the bloody work
on this poor boy. Is the fruit in that orchard
worth it7 Does 1t pay to raise fruit at such
a cost Why not build an impossible wall
round the whole 100 acres 1t would cost
more than to keep dogs, to be sure, but 1t would
not be such bowling satire upon the teachings
of the Christian religion. Instead of doing TINS
the paths leading into the grounds are lett open
and the dogs loosed. If the college officers de-
sired to entrap the unwaTy and feed their dogs
on boys meat they could hardly do better.
1t is worth mans life to be inside that fence
after 10 o'clock and them dogs not know you,
was the Fordhams policeman's tribute to the
dog which Father Cahiil calls perfectly harm
less" That's the kind of dogs they are. Ana
the work they did is what they are kept Tor
Ought not the keeping of such dogs to be an
indictable offence
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orr material progress there is equal prog
ress of n higher kind and In his opinion the
Nation ia gong to the bad after the manner OF
the Italian Republics, which, while they were
increasing in commercial prosperity, were
losing their freedom. We are too easy-going,
he saws. and leave our political affairs too mucn
in the hands of corrupt managers our 'iS'.y
SAWS a great deal more that is interesting WIN"
will be found in another column Oh 'hiS iii
preston. If Mr.. Spencer VIII remain iV"S
enough among us he may be able TO change HIS
views somewhat in regard to our pohIicai
affairs. The people realize as vividly as hc
that there is too much machine management
too many bosses, as the popular phrase s'
That IS what all our trouble is about now
But the rule of the bosses is coming to an emu
Some of our political autOcrats are already
In retirement, and more Of them will soon DC
there.
The suit of the actress, Miss Prescott, against
the American News Company, for ilpei III
paper circulated but not owned or controiieu
by the company, resulted yesterday III 'el.
dict of $4,000 in her favor. A majority OF
the iurymen favored giving her the full amount
claimed, $4,000. The charge OF Judge
Russell was strongly against the COM
pany, the Judge holding that under the law
they were responsible in some amount winch
he left the jury to fix. He also charged
the Jury that such matters as the defence had
set up in their answer in justification, but dld
not attempt to prove, or failed to prove, should
be held as aggravating the damages claimed
on the original libel. Abiding to the critl-
cisms of the law by Mr.. Fullerton, the COM
pany's counsel. MS ga relic of barbarism ID
holding the mere dissemination of news
responsible for the publication, the Judge
said the law was Just and right; that
when number of men combine in company
and unite their energies to facilitate the hasty
circulation of papers in advance of other deal
ers they must be prepared to assume re-
sponsibilities with the advantages and profits
The common sense of the community Will
recognize the soundness of these views
Where petty papers publish ibels which
owe their circulation solely to the ac-
ton of news company, 1t ls clearly
right and proper that the public should be
able to obtain that redress from the
company which it is impossible to get from
the worthless newspaper. Any other inter-
probation of the law would leave the COM
munity absolutely without remedy for
serious public evil.
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bnsiness Noiircs.
Aetu'llork Daily Gribna1e,
FOUNDED HORACE CIR ELEY
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1882.
The NEWS THIS MORNING.
"ALDERNEY BRAND

FoIE1GN.-The Egyptian Government has con-
sented to allow Arab Pacha to have Eng
lsh counsel on certain conditions. - nc
preliminary elections for members OF the frussiah
Diet were held yesterday 60 The committee OF
The Irish National League has issued an address 10
the rlsh people. 60 1t is reported that over
dank the Austrian revOlutlonlst, has been Sell
fenced to death
DOMESTIC General Mabry, Thomas OConnor
and Joseph A. Mabry jr were killed III shooting
aflrav in knoxville, Teun., yesterday. 60 Rains
in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas have severely
damaged the cotton crops. - The trial of Mrs
Sooyiue for insanity began in Chicago. - The
receiptS of the Post Office Department IN the last
half of the last fiscal year nearly one and one
half million dollars in excess Of the expenditures
- Lieutenant DanenhOweT continued DIS mar
rative before the Jeanette Board OF Inquiry.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-There was a good deal OF
activity at the Republican State Committee rooms
YESTERDAY. 60 The Brooklyn Republican CITY
and the Kings County Democratic conventions
made nominations. - Miss Prescott was awarded
80 SEQ damages - The alumni of st. Johns
College gave dinner TO the Rev. falhers
Dealy I'D Gockeln. 80 SignOr Salylnl arrived
on the steamship Amerique. 60 A number OF
manufacturers of rubber goods took action Iii re-
gard TO the too rapid consumption of rubber. -
Jpdge Van Brunt decided that bookmaklng was
illegal. - Gold value of the legal-tender silver
dollar (4121a grains). S7.51 cents. - Stocks
opened dull and lower and after a spaslnodlc ac'
1iyity and rally again declined and closed weak al
the lowest prices of the day.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. local observations IN
dcate cooler and cloudy or partly cloudy weather
with occasional light rains, followed by fair
weather Temperature yesterday Highest, ~;
lowest, go; average, 6O340.
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aunex 10 ADVERTISEMENTS


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RANKING HOUSES AND BANkkRsI'm nuno w.
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amnssmeuts o. Niabt.


AnnEYs PARK THEATRE-"Coon 'uA'
koApyMY or MUsIc-"Lucreza Do'e"
AvyRIclN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
hoorns THEATRE" The Romany Rye
n,,o,, OPERA HoUsE--"Th sorcerer."
D,ty,s THEATRE" The Squire
ruru AVENUE THEATRE" Mignon."
n,pv,x1, THEATRE" Partisan Life"
up.xD OPERA HOUSE, John Mshler One OF inc
Finest" ,,o,
Daughter" ~,.,..r
uyxnrRsoN's STANDARD THEATRE" Mantea'ix Noirs'
NmIo's GARDEN" Around the World in SO DAYS
Saw FRANCISCO OPERA HoUsE-san Francisco Mins'iei
ITALIA THEATRE" Women as They Should MOI DC
FuyATRE CoMIoUE-2 and s"The Blackbrd.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" The Rivals
@A1LACK's THEATRE-"The Parvenn.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20
THE STATE CANVASS

It has been thought that all OF Ss Kss'
Tilden's friends are supporting Loyalty YET -
ticket for Governor and other state ~s,sn. Ds'
said on the authority of The oscego Pa"a a ysass
cratic Newspaper, that sidney T. Farehii" o.
County declares "he will not vote Coating Sr IS
Tammany Hall had any voice IN nVs Fsifean-
be interesting news TO his son, Char'' -,
Tllden's Attorney General = HINT Is btps
A printed circular signed by ,; ,lnsSasudsss y y
circulated through the state urging roser. % =
pubncans" not 10 vote for secis'" .s,et sapgsfs,,
around that one OF the Secretary aoorse g ~
John F. smyth, is to be rewarded iOr supels.s'
made Collector Of the Port of New,SO "a. nv re
William IL. Robertson, alter e'so sSS: 10 MARA ~
commenting on this circular, s,d n we ~ OF
Hunt in more heavenly frame ~ viii not ,ake
that Mr.. Sniyth does not "ai' INV a, ia
leclorshp." ,,;ng through -
p. w. Rhodes, who is travelling, N, n. rrss |"
state circulating documents aud ballots sva.o ps'e
nal Union, stated at meeting Oh 'u aha souhern =,
s s: ss Sass on ar. s sSss..a ss the
sst In the matter u 90 siight taas 'n'
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persistent Democratic opposition, resisted all
cfforts-and some of them were desperate-to
amend the excise laws in the interest OF
rum sellers. Year after year powerful and
INSCRIPTIONS lobby has been organized on
strictly cash basis, having for Its object the
breaking down of all the barriers which now
exist for the suppression of intemperance.
But the lobbyists have accomplished nothing
The Republicans have stood firm In their de-
termination not to grant any concessions
against public morality, aud none have been
granted. More than once an obnoxious bill
has been killed by practically party vote,
nearly all the Republicans voting against it,
nearly all the Democrats for it. In view of this
fact, we claim that the Republican patty OF
New-York deserves better treatment at the
hands of the Prohibitionsts than it is now
receiving.
Just here it is profitable to recall the
telegram which the president of the Liquor
Association of Ohio sent to the president OF
kindred organization in this city directly after
the Ohio election. The dispatch read as fol-
lows, "The liquor dealers of Ohio send greet
ing to their brethren of New-York, and hope
that New York will take example from Ohio"
In other words the liquor dealers of OHIO
yearn to have New-York go Democratic.
Let the Prohibitionists of New York look to
it that they do not render themselves liable
to the charge of holding up the hands of the
men who received this significant Ohio greet
ing A good many blunders and crimes have
been committed in the name OF reform.
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Crops, 1880,
bushels.
Estimate,
bushels.
.68O.OOO,OOOI I,7I7,434,j43

No increase is estimated in New England or
at the South, where the corn was not so
damaged by storms that at Il late date barely
half crop was expected. But an Increase Is
expected in the Northwest, just where the crop
was thus damaged Moreover, this increase
i'll the States west of Pennsylvania and Nir-
gnia and north of Tennessee is estimated In
spite of n large loss in three of the chief pro-
ducing States. For it il stated in the report
that the condition. October 1, was only ~ in
Illinois, 20 in Iowa and 81 in Ohio, and these
percentages, applied to the yield of 1880, would
give a loss of 161 100000 bushels. In other
words, the remaining Western States, which
produced 613, 200, 900 bushels of corn i'll 1880,
a year of extraordinary success, must raise
their yield this year to 7S3, 100000 bushels IN
order to make good the estimate of the
Bureau-an increase of nearly 30 per cent at
time when no other section shows any in
crease whatever. 70 expect so great an in
crease in a season so unfavOrable at the North
that IA decrease is expected in the Middle states
of 30 per cent, and in the three chief Western
States of 26 per cent, in comparison with the
yield of 1850, does indeed require some faith.
But there seems to be no good reason TO
doubt that the corn crop of 1882 will be IA large
one, even if it fails considerably short OF the
estimate given by the Bureau. The potato
crop, all consumers will be glad to hear, Is
likely to be 16O,000,000 bushels nearly as
large as the crop of 1850. The yield of oats
is said to be SO,OOO,O00 bushels, against
41S,O00,000 in 1850. and is, undoubtedly, the
largest crop ever raised of that grain. Barley
is expected to yield about 4j,O00,OOO bushels,
as it did in 1850, and buckwheat about
II 900, 900 bushels, against 14,6O0,000 in
1880. Rye also falls short little; the yield
is said to be 2OOOO,O00 bushels, and it was
24,5OO,O in 1850. AS to the yield of wheat
the Bureau does not appear to modify its former
estimate of 5OO,000.000 bushels, though
nearly all other estimates are higher. On the
whole, the year must probably rank as one OF
the most successful for agriculture in the his
tory of the country as respects the yield Sc
cured. Whether prices. will prove favorable
is more doubtful.
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yNTryPFP4TE TENpER1yCE

The Prohibtionists of the State are supporting
candidates for the Assembly in large number
of districts. this fall. Are they wise in 30
doingf We respectfully submit to them that
they are not. The only practical result OF their
action Will he to defeat the Republican
nominee for the Assembly, here and there.
For it is q conceded fact, based upon the his
tory of numberess political campaigns, that
Mt least nne-tenths of the votes cast for a
temperance candidate are votes which in his
absence from the field would be given to the
Republican candidate. Hence the Democratic
managers are always delighted when the
temperance people decide to run tickets of their
own, and in the present campaign they will
doubtless see in the Prohibition Assembly
nominations SO many contributions to Their own
strength, so many aids to making the next
House Democratic.
Nor can the ProhibitiOnists reply that they
run separate tickets because they have not
been fairly treated by the Republican party.
We submit that they have been. The Re-
publican Legislatures Of recent years. without
An exception, have steadily, in the face OF
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the frank old lady Of the dominic What WOMB tne
record Of Democracy since 1850 De "ithou' "'
monumental stupidity and bundering1


If the late dispatches from Constantinople DO
true, the Sultan must have received message
from Persia very like that which was sent To hlng
John "The devil is loose again. Take care Oh
yourself" The Kourds, 1t is stated, are investing
Van to the number OF 10000 and his quondsm
guest Obedulah is at their head, inspiring
them with his own fierce energy. The great
Kourdsh sheik seems to have some OF the genius
for leadership and fiery magnetism that character
lied Richard. Nothing else would enable him 10
combine the warning fragments of nOmad tribes IN
the mountains and TO reduce them to discipline
Van is of the principal manufact urirg towns oil
Armenia, and the report states is well garnsonedj
80 600 Persans marching against Obeidullah
besides an Ottoman army and no quarter Is to he
shown him. This threatening account. however
comes via Constantinope, and must therefore be
received with due allowances. Ottoman armies are
not conjured up and put in the held at a fort
nights notice and for the 30 600 Persian troops
il must he remembered that when tho same kourds
under the same leader we're ravagng Oroomigal
and threatening Tinis il took two months for the
Shah to gather four hundred cavalry together, as
the horses we're busy ploughing" Ut all coun-
tries Persia since the beginning has been the land
of Gig stories and small deeds.
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THE GRAIN YIELD.

The latest report of the Agricultural Bureau
Is peculiarly encouraging as to the yield OF
corn. Upon inspection, however, it appears to
require n strong exercise of faith. The estl-
mate by sections compares with the large yield
of 1880 as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20

The ticket nominated by the Kings County
Democrats is not one to commend itself
to the voters of Brooklyn. Despite the
recent efforts of some self-respecting Demo
Gratis to throw off the rule of Boss McLaugh-
lin, his hand is plainly seen in the work OF
the convention. Mr.. Carroll, the present
Register, who was renOminated, and Mr.
Bergen, who was selected as candidate fer
Surrogate, are both the Boss's obedlent and
respectful servants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20

Mr. Herbert Spencer has kindly made public
some account of the impressions which brief
visit in this country has given him. He
praises us, but on the whole his opinions are
bitter-sweet. Mr. Spencer admits that he had
no adequate idea before ne landed in New
York of the immense development of material
civilization in the United States. The people
he regards us remarkable In their power Of
work and their ado or die" determination.
But the philosopher does not think that with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20

Judge Van Brunts decision that bookmak-
Ing is illegal formally dlsposes OF point about
which few people had any doubS' The only
wonder is that the managers OF jerome Park
thought it worth while to argue the matter
They had better luck when they depended on
their annual injunction to prevent police
interference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20

Sotong as they have things entirely their
own way, the Bourbons of the South are willing
to admit that free ballot and fair count are
desirable but the moment their opponents
seem to be getting the advantage recourse is
had to the old shotgun arguments. For this
reason terrorism reigns i'll Abbeville County,
South Carolina. The chairman of the Repub-
lcan Executive Committee has been driven
from home, and another colored man who had
been a delegate to the Republican State Con-
vention was shot and killed day or two ago
by j. S. Norwood, a prominent Democrat
Negroes are not the only sufferers, however
John Talbot, white man of considerable prop
erty, was waylaid and beaten recently until he
was insensible. At the risk of beng charged
with wantonly waving the bloody shirt
again. we refer our readers to dispatch
printed on another page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20

The St. Louis shooting ARRAY is outdone in
Tennessee. Missouri no longer is without a
rival for the palm of lawlessness Mr.. OCon-
nor, bank president at Knoxville and the
wealthiest man in the State, shot and killed
General Mabry, who had threatened his life.
Along came Joseph A. Mabry, jr., who shot and
MORALLY wounded his fathers slayer and was
himself killed by O'Connor just before he died.
The performance of the tragedy took two
minutes, and had its origin in trouble about a
transfer of property. The Mabrys were men
with a bad record, and the readiness of Mr.
O'COnnor in the use of his shotguns does not
indicate that he was a law-abidng citizen.
The bank building seems to have been per-
feet arsenal. No community is the worse off
for the suppression of such elements of bar
barism. There is a completeness about this
affair at Knoxville that will commend it to the
public.