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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-08

vices inferior TO Miss Fish's progenitors.
lIEighty banks other than savings banks in NewYork
and Brooklyn sevcny-one insurance companies eleven
frusf conpnnes fifteen gas companies: these figures
make an impression One bank has Its stock quoted at
600 per cent premium because II never yielded
70 cny panic another has been as high as 500 during
tho year. and "a third $50. few quoted and
some are almost unknown but are in addition to the
number given The bank far in the scale Of prices
has small capital. One bank with hve millions capital
isQuoted high as l5O..
= I'm pn old country shad would come in with a
fife day The world has not their equal for fncness in
freshness like awaer cress and delcacy yet
with satisfying potency One shad Is tie measure OF the
representative family The fathers partalty is 81
where be gives most OF the From birth TO bones
the mad epic sv spirit noseess translucent,
ufeaising, like the passage Of the through the
rfvcrs and the sea. Migratory, but with childhood
memories OF locality fruitful regiousy and in the
dream Of young children and large gentle families.
they seem like the spring lambs Of the water grazing the
infinite fields of sheen. What dangers they pass
Through going and returning the nnocensin the timeOf
Horod never had. Provided with nothing TO make bat
tie with tiny teeth and miniature fins they the
IKE the silver gallo OF old days bese by pirates
but protected by the saints. Although the royal guest
nj feasts and poor mems tables, they like all
during nobility, peasant-born The martyred menhaden
is their cousin herring is their stebro To
them caught Is like seeing angels fall; peacefully,
40 fashingy and in the butchers shamble they carry
upon their delicate armor the light OF skies
Few people in NewYork know that the locality,
the village called Harlem, Is the subject of Of the
largest and abes local histories extant and especially
rich In andtie histories My attention called to 1t
By real-estae lawyer, and having spent time IN
the department OF local history Of the United States he
declared that our ablest and fullest literature In
that department better than the local history Of
other land Boston Is publishing the most ambitious
municipal history in the world making such book as
Charles Knights London seem frivolous.
Among the regular visitors to the principal hotels to
can the list Of guests In hope Of picking up old
riend Of his halcyon days, when money Few around
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-08

In the end of June we received the following
letter from Edward: -
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
From Washington.

A ELL to provide for the purchase of the
house in Washington in which Abraham Lin
coin died has been reported favorably to
the House from the committee on public
grounds, with the recommendation that
$4,000 be appropriated for the purpose.
LATE combinations by the Senate {:
S. G. w. Benjamin, of New York, to be
charge d'affairs and consul-general of the
United States at Teheran, Persia E. Rich
ards Edmond, of Syracuse, N. ", to be
consul at Medellin Joseph Wesson, consul
at San Bias, Mexico, vice Smith, resigned
Thomas N. Dawson, of California, consul at
Barranquilla Roger S. Green to be chief
justice of Washington Territory John p.
Hoyt to be associate justice of Washington
Territory M. D. O'Connell to be United
States attorney for the northern district of
Iowa.
president ARTHUR gave state dinner to
the supreme court justices the other evening.
This was followed in few evenings by a
reception to the diplomatic corps and officers
of the army and navy.
THE total number of coins executed at the
mints in January was S,72l 900, worth
$5,222 ,O50.
DURING January the national debt was re-
duced 1896, SS3.87. The total debt less
cash in the treasury was, on the first, 81 ,593,
BOG, 1921; cash in the treasury, $3ls, 1885,
C31.s4.
PENSION payments made during January
amounted to 81, 315,562.
Iy,r
were: Customs, S17,169,577; internal reve-
nue., 81 1854, 349; miscellaneous, 1921 ,54O
total, 49,, 045, 1866.
ORDINARY expenditures of the government
in January were: Civil and miscellaneous,
$6,103, 4S3; war, $3,97S,344; navy, $1,O32,
O29; Indians, 1925, 778; pensions, S1,315, 562
total, S13,055, 1876.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

LAST year 16S, 44 emigrants left Germany,
mostly for the United States, This is de-
crease of 10000 over the previous year.
The schooner Adriana, of San Francisco
was seized at La Paz, Mexico, and the can
tain thrown into Jail on charge of SNUG
Cling. The captain denied the charge and
appealed to the United States government
for redress.
The revolutionary or republican" party,
as members style themselves, is triumphing
in Ecuador. Esmeraldas, the leading port on
the coast, was besieged and after fierce re-
sistance captured by the revolutionists. Prior
to abandoning their position the besieged
sacked the stores and dwellings and fred
the city in three places. The attacking party
had thirteen killed and twenty-six wounded,
while of the government troops some forty
were killed and an equal number wounded
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
What We Eat.

ne species of vegetables we now
cultivate have been produced and eaten
for centuries. Even before the Chris
tian era many of them were in USE
Lettuce has been used at the table for
thousands of years. Herodotus tells
us that it was served at the roya.
tables centuries before the Christian
era, and one of the noble families of
Rome derived its name from the plant
Spinach, asparagus and celery have
been cultivated among the Eastern ma
tons for thousands of years. Jesus
took the mustard seed as an ex e'onent
of a parable, showing that it was cs-
teemed among the Jews. Radishes
were known and grown by the Greeks,
and were offered at Apollo's shrine
wrought in precious metals. Parsnips
were raised and brought from the
Rhine to add to the luxury Of Tiberius'
table. Beets were most esteemed GEN.
dSO, anu htlC Ill ouCu
high repute in Queen Elizabeth's reign
that the ladies of her court adorned
their huge structures of false hair with
their feathery plumes. Peas at Eliza
beth's court, were very rare, and were
imported from Holland as great deli
cacy. Fruits were in great repute
among the ancients. The currant was
cultivated centuries ago in European
gardens, and was called the Corinthian
grape. Evelyn, in his charming diary,
speaks of its berries as Corinths, hence
the name of currants. The DamsoD
plum was extensively cultivated at
Damascus, whence its pane. The
cherry came from Cerasus city of
Pontus, and the delicious peach king
of fruits, was first known in Persia.
The ounce was holy fruit, dedicated
to the goddess of love, and was called
! Cydonian apple.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
Foreign News.

In the English lake district the heaviest
floods that have occurred for twenty years
have prevailed. A portion of Keswick was
submerged
THREE more wrecks. with fifty-six lives
lost, are reported to have occurred during
the recent terrible storm on the British
coast.
M. JULES FERRY, having declined to under
take the formation of a new French cabinet
it was decided to revert to combination
ministry under the presidency of M. Fal-
Heres, all the late ministers, except NJ. Du-
clerc, General Billot and Admiral Jauregui-
berry retaining their portfolios.
AN Irish priest reports that the suffering
people of Donegal are subsisting on food
only fit for beasts; that private charity can.
not cope with the widespread distress there;
that the government alone can do so, and
that things will very soon come to crisis.
A BAND of Montoneros attacked the town
of Puira, Peru, but were repulsed, many
being killed on both sides.
PRUssIAN decree ordering youths born as
Danish subjects now residing in Schleswig
either to enter the Prussian army or leave
their homes, has caused intense indignation
throughout Denmark.
SWITZERLAND has rejected the naturaliza-
ton treaty proposed by the United States,
according to which nationality is forfeited
by residing for certain period abroad, on
the ground that this clause of the treaty il
contrary to Swiss law.
A FAMINE prevails in the province CT Kher
son, Russia, and number of peasants have
committed suicideto escape witnessing the
misery of their starving families.
CErEwAYo has been reinstated as king Of
the Zulus.
The large italian steamer Ansonia has
been wrecked on the coast of Tripoli, North
Africa. Twenty of the crew persisted.
AN explosion at the fireworks factory OF
Senior Meyra, in Amacueca, Mexico. killed
the proprietor and four members of his
family and badly injured several other per
sons.
GEAR ALExANDER's long deferred corona
ton has at last been settled to take place a
Moscow Mayer.
TwENTY-THREE persons were killed anC
twenty-eight injured during a panic in
wool factory at Bombay, India, caused b,
dust blowing into one of the rooms.
A SCHOONER and two other vessels hav,
been wrecked off Lundy Island, Wales. Tn,
crews of the three vessels were drowned.
AFTER several scenes of violent uproar tn,
French chamber of deputies, by vote O
S43 to 163, passed bill which prohibits tn,
Orleans princes from filling any civil or mil
itary post, empowers the president to expe
them, and imposes penalty of from one t,
five years imprisonment for the violation o
decree of expulsion. This bill is the out
come of Prince Napoleon's recent manifest,
claiming that he ought to be made the rule
! of France.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

AFTER a prolonged contest Dwight M.
Sabn was elected by the Minnesota legisla-
ture to the United States Senate as Senator
WINDOWS successor. On the last ballot
Sabin received eighty-one out OF the l35
votes cast, Window receiving thirty. Mr.,
Sabin is member of the Minnesota State
senate and is thirty mine years old.
Two Mexicans, rival claimants for girls
hand, locked themselves in a room at Socor-
ro New Mexico, and fought duel with axes
One man had his head chopped off and the
other was fatally wounded.
CHARLES CoBB, who recently shot a sheriff
and constable while they were trying to
arrest him, was taken from the Jail at Win
field. Kan, by crowd, and hanged to a
railroad bridge.
A FIRE at Lafayette, Ga, destroyed the
courthouse and all the records.
f. H. SMITH has been appointed successor
to Vincent, the defaulter, as State treasurer
of Alabama.
DAMON ROMERO, a young Mexican, was
hanged at Springer, New Mexico, for the
murder and robbery of ranchman.
THE Union Iron and Steel works, of Chi
cago, are embarrassed and have shut down,
throwing more than 1900 men out of en-
ployment. The liabilities of the company
are estimated at $1,000, 900.
In drunken row between miners at Ool-
tewah, Tenn, ono named Bennett was
stabbed by Mike Drilard. A few minutes
later Drillard was run over by train and in.
stantly killed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
South and West.

GREAT excitement was caused at Mont
gomery, Ala, by the discovery that Isaac H.
Vincent, the State treasurer, was defaulter
for u large amount. Mr.. Vincent sent let
ter to his chief clerk stating that his ac-
counts were short, and that he intended to
start for New York to straighten the matter
out. The kletter was laid before Governor
O'Neil, who forwarded communion
ton lin regard to the embezzle-
ment to both houses of the legisla-
ture. An investigation of the treasurer
accounts by a committee showed that the
deficit amounted to 1927 900, which is secured
by good bondsmen. The money has been
taken within the last two years and was used
to speculate in cotton. 1t was stated by one
witness at the investigation that more than
$4,000 was lost through speculations ir
New York city.
THIRTY-NIsE cadets at the United States
naval academy, Annapolis, Nd, were placed
in confinement for INSTRUMENTATION.
ONE of the most disastrous snow-slides
ever known in the Rocky mountain region
has occurred about three miles from
Crested Butte, Col. Thirty men employed
in coal mine were startled from their SLEEP
by an ominous rumbling noise, and almost
instantly the avalanche was upon them
The building in which they were
sleeping was crushed to atoms, and it,
occupants were hurled down the mountain
side. A rescuing party started out from
Crested Butte as soon as the news was re-
ceiyed there, and after several hours of in
defatigable labor the men were all uncov-
cred. Seven of them were found dead ant
eighteen others injured, several of then
fatally.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
TRAPS FOR THIEVES.
Precautions Taken by New York Jewellers
Against Robbery.

Against Robbery.
The counters of the large downtown
New York jewelers. sparkle witN pre-
cious gems and costly trinkets of gold
and silver. Any one who wishes may
inspect these treasures with apparent
freedom. Glittering diamonds, shining
watches and ornate bracelets, rings and
pins are scattered on the baize counters
before a crowd of customers. This
seems to give dishonest persons ample
opportunity for thieving. The large
jewelers., however, discount the posi-
bility of such thing SO cleverly that
the feelings of no honest customer are
wounded, while the chances of the
professional shoplifter are reduced to
zero. In one of the largest diamond
houses in the trade smiling negro
politely opens the door and admits the
visitor. Statesmen stand behind pol
ished showcases, and display for in
spection any number of treasures. The
negro smiles and stands like a au-
tomaton, opening and shutting the door.
Should a theft be attempted his de-
meanor would instantly change. A
word, or the slightest sign, would send
the door to with slam, and it would
lock with a spring. If need be, a
glistening revolver would appear in
the negro's hand and be leveled in a
moment. In less than a minute an
electric alarm would bring a policeman
to the spot The thief would be caught
in trap ere he could escape.
Another diamond dealer, the dark re-
cess of whose great sale is aglow with
a myriad of tiny colored fires, shows
these gems as freely as if every custo-
mer were his bosom friend The visi-
tors do not notice the tall gate of small
steel bars crossed, which silently swing
open when they enter and as quietly
close when they are seated at the coun-
ter. Yet this gate effectually shuts
off escape from the room should sus-
picion of theft be aroused. 1t opens
with catch spring and closes with an
automatic lock. Gates of this sort and
screens, more or less elaborate in con
struction, are to be found near glass
cases in which diamonds are displayed
in many large jewelry establishments
and they also guard the outer windows
An ingenious foil for the window
smashing thief is heavy plate OF
French glass placed few inches be
hind the outer glass of the show win
dows, and rendered invisible by its
transparency. If thief broke the
outer glass he would find himself face
to face with almost the exact duplicate
of the broken pane, the only difference
being that the second pane is heavier
than the first.
jewelers. who resort to neither Of
these means of protection secure them
selves in less noticeable way by EN-
ploying lynx-eyed watchmen who arr
dressed neatly, and walk to and fro il
the salesrooms, seemingly busy will
other work, but always keeping theil
eyes on the alert.
The effect of these safeguards is tt
destroy the. likelihood of the recurrence
of any of the great jewelry robberie'
that have been attempted by cracks
men in the past. The robbers arr
driven nowadays to attack the safes a
night, for it is practically hopeless TO
them to secure booty in the daytime.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

The purchase of the main exposition
building at Philadelphia by Mr.. b. c.
Mitchell for $97, 900 was successful
speculation. The cost of removing the
huge structure and other expenses
amounted to about 100000, and the
materials of which it was built have
been sold for about 100000, leaving a
profit of 100000 to be divided among
Mr.. Mitchell and the five other gentle
men whom he associated with himself
in the enterprise. At the time of his
purchase Mr.. Mitchell was frank
enough to say that he. fully expected
to make large sum of money by it,
that he was preparedto pay considerable
more for the building than the price at
which it was knocked down to him,
and that he was astonished that Mr..
Richard Dobbins, who built it, and was
as well acquainted with its value as
himself, should have let such pretty
plum slip through his fingers.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

The London Times frankly ac-
knowledges that Great Britain has be-
come dependent upon the United
States in the matter of cotton, meat
and breadstuffs. 1t says 1.-The coun-
try of which within recent memory we
were childishly and vindictively jeal-
Gus, now proves to be the country by
which, to great extent, we live. 1t
sends us corn by the hundreds of ship
loads. Its beef completes with ours, or
rather becomes ours, and is sold at our
native prices under the hands of our
enterprising English butchers" With
such market how important that
American farmers should learn to pro
duce goods best adapted for British
consumption.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
Prices Paid for Furs and Skins.

The following arc late quotations
for furs and skins in the New York
market
A..oIo,o J,j;o,, bond1a6 nor
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

With all the grandeur and greatne
of Paris the sultan of Zanzibar re
turned home from visit to the French
capital with passion for two things
pendulum clocks and strawberry
ice-cream-a added to his retinue a
skillful clockmaker and an expert con-
fectioner to keep up his supply of these
luxuries. His palace is furnished with
clocks in large numbers, and he takes
delight in watching them, and seeing
hat they keep time with perfect ac-
cord and strike the hour stimuli
taneously.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
CURRENT NOTES.

One of the noblest workers of the
age is Miss Leigh, known as the Eng
glishwoman's good angel in Paris" In
1872 she established home for young
unfriended women. Since then the
home has grown to include an orphan
age, church and parsonage mission
hall, a Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION, a Young Mems institute, a
free registry, kindergarten and infant
school and a sanitarium. In this great
work Miss Leigh and her lady asso-
ciates act voluntarily.
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Financial.
cry1nAL nAILroAp co,rAxY OF NtwJEesET,

il9 IIITRTl IN, New York Oct 10, 1888
HOLDERS of the Income Bonds OF the Cen
Railroad Ompany OF NCwJ ersey are n0tned thnt
and after date hereof they viii be onleu 70
said Income Bonds FOR the CONFETTI phhIsa,-
TURE COUPON BONDS OF the Company the latter Deatins
interest per cent AHnum irOn Ahy j, 1883 ana
ing 1903; said exchange to Do hade upon ibe
lowing terms. viz; m -. III
Each hoer Of Thousand dollars OF Income Bonds vii
receive hundred dollars OF tie CO En-
BENTURE BONDS scrip being issued Ir nae.IonS d
81 00O) and five dollars 10 cash. All Income hon'S
FOR exchange must be transferred IN person OF ~ P nE
attorney, 10 "TIE CENTRAL RAILhOAD COAir<A4' - VI
NEW-JFRSFY for exchange , an. -. ,,.o So,,
Exchanges may be made OF the General once OF ue on'
pany Lbery-st NewYGk: Foreign h9deIs gar nav
the new bonds and scrip Forwarded 10 te1l lot
London upon appiicaon the London Agency OF he f
dclphia and Reading Railroad Company 40 50
London, T. e. j. W. NAi'oN' ii'"o'i'i.-
NOTICE.-A meeting of the Preferred stock
~ holders Of the Northern Pache ialLoaa C map S
been called and will be held in ,e company D,,.
No q, sixth story Of the Mills Buding 20 ~ ay
NewY CItv on Tuesday, tho 2Oh day OF
II noon for the special puIPo OF Fo6g 9 AZ
proposition to Twenty Million IilI VI ~
to secured by second mOrgage on al the property Oh Ky
COmpaDv eXcrpts lands in Minnesota anu Dah0a eISt o o
Missouri River which were appropriated by Tie Pan OF re
Orgnn the henedt OF the ffcIltL IvA S'Jo0'
only 10 the priority the present general hOtBhse'
ny Oiuoi VI "o i'V'' ~ stfIrFI VIIKESON Secretary.
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VINJE ERIE RAILWAY, now known az the
i NEw.YOBK, LAKE ERIE AND "EsIEitN RAIL

ARRANGEMENT Of trains from Chambcrs-Street Depot.
m-Daiy except sundays R8 EApIt.Sr s iyn
coaches 70 ClcS Gland, lnCinnah and chicago 3d.,
81 daily st LOUIS LhGq p 80 no ,,s s1ia r,gg
5:96 m Niagara Falls iu; Salamanca 100 Ccye.
Toledo J:26 N. and indianapolis IL a IN. ,,,,--, ,
50 m DAILY -Pacnc Express iol me WS 1ond Iran OF
Buffalo Niagara Fails Cincinnati aud chicago Hoiei ana
Buffet smoking Coaches 10 Chicago.
8lJ D m EmigTaut train for the " o-t. 80
RntIeI'{a e ahp 40 5i6 Gao $40 $40 7S0 1880 p n
Paterson G. 7.2O $50 $50 1920 ~ LAB 300
40 s. 10 $50 G:lO $50. 100, si6, 1890 m, sud II
midnight sundays 6, $50, 1920 M las. $780, $50 m
NeTark and Paterson via Newark Gas, $40 1880 M
$40 4:2O, 5:20 $3.50, 1880 m, aqd IT, midnight Saturday
SufffI 1850 go 1920 l45. 800 D. $50, GlD II %
. No. and midnieh sundays, g. $50 lO2O ms l4o $3.50
D ~. and II midnight.
Newbnrg and Cornwall $50, 0 IA, $50 i3o. Gpm. sun
"4 Eyo9doni aid Kingston and MONTGOMERY m l3o
GSsGcn 750 g. goa m $780, 43o B. sI5pm sunday
G. $50 1920 n 9@9 81 Hon r, s9o ..go q SLIM,
m ANS connect with Midland Railroad at Maina The
T s' jry $50 o. 1920 400, G. g. sl5p Sunday,
$50 1870 a m, 9, $50, p m . 49,. , -
fra,o 54 3 a m 10 $40 p No. ana at 1913 and IL
TTcEcS for passage aud apartments IN Dmwng Room and
Sleeping coaches can be obtained .n1 oI thG
Nos 2Gl l0i OF 90 Broadway, ls7 Wess, y. y No :
CoUItSt BROOKLYN or e the COmpNuy's Dopots 800
Express trains from The West arrive IN Ncwiort at $40
and no JOIN n ABBofT Gonl Passr Agent, NewYorE
NORTHERN RAILROAD OF NEW-JERSEY.
~ II41s o go 40 10 ~ T. 800 $50 $40 GlO $50 H.
~ midnight. Sundays T. m ana Gl2 pm; ,-o-
Manuel spring Valley and Monsey' 7lO 10 a m 400 m
Sund'y Jn6HN \. ABBOTT GenT Poss'r Agent New York