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The Penn's Grove record., 1883-05-05
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Conditions fu Termination.
The conditions favorable and UNI
favorable for thu termination of seeds
are
/. Depth.-This must depend upon
the size and nature Of the seed. The
smaller the seedthe less depth of earth
is required. Cabbage seed, celery,
turnip, radish, onions, ETC., should be
covered lightly barely covered. Corn
may be covered TO the depth of one to
two inches, and peas to the depth of six
inches i; but itlis better in the case Of
peas to plant chem ir a furrow six or
eight inches deep and cover two inches
deep, and as tie plant grows MI in the
earth.
2. Moisture Seeds require moisture
to enable them to terminate. If the
earth becefAs dry The seed will not
g. rminate or the contrary, if there is
too much moisture it is liable to rot.
.
8. While light is essential to the
healthy growth of plants, it is detri-
mental to the process of termination.
Seed-beds may be covered with cloth,
boards or any substance that will not
prevent The rays of tbe sun from heat
Ing the earth. When cabbage, celery
or tomatoes are plante in boxes thss
may be covered with cotton-batting,
cloth or paper. iThe darker the material
the better, as it absorbs heat. This
covering not 5nlf facilitates eerl4ina
ton, but aids II keeping the surface
moist. 4 81, hath laid I'VE a row Of
carrots has fade several days difference
in the termination of the plant, and,
also, the seeds have come up more uni
formly. Upder these circumstances a
smaller quantity of seed is required.
In field culture this would be imprac.
ticable, but in a garden a few hundred
laths might be of great service.
A. The soil must be kept loose oveI
the seed, or otherwise it may not be
able to push its way up through the
surface SOIL The soil should also BIZ
loose and mellow below the seed, SC
that the root may shoot downward fol
food and moisture. The soil should bt
loose also in order that the air may have
access TO the seed, and thereby afford
oxygen, to develope the embryo. BY
bong loose, | meal not baked hard SC
as to form a crust. If a crust forms il
should De broken up carefully with al
iron-tf ,.lied rake. The soil over the
plant -aousd be pressed gently so as tc
prevent its drying out.
With air, moisture and heat the germ
quickly develops, sending its plumuli
upward and radicle downward. Often
times good seed is sown but fails tt
vegetate because the conditions referred
to in this article are not attended to.
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hymn TO NIGHT,

T.
I heard the trailing garment o the hls"t
Sweep through her marble hal !
saw her sable skirts all iringed WIN Iight
From the celestial walls.
/ felt her presence, by its spell OF might
Stoop Ger me from above,
The calm, majestic presence OF the hlghl'
As of the one | love.
1 heard the sounds of sorrow and delight,
The manifold, soft chimes
That fin the haunted chambers of the night
Like some old poets rhymes.
From the cool cistern of the midnight AIR
Nv spirit drank repose;
Th fountain of perpetual peace hows there,
From those deep cisterns hows.
O holy night from thee | learn to bear
What man has borne before
Thou lay'st thy finger on the lips OF care
And they complain no more
Peace Peacei Orr stes like / breathe tn
prayer
Descend with b~road-winged Hight;
The welcome, the thrice p~rayed-for, the
most fair,
The bestowed night.
-LoNGPELLow
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Potatoes for Planting.

~
Few operations on the farm receive so
little attention as the selection and keep
ing of potatoes for planting, yet the sue
cess Of the cropdepends very much on he
condition of the potatoes planted. How
often we hear farmers complain that
their potatoes do not come up well or
that chey fail to make a vigorous growth,
usually aetFispting it to the state of the
weather, when in many cases the trou-
,les!s with the potatoes planted. In
lselecting and keeping pototoes n impor-
tant tactis usually entirely overlooked,
which is, that the potato is not the seed;
therefore is more liable to be injured by
keeping. Most of seeds are covered with
a hard substance which protects them
from the light and sudden changes of
temperature, If kept in a dry place; but
the potato being simply a tuber has no
such protection, therefore is very sensi-
tive to light and variations of tempera-
tuIe, even though kept in a dry place.
In fact, a potato is similar to the root of
a tree when severed from the tree, which
we are 80 careful to keep In a dark, cool
place if we wish to keep 1t in a healthy
condition and grow well when set in the
ground. The potato may endure more
than the root of a tree without COM
pletely losing its vitality, but it suffers in
the same way and, if not entirely killed
Is injured In some degree by being kept
where it is too hot, too cold on too dry,
If it is kept too hot 1t sprouts badly, and
thus ioses It's vitality, never again pro-
ductng such vigorous stalks as come
from the first sprouts, If kept where it
is so cold as to chill it, ii is worse than
keeping il where ii il too worm, as il
does not take much of a chill to prevent
it from growing at all. The farmer In
selecting potatoes for planting should
ever keep in mind that he is dealing with
tubers and not with seed, therefore size
and form is not so important as health.
When he selects SclonS he cares more to
have good buds and a healthy shoot than
he does for the particular form and in
keeping his scions he uses great care to
keep them where it is cool, and neither
too wet nor too dry. The same princi-
pie which holds good in the scion applies
to the potato, especially that which APP
plies to the strength of the buds and the
health of the shoot or the tuber. As the
potato when planted is simply the re-
newal OF the old life, it carries with il
many of the diseases which it may have
gathered up, while a seed only carries
With it the constitutional weakness of
the parent. Thus The Importance of
sele ting potatoes as free as possible from
disease and of keeping them where they
will lose none of their vitality.
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Getting Even With Blumenthal.

Mr.. 1saacs and Mr.. Blumenthal kept
rival clothing stores on the Bowery.
within a few doors of each other. Mr..
lsaacs was always to be found with his
head out of the door soliciting custom
f;om the yerdant passer-by. MI. Blum-
elthal objected to this shoddy manner
Of doing business, having found that the
watchful Isaacs had captured several
o. his customers, and one day he went
up to Mr.. Isaacs and said "Look here.
Mr.. lsaacs, Wy don't you keep your ugly
face inside? You might peter get a
jsckass to stand by de door. He would
make a big improvement" IVY" said
I,aacs, II did try dot vonce, und all de
peoples day pass Ply say to him Good
dly, Mr.. Blumenthal 1 see you've
noyed.'"
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A father has been complaining to a
friend of the family of the conduct of
his prodigal son. "You ought to rea.
son with him seriously, :" says the friend
of the family. $50 i dol SO | have ~
says the father in despair, shut it has
no effect. The young scoundrel will
listen to nobody that isn't . fool like
himself, 1 want you to go and talk
with him ~
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FOREIGN.
The Turf.

LoNDoN.-In the race for the second
Cambridge Bienniel' stakes, for three
year-olls, at the Newmarket spring
meeting, Mr.. LoriIlard's bay colt Mas
sasoit had a WALL over. no other horses
appearing.
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Russia.

WARSAW. A fire occurred here
in a caDinetmaker's workshop. Six
teen of the workmen were unable to
escape and were burned to death.
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France,

PARIs.-The Senate by o vote of 200
to Il, passed the bill converting the )
per cert. rentes into a per cents.
In the Chamber of Deputies, NJ.
Charles Drum, Minister of Marine, sub
mitted a bin providing for an appro-
priation of 5000, 900 francs for the
Tonquin expedition.
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Spain.

MADRID.--General Martinez-Campos,
Minister of War, has withdrawn his
resignation, which he offered in conse-
quence of the action of the Budget
Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
II adopting a resolution to reduce the
increased expenditures proposed byhim.
The crisis in The Cabinet is thus averted
temporarily, but it is reported that
General Campos is resolved to maintain
the estimates of his Department.
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Personal.

NJ. Cazot has been installed as First
President of the Court Of Cessation.
Ex-Prime Minister Duclerc is seri-
ously i'll.
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Germany.

BERLIN.-Gen. Van Moltke is i'll,
but his sickness is not considered to be
of a serious nature.
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In Fall River, Massachusetts,, an at
tempt was made to blow up the ruins of
a massive granite tower left staIdiAs
amid the debris of the burned Flint
Mills. A charge of Is pounds of Atlas
powder exploded laterally, 'eaving the
tower unmoyed, but scattering stones
and timbers among the crowd, killing
n of them named, James Mcguire.
The steamship Valletta, which was
wrecked ON Black Rock, Nova Scotia,
had a cargo of potatoes and other pro-
duce. The vessel itself was valued at
S35, 600, but in February last $4,000
additional was spent upon her in ne
pairs. The latest accounts say the YES
sci is a total wreck, and her crew We're
saved with difficulty.
A building of the New Haven Clock
Company at New Haven, Connecticut,
was burned. Loss $4,000.
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ftdVdnd anu ny occurring LIE btSt Sceu
obtainable from the Island of Cuba.
The way to accomplish the result
suggested is to procure genuine Havana
seed from the Island of Cuba, of known
merits, from the celebrated Yuelta de
Abajo district, located west of Havana.
This famous belt produces, it is said,
the finest leaf in the world. From this
rich region came the Haynes Havana
seed originally. Let the growers get
their Havana seed from the section
named through proper and trustworthy
sources, and commence the modus
operandi Of hybridizing and cultiva-
ting the plants by sowing the APP
proved Cuba seed. The process of
hybridizing may reasonably be CON-
menced the first year of the growth of
the plants by placing some other desir-
able Domestic Havana plants beside
the Cuba plants. When both are in
full bloom, force the pollen from the
blossoms OF N set of plants on to
those OF the other variety, and repeat
this frequently for a short time, until
you are satisfied the work has been well
done, Let them then go TO seed. Save
the seed from these plants-the genu ne
Havana ones-and SOW it the second
year, and the third or fourth year, if
need be. until this plants thus produced
are satisfactory. When the tobacco is
as nsar perfection as you can, seeming.
iy, grow it, save a large quantity of
sound seed from the best plants for nae
for a series of years, and in this way
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-05-05

IN the recent international debate on
alcoholism at Geneva, thenumber of it.
res Of alcohol consumed yearly per head
of population was statedfor,t the principal
European countries and the United
States as follows France, 3 Austria,
a; England, 8; America United
states), ~; Switzerland, "A! Belgium,
9; Sweden, 10; Germany, 10s Russia,
IS; Denmark, 30. In Spa n and Italy
the proportion wa much less.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
VERY NEARLY SWINDLED.

Leo Schmidt, German who was his way
from Chicago TO Germany. was a temporary victim
70 three West-st. confidence men yesterday. lie
first met BY stranger at the Erie depot IN Jersey
City. After crossing the ferry he and his new
found friend were joined by another man who ex-
bibited novel tobacco box, presumed to be full of
tobacco. The Jersey City acquaintance asked the
stranger for a chew of tobacco. The box had a
false bottom and, when opened in certain way, APP
parenty was empty The jersey City man opened
the box and showing Schmidt that II contained
nothing returned il 70 the stranger, and pretended
TO become indignant, The latter protested that the
box was full. The Jersey City man then offered to
bet 800 that the box was empty. The stranger
took him up and produced 500 bill; The first
formed acquaintance had only. $50, and he asked
Schmidt to make up the remainder, when he ana.
The last acquaintance acknowledged his loss OF the
bet and the hrst acquaintance gave Schmidt the
500 bill and pocketed tn, rest. Discovering that
rest of the sharpers While Schmidt was walkln &
along West-st. he was approached by acquaintance
No. i, who thrust $40 into his hand. Schmidt then
refused To make q charge and the swlndiers were
allowed to esca 70 punishment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
EVILS OF THE INsTALNENT PLAN.

Pnfr,ok VFarrell, the furniture dealer at NO.
267 Bowerv, charged by Emma Woodman Oh no
400 East Egbt' seventn-sl., Win aau.h h h, ~
first purchase and then selling both lots OF IuInI
ture although the first b H. amounting to S63. had
been settled failed to appear In the barlem Iolce
Cont yesterday morning III answer 10 lie SUMMONS
and warrsnt for h 6 arresG on charge Vi recelv-
ing stolen goods was issued by Justice surrey
the polce failed to find Ofarrell Dut 10 sn1 Sio
noon he appeared in court accompanied py nis
counsel and James Gleason the alleged Depu,,y
Sheriff who seized the goods. or arrelrs DOCK
keeper aud c0lleGtor also appeared as m i.nososJ
into one WITH the consent OF the complainant n,s
she emphaticay denied. Justco murray lsI1'1 I
to entertain ths idea that goods paid LOT cou'u oe
seized Tor nnn-paynent OF seconu psI oma rh 80
refused % allow the counsel to treat inc nnn
AZ n single transaction. Gleason was heio W P'b
for .ral for larceny. Mr.. " tarreli peauc' .n'S no
was not the Que ho mad sold the goods ana slla 70
had simply acted from information i.,rns tht ,ha
by his employees his counsel argued tha' 'ho
'Ins,icc MoTrsv responded that dealers COULD net
afford TO make such mistakes anu that MI. "i IL
lau had ample opportunity 10 oner IeoaIs.,ui, - 10
believed no had jurisdiction IN "a case "ueIN poi
sons place was invaded aud property upon "nlou
every dollar was paid carried away IL was
grlevous outrage that not only anec'en tue p'Ison
injured but in M ell the business o reputable deal
els He ht o Farrell III 5000 pail to answer
The case of Mary Caldwell, OF No. ~ "esi Vne,
Gonsherowsky. of No l}7 Orchari-st., was theh
called. The compliments husband had pnr-
chased furniture from w. - EI'ioI' W III
dealer at No. ~ Bowery. aud claims that the Dill
prr,ente was not only exorbltnnt hui that P"r-
ton OF The goods second hand. One 81 listers
employee had o,ored Ia make u drducti"I on tEs
account aud Mr. Caldwell was waiting ior cor
rected hill before paying what no owed; Inc gOous
wee seized on February %. mrs Caldwell was
lert IN n cold room with sick child. Mrs lhwell
stated that when she urged Gonsherowsky "ho
made the seizure. to leave the stove Tor the sake ol
her SICK child, he assaulted nor aud tack the stove
with the fire in it. The accused man waived sXani-
nation =,
Z" declare this Is terrible" said Justice Murray.
have more resrect for - hghwayman than LOT
person who would send Dru'e who Womb peat
woman to seize everything and endangrr the NE OF
a sick child She ought 10 have Drained the fellow
The prisoner was helu In $500 bail to answer the
charge of assault
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
HARDENED CRIMINAL CONVICTED.

One of the most hardened young criminals vh3
has recently appr ued III the sew ! ork cfmlna,
courts az tried Yesterday in the Court OF General
Sessioms His name il John Carmody and he vas
cl argod with being one Of the perpetrators OF
daring act OF highway rnbber,. lie Is twenty -lour
years old. lie was indicted fof rohbiug "nstaVS
lrlnnan a boy employed ~ - messenger by Auolph
Goidsmitb OF No 80 tirrenwic ~. Goldsm IN
was i'm the nahit of sending tho box with TN boX
Containing large um 81 money every AFTERNOON 10
No go Gr,cnwich.st. On February is wien the boy
started ont with the box, two men were g n ny
Goldsmith apparently watching him from the oupo-
size side of the street Goldsmith followed his "a es-
srnger. but had gone Only few PAGES when ne 81"
the boy knocked down Nv two men anu the nnS'
CONTAINING : 900. taken from hun. GOLDSMITH.
VIII attempted ~ assist the boy, was also knocked
down ana the thieves escaped. CarnOdv vas alter
ward arrested aud was Se~trrdny conVlcle'. iie
ATTEMPTED to prove an altbi. but was nnSnccrssiul
lie has served several IN tha state Prison au
two months aHO triel in tho Court OF Gcnri al
Sessions gu "A charge of rhhbrry hut was acquitted,
although the stolen property foun IN his posses
sion. The irisonrr Will be sentenced on FRIDAY
.Tndes CCwinr intimuled that he would Imr ose
heavy sentence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
TWO MIDGETS MARRIED.

sadav of revelng at Bunnell's jroOklyn Mu.
scum yeste rday The ringtailed monkeys cha' t.red
with unwOnted animation, the cOckatO0S feathers
ere stirred with expectation, aud even ne stuIeu
animals seemed to feel the influence OF the OCCASION
And the occasion was the marriage Of Robert Huzhd
and Ida Hos ner two dwarf on exhibition al the
Museum. The grOoErS exhibition name 10 Mayor
LIttietnger. lie Is twenty lOur ears ola ano tnreo
feet SIX inches hIgn. line BRIDE Is one year oluer
and one inch shorier. She was woued ANA won ny
the Major six weeks go,whih he was on exbi bIti0n
at Hartford. He is wldower OF eght months,
MS wife having died from the CT5arean
operation. His child is living and weighs five
pounds-the same weight 1t had at brit.
he theatre IF the museum was crowded yester-
daV aud at the close of the Regular performance the
bridal party marched or to the stage. ne BRIDE
wore a dress Of nuns vcllIng with Il train and "A
tuile veil and orange flo crs. he groom was at
tired in black brOa clOjh. In the traln OF the couple
came lie curlosIleS There were the fat wOmau--
cone vast subs antial smile = the dancing spI Ter
and his only rival. the living skeleton, and the Irish
giant. whom he audience suspected OF beng tne
missing Number One" The tattOOrd man had
touched no his decoration for the occasion and the
mink eye- of the AlOinOs danced more wildly than
usual. An indian in full war paint sprang upon
the stage with bound tnat sugg SIZED
scalps Count Rosebud aud Baron
Littlefinger both half a head shorter than the
groom sat with solemn gravity on little chairs OH
the stage. The civilized aud uncIvluzed world ana
the nightmare reaim OF mOnstrOs ties ana deiOiln-
tiles were repres nted III thu group that gathered
around these two ltile people Ia the centre OF the
stage. Then from the wings came the Kew. Hugh
o. PentecOst anu made tIem man and wife hey
received the congratulations OF the curiOsitics
The people attached 10 the museum gave them
set OF silver napkin rings, and several bouquets
were sent up from the spectators.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
HOME Ne VS..
PROMINENT ARRIVALS

Eth Arcpne Hofcl-Scnator Warner Miller,
of Hrrkimer v. Y: Representative Frank Hi'cocs OF
svracu,e aud * Cnngr, man Nmasa Sorcross. o. MAS
sacius IA - Park Arenur HOtc'-" ongr"ssnan John
f. Wal. 81 Co. uccucut Eroc 81 House ommodore ""
g. Temple g. T. NJ and ego gf"-siD 10 Horace + "a g.
~ Dali or ia $500 Nfif- i0rk HofSi-COugfrr-int H. ID.
Sion tnd Van II. N nung, M.s-s tpni 90. hr0nd
Central Ho,ci-Tnhn %. Tuomp-un, OF tolnmbu@ ohio
4sfor UOnse-Er Cougr-sif JOnn Lynch, 81 Maine.
Otls,D Iiots,- COugr stephen SAM ri, 81 AM
ST Jarn,s Hoici-Ex- CnugressmAn George {. la
,,fW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
THE FEDERAL BUILDING FOR BROOKLYN.
NUMBER OF SITES LAID BEFORE THE COM
MrsSIONERa

MssIoNERs.
The commissioners appointed by Secretary o.R 2;
to select site for the new Federal bui'S Snh1ltz
Broo<lyn-GeoIge II. Andrews, Jackson 5. Schui!1
and William Laimbeerheld public meHt It, W
receive prooosa in the Brooklyn City han ISL nIo
day. Among those present were MAYOR Low n Tno
missioner Raymond, Judge McCne, CSiie1 NJ
Ward. John French and s. L. Hmsteh. b mF
Andrews presided. He stated tnat 900 9e GOO 600
heard through the newspapers that o @Zvo,oIJU
had been added to the 100000 already
appropriated for the site, but no otIlcai no.,co VI
this had been ceived Horace Z. Demiue' iT 20
half O. Leonard Moody, real estate agent, oilered
three sites. He urged that the City tall square
was the most appropriate place for the new Dulu
ine as it should be near the o. hef Public
nonsense to talk of &c ting site for SZoOOoO, anu
one should be selected in the best place without re-
gari TO price. Mr. Deming then offered slte AT
Washngton-st. and Myrtle-aye., from the present
Pos Office in Westinghouse and IN Myftie-iVep W
Adans-st including he vacant lots on Adam ST,
owned by Kings County. This SITE couid
be purchaser for 100000. Another site
was one block further from City Hall Square, at
Washington and Johnson-s s.. extending ZOo IeeI
III the Ormer and 235 ieet i'll the latter, aud run
ming through TO Adams-st. This would cost less
but the pri was not uamed. The third sllo men
toned by Mr.. Deming, ironted on washington,
Adams and Tiary-sts., two blocks iron inc .Sly
Hail. and in the main lh0roughfare from tne oi'u6e'
1t would cost 100000. c.
The second propOs al was MAGE oy a. Ctr
for the trustees oi the First Reformed Churcn III
JOraemou-st.. Offering the church properly lor
$500, 900. This runs through TO Livinsson-st:'
but n block on COurt-st,, most or whlch hI. IA.
man was authorized to sell, would needed. tie
urged that this was the best site possible It would
measure 3OS by III feet. W. II. Grace said that =
Eultou-st at much less cost than nea. er tn"
CITY Hail A site ounded by fulton-st., Fulton.
place, Bond-st. and LivingstOnst. was Offered Dy
w. Cooper 81 Son, but price named. l.. I.
SInonson proposed site tending 2O5 zee, III Full,
ton-st 700 feet IL JAY st., 229 feet III Pear st and
1O4 feet i'll WIlloughby-st. No price was named.
Ins,Y III an.I 10 l..
COurt-s was offered by f.. +. Patchem tor @25O,OOO
The last site spoken OF was al Pearl aud johnson
sts.. 260 bv 100, but no price was put ON H. Mr'
Truslow urged that the first namci sltr was the
heat The Commission will meet again Today.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
wuAr GOING ~ TO-DAY.

Boari Of ApporuonIne it mc'tng.
Consul, alton between church Temperance Socl' ann
Board OF Excise.
4oc.tior OF Nailoua FRO ting Horse Breeders At NO.
III il'Oa lWtY.
Ixau,inaton ~ MIA. Wenrmann nj Yorkyiilo Police
CuuTi. 81.
Mcroscopioa Soc,eys annual reception az Lyrc lalL
second Br gadc II Association dinIer AZ Lotos CLUB
Medical prudence -Occty at No. II West Thirty
nr,t ST. 49,,
REVIEW and presentation ON rksmens badges to 18th
Regiment AT Ar,uOry IL Bruohl,n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
THE MILITARY SERVICE INSTITUTION.

General Hancock, as president of the Executive
Council OF the Military Service Institution. has
presented the annual report of the institution for
the year 1882. The report OF the treasurer. Cap
tain Thomas Ward shows q balance to the credit OF
the institution OF $3.50 IL. There $50 members,
the average per regiment being nne the cavalry,
In regard 10 the formation of "a military library
General Hancock suggested that a fund created by
voluntary subscriptions from those willing to con
tribute TO merltOTious public institutions would
make the enterprise q National sueccss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH.

man walking near the iost Of East Twenty
e,ghtbse., half an hour before noon yesterday.
was STOPPED by an old mau who injured the exact
time of day and added have something partic-
Mar TO dob Five minutes later the old man jumped
into the East River lie pulled out of the
water by two laborers III the Bellevue Hospital
grounds but he died soon after he had been carried
INTO the hospital. In his pocket - R@saod on