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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-06
THE MURDER OF PETER KEENAN,.

cONRoY COMMITTED TO THE ToMBs WITHOUT BAH.
The body of Peter Keenan, who was killed by po-
liceman C0nrOy on Saturday night, lay surrounded
by mourning relatives and friends Yesterday at the
h0nse of his brother, No. 3lS East lhirty-Sec0nd-
ST. The funeral will take place today and the bur-
ial will be ut Calvary Cemetery. The dead man was
a widOwer with no children. The Kcenans are
respectable Woodworking family and held the
wake over the body of their nurucred relative IN
O quiet and touching manner.
Captan RYAN, of the Twenty first Precinct, sad t01
TRIBUNE reporter: COnroy has exec lent record
and never knew him to touch a drop of liquor be-
fore but be certainly hau been drinking ON S9tur-
day night One could see that by looking at him.
The report that have used my official position to
interfere in politics is entirely false. No man can
saw that in my capacity as Captain ever tied to
iuiuqlcc his vote am personal fneni, ID IS true,
of the Taulmany candidate for Alderman in the dis
trct." ,
C0nroy was taken before Coroner Levy III the
morning for preliminary examination lie sat
Throughout the invest gatlOn III "A careless mamie:
amusing himself by twir!mg his hat ON his fingers
The Keeper of the gTOg-shop where Keenan, was
murdered told the story of the shooting subStan-
TALLY as 1t appeared in yesterdays TRIBUNE john
and Thomas Clifford also testified to the same ELECT
Conr0y was committed without bail. The inquest
viii be held on Thursday at two O'Clock. Alderman
Kenney of the NNIlith Assembly District has
written a letter in which lac claims tho honor OF
having secured the appointment Uf Conroy on the
police force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-06


The Rev Emory J. Haynes, of Brooklyn, spoke
Yesterday at the Baptist preachers meeting on ilc
hindrances that prevent young people RON attend
inc church, dwelling especially on the causes that
keen the Young men of Brooklyn away from church.
lie said that there were about 10000 young men
I'm BrOOklyn of whom - 900 were members Of Pro-
trstant or Roman Catholic churches, white only
about > 600 of this unmbcr attended church Scrv-
ices Among the causes for this nIragtc attendance
were Sunday work. late work on Saturday night,
and social dinners on Sunday. He then gave figures
TO show how small were the salaries OF the labOrmg
Glasses in comparison with the amount OF money
expended in costly clothes and gifts and IN pleasure
by their employers. 49,
The Rev. Z. Rhodes, also Of Brooklyn, said that
he questioned the facts presented by Mr.. Haynes
IN The first place he sad that the speaker had over
estimated BrCOklyn's population 10y lOO,OOopcrsons;
the number OF young men between seventeen anu
twenty-five years he did not believe exceeded
$4,000 and there much larger number OF
church attendants from Tins number than Mr.
HAYNES had mentioned. In his own church Of $50
members Mr. Rhodes said, there were 300 young
pcuDle properly sO-called about seventy-hve of
them being Young men between the age specified
seventeen and twenty-five years The Rev. Dr.
uuggins said that he thought the cause of the slim
church attendance of young men and women was
wholly due to the lack of parental authority. lie
also deprecated the reading of the Sunday papers.
The Rev. Mr.. Hughes said that he had found the
best way hold the young people was To keep them
Interested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-06
BROOKLYN.


The Board Of Aldermen failed 10 get q quorum to-
0cthcT yesterday.
The Grand Jury was impanclcd for November
yesterday with Jacob Cole, an auctionrcr foreman.
Rob.rt b. Ingram, engineer Of the steamer New
port, lying il the Boston Dry Dock Yesterday
lrutally kicked John Murphy, age thirty-thrcc OF
No. llo Westinghouse, who was at work on thc
Ncs. J. in the face and IL is expected that Murphy
will lose the sight Oi both Dyes.
In suit begun by Samuel +. Gregory Fto recover
$3.50 lost, bile playing poker, to Thomas r. Brown
OF No. 29l C"ntst., Judge Clement ordered y,s
day that the plaIntih give bin of .particulrs
giving the dates Of each sitting At cards and the
losses each time.
While going home on Sunday about midnight.
Conrad Brook, Of No.. l3i Throop-avc. cot in u
fight near his home it'll two young men who had "A
young woman with them He was knocked down
and his skull was fractured. George Wclclrcr aud
Romncy ROda We're arrested and held for the as
sault. 1t Is feared that Brook will die
JERSEY CITY.
The racc-hor,e Gray Bonnet, which was stolen
Sunday morning from the Brighton Beach stables.
was recovered in this city yesterday.
The woman who committed suicide on Sunday
evening from llobokcn ierryboat was Mrs Louise
Mahlcr. She lived with her husband on Jersey CITY
Heights.
There was launched from J. II. Starins ship-yard,
Communipaw, yesterday and chrstened with APP
pTOprIatc ceremonies the John LcnoX, a new pro-
pcllcr intended for 0OastWiso and harbor traffic
Her length over all is 1sl feet beam 30 feet hold
10 feet For thu present the Lenox will be used in
NEW-JERSEY.
PERTH ANBOY.-The body Of a man was found
early yesterday morning lying on the east bound
track of the Lchgh Valley Railroad, between this
place aud Mctuchen with the head completely sew
cred from il. The body has been identified as that
Of Charles Beekman, laborer, employed at the
Pfeiicr Clay Banks. Beelman, when seen Sunday
night, was intoxicated. HIS family lives at Trenton.
LONG ISLAND.
NOYACK.-ROwland Smith, Of New-Yorl city.
while cunning in the bay on Saturday, in rowing to
pick up some birds that he had shot broke one of
his and was obliged 10 drift across the bay 10
Shelter Island. He barely escaped with his life.
His boat upset and he was obliged to swim nearly
quarter Of q mile 70 reach the shore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-06
DANGEROUS WRECK.

The steamship Pantyn which arrived from n, Ant 1t
VEL, yof the bark Sarah Smith. on Sunday after
noon almost one hundred miles east of Sandy Hook
The Sarah smith abandoned some time ss, 2g
and has been floating about since then in the track
of vessels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-06

ROBBING HIS FATHER, -, -.
John Condor, age fourteen; Of Ninety;ssixth-s IT.
and Lexington ave. and John Ward age ntteen on
toweIs and 0ohlets from the liqu0r-shop OF young
Wards y@US father at No. 225 East Ninety.third;st
were held in 81 900 bail each by Justice M9r-
ray, In the Harlem Police Court yesterday for
trial,
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08
HOW HE WAS PUNISHED.

The good effect of punishment de- pends largely upon how much man or boy punished dislikes it. The old toper who bad forgotten how water tastes would have taken the treatment de- scribed below as terrible chastise- ment-and no doubt it would have proved a wholesome one. There is nothing like the water-cure for alcoholic hydrophobia. Harry M. Kieffer, in his "Recollections of a Drummer Boy" says;
 One day, down in front of Petersburg, q number of the boys had been making a friendly call on some acquaintances in another regiment, As We were return ing home We came across what We took to be well, and wishing a drink, we all stopped,
 The well in question, as was usual there, was nothing but barrel sunk in the ground; for at some places the ground was so full of springs, that in order to get water all you had to do was to sink box or barrel, and the water would soon collect of its own accord.
 Stooping down and looking into the barrel We discovered man standing in the well, engaged in bailng out the water.
 'What's he doing down there in that hole" asked some one of our com pany.
 "Why,' said the guard, who was standing near by, and whom we had taken for the customary guard of the spring, "you see, comrades, our colonel had his own way of punishin' the boys.
 "One thing he won't let 'em do--he won't let 'em get drunk. If they do, they go into the gopher hole, now.
 "That hole has spring at the bot tom, and the water comes in pretty fast; and ii Jim wants to keep dry he's got to keep dippin' all the time, or else stand in the water up to his waist-and Jim isn't go mighty fond O water, neither" -(St. Nicholas.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08
A HELP FOR THE DEAF.

\ young lady of Milford, whose aricular nerves are so imperfect as to make the aids of the audiphone, the deptiphone and similar instruments of no practical benefit, has discovered Il method of hearing by communication with the muscles of the throat of the person talking. She had ascertained. by placing a yardstick upon the key board of the piano and bringing it in contact with her teeth, that she could hear music through the dental nerves communicating with the inner ear, and il occurred to her that she might hear speech in the same way from the vibra- tions of the throat. She takes slender stick of d length convenient for ordinary contiguity, and slightly curved so as to fiji il larger portion of the throat than the point, and. holding it between her teeth, is able to hear conversation with ease, and even, with little help in ex planation, to understand d general con versation in which her communicant is taking part. It is much more grateful than the ear-trumpet, which is un- pleasant in various ways, by the con cusSion upon the nerve of the ear from foo lond speeches, from its clumsiness and other difficulties, and persons bey- ond the help of the audiphone might find this experiment worth trying.- 1 Worcester Spy.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08
A CURE FOR PRIDE.

An old man who had for years been strict church member, and who had done much effective work for the cause of temperance, was found lying by the roadside the other day in state of in- toxication. He was drawn up before q committee of the church and asked to show cause why he should not be eX' communicated.
 "I acknowledge that l was drunk, brethren, and I've ,got a mighty good reason fur it.
 Family troublc?' asked the chair man of the committee.
 "No, sir, for I've had no trouble lt was pride"
 "Pridc!' exclaimed the chairman.
 "Yes, pride. As l went along to town met q drunken fellow and be- gun to think well of myself because l had never been drunk. Pretty soon l began to feel proud of it. A little further on met an ordinary lookin' feller an wouldn't speak to him. My neck got so stiff with my pride that l wouldn't even nod to people. reflected that my pride. was wicked, and tried and tried but could not throw it off. l tried to pray, but was little too proud to pray with fcrvor This won't do, l unused. I am gettin' to be q regular Pharisee,' After walkin' round awhile, met an old Segro an asked
 "'Uncle, can you tell me how to throw off my pride? ?'' Dat l ken, sah; dat ken.
 Well, l wish you would, for to continue in this proud way will be dan gerous to my soul "'Wal dar's one thing dat neber fails ter knock down mans pride, boss, an dat is whisky. Get drunk an when yer gets sober yer'll feel nightly inflated
 "I acted on this suggestion, an got as drunk as a-well, as an owl, though 1 never saw an owl drunk. When got sober. l was the most humiliated man in the world, an prayed with an earnestness 1 never felt before. l am now willing to leave my case in youl hands,"
 "'Brethren," said the chairman, "what do you think"
 "Wall," replied one old fellow, "l feel sorter proud How is it with your self?"
 "Sorter 'Pharisee.' How do you fec Brother Jenks"'
 "'Proud as q peacock, Brother Lark ins, how do you feel?'
 "Mighty proud. Let's go down tC the still-house an humiliate ourselves
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

study the peculiarities of each COW Some COWS will appropriate all the extra food they can digest to the secretion of milk, and even deplete their own sys- tens to keep up full flow of milk Such cows should be especially well pro- vided for-their generosity should be reciprocated. These are the cows that pay for feeding, They pay back the principal with large per centage of in- terest on all the extra food given them. They are the only good cows that will pay for extra feeding-in fact they are the only good cows that will pay for feeding at all. Rest assured that COW that will not respond to liberal feeding by an equal increase of milk is not worth keeping, and instead of adding to his income, runs him in debt every year.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

Victoria Woodruff has fallen ont with her husband, Lord Colin Campbell, and is suing for divorce She charges him with violating his marriage vows and accuses him of beating her and pulling her hair when in his cups. Lord Colin brings some grave counter charges against the lady, and a lively time is an ticipated when the case comes to court.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

ORIGIN OF BILLIARDS. The game of billiards was invented about the middle of the sixteenth century by London pawnbroker named William Kew. In wet weather this pawnbroker was in the habit of taking down the three balls and with the yard-measure pushing them, billiard fashion, from the counter into the stalls; in time the idea of board with side pockets suggested itself. 4 black letter manuscript says: "Master William Kew did make one board where by game is played with three balls; and all the young men were greatly re- created thereat, chiefly the young clergy men from St. Pawles; hence one of ye strokes was named 'cannon,' having been by one of ye said clergymen in vented. The game is now known by the name of 'bill-yard, because William or Bill Kew did first play with yard. measure. The stick is now called kew or 'kue.' It is easy to compre bend how, ''billyard' had been modern ized into "billiard;' and the transfor- nation of "kue," into "cue' is equally apparent.- American Sports.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08
A USEFUL INVENTION.

An invention for protection from bores has been devised by q gentleman of literary habits in Boston, which is recommended by the Boston Journal to those who are afflicted by the attentions of these well-known pests of society. He has his study in the top of one Of tue public buildings, and nearly every day prominent representative of the genus bore climbs up the stairs and knocks at his door, and after entering he sits himself down and smokes the literary mans cigars and discourses secondhand opinions to him during the greater part of the day. The literary man has been for long time casting about for remedy, and at last he said "My dear Jones, 1 want to tell you something in confidence. ] am fright fully troubled by people dropping in on me whom l don't wish to see, and so am going to keep my door locked her,- after. Now, of course, there are some whom I am always delighted to have call, and you, my dear Jones"-slap- ping him on the back--"as l don't need to tell you, are one of them. So I am going to arrange private signal with those whom l shall slways be glad to admit to my room, and l want yoli, when you come, to knock thus, two slow raps and three quick ones--see ?-apd then l shall know who is there" Jones commended the idea as peculiarly i'm genious, and has since acted upon it, but was heard the other day to remark very innocently that it was deuced odd, but of late it was very seldom that he could find his literary friend at home.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

Women have tact always and fre- quently talent for making themselves agreeable to new acguaintances. A lady sojourning at a certain New Eng land resort this summer was introduced to another lady who had registered from Cleveland. "So you are from Ohio," graciously commenced the former :; "what fig your husband candidate ior?"
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

i number of rich men of different nationalities, have been interested in the project of building huge casino at Naples, adapted alike to the require ments of summer and winter. The pro- moters promise every conceivable form of amusement which money can procure and the law allow, including, for sedate persons, the use of 10 10000 volumes.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

To CURE A HORSE THAT IS TROUBLED WITH ELBOW JOINT LAMENEss. Apply about dessert-spoonful of the following liniment daily: Laudanum, two ounces tncture of camphor, four ounces; and tincture of cantharides, two drachms.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08
SEVEN STORIES OF NOTED WOMEN.

Two ladies contendcd for precedence in the court of Charles V. They ap- pealed to the monarch, who, like Solo, mon, awarded, Let the eldest go first. v Such dispute was never known after. ward.
 One of the principal graces of Sarah, Dutches of Marlborough, was pro digious abundance of fine hair. One day, at her toilet, to anger her heroic lord, she cut off her Commanding tresses and flung them in his face.
 Nollekins, the sculptor, was Il paragon of parsimony. In his own house candles were never lighted at the commence ment of the evening, and whenever he and his wife heard knock at the door they would wait until they heard second rap before they lit the candles, lest the first should have been a "run- away" and their candles should be wasted.
 When the Princess Charlote of Meckienburg-S Strelitz came over to be married to George III. ., she was ten days at sea, but kept gay the whole voyage, sung to her harpsichord, and left the cabin-door open. When she first caught sight of st. James Palace she turned pale. The Duchess of Hamilton smiled. "My dear Duchess" :" said the Princess, "you may laugh. You have been married twice, but it is no joke to me-
 While Frederick Morel, the great scholar and eminent printer, was employed on his edition of "Labanius' one day, he was told that his wife was suddenly taken ill. "I have only two or three sentences to translate and then l will come and look at her" A second message informed him that she was dy- ing. (" have only two words to write, and l will be there as soon as you" /" replied the philosopher. At length he was told that his wife was dead. "I am very sorry for it, indeed,' said he, going on with his work, "she was a very honest woman.'
 The marriage of Racine was an act of penance--neither love nor interest had any share in the union. His wife was good sort of woman, but perhaps the most insensible of her sex, and the most proper person in the world to mortify the passion of literary glory and 1 the momentary eXultation of literary vanity. It is scarcely credible, but most certainly true, since her own son relates the fact, that she had never seen acted, nor ever read, nor desired to read, the tragedies which rendered her husband so celebrated throughout Europe. She had only learned some of their titles in conversation.
 Maria and Elizabeth Cunning, who appeared at the court of George Ill., one at the age of IS and the other at 19-were two portionless girls of sur passing beauty. ''They are declared,' y writes Walpole, ito be the handsomest women alive. They can't walk ill the park, or go to Nauxhall, but such crowds follow them that they are generally driven away" One day they went to see Hampton Court. As they were going into the Beauty-Room another company arrived. The housekecpei said: "This way, ladies here are the beauties" The Cummings flew into a passion, and asked her what she meant They went to see the palace, and not to be shown as sight themselves. The younger of the fair sisters became the Duchess oi Hamilton; the other became Lady Coventry.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

"Statira Jane," said foni mother, the other morning, to her daughter, "did Daniel Johnson kiss you on the step last night?' "No, mamma, he did not" If the fond parent had said mouth instead of steps it would have troubled Jane to reply; although, after all steps are things to door.
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

A placard at the entrance of the Reno (Nev.) Jail reads: Standing room only"
The Arizona champion., 1883-12-08

Talk about the unwinking vigilance of our press. .i man is just reported to have died in Akron, O., at the age of l09 years, and the paper that chronicles the sad event fails to tell us whether the centenarian used tobacco since he was six years old, or whether he never used the pernicious weed at all
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-17
HOME AGAIN.
Ker, the Chicago Defaulter, Brought
Back to Answer for His Theft.

CHICAGO, July 16.-Frederick M Ker, the
defaulting clerk of Preston, Kean & Co, re-
turned to the city in custody Of Supelintend-
ent Warner and Detective Julian, of Pinker-
toms detective agency. He was placed under
guard at Pinkerton's headquarters first, then
placed in jail. Mr.. Kean was clos
eted with him for two hours. Ker
sat in an Indifferent manner in a cush-
toned armchair. There is little change in
his general appearance since he left. When
he left Chicago his face was smooth,
now it is covered with a thin, dark beard
he was dressed in dark business suit,
sprinkled with white, which showed signs of
wear. In some portions his coat was almost
threadbare. In his hand Ker held small
sized bank book, in which he was recording
figure, as his former employer, Mr.. Kean,
walked back and forth in front of him Mr..
Kean was without coat, and expressed on his
countenance more sorrow than did the
criminal
Since Ker was captured he has repeated ly
said that he would make no statement except
to Mr. Kean
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-17
RunaWays Married in Two Minutes.

One of the quickest and most roman
tic marriages took place at Napa, Cal.
recently. The parties were Johh A.
Chandler. nephew of Zach Chandler,
grandson OF General John Chandler,
and nephew of Commander Frank
Chandler, Of Portsmouth Navy Yard,
and Miss Mamie Osterloh, compact
solid little blonde beauty, with express
sive, dark blue eyes and golden hair,
and with a mouth and chin the mos,
tempting in the world. She came away
like bird from her house and home.
without soul knowing it, and meeting
Chandler at the depot threw herself in
his arms. saying. well. ! did it, John,
didn't ~" The couple were marriedin
two minutes by Judge B. Robinson, and
pronounced man and wife.