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New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
OPENING THE BASEBALL SEASON.
Several hundred people gathered ON the MAJ

haitian College grounds yesterday to see the opening
49, hoo.hau season by game between tho Jasper Ciup
tne College and the Acme Club thaI diu some
fine work at Long Island City last tssr seaso in hs field or
weto ~ hot and the work OF their pitcher was ssy On.
A. tSe end of the first inning the score $1,000 % 20 10
favor of the students and this they ihoie"'' -
Nv mo end of the fifth inning ..l.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
INVESTIGATING THE EIGyoR CASE

RoNDoUT, March 26.-COroner Rice went to
Pine Hill to-day TO make investigation to the death
Of George Egnor and the inquest held by Justice Of the
Peace on his order. The body will he exhumed and u
careful postmortem examination VIII be made by com
petent surgeon and physician OF this city The people
at Pine HIN are greatly excited over the matter
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
WORK OF AN ULSTER COUNTY FogGER
March 26 (SpeciaD.-Edwar,

Osterhoute, OF Ulster County baed on Tuesday on
charge OF forging the Fallk National Bank.
Two more notes made by him the Poughkeepsie Ma
tional Bank nave come to light and he has fled. IL il
also stated that two more have been found the
Huguenot Bank at New PATTI and that OsterhOue had
man who forged Endorsements for him.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
RnRIAL OE MISS NASH.

Miss Helen Nash, interested in many works
OF charity was buried yesterday from the house of her
brother George Nash, No III East Thiryseventh-
st. She died suddenly Monday from heart disease at
the Grand Hotel The services were o0naucled py the
CasuQ tprV
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
PROTEST IN BEHAL OF CROW CREEK INDIANS
pun ,nEI PuIA March 2B lSpec,aN. Tho Ex-


ecutye Committee Of the Indian Rights Association OF
this city have Just issued protest against the order
issued by Presdent Arthur under the advice OF secre
tary Teller throwing the public lands about 500
acres of the Grow Creek reservation Dakota The paper
IA signed by Wayne Moyeagh James r. Rhoado Herbert
Welsh, Clement Biddle J. Andrews Harris, Henry b.
Pancoast W. W. Frazier, r., Charles Edward Pancoast,
Themas Stewardso j. Rodman Paul. Robert Frazer, j.
Topiin johnson, II. T.. Waylnnd, Efngham b. Morris,
John Wesh A. l. Outorbridge,Jr Jr.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
FATALLY BITTEN BY A DOG.

SOUTH BERLIN, March 26.-A man named
Menter place, recently bitten by an enragee
dog and has just died The dog bit the man in the hand
aud dreadfuiy mangled It.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
FOUND DEAD ON A RAILROAD ENGINE.


STATE LINE, March 26-As engineer John
Tyler made halt TO take water Tuesday the fireman
went forward to oil the engine and discovered the dead
body OF man on the pilot. deep cash cut In the
mans head. IL has been ascertned that the dead
is John Doyle, q resident OF East Albany.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27

TO BRING MURDERER BECKwITH TO HUDSON
HUpsoN. March 26.-The authorities in this
county were notified Tuesday that Oscar Beckwith
had been surrendered at Toronto The officers left this
city on Tuesday evening and expected to return with
Beckwith to-day or tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
NO VOTE ON THE ELEVATOR BILL

ALBANY, March 20 (SpeciaD.-The Assembly
tonight debated two hours the bill lowering the
charges for gram eevatng The friends Oh the measure
thought that they woui order IL to third reading but
Mr. 6heehan, Of Buffalo. who opposes the Dill got ths
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
FAILING TO CONVICT CHURCH

Troy, March 26.-The jury in the case of ex-
Chamberlain Church, accused of stealing city funds,
failed TO agree and discharged to-day Nine OF the
Jurors were for acquittal and three for conviction
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
INcENDIARlEs MEET wTH LITTLE SUCCESS.

An incrnIiary fire was started under the
p,zza Of Schmidt 4 trDert's CarIuansvIllc Hotel ut
hundred ana NJ nfth-st and New-avc ON Wednes
day night, the flames aid not cause much damage
Waste. PAPER sunkca with kerosene OIL had been used 10
set Hre to the house The irc-bugs" made their es
gap
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27

APPROVING THE STATUE OF WILLIAM z. DODGE.
President Huntington, of the National
Academy Of Design. who asked by the Park comus
sioners TO examine and report on j @ A. Wards statue
of William T. Dodge yesterday certified that Ii Is eri
torous producon IL will be erected at the junction OF
Broadway Thirty-third-st and siI thave.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
DESIGNS FOR A HOSPITAL.

The International Committee Of the ked
Cross Society at Geneva has issued circular inviting
aesigns for q field and barraek hospital For the best
cesixn 5000 francs and gold medal wAl 10 givens
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
TO CLOSE THE ToBoGGANING SEASON.

10 OI1DE'Ts fTff8 fVbVNIhNI4Nu bTsAbON
ALBANY, March 26.-The WOOdlawn Park
Toboggan Club have voted to close their slide at Sara
toga and the toboggans TO bo brought away on
before Saturday The club intend to construct next year
at Glen Mitchell the finest slide In the world not except
Inp that nf Montreal.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
TIlIHER IN FLAMES.

Late on Thursd y evenings fire broke out in
Johnson's woods west Of Babylon, Broslau, l. l.
There was a high wind aud the flames spread rapidly
burning over twcly of standing timber and large
OF wood, causing $1,000 damage and
only su6iued by the farming out ana building
i.o,E ftTga
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
ooon WORK OF ROME FOR WOMEN.

Tho fOurtn HnlIudr II1octrHe oI -, -.
Home, charity TO relieve women VINO ha'o ~ r,,st
-, ,o, tails or are homeless, was held In the rsss
p,,st church In Brooklyn last evening MISE sho~I
read the annual report The tressarers s,a a.
Iossip sssps werc made by the Rev. DIR. A. W. Putnam
the Raw George T.. Reed.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
FOREIGN HOLDERS or AMERICAN LANDS
From The Boston Commercial Bulk,in.

CODY the following table of leading foreign
holders American lands with hOldngs in acres. from
a very interesting book cattle matters generally, and
partleuary descriptive c the ranches Of The far West,
published by the New York and Boston Cattle Comp ny
il is rginay statistics furnished by Congressman
Lore in his speech made In the last session
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27

"Froeks ct .pretersa niAaIn Ia Punch's comment on
Mrs Langtry Thss OF the sad eects of tho Mill
campaign.-l6pringneld Union.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-27

CORNELL MEN APPROFE THE hiAdAhA BILL
At meeting of the New York Alumni Asso-
citation OF Cornell University at No. Union Square last
evening" decided TO hold the annual dinner on the
evening OF April II. resolution adopted unanl
mously, approving the Niagara Falls Reservation bill
and urging its passage by the Legislature.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
Fatally wounds His wife.

A Toledo CO.. special says About g
o'clock Friday evening pistol-Shots
were heard from Billy Browns saloon,
on st. Clair street. A man immedi-
ately after emerged with a smoking
pistol from a private room. lie was
arrested by the police and taken to the
Central station. Your correspondent
was among the first to reach the scene,
and there found two women stretched
out in the private room, one
bleeding from two CHASTITY wounds
in the head, and the other drunk
and faint. Help arrived, and the
wounded woman was carried to the City
Hospital, where the jail physician pro-
nounced her dying. Daniel Il. Carpen-
ter, who fired the shots, is a brakeman
on the Lake Shore railroad. He said
his wife Minnie was untrue to him and
he intended to kill her and himself.
Yesterday he found her in company
with man and to-day resolved to kill
her. He invited her and Rose Miller
into the saloon and shot her twice and
then shot at himself lie said he was
sorry he did it, but was willing to hang
for it if she died. A statement found
in his pocket shows he intended suicide.
Great excitement prevails here IN
consequence of the murder and attempt
ed suicide.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
IRISH AFFAIRS.
The Waterford Riots The Munster Bank
The CastietownrOche Murders.

The Waterford Riots The Munster Bank
The CastletownrOche Murders.
a Dublin cable dispatch says: A
soldier belonging to the South-W ales
Borderers has confessed that it was he
who stabbed Peter Grant. who was
killed in the riots there on the 18th in
slant. The soldier has surrendered him
self. The trial of Private Iackins, also
of the South Wales Bordersrs, who
was arrested on a charge Of killing
Grant, has been postponed.
THE AFFAIRS OF THE MUNSTER
BANK.
1t is expected that the Munster Bank
will reopen next week. The Bank Of
Ireland will advance 9500,00 upon
the completion of certain terms which
the bank is negotiating. 1t seems that
Irish members Of Parliament, after con-
sulting with the Government, advised
the committee appointed by persons in
terested in the bank to again apply to
the Bank of Ireland for loan Of $780,
900 on a guarantee Of the deposit
ors that deposits to the amount Of
el,00Q,000 will be allowed to remain
in the bank for period of six months,
the embarrassed bank to deposit with
the Bank of Ireland all securities in
its possession and to call on the share
holders for thirty shillings per share.
This scheme is the one that is to be
carried out. The committee rejected
the proposal Of Mr.. Shaw to raise
money in England with which to liqui-
date the banks Indebtedness.
TIE CAsTLETowEROCHE MURDERS.
In the case Of William Sheehan and
his brother-in-law David Browne, who
are charged with the murder Of the
| formers mother, sister, and brother at
Mrs. Sheehan's farmhouse, near Castle
townroche, County Cork, in October,
1877, David Duane, a young farmer,
who was arrested for completely in the
murder, and who lodged the informa-
ton which led to the arrest of Sheehan
and Browne, has made full confession
of his knowledge of the crime. He
states that he was an unwilling
witness of the murders. All three
were killed by William Sheehan
and David Browne, acooper's adze being
used to do the work. The bodies of
the victims were taken by the murder
ers to a well nine hundred yards from
the house and thrown into it, lot Of
rubbish being afterward thrown in to
cover them. Duane further declares
that after disposing Of the bodies and
washing themselves the prisoners went
to the house and drank and sang and
danced the remainder Of the night. The
trial will begin on Monday next.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
FIERCE FOREST FIRES.
Three Jersey Counties Fighting the Flames
widespread Devastation.


A Camden special says: The Jersey
forest fires are now assuming the most
neutrality-suspicious., and unlessa heavy
rain soon quenches the flames they Will
accomplish the destruction Of number
Of towns aud small settlements among
the pines Of Camden, Burlington, and
Atlantic counties. Although fires are
frequent among the underground Of the
pine forests of this portion Of the State
during the summer droughts, they have
never before burned so iiercely, and not
since 1888 has the county been so dry
and favorable for the spread of the
flames.
Yesterday the towns Of Atco, Jack
son, Sloantoyn, Waterford, Pestletown,
Winslow, Weekstown, Hammonton,
Atsion, and number Of other small
places in Camden and Burlington coun-
ties, near the Camden and Atlantic
railroad, were surrounded by brush
and wood fires and all inhabitants were
out fighting the flames.
The fire also crept close to Woody
field. a German settlement three miles
southwest Of Hammonton, but was
turned away toward Weymouth and
Mays Landing. At Wsekstown, At
lantic county, two dwelling-houses were
burned. Near Waterford large tracts
Of cedar timber were destroyed, and
the fires spread to Brooklyn, six miles
away. At this fire Joseph Varnum
and John Hoffman, two citizens Of Atco,
while fighting the fire were surrounded
by the flames and compelled to dig
holes in the earth and bury themselves
until the fire passed away. They were
slightly scorched and nearly sufi'ocated.
Constable Bowman Bates, Of Water
ford, was also caught in his carriage
by the flames, but drove through them
and escaped with slight burns.
Great clouds Of smoke hang over tire
burning district, and the country is
lighted for miles around at night by the
fires. The people are nearly worn out
with watching and fighting the flames,
and are praying for rain, which alone
can extinguish them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
rxcur.,on. ana Pic.Nics.

Commencing August LIST, every sat
urday during the summer Train NO. d
leaving Richmond at 1888 p. NJ, over
the Richmond ad Allegheny railroad
will run through to Natural-Bridge sta
ton, arriving about ll:l5 p. NJ, ana
on each Sunday night Train No. 4, win
sleeping. car attached, will leave Natu-
raj Bridge, and arrive at Richmond at
q:55 A. NJ. This will give three trains
on Saturdays to Natural Bridge, leav-
ing Richmond at l0:40 A. NJ, $3.50 r.
NJ, and 8 p. NJ, with sleeping-car to
Natural Bridge station, and train
each Sunday night from Natural Bridge
TO Richmond.
Remember the steamer Ariels moon
light excursions down the James Tues
day. Captain Frank Cunningham, Mr..
d. l.. Leftwich, and Professor Kirk
Mathews will give concert. Voel-
ker's Band, and refreshments Of all
sorts on hand.
Conductors and engineers excur-
sion to Old Point tomorrow. Train
leaves Richmond at A. NJ. ria Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway; returning,
leaves Phnbus, Old Point station, at
1880 P. NJ, arriving at Richmond at
1880 p. NJ. The above excursion will
be run for the benefit Of the two divi-
sions of Order Of Railway Conductors
and Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers.
"Wait for ours" Rescue Councils
Junior Order Of United American Me-
chanics) seventh annual basket picnic
and excursion to Ashland Park, Mon
day, August 3, 1885. The committee
have spared neither time nor expense
to make this picnic an attractive enc.
An excursion to Washington will be
given Monday night, August 3, 1885.
Train leaves Elba at $3.50 P. NJ. re-
turning, leaves Washington Tuesday at
G:3O p. NJ. Fourteen hours in Wash
ington.
The steamer Gems excursions ia
City Point, United States monitor fleet,
Dutch Gap, and Drewry's Bluff pic
mic grounds, continue to give complete
satisfaction, and are extensively patron
lied.
S. b. S. will give grand picnic and
target-shooting at FAIRGROUNDS to-
morrow.
The "0ld Boys" will run an excur.
sion from Richmond to Washington
August 10th.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26

n the trial was successful he felt
that he was q made man. TX 1t was
. failure he knew that he had many
years yet Of hard struggling before
him.
"'Josh,' he said, What do you
think? Can we do it?'
"Martin stood on the foot-board as
cool as il he had nothing more serious
TO perform than the switching OF
freight-car. He grasped the throttle
and turning to Swinburne, said
Swinburne, If | can't make you
this trip, I'll ditch old II and go to the
devil with her.
"a minute later they pulled out, and
No. II was whirling the train along the
precipices of the Delaware division.
There has been some fast running over
the Delaware division Of the Erie since
that day, but no train ever made the
run between Port Jervis and Narrows-
burg, a distance Of thirty-four miles, as
quickly as that pioneer through train
did, heavy as it was for its day. The
time was taken by the conductor, who
was the late Captain Ayers, Familiarity
known as Poppy, and by several OF the
passengers, and record made OF
it. The run Of thirty-four miles
was made in thirty-fve minutes.
The great speed Of the train
alarmed many of the passengers, and
several left the train at Narrowsburg.
When the train reached Deposit, sixty
miles further on, it bad made up all the
lost time. The schedule time was
maintained until the extreme western
part Of the road was reached, and then
the newness Of the work among the
Cattaraugus Hills required great eau
ton in running, and the train reached
Dunkirk behind time.
GAS an evidence Of the appreciation
of Josh Martins skill in handling his
locomotive on that historical occasion,
the company presented him with val
liable gold watch and chain, which,
hear, he still wears. The last | knew
Of the old man he was running a switch
engine in the Jersey yard. From the
great run of No. II Swinburne always
dated his great success in life, and he
died year or two ago in Paterson, full
Of honors, and with his name familiar
throughout the mechanical world"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
ERITER'S CHASTITY DEAD.
The MutiIated Remains of a Murdered "o-
man Found Floating in the Water.


man Found Floating in the Water.
A Boston telegram says: No murder
mystery since that of the famous trunk
tragedy has put the police and people
of Boston in such a state of excite
ment as the finding in the Charles river
of portions of the body of an unknown
woman who had been strangled and
then cut in pieces, sewed up in bags,
and thrown into the stream. Late
last evening it was reported to the
police by Alexander w. Cormack, the
janitor Of the Union Boat Club, that he
had discovered floating in the river, off
the bOat-house, a common pOtatO-sack
containing the upper portion of wo-
mans body.
This forenoon the officers of the river
patrol boat found another sack exactly
like that previously found by the boat
house keeper. In it was found the lower
portion of a wOman's body. 1t was
taken to the morgue, whereit was found
to be part Of the same body, the up
per portions Of which had been discoy-
cred the previous night. There was ito
doubt but that the woman had been
murdered. Her throat showed unmis-
taxable evidence of having been firmly
grasped by a strong hand. Before the
final struggle the woman must have been
terribly beaten by her murderer, for
there were bruises on various parts OF
the body. She was probably from
thirty-six to forty years of age, and
weighed at tho least l5j or 100 pounds.
Her eyes were dark hazel and her hair
was dark. She had full face, with a
double chin. The nose is small and
well-shaped. The only clothing was a
coarse chemise.
The autopsy by the medical exami-
ners was completed soon after noon and
showed clearly that the woman had
been strangled and then cut up after
death. The corpse was evidently laid
upon its face after the victim had been
strangled and the remains were then
chopped with an axe or other rough in-
strument. The second bag contained
only the lower portion of the body as
far as the middle Of tie thighs. The
flesh had been cut through and the
bones broken off sharp. Both sections
of the body showed that they had not
been in the water above two days. All
during the afternoon the police searched
the river for the remainder Of the body
and the city for some clew to the wo-
mans identity. Late in the day her
face was photographed and a plaster
cast taken of her head. All sorts of
theories are advanced, as they always
are in cases of this kind, but there is
not one upon which the detectives can
work.
Later it has been ascertained that the
mutilated portions found in both sacks
composed the body Of Nettie Haley,
rather dissipated woman, who was in
the habit of working in cheap restau-
rants in the neighborhood Of the
wharves. The theory is advanced that
she may have been enticed on board a
vessel and there met her dreadful death.
1t is positively asserted that the police
are following up clew to a murder
which, up to the present time, is
shrouded in mystery.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
MANCHESTER MATTERS.
A Horrible case OF burning -Hus,iDgs
Court-Other Items.

-
Court-Other Items.
Mrs. Tom Smith, who was badly
burned Friday night by the explosion
Of kerosene lamp, was doing as well
as could be expected Yesterday. On
the night mentioned Mrs. Smith, after
having made all preparations for rctir-
ing, took lamp and went to lock the
front door. When she reached the
door the lamp exploded from some I'M
known cause, her clothes took
fire and in moment she was
enveloped in flames. She ran out
into the street and, screaming
piteously, alarmed the neighbor-
hood. Her daughter, with the help of
others who ran to assist her, after a
short while succeeded in extinguishing
the flames, but not until the unfortu-
nate wonan's entire body from her
chin to her knees was burned in the
most horrible and painful manner. Mrs.
Smith is the wife of Mr.. Tom Smith, 4
Waterman on Belle Isle, and lives OIL
the corner Of Fourteenth and Railroad
streets.
The case Of John Bowls mot Bomis),
for obtaining money under false pre-
fences, was called in the Hastings
Court yesterday, but was continued
until next Wednesday. The court
will be in session again Monday, when
all cases connected with settling up the
estate Of the late DR.. William r.
WeiSiger will be heard.
A meeting in which the Central
Methodist and Presbyterian congrega-
tons will unite will be held at the
Bainbridge-Street Baptist church to-
night in the interest of the Virginia
Bible Board. There will be addresses
by Rev. Drs. Hoge and j. William
Jones and possibly others.
Mr.. Lipscomb, who some time ago
bought the lot situated on the south
east corner cfTwelfth and Hall streets.
is having nice double brick building
built thereon. The lower floors will
he used as stores and the upper ones
as dwellings.
The first rehearsal Of the Dramatic
Committee Of the Musical and Ora
matte Association will be held Wednes-
day night.
There was match game Of ball at
the Manchester Park yesterday after
noon between the Manchesters and the
Mother Hubbards (old.folks nine), which
resulted in victory for the former
Hub. Monday afternoon the Turnpikes,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26

NEW YORK, July %, 1SS5.-The
committee on awards of the New Or
leans Exposition has just announced
that the highest prize for surgical appli-
snces and medicinal plasters has been
given to Seabury & johnson, of this
city. This award covers the celebrated
Benson's Capcine Plaster and their
mustard plasterS, both OF which are re-
commended as specifics in case Of chol-
era.morbus and kindred complaints.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-26
VAYLAID AND DRUGGED.
The Queer story Told By Medical student
Who IL Tired of Life.
New York Times.

Who IL Tired OF Lie.
New York Times
A man giving his name as Francis
Van Horn presented himself at Will
liam III. Mason's house, at Furnace
Woods, near Peekskill, on Thursday
night, and asked to be taken in and
accommodated for the night. He said
he was willing to work to pay
for his lodging. Mr.. Mason gave
him his supper and allowed him to re-
main in the house all night. Friday
morning Mr.. Mason gave the man his
breakfast, and questioned him as to
where he was going. Van Horn said
his father lived in Hudson, but he HIM
self was medical student in this city.
He had been waylaid in Madison ave-
nue., he said, and drugged. When he
recovered consciousness he found he
had no money in his pockets, aud
started to walk to Hudson. He got as
far as Mr.. Mason's just at night
fall. Mr.. Mason took Van Horn
in his wagon to Peekskill, with the
intention of purchasing for him a
ticket to Hudson. When they got to
Peekskill Van Horn jumped out Of the
wagon, and, going hastily into 4 drug
store, purchased some morphine.
Dsputy-Sheriff James Mabie was mott
fed Of Van Horns strange behavior,
and took charge Of him. The deputy
sheriff took the prisoner to his office.
where he discovered that Van Horns
clothes were bloody. DR.. Charles
Mason was called in, and it was found
that the man had, with lancet out Of
box Of surgical instruments he had
with him, cut himself deeply on the
left arm, across the abdomen, on the
right thigh, and near the ankle. Van
Horn admitted that he had cut himself,
and said he wanted to die.
Van Horn was taken to the lookup
and put in cell. While there he tore
the chain from cot and had nearly
strangled himself when discovered.
The chain was taken away. A few
minutes later he was found trying to
suangle himself with his suspenders.