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Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
GOFF AND HIS ACCUSEsS.

The Effort For His Extra dftfon
 Likely To FaII Through-A state-
 ment From MT. GOT Himself. MONTREAL, Dec. 29.-J. H. Greenshield, the Canadian counsel for E. H. Golf, tele- graphs from Washington that he has had a loug interview with the Secretary of State regarding the intended extradition of Golf. The fact that the insurance company offered to compromise with Golf for money consid- eration was put clearly before the depart ment, and Mr. Greenshield says he has good reason for believing that the Secretary of State, exercising the discretionary power with which he is invested, will not surrender Golf. Mir. Chapleau, the Canadian Secre- tary of State, is here to day. It is known that as all the ministers are absent from Ot- tawa the Cabinet has not yet dealt with the case. The St. Johns (P. O. News, one of the leading Conservative papers of the Province of Quebec, thinks the assignees and some of the stockholders of the defunct Canada Ag- for" Golf, because they think him fair sub ject for ''bleeding" Hence, it says, Gin dictments which have lain dormant for eight long years have been resurrected, and are to be made the basis of the demand for MT. Goff's extradition. It is impossible to say what the result will be beyond the fact that our legal friends will turn pretty penny out of the affair."
 NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Mr. Golf has writ ten letter to the press of the country, in which, after avowing himself ready for 8 of he yhn1a foir hxya tent expert or legal tribunal, he makes the following brief statement
 First-The story of forgery" "misappro- priation of funds' and indebtedness" to the Canada Agricultural Insurance company of Montreal is tissue of falsehoods from be- ginning to end.
 Second-The charge of forgery is simply nonsense and the only ground upon which my aocusers even dare base a claim of this kind is the fact of my having drafted in pen cil the form of resolution which had been passed by the directors and spread upon the records by the secretary authorizing me to make drafts upon the company for $22,- 700.17, money which I had loaned it months before and given it the use Of without interest or remunera- tion of any kind Instead of making drafts for the entire amount to my credit, viz: $22, 700.17, drew only for $19, ,000, leaving balance which has never been paid and is still due me, with interest, from July F, 1877.
 Third-I do not now and never did owe the company $1; on the contrary, it was nearly always in my debt, and now owes me the $3, TOO. IT and interest above stated in addition to about years unpaid salary with interest, all of which am fully prepared to substantiate
 The only ground which the assignees of the company have for claiming me to be in- debted to the company is by the directors and assignees voting to make calls on stock which I held in the company, and in this way they may yet make me out their debtor, by process of voting, to any amount they may choose.
 BOW repeat what I have said to the as- signees of the company many times: If
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

I honestly owe the Canada Agriculture Insurance company any amount, large ol small, I am ready and willing to pay it and always have been, but not upon the showing of corrupt assignees, who were placed in their positions by political adversa ries for the purpose of using the company as a political inquisitien. I have many times asked and demanded as my right that the company accounts should be sub mitted to competent expert accountants to be selected in the usual manner for arbi- tration, which has always been peremptorily refused
 This whole business is now revived by a few political enemies in Canada, who have joined hands with certain of my business rivals in Boston and New York, in the hope, on the one hand, of extorting money from me, and, on the other hand, to injure the business I am associated with. This plot has been assiduously worked up by numer- ous trips of these men and their emissaries from Boston and New York to Montreal dur ing the past six months, the facts of which are well known and as notorious on the streets of Montreal as the fact is well known here that the charges have been made against me.
 I have been in active business for twenty years, occupying many responsible positions, and the man, woman or child does not live in this or any other country who can sustain charge of dishonest or unfair dealing against me. I cannot think that the Aneri- can people are ready or willing to believe islanders cast upon an American born citi- zen, living and doing business among them, based upon an exploded political charge of eight years standing. Respectfully,
 EDWARD H. GOFF
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
A Sub-Treasurer Needed.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-United States Treasurer Jordan has returned to Washing ton without doing any more than to notify MT. Acton of his intention to return and count the money in the sub-treasury at the expiration of the latter's term. It is now positively known that Mir Jordan cannot act as suE-treasurer while holding the office of treasurer, even for the short time that it will be necessary to have ad interim off cial appointed. The Presid.lt will be com pelled to appoint someone temporarily to fill the office.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
STATE CORRESPON DENCE.
SOuthiR GtoR.

The Peck, Stow & Wilcox company will shut down their works New Years eve and resume operations next Monday.
 Toner and Frovel, tumblers and bar per formers, will be at the rink on Wednesday night.
 William Gitt of Hinton, West Virginia, has taken position in one of the factories here.
 The Knights of Labor have sold large number of tickets for their ball to be given on New Years eve at the Casino. The pro- ceeds of the ball will be given to the Derby silver plate strikers.
 Captain Sarah Avery of the Salvation army has resigned with the intention it is said, of giving her hand in marriage to one of her young converts.
 The people of the Huntsville Congrega- tional church will meet in the chapel on Wednesday evening and spend an hour with Dickens. Dee. 29.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
Jn.taTIation in Southiueton.

The installation service of the Rev. F. L.. Stevens will take place at the Congregational church, Southington, to-day. The following churches have been invited to constitute the council: Berlin, Bristol, Kensington, Meri- den, South Meriden, New Britain First, New Britain South, Newington, Plantsville, Plain vile, Wallingford, Wolcott, Orange, Howard avenue church, New Haven, and Olivet of Bridgeport. Professor Samuel Harris, D. D. will make the ordaining prayer, Professor Lewis o. Brastow, D. D., of New Haven, will deliver the sermon, the Rev. Mr Cooper of New Britain will give the charge to the pastor, and the Rev. L. F. Berry will offer the right hand of fellowship.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
A Fortune Left to a Convict.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-George Bell was one of gang of forgers who came here in July, 1880, and worked the Baltimore banks for about $15, ,000-the Merchants $1O,OOO and the Second National s5,OOO The forgers were arrested in New York and in March, 1881, were sentenced to ten years. Yester- day Bells mother died in New York, leaving her fortune to her son George. A New York lawyer is here endeavoring to procure Bells release. Bell is we'll known in Philadelphia, New York and Providence. In the former city he was convicted of forgery under the name of Morgan
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

One deposit reported in 1885 amounts to $49, ,002. .S3, and several banks have over $40, GOO in single accounts. It has been said heretofore, if we are not mistaken, that this largest one belongs to a town or church soci- ety or some other impersonality. That does not alter the fact that it does not belong in any savings bank. These institutions were created for peo- pie of small means, whose aim was to save something and who needed en- coura cement, not for the storing of larger sums. The big deposits are the greediest They crowd into the savings banks because the5 can get greater interest there with safe ty than anywhere else. Once in they are the quickest to threaten to withdraw in time of trouble. It is a good sign to see the old Pratt street bank of this city, which is now by far the largest in the State. steadily plac ing barriers in the way of the growth of large accounts. In 1875 it's largest deposit was about $14, 900; now it is down to $1O,- 900, and now it admits only $500 in any year.
 The banks are in solid condition, with a very large proportion of quick assets, readily convertible into cash, and nearly all at profit over cost, and are credit to the State. Hartford Courant.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
A CITY FILLED WITH GAS.

maay Houses Turned Into Death Traps by tho Bursting of a Main.
 KINGSTON, Ont, Dec. 29-This city has met with grievous af1iction through cor porate negligence. Yesterday a gas main burst. The company was notified, but took no stops to remedy the defect, contenting themselves with notifying residents of the locality to open their doors and windows if they smelled gas. An immense volume of gas found it's way through an old unused sewer for mile into another portion of the city and getting into houses by sewer traps of closet pipes soon filled them. Residents did not know the danger when retiring The alarm was given first by Jacob Stock, an old herb doctor, who discovered J. Sharpe and wife, an aged couple, under the influence of gas and almost dead. Sharpe was lying on the floor almost frozen. He had got up in the night, became unconscious and was un able to return to his wife or call. He has since died Mrs. Sharpe is still unconscious and will die. J. Davis, a shoemaker wife and daughter are not expected to recover. A ried from their houses, which was broken in to and entered at the peril of the rescuers. Some who entered the houses to bring out occupants nearly succumbed. Many patients are under the care of doctors and their ulti- mate recovery doubtful The houses where the disaster happened are deserted.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. HONOR FROM HIS FOES. All England Pays Tribute
 To Gladstone. A SCHEME FOR FAIR TRADE. Another Link In The Law
 ton Murder. YOUNG STANTON ON TRIAL. Golf Makes Answer To
 His Accusers.
4 SCHEME FOR FAIR TRADE.
YOUNG STANTON ON TRIAL.
HAPPY DAY AT HAwARDEN.

A HAPPY DAY AT HAWARDEN. The Grand old Man Reaches His Seventy-Sixth Birthday Amid the Good Wishes of His Countrymen. HAwARDEN, Dec. 29.-To-day is the seven ty-sixth anniversary of the birth of the Right Hon. William E. Gladstone. During the
 morning he was the recipient of four hundred
 letters congratulating him. MT. Gladstone left his residence at daybreak and walked to the village church, where special services were held Notwithstanding that sleet and snow were falling, the walk did not seem to fatigue MT. Gladstone, as he appeared quite hearty when returning home after the ser vices.
 LONDON, Dec 29-Its representative has cabled tonight to the Boston Globe as fol- lows:
 The bitterness of the political struggle now going on in Great Britain is alleviated for one day at least by the kindly feelings aroused by the recurrence of MT. Gladstone's birthday. The congratulations which have poured il. upon the venerable statesman at his home in Hawarden have been so numer- ous and from such distinguished persons that it would be impracticable to do justice to any considerable portion of them in communication of this limited character. The most pleasing feature of the occasion is that many of the leading political opponents of the Liberal champion are among those who join in the warmest felicitations upon his arrival in wig orous health at an advanced age. Nothing could better illustrate the pride which En- glishmen take in the honorable achieve ments of their fellow-countrymen en- tirely aside from partisan consid- erations. The only discordant note is struck by the Times in an editorial whose rudeness and bad taste have been severely commented upon by all with whom your correspondent has talked on the subject. While forced to concede that MT. Gladstone's mental force retains it's pristine qualities, the Times indulges in a spiteful fling at the independence and fearless per sistence of the leader of the party opposed to that with which that journal has allied it. self The exact language of the paragraph is worth noting: 'It is idle," says the Times, ''to attempt to disguise the fact that the vigor of MT. Gladstone's powers, which seems to bid defiance to old age, can no lon ger be regarded in it's result as subject of unalloyed congratulation by the Liberal party"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

"I think I sold about two gross of your Athlophoros the last year For rheumatism it has no equal" writes o. P. Atwood, a Pittsfield (Mass.) druggist, in commendation of the great rheumatism and neuralgia cure and of it's healing merits.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
FOR 1886. Anthem Books. CantataS.

Ditson & Go. offer to Choirs Anthem, Chorus and Quartet Books unequalled in quality and variety Send for lists. Of the following Anthem Books the first three may be called the easiest but none are too difficult for ordinary choirs.
 Perkins Easy Anthems, $1.00 or 5000 per dez American Anthem Book 125 or 1850 per dog Dressier's Sacred Selections, 150 or 1900 per doz Emerson's Book of Anthems, 1.25 or F % per dog. Anthem Harp. Perkins. s.25 or 12 % per dog Gem Cleaner Chadwick, 100 or 300 per doz Laus Dec. Henshaw, 100 or 300 per doz Santoral Palmer & Trowbdge, 1 .00 or 300 per doz Vox Laudis. Leslie, 100 or 900 per doz
 Not poor book in the list. Choir leaders who have used one run no risk in ordering any of the others.
 New Cantatas for ChOirs and SO- cieties.
 Christoforus. Legend Rhenberger, S1. S9 % doz Fall of Jerusalem. ParkhurSt, 1, 300 d0z Holy City. Gaul l, geo doz 91st Psalm Ballard, COG, $40 doz Out of the Depths. Darling, 32c, 2SS doz Rebecca. Hodges, 65c, 500 doz Ruth and Boaz. Andrews, 65c, 600 doz Herbert and Elsa. Thayer. 75c, 672 dog Heroes of '76. Trowbridge, 1, 800 doz Specimen copies of any of these books mailed, post
 free, for the retail price.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
Gladstone Returns His Thanks.

LONDON, Dec. 29.-Mr. Gladstone this evening sent the following telegram from his home at Hawarden to the London office of the Central News:
 'I ask of your courtesy that you will cir culate my thanks for the many hundreds of congratulatory letters and telegrams and the tasteful and beautiful gifts and tokens which have today been showered upon me from every class and quarter, often accompanied by most touching words. It is absolutely impossible for me to reply personally to all nay generous friends. W. E. GLADSTONE"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
A Fair Trade Measure.

LONDON, Dee. 29.-The rumor is revived that the government will introduce "fair trade" measure soon after Parliament opens. The fact is that such measure has been pre- pared, but it is unlikely that it will be brought forward unless the cabinet is sus- tained in it's Irish nolicy. Those who claim to have had direct information about the measure referred to say it is founded upon recommendations recently made by the trade commission presided over by LorI Iddesleigh (Sir Stafford Northcote), namely, that sys- tenn of retaliatory tariffs be established as against imports from any countries that re- fuse free admission to British manufactures products. Of course the principal opera ton of such a measure would be in the direc tion of America. The commission claimed to have been convinced by the great mass of testimony laid before it that the distress pre- vailing among the laboring classes of Eng land was due to the foreign competition made possible by free, or as they call it ''un- fair" trade; and though 8 majority of the ministers are free traders, they under stood body to be disposed to make con sessions to the undeniably strong and grow ing element in the country in favor of fair trade and retsliatory tariffs.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
odor Gases, Perfumery, &c. WHlTTLESEY'S DRUG STORE,
 744 Chapel Street,
NEW HAVEN.

DEPORT of the condition of THE YALE MA h TIONAL BANK. at New Haven, in the State of Connecticut at the close of business Dec. 24th, 1885:
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

NOTICE.
 THE NEW HAVEN COUNTY NATIONAL BANK,
 NEW HAVEN, Dec. 5, 1885. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this bank for the election of directors to the ing year will be held at their banking house on Tuesday, January 12. 1886.
 Polls open from II a.. to 12 d7tj12 wj7 L. s. HoTCHKIss, Cashier.
 Board of Relief. TNHE Board of Relief of the Town of New Haven 1 hereby give notice that they will meet at their office No. City Hall, on Monday the 4th day of January. 1886, at o'clock a. m.. and by adjourn ment on every week day until Saturday, January 23d, inclusive. Also on Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings of each week, and Saturday even ing, the 23d inst. for the purpose of hearing any appeal that may be made to them from the doings of the Board of Assessors. DAVID O'DONNELL,
 FRANK CHANDLER, Board
 THOMAS H. FULTON. of
 CHAS w. HEMINGWAY, Relief
 ROBERT E. BALDWIN, d24 Inn
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
Artistic Presents
 OF Permanent Value.

A hlgh class Etching or Engra7lng, taste fully framed. forms an appropriate and &C., ceptable present. Genuine works of art by the best masters cost when framed, from $f. to SEQ, and never lose their value.
 Frederick Keppel & Oe.. of London. and 23 East 18th St., Union Square, New York, have just received an excellent col lection of the best works. both old and modern. nearly all of which are not to be found in the ordinary picture stores
 Correspondence invited. Catalogue free by mail. Visitors are always welcome to taii and examine tie pictures.
 N. B.-An early visit, before the '"rush' of the Holiday Trade, would be found the ,~,os+ ca+;gf, of oru
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

CORK Dec. 29.-The poor law board of guardians of this city are about to make all interesting experiment in providing homes f poor people, They propose to erect 273 cottages at a cost of e1O0 each, the e27, 300 being borrowed from the government board of works at low rate of interest. The houses are to be rented to deserving heads of families at one shilling per week.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
EnR 10 ENT

West Haven Real Estate. IFA For houses and lots in the Borough. E|:! For Savin Rock shore building lots. G3sAz For factory and wharf sites.
 For farms Call on address WALTER A. MAIN, n19 West Haven.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
TO LOAN,

<=s44 $3o,0oO at per cent. for a term of years. Sa.sa Will loan in lot divide gilt edge se- curity.
 T. G. SLOAN & SON,
 Room 3 Benedicts Building.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
FOR SALE

%% ALARGE HOUSE and small barn. Land MAAA enough for six houses. This property VIII pc sold at a very low price. Call at
 RE. BALDWIN,S. d1Sdaw Real Estate Agency, SIS Chapel St.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
ADartmouth Professor Dead.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Professor Edwil David Sanborn, of Dartmouth college, diee to-day at the Rossmore Hotel, aged seventy seven years. He was a native of Gilmanton N. H., and was graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1883. He was identified with the college through the greater part of hii life. He married 8 niece of Daniel Webster and one of his children is Miss Kate Sanborn the writer and lecturer.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30
gea1 Estate.
THE LANDLORDS AND RETAILERS

E:;;I Protective Agency are prepared to furnish at short notice reliable information concerning the character and financial standing of applicants for rents or credit. For terms apply to
 HOOKER & WARREN. Exchanpa Ruildng.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

For Rent at Nominal Price. heA THE FINE HOUSE No. 31 York Square Ei::;1 Ezi.n will be rented low to good tenant; price no object. Enquire of
 CHAS H. WEBB, d26 $50 Chapel Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

FOR SALE OES RENT. &ss.A HOUSE with 12 acres of land, situated at E|;:il Morris Cove House is two stories new con @lll!ssA tains eight rooms beside basement Adlons the Parker property; within stones throw Of the beach From $1OO to $500 down. Telephone con- nection For particulars inquire Of
 GEO. W. SMITH. do if Morris Cove.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-12
PALATKA, FLA, AUG. 12, 1885.


The tearful earnestness with
which the republican organs are de-
handing civil service reform now is
a melancholy indication of how they
must have suffered in other years.
Bad men, says the Charleston News
and Courier, were given Office for
which they had no qualification, I'M
less it was an aptitude for partisan
rascality; the Hayes returning board
introduced the glowing beauties of
their reform proclivities into official
station, and party managers levied
their tax upon official salaries, with
which to carry republican elections.
Still the organs raised no dissenting
voice. 1t needed the advent of a
democratic administration to expose
the anguish they were enduring in
secret. humanity has witnessed no
more path 9tic spectacle than the
way the organs have suffered and
hidden their pain.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-12
THE PRESIDENTS WILL.

The presidents force of character
was never better illustrated than
when he replied to the delegation of
cattle men who presented a memo
rial setting forth their grievances
and asking until spring to move
their stock from the Indian reserva-
tons.
The ranchmen, says an exchange,
had some of their best representa-
tives present, together with the edi-
tor of the Kansas City Times, all of
whom made out the case very dcs-
peratc one for the cattle interest.
They said they had 100000 in
vested, and to get out of the coun-
try in the time required by the pres
ident's proclamation would result in
terrible loss The editor of the
Times believed it would cause panic
in Kansas City, but all this was to
no purpose, the president remained
immovable in his purpose.
As his remarks to the memoralists
are so well worth reading, not only
as public matter, but IS illustrat-
ing the character of the chief magis-
trate, we give them below.
''There is one point that seems to
escape your attention, gentlemen"
the president said, "That point is
before my eye, and it is the public
interest. We have recently seen
what fea~ can be created by thirty
or forty Indians in two hours. "A
letter has come to my hands from
the governor of Kansas urging that
the troops on the border of that
= e should not be withdrawn. The
ghest officer in the army, one ex-
rienced in Indian affairs, reports
&c situation in the Territory and
VS. that the cause of the irritation
j he presence of cattle men in a
4 .ion Of country containing four
and a quarter millions of acres which
was set apart for the Indians. Only
one-tenth, or four hundred thousand
acres is left. They are crowded
down to the agencies. Some of this
may have been secured with the
consent of the Indians. 1t is as APP
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-12
PUBLIC OPINION.

The necessity of perfect unity in
the democratic party in this state is
clear to any man who takes dis
passionate view of the policai situa-
tion.-Shreveport Times, Dem.
The most ridiculous idea yet adj
vanced in connection with putting
up memorials to Gen. Grant is the
proposed plan of buying up the
house in which he was horn and TAX
ing it 10 New York. The dead
General ~a, not born in New York,
and moving his fathers house thith-
or will not remedy the fact.-I}os-
ton Globe, Dem.
When Blaine mounts the Ohio
stump, perhaps ic will settle the
question whether prohibition is an
issue in that state. The Ohio re-
publicans say that it is not. Last
year, Mr.. Blaine said that prohibi-
ton was a state, not national,
issue. This year, in state election,
Mr.. BIainc's party insists that pro-
hibition is not a state issue ~ ALL
Perhaps Mr.. Blaine IS sharp enough
to explain what prohibition is any
way-LouisyilIe Courier-J ournaI,
Dem.