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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08
MAYOR CHAPIN'S FIRST WEEK
TWO MORE APPOINTMENTS MADE.
A NEW HEAD FOR TIE ARREARS DEPARTMENT

A NEW HEAD FOR TIE ARREARS DEPARTMENT
JOSEPH PLArr GETS MS OLD p ACE
Mr.. Chaplin rounded out the first week Of his ina
cumbency OF the Mayors office in Brooklyn yes
terday by making two more Of the appointments
OF his heads of departments lie has INTRODUCED
the policy Of presenting his appointees to the
public by degrees, instead Of all mt once, as big
predecessor did. BY this means the effect OF the
changes is divided over q considerable space Of
time.
Yesterday he made his first appointment Of q
new official by placing John G. McGuire in charge
Of the Arrears Department to succeed Registrar OK
Arrears Cole, and rcappointed Buildings Com
missioner Joseph Plat. While it had been sur.
missed that Mr.. Mcclure to be recognized by
the new administration for his support last fall
although he worked and voted for Mayor Low
in ss3 and for Mr.. Blaine in 1884, yet the ap-
pontment created genuine surprise.
lie is q lawyer and lives In the First Ward AZ
the time of the organization Of the Land League,
about eight years ago, he was especially active
and became president of the Kings County branch
of that body, and did much to swell the contn-
buttons sent to Ireland. He was active IN the
Jefferson Hall revolt against Boss McIAugh-
Inns rule in Brooklyn, which came to an end by
a so-called reorganization Of the party. lie ialed
OF nomination for City Judge In 1882 and MADE
threats OF KnlUnB ~. IL. SlemchSs, eAiS A>~@A.~-
cratic candidate. In s83 he was especially active
for Mayor Lows reelection and he was equally
influential in behalf Of the Republican Presidential
ticket in SS4.
In 1885 he was renominated by the Republlcans
for Alderman at-large, but declined. Last year
he entered the Young Mems Democratic Cup ana
made speeches for Chaplin. Politicians spoke OF
him Yesterday as another example OF the success
of men who opposed the Boss, and aIterwaro
were won over by the promise OF Office: Ills APP
pointment is believed to be a shrewd move n
secure his support and the VOTE hc controls next
fall. He is active in Roman Catholic organl"
cation. His salery will be $4,000.
Colonel Matthias w. Cole, who is superseded,
is likely to return to his former place OF deputy
in the office which he held for several years until
promoted by Mayor Whitney two years ago to
supersede Theodore f. jackson. lie Is Dcmocrao
of a mild type One reason of his failure OF re-
appointment is probably the blunder made by his
department last summer in advertising sale
improperly, and thereby invalidating 1t ana caus-
ing the CITY considerable loss.
Commissioner Flat is one OF the old-tlme Demo
Gratis of Brooklyn, and is now seventy-two years
of age. He lives in the Twentieth Ward. and
was an Election Commissioner from s1I To 1856,
when Mayor Whitney put him in his present place
Mayor Chaplin still has several OF the most I'm
pOrtant appointments Of his heads OF depart ments
to make and rumor is busy with making and un-
making officials. 1t is pretty certain that some
more Of the Commissioners Will be retained IN
Office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-19

Il dppesrs from Official sources inst IL
1885 the resi- urces Of the four weslthiest
states in fsrn and cattle products occu-
Died the following relative positions,
viz:
10 cattle Texas is first and Illinois
fourth.
In sheep Texas is flrst and Ohio third
IL value Of corn crop Illinois is first
and Texas fourth.
In value Of farm products Illinois is
first and Texas fourth.
In value Of largest single crop Illinoie
is first and Texas fourth.
In value Of cotton crop Texas is first
snd Arkansas fourth.
Ia average cash value per acre Of coEn
Texas is first snd Iowa fourth.
In syersge cash value per acre OF wheat
Texas Is first sDd Missouri fourth.
In average cssh value per sore Of cats
Texas is frst and Missouri fourth.
In increase Of value OF csttle Texas is
first, New York second, while Illinois and
Lows each decreased.
And inst the farm products Of Texas
exceeded in value all those of the six New
England states, and of Maryland ana
Delaware together. And while the value
OF our farm product in 1887 aggregated
Sl72, 100000; snd ss in this year the
largest crops ever known in the history
Of our etste are acknowledgements
some $40, 900 600 more than In 1ss6-and
We hope by 1890 to show sn av rage in
crease annually CT at least $4,000, 900,
which can essily be done from our
enornous average. Now let me say q
wor6 ABOUT my own city, Fort Worth,
called by all western people "The Q leen
City of the Plains"
Il Js2uary, 1876. Fort Worth had 1923
people; 1t row has nearly $1,000. In
July, 1876, it secured its frs: railway; it
now has eleven outlets, including seven
great trunk lines. Ia 1876 Fort Worth
vas railroad ssat!on; it is now the
greatest railway center in the southwest
In the territory TRIBUTARY to Fort Worth,
which embraces ell Of the panhandle,
small grain and cotton grow in the same
fields. This portion Of our state is az
aessed at $3.50. ooe. 900; raises nesrly
l 200, 900 bales Of cotton; has some 1000
miles OF railway, with new line (Eort
Worth and Westerly 10 bring In an sd
ditiopsl sc. 600 square miles; $4,000
head Of csttIe; 2,500,000 head Of sheep;
nearly, 1000 900 head of horses and
mules, and population estimated at
about l, 250, 900 people.
Fort Worth Is ABOUT 500 feet Above the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-19
TEXAS.
The Speech Of Mr., T. J. Hurley
Before tho Merchants Club
of Boston.
TIE Progress and Possibilities Of the
Stste-Fort Rsr2h Ghe GEeas Rail.
rad Center Of ths aeuShNesC,
What Deep water signifies to the whole
BeBt-Ghe Eand of Promise, Plenty
and Psrpstusl Spring,
B1ston Advertiser.

r. does rot require the silvery tongue
NJ Phillips 70 g. ind the praises OF the
srest commonwealth OF which l have the
Sor or 10 be IN humble ciNzer, and from
rer rre.t nt.r, iculy lone star" IN the
coordination composing this great Union.
8ut when tell you that ou- ares 10 more
than equal to the combined sreas OF
Maine, New Hsmpshire, Vermont, Mssss'
cnnpetts. Connecticut, New YORK, Penn
s7lynpis, New jersey, Delaware, Mary
leud, O. io and Indians, you can form 81
Intelligent ides % the greatness Oh Texas.
on, had nearly forgotten Rhode Island!
Rut might state, by wSy CT apology Tor
the commission, that ranchmen IN cur
state. in times past, have frequently given
.wsy more territory in Strengthening
boundary line thsn Is comprised IN the
eItire sres OF Rhode Islknd; yet Rhode
TcI,nd while not as lsrg" 80 aT7 OF our
24S counties, has ~ i+..e representation
in the Tinted States Senate IS the entire
stste ~ Texas with her more than 3,U00,-
no9 RI uopulation. And, speskins OF
coupsIeH. we have one county In the state
of TEXAS. Tom Green county, which,
vher orgsrized, embraced more square
miles fh9n thu combined Grca OF Masss-
chnsstfs- Connecticut and Rdoda Islsnd.
Teyss' as compared with European
con,tries. is larger than sny excepting
Pugsis. ard s larger than EJgland, Ire
land. Sc otlsrd, Wales, Holland, Belgium,
EDenmsrk, Switzerland, Greece sra iuI-
kew combined; aud almost TWICE tae sres
of the Eve Central American states COM
biued. rich country thst should, with
Mexico, be psr: and parcel OF this Union,
and thus by one stroke cspture tae en-
tire trade OF nesrly 2o,O0o,oOO OF people
Texas contains 1856 squsre miieE, or
I75 5s7. $40 sores, exclusive OF bays ana
Issas; aud il as denssly populated as
New York state, would to-day nsVe 2e'-
600, 600 people; or II IS populous as
Farce, ID would contain $4,000, OO0; OF
1fe popa,ous as Belgium, lS3 o0O,0O
psople. wi ees.cosst OF 5OO mues:
and q waser-shed draining into the Gun
OF Mexico .wo-fiths of this entire Union
sad with many localities for somirscle
harbors where great commercial Cities
nav De buils, do you not think, Mr.Cnsir-
man. that. commercially speaking, MY
vears hence she may also be the "Lone
Sisrn OF these United Statesf
We are growing fast, very fsss. In
Is7n the caasus reported that Ne hso 9
,2nujAtiou of SIS, 900 II 1850 this had
swollen 10 shout /. 600, 600. an increase OF
o. per cent. in the. decade, while ,ne
ns,centsge Of gsin for the whole .Uaien
wts only 40 per CENT; Gna Ii Is noS % :
timsted tnst CDR popptatoa eAceeue o..
Opv, 900, AZ Increase ofasI-r-- ---.' -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-19

Total IN ten states -........ So 4f7,COO 600 co
Mr.. Chsitmar, farm mortgages pay
snd 10 per cent interest in cur stste. As
conservative business men, don't you
thirk the security greater with us tnan
The states sppsrentlY literally plsstered
With mortgages? And in the report Of
the departments Of agriculture for 1886.
the sCmu1ery shows IN the four states
whose three leading product WAS the
largest, the average cseh value per acre
Ut
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

Ex-senator Blanche X. Bruce, portly,
dignifed and as carefully dressed as Of
old. attracted glances in the Palmer
House rotunda recently, says The
Chicago News" Since his term in the
senate expired he has divided his time
betweeB his plantation and lecturing.
He is one of the strong cards on the
platform, especially in the interior in
small country towns where life is that
slow. mOnotonous and unexciting that
his prestige as tho first colored senator
still fingers in the form of curiosity. He
is a ready, fowery talller. Mr. Bruce
is shrewd man and n wealthy one,
worth probably $3.50 900, and is in
some respects the most successful man
of his race in the country, barring Fred
Douglass, whose influence among the
colorcd people has not yet been shaken
by any later prophet.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26
BROCKWAY CENTRE. MICH. 7


a bill $ before congress proYuing
for the appointment of commission
on the subject of the alcoholic liquor
traffic. The commission is TO bo
appointed by the President and con-
hrmed by the senate and to consist of
live persons, not all of whom shall be
advocates of prohibitory liquor laws,
and none of whom shall be the holder
of any office of profit of trust in the
general or any state government. The
commissioners are to be selected solely
with reference to personal tness and
capacity for an honest, impartial and
thorough investigation, and shall hold
Office until their duties are accomplish
ed, but not to exceed two years. They
are TO be five in number and serve
without compensation. II is made their
duty to investigate the traffic and
manufacture OF liquor without reference
to revenue and taxation, and the effect
of each class of such liquors in their
economic, criminal, moral and scion
tiic aspects in connection with pauper-
ism, crime, social vice, the public health
and the general welfare of the PEOPLE;
and to enquire into the practical results
of taxation and license and of restric-
tive legislation tor the prevention Of
intemperance. They shall also ascertain
as near as may be the number of gallons
of wine, beer or distilled liquor annually
consumed in different countries: the
mber of deaths annually from alco-
halism; character of crimes resulting
from the use of liquors: diseases pro-
du ed by the use thereof; number Of
arrests from drunkenness; amount Of
pauperism produced by use Of such
liquors.; amount OF revenue received by
the government from the liquor traffic
and liquor making; amount of tax OF
revenue received from manufacturing
and traffic by state and municipal gov
ernments; amount of food transformed
into alcohol; probable retail cost of
liquors consumed; cost of caring f r
insane and idiotic criminals and pau
pers made such by the use of liquors;
capital employed in the manufacture
and sale of liquors; quantity of liquors
imported and exported, and number of
persons employed in. the manufacture
and sale.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

considering the number of shingles
that are made every year in Maine and
Michigan it is rather astonishing how
many bad boys there arc in the world.
-S0merUlie journal.
An exchange has an article Oh
"Where all the Pins Go to" While it
is working this vein we wish it would
tell us where all the umbrellas go to-
Darlington Free Press.
A Boston surgeon has extracted the
nerves from mans cheek. What bus.
mess house the patient intends to serve
as commercial traveller is not stated. -
P,tSbur0h Chronicle.
How it all comes back TO me. "mur-
INJURED the poet sadly, as with practic-
ed fingers he estimated the thickness OF
the porlIy package of MSS. which he
had just taken from the postoflice.
A theatrical company is at present
z wing II PLAY called "rhe King OF
Dent SITS" at Woodstown, n. j. 1t Ger
tainly ought to be II drawing card il
there be anything in ame.-Phita-
dGtphiG North american.
The calendar is Il wonderful mathe-
NAUTICAL triumph, amt it?" remarked
Jags to Gags. at certainly is. But il
has its defects" "Namo one" well,
every seven days makes week feat
ure in it."-ArcOla Record.
TO the tin trust, the copper trust, the
cotton seed oil trust. and the sugar
trust has been added mutton trust.
What the public wants is a chance to
get trusted for mutton and sugar
Phiiadelphia North Ar!erican.
The tendency of bills of fair "not &c
lie, but deceive" was well illustrated
by a Springfield hotel the other day
when plain, every day apple dumping
was served up under the name OF
Ewes pudding. "-SPringfeId Rcpud-
iicdn.
The fact that ninety-live cigar fac
tories have shut down in Havana will
not disturb the equanimity Of our
smokers. They know that the supply
of Havana" cigars turned out in New
York tenement houses will never grow
less. -FttSbur0h Poet
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

THERE are three ministers In the
present House of Representatives
Judges Stewart. of Georgia. and
Cheadle. of Indiana, are ex-preachers,
but the new Congressman from New
Hampshire, Rev. Mr.. Mckinney, has
been in the Universalist pulpit during
his whole active career. He is the first
Democrat Congressman from Ne W
Hampshire in ten years. Oddly enough,
the last Democratic Representative
from that state was Frank Jones. the
brewer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

AMONG the jubilee presents to the
pope is one from Monsignor Lecot
bishop of Dion. 1t is a picture by
Caracel of the "Ecce Homo which
was stolen from the vatican by French
soldier ut the time of the departure of
Plus VII. It passed through various
hands in France. and finally came into
the possession of priest in Burgundy.
Upon the representations of Monsignor
Locot the picture was given up, to be
consigned to the pope on the occasion
of his jubilee.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

After all the rumors of pageants and
demonstrations, the removal OF the
collins of Napoleon III. and the Prince
Imperial from Chiselhurst to Farm
borough a few days ago was absolutely
without ceremony. There were simply
two hearses 10 convey the remains to a
special train. They were met at Farm
borough by the Empress Eugene, a
few members of the household, and
Prince Victor. Thence they were
conveyed on gun carriages to the
sarcophagi. The old purple velvet
covering the emperor's coffin has
mainly rotted away in the damp during
the fourteen years it has been IN the
Chiselhurst vault. So have most of the
wreaths and crosses, but they were
taken to marlborough as they were.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The Queen Regent of Spain is gain
ing great hold on the affection of her
subjects, and is said to be wonderful
woman, charming in manner, and pos
sessing great administrative ability.
1t is claimed by many that she will
rank us one of the great women sover-
eigns of history. Some may doubt all
this from the fact that she cannot keep
the baby king quiet in public.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

CATHERINE BUNsIN, aged 60, was
sentenced at Liverpool Assizes recently
TO seven years penal servitude for
stealing a pair of drawers. The pris
onor on hearing the sentence dropped
like person shot, and was carried out
by two warders. A man named Oil
lay, who had been once previously con-
victod was sentenced to five years PEN
al servitudo for fraudulently obtaining
n shilling under the pretense that it was
wanted for charitable act
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

THERE are sad to be more million
aires in Buenos Ayres than in any
other city of its SIZE in the world.
Many of the private houses in the city
have been built at cost of over ST.
O00,001, and one of the banks has II
pa.d-up capital of S57, 600. 900, with de-
posts aud IL line of discounts aggrega-
ting 800, 900, 900.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The great mining booms of the GEN.
tury have occurred just ten ears apart
1919 was the California eXcitement;
1859 was the Pike Peak. or Colorado
boom; 1869 was the Nevada boom,
when the great Comstock bonanza was
discoveries; 1879 was the Leadville
boom. Ii history repeats itself, then
1889 will see another great mining ex.
element
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The man whom Senator II ddleberg-
er was defending last summer when he
incurred the displeasure of the court
and was sent to jail for contempt was
sent to I'm asylum for the insane after
the acquittal of the charge of stealing
rails. He spent several weeks in the
asylum, and then the doctors decided
there was nothing the matter with him
but laziness.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

CLAUS SPRCEKELs is travelling about
California making converts to his
theory that beet sugar can be made IN
that state to sufficient amount to supply
the country.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

L. a. TROLLoPE recalls that his mat
tcrnal grandfather, q country wear,
could not endure the sound made by II
knife-edge on II dlnner-plate. So he
had some plates made for himself with
discs of silver set in the centers, and on
these Inc cut his meat without having
his teeth set on edge.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

NEWS of the resent Beach Hanla
boat race at Sydney, New South Wales,
reached this country by overland tele-
graph to North Australia. by cable to
Java and Samalra and to Madras India.
thence to Alden, Africa. and up the
Red Sea to Suez, across Europe to
London, and thence by Atlantic cable.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26
A HUNTER who occupied a camp in

A HUNTER who occupied camp in
Northern Wisconsin was awakened one
morning recently by his dogs. The
animals seemed greatly excited, and
kept running back and forth in the
woods barking loudly. He followed
them n distance, and came across a
bear, which the dogs had killed I'M
aided
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The grave of Tom Marshall. one of
Kentucky's greatest orators, is in an
open field one and half miles from
Versailles. 1t is uncared for, and the
mound has been rooted over BY hogs.
A small stone at the head OF the grave
bears the inscripto on: Thomas +.
Marshall, born in Frankfort June z.
1901, died September %, 1864.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The Prince of Naples, who has just
come of age, has received the Order of
the Golden Fleece from the Emperor
of Austria and the Black Eagle from
the German Emperor. 1t is suggested
that, in view of the close friendship
between Italy and England, he ought
e be invested with the Garter.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

Mr.. l.. Nj. BARRY, the general in
vestigator of Woman's labor is in
Baltimore, Md, urging the oyster
shuckers of the gentle sex N that To-
cality to form an assembly of the
Knights of Labor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The elder Dumas was asked to give
something toward the funeral expenses
of II bailiff who had died in poverty.
''How much do you want?" he asked.
"rwenty francs" "What? Only 20
francs to bury bailiff? There, there!
Take 40 and bury two"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

YAM PHoN LEE, the Chinese Yale
graduate who recently married an
American girl, is said to resemble n
Frcnchman in appearance and man
ners. He is described as man of sim
gularly charming manners.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

WHEN the conductor of n Louisville
street car asked John Duvall. passen-
ger, for his fare the other evening John
jumped up, Topped his hands about as
if they were wings and shouted: Get
thee behind me, Satan. am an angel,
and angels pay no fare" But the con-
ductor was hard-hearted aud cast John
forth into the outer darkness.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

WHILE lady of Xenia, Ohio, was
preparing feed for her chickens recent
ly the diamond in her engagement ring
dropped into the mixture, and the loss
was not noticed until the feed had been
eaten by the fowls. 1t became neces-
sary to massacre ten chickens before
the stone was found but it was found
mt last.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

ABRAHAM BURBANK, who died re-
Gently in PittsGeld, has worked all his
life MS a brick and stone mason, and ut
his death owned real estate valued ut
$1,000, 600.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

PROF. GNEIsT, the celebrated writer
and thinker, in recent letter on wom-
en- held that it was the position women
necessarily occupied in the home,
from the princess down to the wife of
the poorest laborer. that constituted
their real equality with men,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

EVERYBODY who has any business
with him can see Mayor Hewitt of New
York, without hndrancc ut the door
of his office. lie sits bent over his desk
from early in the forenoon until after
3 o'clock--a stoop.shouIdcred, pallid,
spare little man-reading letters and
papers, writing and receiving callers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

JAY GOULD has only grown indiiier-
ent as to his wearing apparel within
the last few years. He once paid big
tailor bills, and on one occasion gave
$40 for pair of suspenders with gold
buckles and he wore them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The former residents of Ohio now
living in Topeka. Kan, have organized
n society and adopted for motto,
"The sun of Ohio never shone on the
face of an ugly woman"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

The golden goose" hitherto re-
garded as a myth, has materialized
into reality in Minnesota. A citizen of
that state living near Lanesboro last
week killed several of bis flock and
found gold in the crop of each. 1t is
supposed the geese picked up the
precious metal in the creek near by, and
gold fever has become epidemic in the
vicinity
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

LEVI p. MORrON and his wife have
been warmly welcomed in Paris. Not
only the American colony but Parisians
prominent in society and politics have
joined in the demonstration of popular
ity which has greeted the ex-Minister
and his wife. The Mortons will leave
Paris for Monte Carlo in about two
weeks
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

A KING in Central Africa refers to
whisky and brandy us "those sweet and
soothing medicines. - The Christian
"medicine men" are always welcome
in his kingdom.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

Miss Laura Bridgmap, the blind,
deaf and dumb inmate of the Perkins
institution for the blind in Boston,
recently gave a reception to her friends
to mark the fiftieth year of her resi-
dence at that institution, as well as tho
iii;y-oight anniversary OF her birth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-26

SIR RICHARD BURTON of England
finds himself a physical wreck at the
age of Go. He has been hard worker
and close student all his life. His trans
Iation of the Arabian Nights" netted
him $4,000