The Press., 1889-07-11

in the country who are the superiors of John l.. Sullivan in strength and muscle, so fa1 as it can exist without training and exercise who if put under the hands of trainers would knock out that renowned bar room ornament They are not in the ring because in them the man predominates over the animal, yet in aid of suffering innocence or in response to cal from their country when in peril would bt much more ready to act than would the mar who for gate money or for the sake of notorie ty stands up to exchange blows with another who has never done him wrong. The latt war demonstrated that it was not the fighting rowdy or the brawler who made the good sol dier. Think over the list of those you knew of that stamp in 1861. Did they rush te eagerly embrace the opportunity to get theil fill of fightingP Rather when finally induced by big bounties to enlist were they not earl, found cumbering the hospitals and swelling the list of those discharged fer disability ?"
 State Attorney Doolittle has taker prompt measures in the case of the section boss of the Consolidated road, through whose carelessness the limited express wal derailed and three lives lost. He has hat the man arrested, and he will be held fol the action of the grand jury on the charge of manslaughter. This may seem unfortu nate for the section boss, but the only way in which life is to be protected from sucf accidents is by punishing those who care lessly trifle with railroad tracks, while pre- tending to understand their business. Th' finding of Coroner Mix was as follows:
 The track at this place was being repaired by said company's workmen, new rails bein5 put in together with new frog, switch, etc The workmen were in charge of Thomas Shields, foreman, and did their work in ss careless and negligent manner (taking III more work than they could replace befor, the express arrived and doing what work the. did improperly that when the train arrived the track was not in proper or safe order. N spikes were in the wing rail which they laid no guard rail was put down, and no prope ties under frog. These defects caused th wheels of the baggage car to leave the tracl while the train was going at the rate of forty five miles and occasioning the death of Mis- Brigham.
 find Thomas Shields was in charge of tn work and responsible for its proper execution and workmanship, and that, knowing it's con dition when the train approached, ought t. have Tagged the train and allowed it to go a @ slow rate of speed over this defective spot
 find that Thomas Shields, in consequence of his careless omission, criminally responsi ble for the death of Mary "A. Brigham, ant that her death was caused by his careless act and omissions.
 Hartford Times New Orleans mustn' monopolize all the fighting news. w mustn't lose sight of the slugging matcl in Hayti. The news from the fourteentl round is that Legitime comes up yer, "groggy," and js evidently ready to throw up the sponge and quit. Hippolyte ii only delaying to enter Port-au-P Prince wjtl his entire force for fear that his army vii plumber and suck the place and give fret rein to all manner of excesses. Henc he is planning to capture the place b, strategy, selecting dark night, and en tering with part of his force, which h, can control, till he gets seated in power SC that he can preserve order. Which speak we'll for the humanity and intelligence O this black general. Legitime is probably the weaker man. He is now not only cooped up in Port-au-P Prince, but is saic to be at loggerheads with his patron, thu French minister.
 Postmaster English of New Haven ha' some very crooked republicans under him if the allegations made in regard to then are true, and it seems as if they were Persons who make affidavit to one thing and when driven into corner make aM davit to exactly the opposite thing, art not very honorable whether they are re publicans or democrats. There has beer lodged with the postmaster general charges that assessments have been made on em ployees in the New Haven post office fol political purposes, employees in the office certifying to the same. The names o1 these were not given to MT. English, but he forthwith prepared an affidavit of de nial, and every employee in the office sub scribed to it.
 The people of Danbury are excited ovel the undoubted existence in their midst oi a fire bug, who seems determined to de stroy the business property of the town. Saturday $75, ,0oO worth of property was burned in the morning, and in the evening four attempts to burn were frustrated by