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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-17
JEANIES LOVE LETTERS,

lEANIE c A NJ P .
bell came back
from the tailor'i
shop where she
worked, and found
a company of boy
and girls congre-
gated round the
doorstep of tn.
tall t enc M e n :,
house in which she
rented one small
back room. Thev
were hooting ant
ljeering at = ma,
seated in his shirt
sleeves on the door.
step placidly smok
ing . huge German
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-17

porcelain pipe. The man did not
seem in the least disturbed at their
jeers and shrieks, but smoked on with
his eyes fixed upon the one strip OF
sunset sky visible above the grimy
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
NORTON GIVEN MORE TIME,
Railroad President Won't Have to
Show Cause Until Monday.
Charged with Reducing Fares and
Violating an Injunction.

Benjamin T.. Norton, President OF the
Atlantic Avenue and West End Railroad
Company, Brooklyn. was tho morning
given until Monday morning next 20 put
in an answer to the order to show cause
why he should not be punished for dis
regarding an injunction order.
The extension Of time was granted by
Justice Bartlett. In the Supreme Court,
ON the application OF Lawyer s. :.
Whitehousc. on May Is last Justice
Gaynor granted a preliminary injunction
restraining the Atlantic Avenue and
West End roads from charging less than
10 cents for a single fare between the
Thirty sixth street station and Coney
Island
On Tuesday last the injunction was
continued, pending Il hearing of the
facts. 1t is claimed by the Prospect
Park and Coney Island Railroad Com
pany that the Injunction has been Vio-
lated by the defendants.
Mr.. Whitehouse stated that he wanted
more time to secure answering affi-
davits. Gen. George W. Wngatc. who
appeared In opposition. said that the vio-
laton of the injunction order was so
fragrant that he would not consent to
an adjournment.
Justice Bartlett said that little more
time should be given, and he fixed the
return OF the order for Monday.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
BROOKLYN NEWS.
WOULD NOT PAY TOLL.
Black smith Ross Arrested. but Wns
Soon Discharged.

The Old question as to the legality q
the untiquate1 to!l-gaios on the jamaica
road was brought UP in the Gates Ave
nue. Court. Brooklyn. this morning. Mir.
Alexander Ross. II well-known black
smith. who lives en- Jamaica avenue.
near Pennsylvania avenue. vas arrested
last night by Special Officer William
Bains Of tie Brooklyn city Railroad
Company, and was this morning charged
with disordarly conduct and abusive Ian
guago.
Last night Mr.. Ross was driving home
IN hurry aud attempted 10 pass the toll
he Eate. house and seized his horse By
the mead. Ross save the animal was
jcri.au back on it's launches so quickly
as TO 10 1t considerable injury. The
wagon also suffered
Ross got very angry and after worry
war was arrested In court this morn
ing the old tuli-gata keeper practically
admitted that Mr.. Ross was accustomed
Un his return Or AT his convenience
The deeeusr OF MIR. Ross was that the
toll was Illegal. and chat he mad been
fc.onious!y stopped on tn" public high
way. The ente, his counsel explained. is
charter of the Jamaica l'ian;; Road Com
pany mas expired through their having
surrendered the care of the road to the
counties OF Kings aud Queens.
Justice Goetting. mindful Of the long
legal battles which have been waged
defense. He said he would discharge
the prisoner for lack of sufficient evil
dence as 20 his dsorderly actions. Mr.
Ross has not paid the toll.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
BROOKLYN.
TORE HIS W|FE's DRESS.
Snyder Says 1t Was the Best
Way to Keep Her In.
He Denies His Chiltlren's Stories ~
Misconduct.

John W. Snyder. undertaken and livery.
stable keeper, of IL Powers street, Brook.
Ign, was the first witness called this
morning In the continuation of the SUIT
for limited divorce brought by his
wife, Mrs. Margaret Snyder, in the Su.
preme Court, Brooklyn, before Justice
Bartlett.
The Snyders were married on Sept. n
1884 They have two children, a boy Of
nine. and girl OF seven years. The
little ones have testified against the IA.
Their.
This morning Snyder denied all thu
charges made by his wife, and char
acterized as false the testimony of his
children. He denied he had threatened
to. kill his wife in 1887 or that he had
Haven, y. j., during the Summer IN rs ot
the same year.
When asked If 1t was true that he
had cut UP his wife's best dress with
knife in 1887, Snyder said:
told my wife to stay in the house.
She refused. The best way to keep
her in was to tear the Dress"
Letters were shown Snyder which he
Is alleged to have written to several Of
the co respondents. He was very much
confused during the examination, and
frequently contradicted himself.
troubles of the Snyders by one Of the
lawyers. Justice Bartlett said: There ID
no doubt In my mind that these people
quarrelled like cats and dogs. Get at the
J serious charges"
The case Is still on.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06

Dougherty had not been around the
place for long time. His father, II
was said. would not be back until this
afternoon.
an enviabie reputa tion For long time
IL was run as q free and easy" but
some time ago the place gained noso-
riety through the arrest on the streets
OF young girl who had run away from
home. and VINO claimed she had spent
nearly all her time In the Brighton. The
place has been closed as IA free and
easy" ever since. ami pool-roum has
been running irrcgularly Instead.
Four men with gloomy faces sat be
fore the bar this morning. They ad.
United that Doughcriy lad son nained
George, about twenty years old. +
generally wore dark clothes and light
straw hat. THAT is tho description which
the police telegraphei broadcast.
one OF the men I'm the pool-room, who
acted as spokesman. denied that Myer
was connected with the bright ON" at
all or that any welching had been done
at that place.
Inquiry In the vicinity Of Great Jones
Is the only pool-roorn which, has been
running at all recently. There was
one across the way. on the B0Tery,
which Is now closed up. Attaches of
Doughcrty betting IN his fathers place
by the statement that such thing is
quite common. Employees are not al
lowed To bet in their own roui-rooins,
but get outsiders to do Vt for them.
The dead man was TO have been mar
ricd in few weeks to Miss Nellie Nor
ton, OF 400 Fast Fifty-fOurth street lie
called on her only last evening. aud told
her also that Dougherty had made
threats against his life. She told him
he ought to pick his company and not
associate with people who talked Of
killing others.
The young woman was overcome this
morning when she heard OF his death.
At o'clock this morning the body of
the murdered man was taken from the
station-house to his late home on Ave
nue. A after Ct<oner Fitzpatrick had
viewed It. The funeral viii take place
on Sunday in Washington Cemetery.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
HUSTLED INTO A GRAVE.
Mrs. Zeirhut Positively Identifies
Her Husbands Clothing.

Tie has with which Brooklyn's IN
claimed dead are hurried into the Pot
ter's Field by the Morgue officials was
again brought to light to-day.
Mrs. Louisa Icirhut. OF Maspctil, l.. J.,
caller at the Miller avenue station this
morning and inquired for tidings Of her
husband. Peter, who, she said, had left
home on June % and had not been heard
from since. She said that h. was Il har-
ness-maker and was IN fair Gircum-
stances.
Her description OF her absent spouse
tailed with that of tie body found IN Z
vacant lot on suffer avenue, near New
Lots road. on Wednesday.
She was instructed to visit the Morgue.
When she arrived there she was told
that the corpse had he"n buried Nester-
day morning. The excuse fOr the haste
In senu.u S ,he remains away was thAt
they were so dec 1mposed that the stencil
was unten raDle.
Mrs. Zeirhut was sent out TO the
keeper Of til. Potter's Field WITH an or
der for the exhumatloir Of the body so
that she may view 1t.
Before leaving the Moreuc she eN-
amined the clothing found on the body
and said she was positive thct II be-
longed 10 her husband.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
CALLED OUT
TO Be SHOT.
Race. Track Tout Edward
Meyer Killed in Front
Of Ills Door,
SUMMONED FROM HIS BED.
An Unknown Man Called to Him
from tho Street at Mid
So ''' BE-. night
sr~' ,:..". B..
GEORGE pousHeR1Y SUSPECTED
Ne Had Threatened Meyer for
'',NsIshins" IS Given Him to
j.. ... Get on n Race, ...
GEORGE pousHER1Y SUSPECTED

Edward Meyer. q race track tout and
messenger connected with the Brighton
Pool-room on Great Jones street, was
called TO the door of his house, 1903 Ave-
nue. A, at LIS o'clock this morning and
shot by an unknown man. The bullet
entered his left breast and he died five
minutes later.
The man who called him from his bed
waited until Meyer was within three
feet Of him before pulling the trigger
After firing the fatal shot he walked
ieisurely away.
= Nearly a dozen persons saw him dis
appear. The man was cool and uncon-
cerned. Even when policemen began to
arrive from every direction in response
to the whistle Of the first man on the
scene he still walked. He Is known to
have brushed against at least one person,
after which he broke into a trot.
He doubled around the block, and, It
In thought, returned to the scene Of the
shooting TO mingle with the crowd which
had collected.
Edward Meyer was accused Of welch-
ing. He IL said to have run away with
: IS bill given him to bet with few days
ago 1t rs believed that for that amount
he lost his life.
Capt. Pickett, Of the East Eighty
eighth street station. has three Of his
men ON the case. They believe they
know the man who did the shooting
Suspicion most strongly rests upon
George Dougherty. the wenty-two-year-
old son of George Dougherty, who keeps
the "Old Brighton" resort on Great
: Edxartl Never lived with his brother
Joseph in the third floor fiat at the
Avenue \ house. At 1l.30 o'clock last
night he arrived at the house and at
once went to bed. Three-Quarters OF an
hour later Joseph Meyer heard his broth
ar talking to some one ut the frent
window
WHO Is thar" Edward Meyer asked.
and the reply came:
Its me, George"
/. What do YOU want?" was asked.
You. know very we'll, you - - -.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT,
WicEman Lost the Money He COL
lectcd on the Races.

Frederick \. Wickman, twenty
years oil. clerk employed by William
II. Greene. a butcher OF 365 Sixth ave
nue., Brooklyn, pleaded guilty, in the
Butler street Police Court. in that city.
this morning to stealing so from his
employer. Justice Tighe fixed July Q
for sentence.
Greene says that Wicknan has stolen
in all about $50. Most Of the populations
occurred during June. Wickman, with
out authority from Greene. visited the
customers of the store AMI collected
money on outstanding accounts.
When arrested by Detective McCor-
mick yesterday afternoon Wickman said
he had lost all the money playing the
races. and was just about to leave for
Philadelphia.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
CARACAS IN ERIE BASIN.
II May Not lie Necessary for Her to
Go Into Dry Dock.

The Red "D'' line steamer Caracas,
which returned to port yesterday with
her cargo on fire. has been toWed to the
Anglo-American stores, Erie Basin.
The water having been pumped out
of the after compartment, which was
flooded. it WAS found that the forward
compartment and It's contents were
dry. The damaged cargo consisted priu-
cipally of flour and Is thought to be
totally destroyed by the water.
1t IL not known whether the steamer
viii be placed on the dry-dock for re-
pairs until complete examination has
been made TO ascertain the extent OF
the damage. 1t Is thought. however,
that II will not be necessary to haul
tion dd not disclose any serious injury.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
USED HIS OLD FIRMS NAME.
Young Hilton Worked Hardware
md CnrriuRr SuppIy Men.

Justice GoettinS. in the Lee Avenue
Court, williamsburg, to-day held Victor
Hilton, a well-dressed young man. who
lives with his parents at 176 Penn street,
OH charge of petty larceny.
Hilton was formerly employed by
Brew ster q Co, the carriage builders, but
was discharged recently. Since then he
has swindled q number OF hardware
dealers and carrlage-su!piy men by Sc
curing goods from them on the repre-
sentation that the property was Tor
brewster & Co.
'rhe only complainant against the
Young man to-day was Charles Thort,
hut Detertive Marks VINO made the ar
rest, expects to have at least dozen
more charges against him.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
CHICKENS POISONED,
Fowls E1terminated by Whole.
sale ia New Utrecht
Robert Durvea Arrested and Held
on Suspicion.
Box Of Mixed Feed and Rat Poison
Found on His Premises.

COMFY ISLAND. L. l., July s.--Therc
has been an extraordinary extermina-
tion Of all the poultry In New Utrecht
and South BrookIyn. Hundreds Of chick
ems have been poisoned. and 1t has
caused Il scarcity OF fresh eggs unpar-
alleled In these places.
For long time the residents have
stayed up nights with shotguns guard
ing their hen-roosts, but the work of
the nends still continued undated. At
last the people concluded they must have
outside assistance to discover the per-
petrator.
They made complaint to the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
and the Society sent Detective A. f.
Grover TO investigate. He obtained the
services of a chemist OF the New York
Board Of Health, and the latter. upon
Analysing the stomachs of some Of the
dead chickens, found that they had been
killed with rat poison mixed in cornmeal,
which had been thrown in the yards
where the chickens roamed.
Suspicion pointed to Robert Duryea, a
well-known resident OF Fiftieth street,
near New Utrecht avenue. a warrant
was sworn out for his arrest, and this
morning he was arraigned before Justice
Carl NJ. Cowcnhoven. at Fort Hamilton.
The complaint against him was made
by John Cole, of Fiftieth street, New
Utrecht. and Mr.. Hilman. of Fifty
fourth street and Fifth avenue. Cole
had lost twenty-three chickens and Hill
man twenty-nine. All died as suddenly
as If they had been struck by lightning
Detective Grover testified that he had
searched Duryea' s premises and round
a box of cornmeal with rat poison mixed
in 1t. Duryea was held under bail for
trial next Monday. The penalty for his
o.ense Is fine Of $500 and one year In
the penitentiary.
He denies the charge against him, and
no motive can be discovered for him to
poison chickens.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
STRAY BULLET, BUT FATAL.
Little John McGOvern Dying from
Some Ones Cnrelessness,

John McGovern, three years old. Is
dying in st. GATHERINGS Hospital. Will
iamsburg. to-day from a wound caused
by stray bullet.
The child was standing In front Of his
home, 72S Leonard street, yesterday
afternoon when a stray bullet struck him
in the back OF the neck. The doctors at
the hospital have probed for the missile.
but have been unable to find it. The
police of the STACY street station, who
are hunting for the boys assailant. be-
lieve it was some one who was cele-
brating the Fourth of July day late.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
Held for Reckless shooting.

Michael Burke. Of 35i Baltic street. Brooklyn
was held by Justice TiGhe In the Butler street
Polite Court Brooklyn. this morning on the
charge o. shooting a boy named Thomas Pende-
erast in the hand with n revolver on the night
o. July T. Burke waE di5charging the revolver
from n window Pendegrast was passing ana was
hit. His injuries are not serous
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
brooklyn Brevities.

a. ". HYDE OF 4s2 Pacific street. LEFT bicycle
worth 300 outside entrance No. 4. Prospect Park.
this morning white he crossed the street TO get
2 drink when lac returned the bicycle was Mrs
ing. md he notified the polite.
Il. You Wa n chinese laundry man, o. 100 Ralph
avenue while chopping wood In the back yard
this morning dropped his axe and severed his
great zoe from the LETT foot.
Mrs e. A. Burcher. OF 4ss IIerkimer street, re-
norted to the police to-day that she had lost
a bank book containing nb somewhere between
her homo and the Dime Savings Bank.
Mus wISsIow sSoorUINd SyRrr for children
teething cures wind collie. darrhoea. &c. 26c. y"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
Broke Windows for Revenrs.

Alice Fields, a hairdresser. thirty-dx ysass
old, of IS Seventh street. was held for trial -
the charge Of malicious mischief In Essex Mar.
ket Court to-day. She Is charged with brsakiss
two plate-glass windows in the saloon st u
Third avenue OH Saturday last It Is said that
she lost her temper when asked to pay for giaaR
OF whiskey. She cut her arm SO severely tAa1
she had to be taken to Bellevue Hospital.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
Young Keno Held for Trial.

William Keno thirteen years old. OF az
Manhattan avenue. Williamsburg, was held In the
Even street Court to-day for trial on charge
q assault. Keno is said 10 lie member OF
the Gang IN tn. Green, and short time
old OF 2l2 Union avenue.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
Two Men Charged with burglary

Jonn Gilmore. twenty-one years old. Il ~
powery, and Jacob Horowitz, twenty-five years
old. Of "a Jefferson street. were held for trial
In Essex Market Court to-day charges OF
burglary. The complainhnts were John otis, OF
1869 Chrystie street and Joseph bastucy.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06

r,5as Wh q. tonic; the oriainal Caliesyq
the retail sale july zgoe, 10 The Herald Free ~
Fund. 1873 Broadway. 90
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
SUMMER RESIDENTS PROTEST
Want the Babylon Bonrd of Health
to Remove n Dead Horse.

BABYLON. l.. l., July e.-Many promi-
nent New Workers. who have Summer
residences at this place. are indignant at
the failure OF the Health Board to take
action in the case Of carcass of a
horse which has been allowed to lay
for thlrty-six hours unburied in lot
cose 10 the residential part OF the town.
The stencil from the carcass has COM
PEELED the residents to keep the windows
Of their houses closed.
The Board OF Health will give no eX-
PLANTATION for Its failure to act In the
matter.
Won read '"The Evening World"
Do Won reaL the SunGny yNarlL?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-29
REV. MORGAN WOODS LECTURE.
He Tells Large Audience About "Tri-
umphant Manhood"

The Montefiore Society had a literary treat
last night for the large audience that gath
cred in Plymouth Church, despite the
wretched condition of the weather Rev.
Morgan Wood, of Detroit, a bright humor-
Gus and entertaining speaker, talked for
two hours and half on triumphant Man.
hood The Detroit minister was to have
dealt with "A Job Lot of Humanity" but
on his arrival here yesterday the society
consented to substitute the lecture pro-
posed. Manly men and men who have the
force and reserve power to lay out course
in life and then follow it are the sort of
men held up by the lecturer as ideals.
The great thing in life is to take man sim
ply as he is With the world it is simply
the appreciation of what a man is and
what he is capable Of and not who he is
and where he came from. The speaker had
apology for the defects of manhood.
He thought that in all this country there
are the names of but three men whose
fame will live forever-Washington Lin
coin and Grant. We have no such men now
because men don't have time to make men
out of themselves. a man must under
stand himself and triumph over himself
before he triumphs over those around him.
The speaker had something to say about
the fanciful and the ideal there is in life
novel and reading it. If he were asked
how much fiction man ought to read, he
should say just as much as his taste de-
manded. People who take up a novel should
read ii as a man seasons his dinner with
pepper and salt. Take enough of it to
sharpen the appetite; just enough TO sea-
son the food, but no more The rough and
uncouth mind of to-day is the result of the
owners dislike of literature, to his unap-
probation of the fanciful and ideal side
of life, was contended by the lecturer.
He held that evil and sin are simply life
incidents, and he believed that a man could
not be good unless IL were possible for him
to be bad. The man who is born temper
ate deserves no credit for living a temper
ate life, for he doesn't know how to live
any other way. Goodness is only possible
when a choice between good and evil ex-
lists. The speaker lamented the absence of
manhood in the United States Senate and
in the press. The latter, he believed, had
gradually degenerated into a commercial
enterprise In a word TO the girls he adj
vised them TO seek for this triumphant
manhood, and cautioned them to beware OF
marrying a man TO reform him. He thought
this one of the impossibilties He further
admonished the young ladies to hold them
selves aloof from the professional society
man. This individual he said, usually un-
dertakes every other occupation in life
before he falls into society. He was a sad
failure in everything he undertook and
when he at last realized that he didn't
know enough to drive street car he en-
tered society. This step the lecturer Ia
mented is usually taken by the purchase
of dress suit on credit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-29
TOO MUCH BRASS BAND.
PostOffice Detectives Handicapped in the
South Bend Cases.

Postoffice Inspector Fletcher, who. with
others, has been working on the South Bend
mail robbery case, says that of the 1S5
patent medicine and complexion Speciality
firms in Chicago only five lost anything by
the thefts. He attributes the failure to
catch the thieves 10 the indiscreet policy
pursued by Z. r. Russell. of South Bend.
Secretary Of the Travelling liens Accident
Association, who unintentionally warned
the guilty parties by telling publicly of the
presence of the inspectors and their mission.
of this sort they postponed investigation
for dc time and then took il up quietly, and
were meeting with some success when they
again had TO take him into their confidence,
and this time he gave away the whole
story to the Chicago newspapers because
what ne desired. namely, secure tne dis
missal OF several employees at the postoffice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-29
ONE BY ONE RELEASED
Convicted Bartender Is
Acquitted on an Appeal.
Criminal Court Considers His Story
Apportionment Suit Continued An
other Week-Fuchs's Suit.

Another appeal liquor case was dismissed
in the Criminal Court yesterday. John Fos-
ter. bartender in Shelby-street GROCERY,
was arrested by patrolman Crannen on the
charge of giving away liquor after IL
o'clock. Crannen testified that the bar
tender passed a glass of beer over the coun-
ter when the saloon clock indicated HIP.
The defendant explained to the court that
his clock was running fifteen minutes fast
on that occasion and brought into court q
half dozen of his friends TO corroborate his
statement. The court accepted the bartend-
ers story and found him not guilty.