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Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Is there redress to be had from church bell
that rings by the half hour? The Protestant Epsco-
pal Church Of st. John the Baptist corner Lexlng-
ton and Thirty-ffth street. has very heavy
bell, which is rung twice every Sunday in summer
and usually three times winter. full half hour
each time. For two three Sunday afternoons
past the bell has rung thirty minutes, the service
lasted just thirtyseven minutes, preaching and
ringing equally divided. We believe Philadelphia
judge has decided that the ringing of church bell
constituted part OF the SERVICE but considered that
five minutes ringing answered the purpose, and SO
ruled. 1t would be difficult to fnd time in which
some person is not ill within the hearing OF any
church bell. Would not the object be accomplished,
and the neighborhood subjected to much less an
noyance, by ringing this bell fve minutes only be-
fore each service? CONSIDERATION.
Year: 1879

To TUE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


Now that the American Institute managers are an
nouncing their annual exhibition, should like to
inquire why the machinery department is always
dismally lighted ut night while the briancy Of the
main building from electric and other lights is start
ling by comparison. Surely the importance of the
machinery display should not be considered second
ary to the exhibition of big apples and bedroom fur
niture and yet. tor years past. the insutciency OF
gasght in the machinery hall has been very depress-
ing to exhibitors who spend the entire evening in
operating their machines, the finer working parts of
which cannot be readily seen by visitors owing to
the want Of proper light. d. co.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


To any one coming back to the city after stay
among the farmers the milk in in the city seems
simply "slop." If not watered skinned it has
stood in old milk cans. with the tin worn off, until
it has absorbed an iron taste which renders it any
thing but paiatable TO old or young. My children
half live upon milk in the country, but will not
taste it in the city. Nor do l blame them. City
milk is not country milk, and when the farmer Will
sell his milk pure. just from the cows. at one and
half cents per quart, It seems II there might be
q better system of milk supply. COW BAY.
Year: 1879

[NorE.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full and address to
insure attention. Complainants who unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing.
Write only on one side of the paper.-ED HERALD
Year: 1879

THE following was introduced in
the Wisconsin Assembly on the
seth ult:


Memorial to congress for an ex-
tension Of time to the Northern Pa
cjfic Railway to complete its line IN
v iseonsin and west to Paget's
Sound.


WHEREAS, There is 4 bill pending
in congress for the extension OF
time in which the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company may complete
its line and earn the lands granted
Tor the purpose of aiding Ill building
such road ; therefore


Resolved, That our senators and
representatives in congress are re
Spec!tully requested to support a
bill for such extension, if it shall
contain provision for The early
construction of that portion of the
road lying between Thomson in
Minnesota and the eastern terminus
OF the line at the mouth of the Mon
treal river in Wisconsin, with q
branch to Superior in said State OF
Wisconsin,.
Year: 1879

FROM Mr.. Gates, who went to
Madison to urge the Legislature to
pass memorial to Congress IN IA
vor of improving the lake route and
the harbor here, we learn that pre-
vious to his arrival there two mem
oriaIs on the subject had been in
troduced, neither OF which seemed
to present the case as it should be
presented, and that finally q subSti-
tute was drawn which EN- bodied all
tho facts which it was deemed
would bear investigation, as well as
commend itself by It's fairness Tor
the support of all concerned. The
memorial has no doubt ere this
been adopted, and gone forward to
add It's weight in favor OF the good
cause.
Year: 1879

THE North Wisconsin Railroad
company have applied to the legis-
lature for All exemption from taxes
on their lands for term of years.
They propose to pay into the State
treasury annually the sum Of five
per centum of the gross earnings OF
the road, to be divided among the
counties through which the road
runs, in proportion to the humber
Of miles Of road in each County.
And further, that the company iix
the price of their agricultural lands
at $3.50 per acre, which shall en-
brace ali the lands not reserved as
pine, TO enable it to be thus clasSed.
And further, after the pine has been
cat off,, the land to be sold at the
same price fixed for agricultural
lands. The legislature should 60
for anything that promises 10 help
this read along.
Year: 1879

SECRETARY SCuURz has recently
rendered an important decision
affecting homestead settlers, of
which the following is a synopsis:


A party who enters homestead
attempts to acquire title thereto by
going upon the land aud remaining
over night once or twice in elk
months fails to establish the resi-
dence contemplated by tbs home
stead law and where it is shown
that such failure to comply with the
provisions OF the law was not the
result OF ignorance or uncomfortable
circumstances the entry should be
Cancelled.


Such cases az the above should
not be submitted to the board of
equitable adjudication. Gases go
ing before tins board are limited to
those IN which the good faith Of the
claimant appears unqnestlonabie.


The above should serve as &
warning TO those summer home
steadcrs who have been pleading
for permission to leave their claims
i'll the winter time, that hereafter
they will have 10 honestly comply
with the requirements Of the law il
they expect TO obtain patents and
titles to tho land -Pioneer Press.
Year: 1879

which the building has been pro-
vided, is regarded by tile workmen
who have been engaged to work in
the mill with great appreciation as q
reliable means Of protecting them
il their avocation.
Year: 1879

(BY TELE3HAPH TO THE HERALD.C


HARTFORD. Conn.,, March 90. 1879.


Rumors were current the streets this evening
that the cloping daughter OF Governor Hubbard and
her husband had returned to the city this afternoon.
The stories very generally accepted true. but
less credit was given additional rumor In cir
culation that negotiations for q reconciliation
in progress. Information from authoritative
sources obtained ut alate hour this evening proves
that stories above referred wholly without
foundation. Careful inquiry indicates that they
were based upon nothing better than idle report
that the couple had returned at night by
carriage and by unfrcqucnted route, and
were reported by ncighbors to be
cealed in the residence of tho bridcgroom's
parents Since this unfortunate affair came
to light Governor Hubbard has abandoned his bust
ness pursuits and confines himself closely to his
residence. distressing feature of the affair is that
his wife is completely prostrated with anxiety and
grief and has not left her room for the past three
days. Sympathy is everywhere expressed for
both, and is coupled with the hope that
they may have speedy relief from the
anxiety which necessarily results from the absence
OF the slightest clcw to their daughters where
abouts. The local papers have studiously rcfraincd
from alluding to the in any way and tho
demand for the HERALD and other New York journals
is unprecedented as from such sources alone bc
had any accurate information in denial of the ridicu
lous rumors which are daily set In circulation.
Year: 1879

TESTIMONY OF THE YOUNG LADY WHOSE PRETTY


LITTLE FOOT LED TO THE TRAGEDY.


FIX TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.l


RICHMOND, va March 26 1879.
The trial of John r. Poindcxter for the murder of
Curtis was resumed this morning. The excite
ment more intense than at any previous time
since the opening; for it was. understood that
Miss Isabella Cotrell, the unwilling and unwilling
cause OF the tragedy. was to be put the stand
Witness The determination so to do seems to have
been arrived very quietly for has all along been
thought that both sides would seek to escape the
mythical onus of calling her to the stand, in
obedience TO that sense of chivalry in the Virgnan
mind in any case where lady is concerned.


MISS CoTTRELL.


lull succeeded a 1.-THE and willowy figure.
dressed In black, about five feet three inches in
height. deeply veiled over black hat, velvet
trimmed. was led in by Attorney General Field
and Mr.. J. s. Wise, counsel for the defence. aud
took her seat in the witness stand. She removed
her veil. There disclosed a strongly marked
and not unexpressve face. with flashing light brown
eyes looking through heavy lasnes and arehed over
her forehead and fell in loop down her neck. She
plain gold earrings Of oval shape She had been
and requested to tell all sho knew her
eyes were modestly cast to the floor; her heavy
impression on the vast auditory. brief glance at
the preferential extremity Of the young lady showed
foot enclosed in French heeled shoes that
in classic outlines and blue blooded diminu-
tiveness shapely contour and high instep.
entirely worthy Of the earnest but fatal
admiration of the unfortunate Curtis. Her voico
clear. low and sweet, and rang out with mellow
distinctness.


CURTIS ADMIRATION OF A PRETTY FOOT.


Miss Cottrell related the incidents con-
nected with her first visit to Elicit, Wings
h Crumps' 1t in January; then frst
Curtis; after selecting pair Of shoes he insisted
on assisting her put them on: she re-
fused and did it herself: then Curtis wanted to but
ton the shoe. and persisted till she rcpulscd Curtis
advances carrying home pair of shoes to try
them on; tho third visit he took up
the pair of boots she took of and said,
what pretty little shoe! Certainly you have
got q pretty little footl How do you manage to
walk. anyhow" witness answered him tartly: sho
detailed the attempt OF Curtis to engage her in
versation further efforts look at her foot. and.
finally. his squeezing Of her while helping her
into her carriage.


POINDExrER ENRA0ED


These annoyances were related by witness to John
Poindexter. When he told Of Curtis squeezing
her arm he became very angry. but the affair made
special impression on her mind. She related how
next day she told Of the shooting. by Thomas
Pondexter ut which she was very much surprised.
The examination of Miss Cottreil very long.
Several witnesses then to the pris-
oners good character. Counsel will begin the argu-
ment to the jury tomorrow morning.
Year: 1879

is forced from the Khedive, in spite Of deficient reve
nue. represents another pang of torture inflicted on
the unhappy fellahs There is no reason for think
ing the condition of Egypt desperate. Good
government would in q moderate time re-
store the country to fairly prosperous condition.
But there is great to believe that for the
present the English and French creditors must con-
sent to forego their full rights. To insist on those
rights might prove shortsighted for their own in
terests well cruel to the fellahs. and it will be
the duty of our government to look to the perma-
nent welfare of the Egyptian people in the first in
stance rather than to the immediate claims Of the
bondholders."
Year: 1879

THE prospects Of the Democratic
county ticket are improving daily.


An effort is being made to create
the impression that Gen. Sanford,
the Democratic candidate for State
Senator, is liable to run behind his
ticket. On the contrary, from all
sources, the intelligence ia that
Gen. Sanford is exceptionally
strong and that his election is as
Year: 1879

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They appear to have very curious way
Of posting letters in some Of the letter
boxes in remote India stations. The re-
ceiving boxes are about the size of a child a
savings bank according to one account; ac-
cording to another. about the size of milk
pan, and when the "chupprassies come
up laden with the bulky official missives
they are accompanied by a babu" to
empty the box as soon as filed. The Z" ba-
bu /" will not take the letters from the
" chupprassies I" unless they pass through
the box, even though to make the passage
they have to be vigorously thrust over with
stick. But he is not altogether oblivious
TO the necessities of such case. When a
letter makes its appearance which by no
mortal ingenuity can be squeezed into the
box, he opens the lever door and places his
bag under it. The messenger then thrusts
his letter into the box until one enc appears
at the lower door. It must not be pulled
out, but by the aid Of stout stick it is
crammsd, jammed and smashed into aud
out Of the box, falling in due course into
the bag And no persuasion can induce
the sbabu" to act otherwise. The missive
must be posted and issue from the boz in
due obedience to red tape. And yet people
say that India is a backward country.
Year: 1879

A farmer found board placed so as
to cover an opening in hillside at
Rayham, Mass. Removing the board
aud crawling through the aperture, he
entered an underground room, which
was neatly boarded on all sides, and
contained all the apparatus necessary
tor making counterfeit coin. The spot
was a secluded one in the woods, re-
mote from roads and pathways, and the
secret would not have been discovered
if the wind had not blown covering
of leaves from the board. The room
proved to be the workshop of several
young men of good reputation, who
had never bsen suspected Of counter
f-iting yet they had used it for years.
Year: 1879

If there is a man to be pitied, ON top
of the earth, it is the Democratic or Ma
tional orator, who has to howl ruin"
into the ears Of the people, just now,
when wheat is worth 81 bushel, in
gold, and there is so much of it in the
country that railroad and water can
scarcely move it to market. MIR. Ewing
may as we'll throw up the sponge
Toledo Blaic.
Year: 1879

An attempt was made on Monday to
burn the town OF Marshall n, Chester
county. No less than five fires were
started in different parts Of the place,
and within five minutes OF each other


Four barns. with their contents, and
the shedding at the Friends Meeting
house were destroyed. An attempt
was also made to fire two other stables
and the village wheelwright shop by
the tree use Of kerosene. There is no
clue to the incendiaries.
Year: 1879

ACCORDING to private advfces recently re-
ceived by gentleman in this city from one Of
the officers of the Gotthard railway company,
the work upon the great tunnel, which, when
completed will be upwards Of eight miles long,
is progressing favorably, some ten thousand
men being employed on the line. and a distance
OF less than one thousand yards remaining to
be pierced,
Year: 1879

lOllVer wendell Holmes.


II don't like your chopped music any way
That woman-she had more sense in her little
finger than forty medical societies-Florence
Nightingale, says that the music you pour out
is good for sick folks and the music
you pound out isn't. Not that exactly, but
something like it. have been to hear some
music pounding. 1t was a young woman
who gave the music stool twirl or two and
tluffed down on it like a whirl of soapsuds in
q handbasin. Then she pushed off her cuffs
as if she was going to fight for the champions 8
belt. Then she worked her wrists and hands,
to timber em, l suppose. and spred out her
fingers till they looked as though they would
pretty much cover the keyboard from the
growing end to the little squeaky one Then
two hands of hers made jump at the keys
as If they were couple of tigers coming
down on flock of black and white sheep,
and the piano gave great howl as if its tail
had been trod on. Dead stop-so still you
could hear your hair growing then another
jump and another howl, as if the piano had
two tails and you had trod on both of 'em at
once, and then great clatter and scramble.
and string of jumps, back and forward, one
hand over the other, like stampede of rats
and mice more than anything. I call music
l like to hear woman sing, and I like
to hear fiddle sing, but these noises they
hammer out of their wood and ivory anvis---
don't talk to me. / know the difference be-
tween bullfrOg and wOodthrush :"
Year: 1879

For several days past the resident farmers
in the northwestern portion of this county
have marked the presence of an eagle skim
ming the heights in their neighborhood and
a Mr.. Stringer, Tarrant county knight OF
the gun, anxious to capture this king OF birds,
shouldered his fowling- piece yesterday morn
ing and laid for the bird on the open prairie,
at point about two miles northwest of the
town, where small herd of young pigs were
innocently grazing on the green sward. The
bird came soaring along, and when point
had been reached nearly perpendicular to the
head of the swine, as it were, the old ''Na-
tional" swooped down and around the sur
face of an inverted imaginary pyramid, and
sinking its talons deep in the interior compo-
sition of thirty pound pig, started heaven
ward. The ascension was tedious and slow,
and gave ample time for Stringer to draw a
bead, and when height of thirty or forty feet
had been reached, he banged away and bored
hole clean through our American monstros-
ity. The pig and eagle tumbled tolerably
we'll together to the surface-both dead.-Ft.


Worth (1ecas) Democrat. .-
Year: 1879

lUetrOlC Free PreSS.l


A Detroit lawyer, famous for his wise and
candid opinions, was the other day visited
by young attorney. who explained:


81 was admitted to the bar two years ago,
and think know something about law, yet
the minute arise to address jury forget
all my points and can say nothing. Now,
want to ask you if this dosn't show lack of
confidence in myself, and how can overcome
it?"


The wise attorney shut his eyes and studied
the case for q moment before answering:
MY young friend, if it is lack of conf
dence in yourself it will some day vanish.
but If it is lack of brains you had better sell
out your Office effects and buy pick-ax and
long handled shovel


but how am I to determine2' p anxiously
asked the young man.


I'D buv the pick.ax anyhow and run my
chances!" whispered the aged advieer, as he
moved over to the peg for his overcast
Year: 1879

Fellow struggler on life's pathway


Through mlstOrtune's lot you know.
Though your path be rough and dreary,
Sink not meath your load OF woe.
Boldly up and face the future,


One of vast creations heirs,
What though others be before you,


You've right as great as theirs.
Rightly labor and exertion


Forward still to work your way,
Right to view through gloomy present
Promise in the fut IRE day.
Right to call the golden harvests


From the ever-will ne land,
Right to wage the war with fortune,
Stout of heart and strong of hand.
Let not doubt delay your pathway,


LIE: not error dim your sight.
Let not sneers at your endeavOrs


Turn you from the path of right.
What though others tower above you
With the wealth your fathers made,
Spreading out like forest mOnarchs,
Will you perish in their shade?
No-continue our exertions,


Do not linger to despOnd,
Rather burst into the sunlight


Waiting for you far beyond.
"Onward! Upward!' be your motto
Let your gaze be fixed on high
And on honor's Frightening pathway
Hope will bloom and doubt shall die.
Year: 1879

HEALTH HISTs.-More than two
tumblerfuls of water should not be
taken at meal.


All physicians join in reccommen-
people TO so up stairs TO sleep, and
avoid, if possible, sleeping upon the
first floor Of house. Use plenty
of bed clothes, but always sleep
with few inches Of the window
open, top and bottom.


A sprain is relieved from the first
pains by hot lamentations, or the
application Of hot bandages, but en-
tire rest is the chief permanent rem
edy. The more the limb is USED, es-
pecially at first, the longer the time
required for the small broken fibres
to knit together. The sprained leg
should be kept in horizontal posi-
ton. When leg is broken, tie it
to the other leg to keep it still till
a surgeon comes. Tie broken
arm TO thin piece of wood to
TO keep it still till set.
Year: 1879

SIGNS OF BETTER TIMES.-Wi it'll
the success of resumption comes
the unmistakable signs Of the com
ing better, times. The country has
learned hard lesson, but we be-
lieve a profitable one. II has
learned that large issues of IRE
deemable paper money inevitably
leads to speculation, extravaganza
and ruin. 1t is easy to go up in a
balloon but the coming down to sol
id earth is a blow that drives the
breath from the body and gives the
system a shock that is unlocked for,
and very unpleasant.


Men who have money to invest
begin to feel confident of the sta
biiity of values in the future, and
are more ready and anxious to put
their funds into active service than
they have been for many years past.
The growth of the credit of the
government, as shown by the large
sales and increased market value of
the new four per cent. government
bond, is another good sign of the
times; also the promise of activity
in real estate, particularly in New
York City where we see arrange
ments making for the building of
four hundred dwelling houses in one
district, and note large investments
in houses and lands by Mr.. Wander
bilt and other large capitalists.
Other favorable facts not to be over
looked are an advance in the price
ct silver in London, and the num-
ber of acres of new land taken up
by eastern emigrants. These things
bring encouragements to business
and the promise of stability and
uniformity in values will bring in
creased activity, and better rev ards
to energy and industry Ex.
Year: 1879




WORK AND WIN.-The Toronto
Weekly Globe very truly says that
the worst thing that can happen to
q young man in college, is to have
a father or mother SO iniudicious as
to keep him amply supplied with
pocket money. 1t is fatal TO all
studlous habits and, in the end, fat
al to good morals. This is equal
ly the case with young man in bn-
siness, who is made to feel that to
him "salarY is no object"-that r
wealthy fathers purse is always OPP
en- to his most extravagant de-
mands, Nothing develops a man
like fighting his own way in the
world. Some spur of necessity,
some bracing air of adverse sur
rouudings, is needful TO most men,
if they are 10 put forth their whole
power. The rich mans heir, nursed
and petted from infancy, and
shielded from battling with the
world, never fairly learns to stand
erect and walk alone. If, by any
chance he is stripped of his inherit
ance, wealth, and has to learn to give
and take hard knocks like the 9TH
ers, he nearly always goes under in
the struggle-at any rate he sell
dom regains, by his own efforts,
that fortune which he has lost.
Nearly a the wealthy and effect
i've men Of this country are poor
mems sons, Nearly all of the
scholars, poets, orators, statesmen,
are poor mems sons. Wealth has
its advantages, it is true; but after
all the son ofthe rich man begins
with the odds against him. The
poor mans son has all the odds in
his favor. He must work or starve.
He has nothing to lose and every.
thing to gain. The rich mau's son
already has wealth, social position,
and everything that money can
give him There is much less to
strive for and infinitely less in
duucement to strive. This is par
'icularly true of those whose parents
buy farms for their children to
start them on in life. In every
walk of life the successful man
grows adm is not made.
Year: 1879

NEEDS A TELEPHoNE-The lum-
bermen on the upper Mississippi


md Rum rivers probably expend,
every year, enough money in send
ing meu into the woods with orders,
or for news, more than en-
ough to build telephone lines
TO the head Of these streams


In many cases it would save the
fraternity many times lis cost IN a
week. Thus at least three days of
good driving water was lost last
week because there was no way OF
ascertaining the situation, on the
Rum River, or the necessity for
driving crews, until men came
clean down. This may involve ma
ny days of expensive driving or
the hanging up of logs; in fact, is
sure to unless there comes an extra
ordinary amount of rain. Some
times for many weeks the opera
tions on the upper Mississippi can
not be heard from, even by the
owners. a telephone line with a
number OF stations, would cost bu,