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Year: 1879

THE managers of the Greenback party are
those men who have for dreary season
been standing on the ''ragged edge" OF the
Republican and Democratic parties. For
their own selfish purposes they have had the
supreme impudence in the enlightened State
of Maine to proclaim without blush on
their sinister 'countenances that those op-
posed to the Republican party in reality have
and care for no principle, and have no poll
cy, except to accomplish by whatever means
the defeat of the dominant party. But it
is quite evident that they have reckoned
without their host There are men in the
Democratic party who have adhered to the
old Democracy through good report and evil
report with devotion that would have sus-
tanned them even in martyrdom, and we be-
lieve also that majority of the Greenback
party placed their feet upon the frail struc-
ture of a new political faith with honesty OF
purpose. The indignation and disgust OF
such men, in view of the ignominy and the
prostitution of political principle which
dark-lantern demagogues have attempted to
force upon them, are neither concealed nor
suppressed They will be heard from cleo
tio, dow
Year: 1879

DEFALCATIoN IN THE wEsTcHEsrEG COUNTY


NATIONAL BANK.


The village of Peekskill has been thrown into
state of excitement by the discovery that the book
keeper Of the Westchester County National Bank.
located In that place. is defaulter to the extent
of $5.40o. The institution is of the oldest
and has been considered of the soundest
in the county, with capital of $9O0.001
and surplus Of over $4,000. The defaulter
in the is James Barton. who has long occupied
his position of trust in the bank He is son-in-law
of the Rev. c. J. Page pastor of the Baptist Church
in he village. The accused is about twenty-seven
years DID, and he has made confession of his guilt.
After serving number of years a clerk in the
bank he was promoted TO the more responsible po-
sition of bookkeeper which he has filled for nearly
all He had salary of 81 200 per year and he did
not appear to be living beyond his income. He
drank moderately and was fond of playing billiards
and other games, and thus, it is supposed, that he
probably expended more money than his friends
were aware Of About a month ago his brother-in-
Office, died. and this appeared to make n deep i'm
preston upon his mind. He began to take an in
eres in the prayer meetings then in progress in the
Baptist Church under the charge of his father
naw, and at of the services he and desired
the prayers OF the meeting. which circumstance
which, however has been OF short Duration Aslight
discrepancy was discovered in the books in his
charge by the cashier of the bank Friday last and
when asked for explanation in regard to the mat
ter he went home the plea of illness. and the
following day he visited the bank and in terms Of
humiliation and deep contrition he made a
full confession of his guilt He is
home suffering from severe nervous prostrxtion.
II is not believed that the bank officials Will institute
any criminal proceedings against Barton 1t seems
that his entries in the depositors' pass books OF
money paid in by them. also of the in the ledger
Of the bank, are correct, but he omitted to credit
them in the daybook. and it is considered mystery
how he managed to hide the evidence OF his defalca-
tons Thus far the bank officials have taken steps
TO punish him for the offence beyond dsmissing him
from position.
Year: 1879

WHY DID MISS BARrEL FAIL MRS. SCOTT AND


MISS REYNOLDS STILL WALKING.


The two new aspirants for pedestrian fame walked
all day yesterday at Brewster Hall. while Miss Annie
Bartel sat the platform and watched the perform
No contrast could be greater than between the
two women who the track. The one. Miss
Millie Reynolds. is young. jaunty and rather
good looking; the other. Mrs May Scott.
has streak of gray in her hair. and
walks with steady. determined step that
is exactly the opposite of her competit RS. What
either or both Of them will accomplish remains to be
seen but they served to keep the place open yester
day and there perceptible falling of in the
attendance the interest Miss Scott's steady gait
attracted the attention of connoisseurs, and Miss
Reynolds bouncing air pleased the young men. who
at once christened her the ''Bouncer." Each made
good for the first thirty hours OF her work, and
neither showed any signs OF fatigue up to midnight
last night. How long they will hold out is not a
question which occupied the thoughts of the
blage. for the milkmaids unexpected failure and her
quick recovery were uppermost in the public mind.


sWhy did Miss Bartel fail? ?' the question
every tongue, and satisfactory answer could be
given TO it. Her collapse was AZ sudden as it was
complete. 1t to her interest and that OF the
management that she should keep on, and the change
in her condition was so sudden and overwhelm
ing that the excitement and physical crisis
which have been regarded as the





sufficient Her quick recovery was another
suspicious circumstances. Poison was hinted at but
Dr. A. H. Little, who in attendance upon her.
could not bear out this theory "If she was given
anything" he said to the HERALD reporter, it was
excessive stimulants. prescribed for her little
brandy and some gin, and it was with difficulty
induced her to take these could not
be with her all the time and she may
have taken something in my absence, and must
admit that some Of her symptoms cannot bo ex-
planned any other hypothesis" 1t was intimated
that owing to the quarrel with Hughes on Saturday
night she was tampered with by some of her former
friends, but it is likely all these intmations
groundless BE all this it may. her recovery
was as rapid as her collapse. and at five O'Clock
yesterday morning she was on the track again
insisting that she was ready to walk 1t was with
difficulty she could be prevented from resumine her
interrupted task and all day long she was express
ing her anxiety to begin again. At length, at i've
o'clock yesterday evening, she was induced to go
honie the understanding being that she is to take
her place on the track again in few days to ac-
compsh the feat, which she thinks she can yet ac-
complish.


Hughes. acting Miss Bartels agent. received
her share Of the gate money and SO far 1t has not
been paid to her. 1t to obtain the only re-
ward that is possible to her for her fatigue and suf
fcrng that she limped out Of Brewster Hall yester
day evening.
Year: 1879

The following note from the great British FREQ
trade leader the application of his views of pot
ica economy to our country has just been received
by Mr.. Cyrus W. Field


ONE ASH. RocHpALE, Jan. 21, 1879.


MY DEAR Mr.. FIELD never write for reviews
other periodicals. 1t Is so long since have written
that my hand has lost its cunning if it had it,


do not think anything Englishman could say
would have any effect upon American protection
list. The man who possesses q monopoly by which
he thinks he gains is not open to argument.
with you 1t is strange that people who put
down slavery at an immense sacrifice are not able to
suppress monopoly, which is but a mder form Of
the same evil. Under slavery the man seized
and his labor stolen from him, and the profit of
it enjoyed by his master and owner. Under protec-
ton the is apparently free, but he is denied the
right to exchange the produce of his labor except
with his countrynen who offer him much less for it
than the foreigner would give. Some portion of his
labor is thus conhscated.


In our protection days our weavers and artisans
could not exchange with American -four. They ex-
changed with an English farmer, who gave him
sometimes only half the quantity the American
would have given him. Now your farmer is forbid
den to trade with the Engishman. and must give to
American double the quantity of grain and -four
for many articles he is constantly requiring that he
would give your laws did not forbid his trade with
England.


country may have democratic institutions, its
government may be republican and based on q wide
suffrage, and yet there may be freedom to men
for that which is the source Of life and comfort. II


mans labor is not free. its exchange is not free.
the is not free. And whether the law which
enacts this restriction be tho offspring of republican
or autocratic government and power it is equally
evil and to be condemned and withstood by all who
love freedom and understand what it is


Nations learn slowly-but they do learn-and there
fore do not doubt that the time will come when
trade will be as free the winds and when freedom
of industry will do much TO put down great armies
and the peril and suffering of


But am writing you almost an article instead of
short note--as if would teach you. which would be
an impertinence. II you could teach your farmers,
and ask the sold south to help them and you. you
might soon succeed Believe me always sincerels
your friend, JOHN BRIGH~


CYRUS W. FIELD. Esq, New York.
Year: 1879

Last saturday night man employed At Prestons
fertilizer factory. in Long Island city while going
over the Long Island Railroad to his home at Column
busville discovered some twenty ties piled up on
the track Calvary Cemetery. and summoning
help he removed them They were placed in such
way that the train that would strike them could not
help being wrecked. There train due until
after midnight, and that was special theatrical
train for Jamaica. Garden City and Hampstead. De
tcctive Smith yesterday looking for the parties
who placed the obstruction.
Year: 1879


Petitions are in circulation in Philadel-
phia asking for the pardon of John 8. Nor.
ton, the dishonest president of the Market
Street Railway, upon the ground that he
was believer in Spiritualism, and SO men,
tally unsound and irresponsible. tits stated
in the petition that his acquittal would have
been asked upon the same ground, if he had
not expressly refused to admit the plea
His obstinacy on that point was greatly to
his credit. 1t may be taken for granted
that he knew his opinions respecting Spirit
ualism had nothing to do with his criminal
appropriation of the railway assets; nor
would such defence have availed him at
all with jury of the least intelligence. If
it comes to be understood that all esprit
ualists" detected in dishonesty are to be ac-
quilted, there will be great, though by no
means creditable, accession to the ranks of
such believers
Year: 1879

The murderer Of Mrs. Hull, has been az
rested in Boston. It will be recollected
that Mrs. Hull was murdered in her bed in
New York city a few days sincein very
mysterious manner. Chastine Cox is the
name Of the party who did the deed. He
is negro, and has appeared very calm and
Indifferent since his arrest, and has talked


without much hesitation in giving details of
the crime. He went home on the evening
of the night on which Mrs. Hull was mur-
dered at six o'clock, and remained in the
house where he was employed until ten
o'clock, when he went ont again. He had
a key for the door of the Huh house, but
he was unable to MAKE it fit, and conse-
quently he raised the window in the lower
story and fastened it up, SO as to provide
for himself easy means of making his es-
cape from the house. He had a candle with
him.. On ascending the stairs he heard some
one snore, and thought it was man. He
blew the candle out, walked into the room,
and stepped up to the side of the bed. Mrs.
Hull awakening, asked "Who is it ?" 'sThe
Doctor" replied the negro. She put her
hand up and touched bis face, as he was
standing close to the bed. The robber
threw her hand back, SO that she could not
touch him, at the same time laying his
hand heavily over her mouth. He then got
hold of the cologne bottle, and dashed CO.
logne into the face of the struggling woman,
after which he got up on the bed and made
a gag of the bed clothing She was by this
time in an exhausted condition, and he tied
her in the manner in which she was found
in the morning after her murder. After
ward Cox relates he relighted the candle,
and holding it close to her face the cologne
iQnited, which accounts for the singeing of
the eyebrows and other burns on the person
of the murdered woman. The robbery was
then committed, and the robber made his
escape, soon leaving New York for Boston.
He repeats his Statement that he had no
other motive than robbery in the assault
that he made.
Year: 1879

Representative men of the Butler wing of
the Democratic party state it as fact that
General Butler will receive and accept a
nomination both from the Labor Reform and
d. Democratic convention this Fall. They
saw reports have been received from the
largest towns in the State during last week,
and that, with but single exception, these
ranorts favored Buffers nomination. They
..v their State convention will be held at
worcester in September, but thata guber-
material nomination of Butler will be made
nreviously by either Labor Reform OF
Greenback organization.
Year: 1879




Mr.. Nathaniel Root, one of the oldest
men of Coventry, Conn.,, his age being "a,
died under very singular circumstances re-
Gently. He has been in excellent health for
one of his years. He got up on the morn
ing of the day he died, and prepared to go
into the field ut work, when neighbor
came in, to whom he said, 'I'm expected
to die to day." The remark was SO coolly
uttered that the neighbor thought very lit
tie Of it. Mr.. Root worked all the forenoon
in lot, appearing well, and went into the
house at noontime with his hired man.
After dinner, and just as soon as he had
risen from the table, he started from an
other room, showing no signs of illness, and
as he went out said, sI'll go and lie down
and die now" No one supposed he was
serious, but on going to his room half an
hour later, he was found to be stone dead.
Year: 1879

A rich widow, lacking only two years of
half a century and dressing her hair six
times day. in Elizabethtown, KY, fell in
love with a youth of nineteen who had been
working on her farm. Her two step. sons
ordered him to leave the town, and threat
eued to use shot gun if he should ever at
tempt to return. The widow took the lad
to town, purchased for him a new suit of
clothes and charged him to get a license.
The young man did as he was told, and
when they were married she carried him
home and asked her step-sons what they
meant to do about it.
Year: 1879

Another sad catastrophe occurred at Nj
agara Falls, on the morning of the 21st,
which resulted in the going over the Falls of
Mrs. A Rowland. Mr. and Mrs. Rowland
arrived at the Falls on the 18th inst, from
the West. They registered at the Falls
Hotel from "a Rue Magnan, Paris, France.
They had visited the various points of inter-
est at the Falls several times, and seemed
to have enjoyed themselves very much. 1t
was their intention to leave at noon Satur-
day for New York. Tickets by railroad
had already been purchased; thence they
had been intending to take the first steamer
for France After breakfast they went
out for last view of the Falls They
walked lsisurely to Goat Island Bridge,
which they crossed, taking the right hand
road on the opposite side, which led them
to Luna Island. They stopped at the Cave
of the Winds, but concluded after reaching
there not to go through. They then went
out on the point where Terrapin Tower
used to stand, thence they turned tn the
Three Sister Islands, which they reached
about half-past nine o'clock. They crossed
to the third island, went down the steps to
the right, where they met two gentlemen
coming up. Following the example of a
boy whom she saw getting water, Mrs.
Rowland asked her husband for a small sill
yer cup, which she took, and stepping to
place where the bank is little more than
foot above the water and where the rapids
are exceedingly swift, she stopped to dip up
the water and fell forward into the stream.
Her husband was looking in another direc
ton and was a few steps from her. When
her shrek pierced his ear he turned and
saw his wife whirled rapidly to destruction.
He became frantic and ran for the stream,
but she was quickly out of sight.
Year: 1879

If you feel dull drowsy debllitated have frevuent
tongue coated yon are suffering from topjd liver,
or .sbiliousness," and nothing will cure you SO
speedily and permanently as to take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR OR MEDICINE.
Year: 1879

SILVER CERTIFICATES IN CIRCULATION
Washington, September 15.-The silver GER
titicate bids fair TO take the place OF the
standard dollar to very great extent. In
paying out 10 per cent. OF checks in silver
deIlars the Treasurer is generally faced with
the demand for certificates in their stead.
This Is especially the case with the banks.
The banks then pay them out over their
counters the same as greenbacks. In
this way large amount OF silver certitl-
Gates have got into circulation in this city.
The silver certificate is about the same size
as the grecnback and just as convenient. 1t
passes readily in all quarters where it is
known. The experience with the silver
dollar will doubtless be the same elsewhere
as it is in this cty-the substitution for it to
a great extent of the certificate. In this way
a new form Of currency will rapidly come
into general circulation.
Year: 1879

THE LAST MONTH of the great closing sale OF
LEVY BROTHERS. Their store Is for rent and tx
lures for sale. Possession given The lst Of Octo-
ber DO not put of buying you will miss the
great opportunity Of purchasing your goods at lower
prices than You ever them.
Year: 1879

CONSTIPATION.


Only with regularity of the bowels can perfect
health be enjoyed. If the constipation Is Of recent
date sinsle dose of TUFTS PILLS will suffice.
but II It has become habltuai one pill should be
taken every night gradually essening the fire.
queucy Of the dose until REGULAR daily movement
is obtaiced which win soon follow.
Year: 1879

The great change that has taken
place in methods of warfare is shown
by the question submitted to army Of
fcers by the Board of Army Equip
ment as to the practicability of abol-
ishing the use of the bayonet and sabre
in our military service. In the be.
ginning of the present century the
great battles Of Europe, if history be
true, were to great extent fought
and sometimes determined by the sabre
and bayOnet, although the artillery
was also an efficient arm of the ser
vice. Even as late as the beginning
of our own war it was thought worth
while to teach the bayonet drill, and
companies gave exhibitions of their
skill in handling a weapon almost
never brought into play. Since the
war breech-loading and magazine guns
have been so far perfected that it is
really a question whether bayonet
can be again used in warfare. With
the gradual abandonment of sabre and
bayonet, the last link that connects
the soldiery of to-day with the chiv-
airy who fought hand -to-hand with
battle-axes and spears will have dis
appeared.
Year: 1879

serve their papers, however, because
they could not get into the mansion.
and after a long and amusing battle,
the young men were beaten, and Mrs.
Hicks Lord displayed a number of
little American flags from the windows
OF the house in celebration of her vic
tory The young men, who, for a
time, actually believed that they were
IN danger Of being compelled to work
for their own living and make their
way through the world by the exercise
OF their own power, were finally quiet
ed with some sort of compromise, and
they at once subsided into obscurity.
Mr.. Lord is now very i'll. He caught
bad cold three weeks ago, and there
there is a complication of troubles
which seems to indicate that his end
is near For two weeks he has been
unable TO partake of fsolid food. He is
kept up only with stimulants. His
wife is his most faithful attendant,
and no one except herself and
DR.. Chalmers and the other physicians
are admitted to his room. 1t is not
known exactly how large the fortune
of Mr.. Lord is, but it is believed that
he has at least million, and perhaps
has more, over and above the estate
which was the subject of the compro-
mise with his sons. 1t is not ex-
pected that the old man will recover
from his present attack, and it may
safely be said that information about
the provisions of his will are awaited
with more social interest here than in
the case of any other man for long
period of years.
Year: 1879

thk LATE GEN. GIDEON. ]. PILLOW.


This distinguished gentleman, whose
death was briefly announced in these
columns some weeks ago, fell at last,
as we have recently learned, martyr
to his patriotism. He died of an in
Hammation originating in one Of the
wounds he received in the military
service in Mexico. 1t would be but
scant justice to the living or the dead,
simply to herald the death of such a
man, without more. And yet he died
at time when the presence of the
pestilehce here had almost ignored
death, coming in any other form. The
chief points in his character and his
tory have been we'll and elaborately
portrayed in the columns of the lead
ing journal Of sister city. 1t is not
necessary to repeat them here. They
are historical. There was a we'll
rounded fullness of fame in his life,
which is profitable for instruction
to those who are to come after him. In
the fine old pioneer stock from which
he was descended there was sort of
ancestral guaranty for the irrepressi-
BILE enterprise and dash which marked
his manhood in emergency. His heart
was always loyal to his country, and
his bosom ready barred for its defense
whether following the stars and stripes
in foreign war, or the stars and bars
in a sad, unequal fight at home. He
was a just, true and brave man and
always bravest in misfortune. At the
ripe age of three-score years and ten
he still reared his crest at the bar of
our courts, as 1.-THE and stalwart as the
best of them. The lawyers will not
soon forget the ability and the labor
power of a foeman worthy of their
best FURNISHED steel, and society will
long cherish the memory of the
knightly gentleman, whose purity Of
life and gentle suavity made him
everywhere the welcome guest. Peace
to the ashes of General Pillow.
Year: 1879

PITTsBURG, January 2O.-Nicholas
Jacoby, who was shot on the street
while accompanying his wife home
early Thursday morning, died yester-
day Previous to his death he made
a dying declaration, in which he
stated that Frank Small, a former
lover of his wife, was his murderer.
Small is under arrest
Year: 1879

JUSTICE MILLER, of the United
States Supreme Court, in the Central
Law journal, severely criticises the
rule that prevails in many localities of
spending days and weeks in trying to
find juryman so ignorant that he
has never heard or formed the slight
est opinion of a cause that has at
tracted public attention.
Year: 1879

The retention of any waste matter
in the system produces injury. The
collection of phlegm or diseased
mucus in time of cold or throat
affection should be promptly removed.
DR., Bulls Cough Syrup does it more
and efectually than any other
cough syrup made.