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Year: 1879

DISPUTE AT NEw UTRECHT WHICH MAY HAVE


FATAL ESpING-rnE GUILTY PARTY IN


HIDING. t4rn


John Kelly. of New Utrecht, was shot in the neck
and dangerously hurt yesterday morning by Patrick
Kilbride who only short time out OF prison.
where he had been sent by Judge Church for an as
sault on wife. He had it stated. been drink
ing on Saturday night previous to his meeting with
Kelly and was in dangerous mood whom they came
together. The men live but few rods apart. on
the corner of the next street and fronting them s
the hotel kept by ''Red'' Leary's wife. As XII
bride left it shortly after nightfal on saturday he
encountered Kelly in the roadway and charged
him with having poisoned goat and done ham
other injury while he was in prison. Hot
words ensued and Kibride into his house and
got long saw to cut Kelly to pieces Kelly shouted
'.Murderv" ana several people went to his assist.
ance. Peace was then restored ana potn men Went
home. Kilbride, 1t is said. continued drinking
through the night, sending his son out tor liquor.
and when day broke he was watching for Kelly
o'clock on his way to feed some hogs he keeps


distance up the fields in the rear OF his house. AS
he was retnrn;ag ana on the point S OF snsel,ng ms
the latter fired at him, hitting him in the neck and
shoulder The weapon used is said to have been an
old musket, loaded with mixed shot, Kelly fell and
was carried into his house. Physicians were sent
for and some of the shot extracted. In the course
of an hour the returned to conscious

he was not fatally injured. Kilbride fed to
the woods and man who had heard the shooting
endeavored to follow him. but young Kilbride at
tackled him with a stone and detained him until his
father disappeared Judge Church had young Kibride
arrested and locked up last night officers were sent
after kilbrde. and there is little doubt he will be
captured. He is laboring man and Kelly IL small
farmer The former is about ftty years OF age and
the latter sixty.


AFTER AFFRAY.


Considerable excitement prevailed last night In
New Utrecht and Fort Hamilton in conse-
quence OF the affair. Mrs. Leary's hotel was
crowded with inquirng visitors. anxious to ascer-
tain the details of the afray. Mr.. Holland from
this city. who staying there. said to be the
only person who saw the shooting. He is con-
servative man. and fearing to be entangled in the
anair declined to tell what he witnessed. Kibride
had only 81 when he left home, and the authori-
ties at Fort Hamilton were of the opinion that he
could not keep long under cover with that amount.
Kelly very low last night and it was feared that
intam nation would set in. 1t his life could not
be saved. Judge Church will cause the arrest OF
several parties in the vicinity to-day and detain
them witnesses.
Year: 1879

Officer Weinberg. of the Fourteenth precinct.
heard the cry "Policel' issue from No. ~ Mott
street late Saturday night. and at the same time
saw q and woman struggling on the
fire escape The woman asked him to ar
rest the man on charge Of burglary.
The latter made desperate resistance. and stabbed
the officer in the breast. Another officer soon
arrived and, after administering pretty
sound clubbing, took the into custody.
lhe prisoner proved to be Edward Dowd,
n resident Of the house at winch he was
arrested. His wife said at the Tombs yesterday
that he had the habit of times making his way to
his apartments by the fire escape. The woman who
made the outcry him pass her window and
mistook him for burglar. Dowd was committed
by Justice Fiammer to await the result of Officer
Weinberg q injuries.
Year: 1879

and the deed, which was signed, gave the
millionaire immediate and absolute control.
Anxious to realize, and true to his ruling
passion, Mr.. Stewart at once gave orders tor
the demolition of the old building, and the
leveling up of the graveyard, through the
removal of the gravestones and the usual
cemetery attendants. Those who lived in the
neighborhood demonstrated and petitioned the
great dry goods man. for few weeks till they
could remove their dead. Mr.. Stewart de-
clined to stay proceedings, as he wished to
turn the property on the market. The lat
ters' indignation was aroused, and so much
did the petitioners take the matter to heart
that several of them were heard time and
again to utter the threat that if Stewart cared
so little for the dead of others, he himself de.
served not decent burial. Others went fur
ther and said that die when the millionaire
might, his remains would not be allowed to
remain at rest, as they did not deserve to be,
when he cared so little for the dead Of others.
1t is believed these threats are being carried
out, and that Stewards body was removed out
of revenge for inhumanity practiced by him
while alive.
Year: 1879

The indictment on criminal charge Of
eight directors of the broken West Of Eng.
land Bank is an evidence of the stringency Of
the English law in regard to the protection OF
stockholders in banking institutions: There
is no charge of fraud against the indicted di.
rectors. 1t is admitted that when the bank
got into difficulties they did not seek to save
themselves by selling their shares but, on
the contrary, that they bought more shares in
the hope of pulling the bank through, and
that they did not use any of the money of the
bank for their own private purposes. Person.
ally, they were perfectly clean-handed. Their
error was in striving to bolster up two crippled
firms to which they had made enormous loans,
by which large amount of money was thrown


away in the effort to retrieve that which was
already lost. 1t was an error of judgment
and not an act of deliberate wrong.doing.


But the English law takesno account of good


intention where other parties may suffer from


it. The offence for which they are indicted
criminally is that they kept the condition Of
the bank secret from the other stockholders,
and so involved themselves and their associate
stockholders in one common ruin; for by the
English law, where the bank is not chartered
on the limited liability principle, the stock
holders not only suffer the loss of their shares,
but each individual stockholder is made liable
for the debts of the bank in the event Of its
failure. The law, in this respect, worked so
much hardship in the case Of the Bank Of
Glasgow, and more recently in that Of the
West of England Bank, that it was changed
at the last session of Parliament, by the pas.
sage Of general law, giving any existing
bank, without winding up its affairs, the right
to reorganize on the principle of limited liza
bility. 1t seems hard on the West Of Eng
land Bank directors that they should not only
lose all the amount they held in the shares Of
the bank and be called upon to make good the
losses of the bank to the extent of their pri-
vate fortunes, but that they should also be ar
raigned as criminals, on charge of misman-
agement growing out of an over. confidence in
their ability to carry the bank through its diff
6culties Their fault was that when they
found the losses of the bank had absorbed its
capital they did not call meeting Of the
stockholders and explain to them its condition,
so that either fresh capital mig ght be supplied
by new subscriptions, or the bank be put in
liquidation. In this case only the loss of the
original stock would have ensued. As it was,
they went blindly on, piling up other losses
which they and their fellow-stockholde have
to pay, and it was the wrong thus done to the
latter for which an Indictment has been found
which threatens to land the misguided direc-
tors in convict's cell. - si8
Year: 1879

General Charles G. Dalgren, late of the
Confederate army, connection OF the late
Mrs. Dorsey, who has enriched Jeff Davis by
her will, tells the following Munchaussenish
story of the splendors and exclusiveness Of
Natchez society in the good old days before
the war.


Natchez was the home and pride Of the
cream of the southern aristocracy. 1t was
surrounded by the beautiful homes of the
planters, whose broad acres extended up the
river for many miles. The finest people on
Gods earth lived there. Why shouldn't
they have been /? They spent money enough
to secure every grace and accomplishment,
l believe, in the world. The people did not
look for money or good clothes especially
although it perhaps required both of these to
maintain a position once obtained, but they
looked at character. If that was all right in
man he was welcome and was treated
warmly and Hospitality; but if he was tested
there and not found sound, then he had no
hopes of favor. There was wealthy slave
trader who used to come to Natchez with his
wife. She was woman Of rare beauty and
graceful demeanor, and all that money could
buy her was bestowed upon her, but she was
ostracised because her husband sold slaves.
True, the very planters themselves were guilty
of this, but they quieted their conscience with
the feeling that they never separated families,
but speculating in human flesh was so repug'
nant to their sensibilities, that there was q
perfect loathing of slave trader. So this
poor yet very rich woman came to Natchez,
stopped at the very best hotel, and hadn't q
particle of society.


One morning met her husband crossing
the street, carrying box in his hand
"Dalgren," he said, Il am not happy
"What?" I said, "not happy with all your
millions ?" "Ob," he said "money is nothing.
l will give you all that is in that box, and
will guarantee that there is 100000 there,
if you will introduce my wife to the people
you know" I passed on. He might as we'll
have asked me to take his wife on a journey
to the stars. There were in those days men
about Natchez who had incomes varying
from 100000 to 100000 year. Men were
accustomed to think and talk on big scale.
When bank was organized in Natchez there
was dispute about the salary of a cashier,
and one gentleman impatiently said he could
not waste his time discussing matter like
that, and told the other directors that as their
only object in organizing the bank was to
get interest on their money, if they would stop
talking and hand him over the million dol
lars capital, he would pay them their interest.
I demonstrated one day with my brother:in.
law for endorsing to the extent of 100000
for a neighboring planter. "Ob," he said
what do l care for that amount? See here
is report of my sales from Liverpool. The
amount is $4O0,OOO.' One morning I met
S. S. Prentiss, going along the street. He
was one of the most brilliant lawyers at the
bar of bis day, but unfortunately loved his
liquor too well. He had roll Of bills OF
large denomination in his hand and said: 81
just got those for making three-hours'
speech" The fee was $4,000.
Year: 1879

"PAY AS You Go."-This advice is always
good, but it is specially timely, now that the
prospect ahead for work or business looks en-
couraging, and everybody feels cheerful.
How many times have you said to yourself
during the past few years, "If I could only
get my bills squared up, never would be
caught in this way again" andyou have fused
and worried over debts, contracted when times
were flush and the prospect Of paying seemed
fair. Now is a good time to turn over new
leaf, because it is just the time when the
tenn ptation to do the same thing again is very
strong upon you. 1fyour wages are increased,
or you are selling more goods and getting a
better profit, you begin to think "now | can
buy that new carpet, or chamber set, that my
wife wants and can pay for it in short time" :"
You had better wait until you have paid up
all the old bills first. Don't get trusted.
Pay for your provisions and groceries as you
90 along, and husband what you have over.
The relief from the old debts will be like the
recovery from boil-you feel better when it
is well-and the comfort Of feeling that the
little pile you accumulate is subject to no.
body's lien, is a positive pleasure. Flush
times almost invariably lead to speculation,
and speculation includes not only the invest
ment in stocks or lands for rise, but the dis
counting OF the future for anything that you
want. The man who buys what he is unable
to pay for at the time Of the purchase, is
mortgaging his life and his labor, and incur
ring burden which most likely he will re.
gret. "Pay as you 60 is wise maxim, for
yourself honest, and for your neighbor just
It's observance will tighten the cares and bur-
dens of life, sweeten toll, encourage industry,
reward honesty, promote good neighborhoods,
and induce prosperity.
Year: 1879

A correspondent CT the London Times, wri.
ting about Minnesota, incidentally says: Each
State, from rugged Maine to sunny Florida,
and from imperial New York to golden Cali
fornia, considers that no other one rivals or
excels it. The citizens Of each speak as if
they had been placed by kind Providence
on the most favored spot of the whole earth,
and they regard the stranger who doubts
whether their good fortune be wholly excep.
tional, as person who is utterly ignorant and
inexcusably prejudiced. Indeed, a new. conner
will ingratiate himself the most easily with
the citizens of a particular State if he can
look upon all others for the time being, through
their spectacles His wisest course will be to
copy the example of the Frenchman ridiculed
and stigmatized by the late Gen. Sir Charles
Napier. That renowned soldier and eccentric
man entertained the conviction that French
men are all hypocrites, and he illustrated this
harsh and ungenerous opinion by saying: "lf
Frenchman were to 90 to hell, he would put
on an overcoat, compliment the devil on the
fineness of the climate, and add that, if any.
thing it was rather chilly" once said some
thing to a Pennsylvania, alike laudatory
and merited, with regard to his State. he
accepted the compliment as matter Of course,
and replied: THAT'S so ; Pennsylvania is best
in everything" Travelling in Colorado short
ly after the late total eclipse of the sun, re-
marked, in the presence of several citizens, it
was fortunate that the weather had been so
favorable there for the purposes Of observa-
ton. One of them told me, in reply: "Sir,
Colorado can beat the world in eclipses as in
everything else." These instances might be
multiplied. They all exhibit that pride in
ones State which is as notable characteris-
tic Of United States citizen as pride in his
country. When Captain Basil Hall travelled
in North America, he bitterly complained Of
the pertinacity with which every one demand
ed his opinion about it, and of the extreme
annoyance which was manifested if the reply
was not unreservedly complimentary. 1t is
far less common now than in by-gone days for
a stranger to be questioned concerning his
view of the Republic as a whole, and to be
expected to draw ffattering comparison be.
tween it and what the ignorant call the et-
fete monarchies of Europe. 1t is far more
probable that he will be asked by the citizens
of one State what he thinks of another, and
then, unless he display little of the French
polteness which Sir Charles Napier detested,
he will give as much offense as Captain Basil
Hall gave when he denied that the United
States we're the only land worth living in.


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Year: 1879

APPLYING THE sERMoN.-The pastor of q
church in neighboring State, preached q
sermon on the Importance of saying "No,"
and in the course Of it dwelt impressively on
the moral courage required to use that mono.
syllable at the right time. After the sermon
a collection was taken for a very deserving
charity. When the congregation was dis
missed, certain man waylaid the pastor in
the vestibule and selling him by the hand,
thanked him effusively for the sermon, one Of
the most effective be had heard. The pastor
modestly replied: "Im glad you think so,
but cannot see why you should"


"Why," replied the man, "when went in.
to church I was fully determined to give FIVE
dollars to that charity, but your sermon i'm
pressed me so deeply that found courage to
resist the temptation, and let the plate passer
90 by with an emphatic No"
Year: 1879

The OLD FoLKs.-Do young people ever
think that they will be old that they will
soon feel that the grasshopper is burden and
fear is in the way? Only few short years
ago that aged man and feeble woman were
young, strong and full of life; their young
hearts were gushing with tenderness and care
for the little ones who now stand In their
places. Do not jostle that aged. couple out
Of your pathway, but rather lift them with
tender care over the rough declining road.
You may have forgotten how they kept your
tender feet from stumbling, and with what
care they watched your advancing steps.
But they have not forgotten, and the time
will. come when you are forcibly reminded >.
it, by the love you have for your own little
ones. Will they hand you the same bitter
cup to drink that you put out for that aged
father and stricken mother? Verify, with
the measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
YOU again" Think of the anxious days and
nights your mother has watched by your sick
bed remember her loving care; her pa
tience and long suffering with your fretful-
ness, and then let the blush Of shame dye
your brow, that you should be impatient or
unkind to her now that she is old. Old folks
are such trial Yes, they know it; they feel
it and SO will you be such a trial to your
children in the days that will surely come !;
aye, anG you will remember, too!
Year: 1879

The CoTToN MARKET.-The cotton mar
ket is not controlled by supply and demand.
The sudden rise and fall in the price Of the
staple cannot be accounted for on any of the
common laws of business. If supply and de.
mand regulated the price there would be the
same fuctuation in the prices of cotton goods.
The whole crop is manipulated and controlled
by speculators, who manage it to their own
advantage and much to the.loss of the produ-
GERS They combine to make money while the
planters stand aloot from any combination,
and, consequently, are unable to protect them
selves They are obliged to take what they
can get without any regard to what the cost
of production has been. So the whole crop
is consumed and nothing is left to start on for
another year in which the same policy is car.
ried out. IF the farmers ever mean to protect
themselves they had better set about it. Con-
gress or the Legislatures of the different
States, should enact law making gambling
in cotton futures punishable by fine and inn
prisonment. It is the very worst and most
dangerous species of gambling and has ruined
many Of the most reputable business men in
the country. Laws are enacted against card
playing, lotteries and other games of chance
and rigidly enforced, but there is no way to
reach the greatest gamblers Of them all, cot
ton futures. The market can never be in a
healthy condition as long as it is controlled
and directed by the cotton gamblers, who fix
the price of the staple before it is ever planted
aud rob the planters under the sanction, or at
least, by permission Of the laws If men
were honest like they used to be, and were
content to get rich by the ordinary methods
Of trade, there might not be so much glitter
and show, but there would certainly be more
substantial prosperity.-Abbevils Medium.
Year: 1879

DONE HELPING THEM.-aI have done
helping them," said an old farmer, speaking
of his sons. "a gave them a start, but they
managed badly and made losses. And my
daughters all married we'll; their husbands
are mechanics who made high wages -three
or four dollars day-in prosperous times;
but they spent it as fast as they made it,
and thought nothing Of going on frolic that
cost them twenty-five dollars, and now they
are out of work and for a long time past have
been paying their rent; but I have done help.
ing them now, for, with the sickness have
had in my family, the money / had saved is
about used up, and I have only the farm left.


This man lived the opposite course from
that Of his sons and sons-in-law. BE had en-.
joyed life nationally, but had carefully pro-
portioned his expenses TO his income, always
keeping the income the larger Of the two.
The result was that he had been able to re-
lieve the necessities Of his SONS and sons-in-
law when their own improvidence had reduced
them to the verge of want.


The example Of these young men should
serve as warning. It is an example to be
Stunned, while that of the old farmer is
worthy of every young mans imitation.
Whatever your income, carefully and scrupu-
lously, with undertaking regularity, lay aside
small percentage of it, and it may some
day prove source of the greatest relief to
yourself and to those you love.
Year: 1879

competition in business, must strike
all liberal thinkers as ridiculous.
We baye need Of muscle and money
in these counties and let it come.
The one will develope the material
for the other to prepare for use and
export. Many people make much
business. If We keep them away
we are blind to our own interest and
to them by hiding the very country
which thousand are now looking for
Neither roads, steamboats,, or rail
road go in advance of communities
but always follow them, therefore we
must have communities first.


Let them come
Year: 1879

1t is to be hoped that those of our
readers who are entitled to vote at
the coming election, will not neglect
to do their duty on Monday NEXT
and will deposit a ballot in favor Of
levying a special tax for the purpose
of assisting Rescue fire engine CON-
pany to purchase an apparatus.


1t seems to us unnecessary to re-
mind our citizens of what they cer-
tainly ought not to iorget-that is,
how essential to :he preservation OF
our buildings from destruction by
FIRE, is fire engine. Situated as we
are now, wood being employed ex.
clusively as building material, many
of the structures old, and in dry
and highly combustible state nothing
in the world would prevent, what in
the beginning might be but small
fire, and one that could be easily
controlled, were the required appli'
ances at hand, from turning into a
disa astrous conhagration, the end of
which would only come from the
lack Of fuel for the flame.


Our young citizens have shown
great energy in the organization of
the fire company, and for keeping it
together under such discouraging
circumstances, deserve the highest
credit.


Let the people, then, by their
votes manifest their appreciation OF
what mas already been done, and
signify their willingness to enconr
age further efforts for the protection
of their property from fire.