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Year: 1877

THE INQUEST TO BE REoPENED D-sEAICHING


FOR John DASs.


al have consulted with District Attorney Croak,"
said Coroner Dempsey HERALD reporter yesterday,
'and have decided reopen the inquest into the
OF Katie keds death just as soon as tho new
evidence which has been discovered can bo put into
proper shape The jurors have been running after mo
since Monday to learn what am going TO do In the
matter, and they all express their anxiety TO
have the inqusItion continued 1t was eyi-
dent TO everybody that Wespcl swore falseiy
on his examination and contradiccd himself on many
important particulars OF course, he might be indicted
for perjury but that the District Attorney
and not me. was very anxious TO proong the trial
until every person connected even IN the remotest
way with the deceased during the period just preced
ing her death should be placed upon the witness stand
but the mpatcnce OF few OF the Jurors constrained
to close the investigation. They prepared
TO it, and | shall call them together just as
soon as the anair can be got into proper shape"


Chief of Police Blake has spent the last three days
in this city looking up witnesses. 1t Is under
stood he has been assisted by the officials OF Null
berry street. and that he has devoted portion Of
his time a search for the 'John Bass spoken
of by Wclspc the father OF Katics children. That
no ouch parsonage exists Is pretty well settled In tho
minds OF tho officers, and 1t Is generally believed that
wclspie will he conclusivcly shown 10 be the only
h man in the case.
Year: 1877

WHY DID THE POLICE REFUSE TO SEND OUT


AN ALARM FOR THE RECOVERY OF THIS


TRUANT BOY?


Albert Kroppcnook, twelve years old, entered the
public school in Chryse some three years ago.
having passed the primary department, year after
he was in the third class. His father who is tailor,
removed TO No. 507 East Twelfth street,
A. last May. and Albert was sent to Grammar School
No. 49, situated East Fourteenth street, near First
avenue, with good recommendation from Mr.. Moor
house, the Principal of the CLrystie street school, He
was placed in the third class, under Mr. Beamer He
had good record, and his ather satisfied with his
progress He promoted to tho second GLASS; under
the of Mr.. Lyons, who when the principal died.
took charge Of the first class Mr. Beamcr the second
class. Thus" says the athcr. ''my son was again
under Mr.. Beamer's charge; whilc IN that class his
record as shown to me was always good, but on his
promotion 10 the first class. complaints from the
teacher received every day. On list Friday week.


examined his book, and lou nd that his record was
very bad, therefore whipped him. Last Wednesday
week he went to school as usual, but did not
to dinner, and have not seen him
since. have made every effort TO
ascertain his whereabouts but have been able
find him. went to police headquarters and requested
that general alarm be sent TO all the stations giving
description OF my BOY, but the Captain Inspector
said it not worth the trouble as the boy would
turn up In day or two. am u poor man aud can
not afford to advertise or pay anybody TO search Tor
him, and the police have refused TO assist me,
do nothing myself. ] do not expect to sec him
again. | received letter from Mrs. Henke
OF 133d street and Eighth avenue
Saturday last She stated that Albert had
been found by her servant on the street, crying
hungry and nearly frozen to death The good ahy
cared ior him and him homo company with her
servant, but he ran away rom her the way. ! am
Informed that he was Sunday playing with
some boys In Ninth street. We have no idea where he
now. He has relatives either in the city coun
try, and get no assistance from the police,
We must trust the HERALD. Tho boy is twelve years
old four feet inches height. wore PLAIN black
jacket wooen SHIRT dark gray pants. He has small
mark on the right side of tho nose His hair brown,
his complexion lair.


Mr.. Lyons, the teacher Of Aberts class In Grammar
School No 49, said that for time past the boy bad
behaved very badly and he had to reprimand him ire
qucnty. lie admitted writing the note In the boys
diary Wednesday last but that was usual pro-
coedng when boys were bad he thought nothing moro
about 1t until he heard OF his disappearance


The supposition is that the boy. having bcen ire
quenty punished by his father after reading the teach
ers report IN the diary, was AFRAID TO go home. He


therefore threw the diary away and determined 10 seek
his fortune.
Year: 1877

There is a mark on these skeletons at
the point where that poison expended
its chief force. All physicians know
that poisons have local action with
in the system, and that sometimes RI
fie-ball has no more definite point OF
infringement upon whatever ii is
aimed at than poison has in relation
TO the object against the welfare OF
which II is directed. We must re-
member that the special local affinity
of alcohol Is for the brain and that
the relaxing of the fibers which al
lows the heart to beat faster is not II
sign of health, but of disease; and
that the moderate drinker, in ninety
eases out of Il hundred, is thus honey
combed through and through with
this relaxation. Its effects are seen
first in Il lack of moral feeling. But
when fever strikes him down, when
cholera attacks him, when suns heat
and LIES struggle come together, he
breaks more easily than he otherwise
would. In your remaining ten cases
perhaps there may be apparent inn
munity for awhile, but In old age a
man is more brittle than he would be
otherwise; and in the next genera
tion, what do you get: Why, when
there is II confirmed and inveterate
habit of wine-drinking or other ha-
bitual and prolonged, although mod
crate, alcoholic stimulation, the sue
cession of generations differs in char
actcr usually not very far from what
il was in Webster's family-colossal
strength in the father of Webster
colossal strength in Webster; erratic
strength in the son lack of control
in the grandson-a boy who made of
his gIandfather's amusements his
whole occupation-and what the next
generation would have been, the law
of hereditary descent will tell you. In
eXhaustible strength. eecentricity,
moral weakness, and then the condi-
ton which your atlantic Monthly,
choice about its language, describes
by the adjective ''spooney - Even
giants may dcteriorate to this stage In
four generations.


On all the physical vices God Is
throwing the progress OF the sciences
as we throw spades full of earth on a
coffin. Apples of Sodom," "Circe's
Enchantment.' was the ancient
language about all the physical vices
hut the microscope and the scalpel
are revealing TO Us, in characters of
fire, the depth OF those old metaphors.
Physical vices are overrated and, If
exact science had her way, would
be outgrown by all but the dissipated,
who are always the dizzy-pated. i'd
rfrtfser iDrU 2lth
Year: 1877

commerce so far as America is
concerned, and our minister at Ber-
lin is helpless. However, the brave


professor is going ahead with his
enterprise and adding new i'm
provements to it. Russia is using
this wonderful instrument in the
army on battlefelds and in its vast
mines in Siberia and other places.
Year: 1877




Atchison, Oct. 6.-At u O'Clock to-
night the western abutment to the
great bridge that spans the Missouri at
this point fell into the liver with a ter
rible crash, carrying away the 15-foot
wall and about rs feet of embankment.
A gradual sliding of the work has been
noticed for the past 4S hours, and a
force of men has been at work tearing
off the wall all day, so that the long
draw span might be cleared and escape
the danger that threatened when the
wreck should come. They succeeded
in swinging the draw clear at 10
O'Clock. At II O'Clock a huge mass of
masonry and thousands of cubic yards
of earthwork, the Office and bridge ap-
proach were hurled into the Missouri
river. The damage has been confined
exclusively to the abutment. Every
thing else is safe. A large force of
workmen will be Immediately put to
work clearing away the debris. The
bridge officers promise that the damage
will be repaired in thirty days.
Year: 1877

THE Pennsylvania state central COM
mittees of the Greenback and United
Labor parties have agreed to unite for
the purpose of conducting the present
campaign, and will be known as the
United Greenback and Labor State
Central committee.
Year: 1877

THE New York cattle and beef ex-
porting firm Of Laurels Brothers has
recently failed, the business being un-
profitable. One of the firm is of the
opinion that no profit can be made out
of this business at present.
Year: 1877

OF Senator Morton, DR.. Bliss says
that there is no hope that he can ever
recover from his paralysis; but that his
general health will doubtless be so
restored that he can be carried to and
from his seat in the Senate.
Year: 1877

MUST BE LIQUIDATED IN THIRTY DAYS.


This is no humbug, as we are determined to
sell this stock out during the next thirty days,
the trade generally. to take advantage Of this
opportunity.


reduced to such low figures as to insure an inn
mediate sale, SO we advise our friends to call
there at once and examine the goods and the
reduced prices. Bargains in


CALICOES. COTTONS, SHEETINGS. DRESS


GOODS. BLANKETS. FLANNELS.
and every article in the house. Ladies' consult
your interests and call at once. You will save
money by 1t.


in the city and country to this opportunity to
replenish their stocks at advantageous prices.


We also take occasion to offer for RENT this
store with all its fixtures. good will, etc.. to q
good and responsible merchant. at a low figure.
Year: 1877

ton has brought this great reduction.
and the price will be still further re.
duced; for It coats only Sll 10 make a
sewing machine, aud not more that So
10 complete the most Guely finished 0.
them all. lie q rather curious com
mentAry on our atent right system to
know that during the continuance Of
the sewing machine patents, an Ameri.
can citiz5 could have bought any OF
the American patent sewing Machines
in Europe and brought 1t home, pay
ing the cost Of freight 10th ways
and the profit to the European dealer
besides, for less money than the same
machine could have been bought for
here. And now these sewing machine
monoPollsts are trying to humbug the
people into the belief that machines are
as low as they will ever be, aud may
in fact advance again in price If the
price Of material should advance. But
the day is not distant when they will
be manufactured in hundreds Of work
shops throughout this land, and these
same machines will suffer still further
reduction, for they have always been
sold at FIVE times the cost Of manufac-
ture, extorting from the pockets Of our
people millions OF money to enrich the
paleutees, and to be used IN bribing
Congressmen TO grant them renewals
of their patents. Yours, etc,
Year: 1877

GIVE The OLD Man A CHANcE.-It
is said Professo. Tice predicted the
storms we have had lately, but didn't
tell where they would strike. The
Professor must draw finer bead upon
his sight of Sirius, and give us a chance
to do a little dodging. 1t does a man
no good to tell him 3 month in ad-
vance he is going to get shot without
kno wing which way the bullet is com.
Ing. Houston Age
Year: 1877

their non. action and their utter Noncompliance
with the provisions Of the act of 1889 creating
the asylum, are no longer directors, and their
places should be supplied by gentlemen who
will pay some heed to the requirements Of the
law and manifest some interest in carrying ont
the intentions of the testator.


The attention of the Governor is directed to
the following clause of section of the aot of
incorporation: "And If from any cause rhatso-
erer an election of directors should not take place
agreeaby to the prorisions Of this act it shall be
the duty Of the Gorernot Of the State to appoins
the directors for the current year and also to fR
any racancy that may occur in the direction"
Year: 1877

heights of refinement and cultuIes society
settled down into the dark valleys Of NOR
al, intellectus and political degradation.
Barbarism took possession of the whole
field.


Communism and socialism hatter them
selves that they can protect labor and se-
cure the weak against oppression. They
are merely human agencies. They would
ind themselves with the physical strength
of humanity at their back, but crippled
with infinite dissension, burdened With
poverty, besotted with ignorance. Against
them woald stand in solid phslanx all the
social elements of cor Quest and power-the
government, the wealth, the crafty schem-
ing of the ablest managers. As always IN
the history Of mere human nature, the per-
sistent activity of cool, calculating greed
and ambition would eventually epcroach
more and more on the rights of labor,
though spasm odica!ly asserted with the
most frtghtfut violence,


Massachusetts, is largely e1emplifying
this process now. There, as always where
the gospel OF love is not dominant, the
few prey upcn the many, for the few are
watchfal and untiriog 10 their greed OF
wealth and their lust of power, while the
many y-are thoughtless,- -uusnsPicious and
unwary. The sanctimonious Puritan ls
giving strong evidence of the worst traits
of human depravity. In his fold the rich
few become richer, the many poor become
more poverty stricken.


| Christianity will have to step in there as
elsewhere to stop this fearful tide of social
destruction. In such a community the
prosperity, no matter how magnificent, is
only on the surface beneath all is rotten
ness. Christianity must pull OF the gild-
ing to get at the sores. 1t must disenchan'
the eyes Of the people from that glitter OF


wealth which blinds them 10 honesty and
justice. 1t must heal popular sentiment O.


that corruption which makes it sympathiz'


with any means provided the end be suc


cess. 1t must educate humanity to some


thing of Christian interest in it's kind, ant


then humanity will be strong enough ant
united enough to crush the insolent tyrann.
, of avarice and ambition.
Year: 1877

the meaning of eternity these are the les
sons taught by the Festival of the Assump-
ton, and which must always make Our
La6y's Feast day dear to every member OF
the Church's world wide family.
Year: 1877

THE CENT.-The AttakapaS Register wishes
to see the cent introduced in our circulation
truthfully asserting that it would help small
economies greatly. The Register says: 1--WE
think it advisable for Morgan City dealers to
commence the use of the cent by agreeing
unitedly or individually to receive and pay it
out in the course of trade. 1t would not lessen
the profits and might give quicker sales to
rerishsble articles. The custom of the place
is mainly derived from the poorer Glasses, who
would at once appreciate the benefits of the
new order. Once commenced here other places
will follow salt, aud all annoy due to the
prevalence Of the Ave cent basis would pass
away.
Year: 1877

1t is astonishing to see how well a
man may live on a small income who
has handy and industrious wife.


Some men live and make n far better
appearance on six or eight dollars per
week than others do on fifteen or
eighteen dollcrs. The man does his
part well, but his wife is good for
nothing; she will even upbraid her
husband for not living in as good
style us her neighbor, while the fault
is entirely her own. His neighbor has
neat capable and industrious wife,
and that makes the difference. So
look out, young men, before you go
into matrimony. 1t is lottery in
which most men can only buy one
ticket-and if that turns ont a blank,
your whole life had better be q blank,
too. Luckily, none need go into
the welded state with his eyes shut,
as is the case with lotteries-a we
Judge all who are sensible enough to
use their optics, may draw prizes.
Year: 1877

action taken for the present on his
resignation. At this he exclaimed.


After appealing to him in this way for
some time, to allow the Governor to
withdraw his resignation, l at last got
up to go; and when took his hand
to bid him goodbye, l said:


'Well, what message am to take
to our friend the Governor, in answer
to his letter."


He was silent for some seconds, and
| saw that there was a conflict of feel
ings within him, but finally ruling his
spirit and thus proving himself might
ier ''than he that taketh a city," he
slowly replied, pausing between al
most every word:


''Tell him-that he'll have to do
what he thinks is the best-for tie
State"


And thus it was that Stonewall
Jackson consented to remain in the
army to make


Valley marbh to fame.
Year: 1877

Kansas City is in an uproar over the
Sunday law. A large number of her
business men have been indicted by
the Grand jury for conducting their
business on the Sabbath day the same
as any other day. They became very
indignant and held indignation meet
ings, because the law has to be en-
forced on that day. The Grand Jury
bas been widely censured.
Year: 1877

John Keats, nephew of the dis
Einguished English poet of that name,
and the only living person bearing the
name, is quiet Missouri farmer and
an old bachelor. He recently fur
nished the New York World with a
number of letters which his father.
who lived in Kentucky, received from
his uncle the poet. They filed eight
columns in the World and are quite
interesting.
Year: 1877

There is no tool as essential on the
farm us Il good grindstone it is there
fore necessary that every farmer
should have one and know how to
take proper care of it. A grindstone
should always he kept under cover,
as exposure to the suns rays hardens
the grit and injuries the frame. The
stone should not stand in water when
not in use. as this causes soft places.
The water should be allowed to drip
from some vessel placed above the
stone, and the drip should be stopped
when the stones was not i'll use. All
greasy or rusty tools should be clean
ed before being shaapened, as grease
or rust choke up the grit. The stone
should be kept perfectly round.
Year: 1877

Cause of the late Strike, viewed from the


Strikers Standpoint.


A correspondent writes to a Chicago
newspaper as follows:


In reading your editorial OF this
morning, | see that you let no oppOr-
tunity pass to offer a thrust at the
strikers in the pending railroad troub-
les. In truth there are two sides to
every question. Then let us have the
two sides as they really exist. We
have on the one hand a great corpo-
ration of capitalists, employing thou
sands of men who live from day to
day OH a mere pittance at the best.
The corporation entered into an ex-
tensive railroad war, dung business
at losing rates for the sake of ultimate
success, A dividend must be declared
in order to keep the stock from de
preciating. How, ask you, IL it
possible to declare dividend when
no earnings have been made ? The
Directors say to the President, re-
duce expenses the President says
to the General Superintendent reduce
expenses the General Superintendent
says to tile Division Superintendents,
reduce expenses the Division Su-
perinrendents say to their thousands
of EMPLOYEES, ace mast hare the bread
out of qour mouths 1t is impossible
to carry on business with a smaller
force, wages must be cut; not because
the Division Superintendents may
have any particular likes or dislikes
in the matter, but because they have
orders from higher authority to reduce
expenses, and this is their only means
of doing so. Very little do the origi,
nators of the order know or care where
the reduction is to be made. Is il
still mystery, then, that these hun.
CRY men will fight for their lives ane
the lives of their wives and childlen
No. Would you fold your arms ant
see your wife and child starve? No
Does it not seem clear to you that /
is impossible to run railroad which
does not pay expenses, and at tn
same time declare a dividend Wlthou
injustice to some one? 1t is just a
useless, however, for these poor work
men to fight against great corpora
ton as it is for toad to kick terra
pin, and so it will remain until th
great revolt OF labor against capita
which is inevitable.
Year: 1877

A man was lately killed out near
Deadwood, in the Black Hills, by a
stroke of ightning. The mans name
was Coates Kinney-a party who was
once journalist of rare ability, but
who became stroller and an outcast
by some misfortune. 1t will be IL sur
prise to all who read or sing when we
inform such that this man, Coates
Kipney-the victim of thunderbolt
in far away, wild and desolate spot
was none other than the author OF
the sweet and tender little poem,
commencing with the verses:


When the humid shadows hover


Over all the starry spf eres,


And the melancholy darkness


Gently weeps in rainy tears


What a joy to press the pillow


Ofa cottage chamber bed,


And to listen to the patter


Of the soft rain overhead


Every patter on the shingles


Has an echo in the heart,


And thousand recOllections


Into busy being start;


And a thousand busy faneies


Weave their bright hues into wo9t,
As we listen to the patter


OF the soft rain ON the roof.


Chicago Journal.
Year: 1877

LoNDoS, MarclI3.-The London Times
praises the Democratic leaders Tor their
moderation, and thinks their conduct
will secure the entire sympathy of the
law.nhidiug American people, who are
well able to appreciate moderation and
respect for the Constitution. Among
public men Hayes election can't excite
general enthusiasm, except with those
who regard politics as a gambling tricky
game. 1t may be viewed with moderate
satisfaction ms an escape from the worse
evils Of prolongaiion OF excitement or
conflict about Tilden hut Hayes has
not, unfortunately, the moral weight
necessary to ballast Republican admin.
istratOn, situated as this must he With
the best intentions, he will probably be
unable to carry into effect the pledges in
his letter to the Convention. We trust
our nnlicipations are wrong, and that
Hayes may show unexpected force Of
character and conquer the sympathes of
the nation.


y The London Standard says the undis
puted succession of the Presidency which
has been secured, is worth all the sacri-
fees of party interest or public equity it
may have cost. The weakness Of the
new government in Congress affords great
hope OF honest government, economy
and justice in the South.


The Daily MeNrs considers the success
of the tlihustering section OF the Dem.
ocmts would have caused Republican
reaction ruinous to the future prosperity
of the Democracy. 1t thinks the South
will be better off in some respects than
it would have been under Tllden; rs the
Soulherners will now equally control
their own local affairs without having
the same temptations TO abuse their
power rs they would have had in case OF
y complete Democratic success of State
governments representing the white pop
ulaton while they are at the same time
bound to keep peace with the blacks 10y
the existence Of Republicans, the Fed
eraI Executive mny turn out to offer a
better escape from the difficulties of the
situation than would the election of
President with less disputed title, The
friends OF America aud the reasonable,
temperate portion of the American pub
lie, may well congratulate Hayes on his
election.