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Year: 1879

At Emperor Williams golden we'd
ding in Berlin, "a profound sensation
was caused by the cold, not to say slight
ing, reception given to Prince Bismarck
by the Empress Augusta. The emperor
had greeted him with the greatest frank
ness, evidently wishing to show to those
around him the confidence and regard
which he entertained for his chief ad-
wiser But the empress, on the other
hand, seemed as if she wished to show
her dislike of the prince by not only an
swering his obeisance in a very sighting
fashion, but by not even extending her
hand to him, as she did Immediately
afterward, with gracious mien, to the
veteran Won Moltke. The incident is
causing much talk in Berlin, where it is
known, however. that the empress has
long entertained a most bitter dislike to
the chancellor. But this is the first time
that she has evinced her anger toward
the emperor's favorite in such decided
and striking manner" So says the New
York Heralds correspondent, who was
an eyewitness of this little by-play dur
ing the regular performance.
Year: 1879

marked as one Of the green places in the
home-life; and but for the impulsive act
of a single angry moment the previous
evening would have left with every heart
as sweet a remembrance.
Year: 1879

The Scientific AmertcGn asserts "that
the common fault in lightning rods is
that they are not sufficiently connected
with the ground. They are generally
stuck down two or three feet into dry
earth; but such an arrangement is worse
than useless; it is almost like placing
the bottoms of the rods in a glass bottle.
In all cases the bottoms of the rods un-
derground should be connected with
iron or water pipes, if they exist; or in
lieu thereof, the rods should be extended
long distance underground, or should
connect with mass of old iron, or iron
ore, or charcoal, OF coal dust of any kind,
laid in a trench. No lightning-rod can
be regarded as a safe conductor unless
its lower extremity is carried deep into
the ground, and there put in good con-
nection with large surface of conduct
ing material"
Year: 1879

The Ladies of West Church propose
to add to the old fashioned quilting
party which they propose giving Tues
day evening the 3rd inst. social tea
drinking, this will certainly be an en-.
joyabls enter tainment you will also have
the opportunity of seeing the quilt
which they are getting ready to send to
Lady Missionary friend and which
contains over 1000 names. Price Of aG-
mission 10 cts.
Year: 1879

G.. w. Powell, the great fish man of
the Third street market. They are
now plentiful and persons wishing to
put np a supply for the summer should
procure them at an early day. He
cleans them already for sailing.
Year: 1879




To-day's stock market has been eventless Between
better prices for securities and worse for others
the market staggered after such incbrated fashion
that it was charity to believe that the glamour of
New Years Day still held sway the minds of
speculative operators Being it proved itself to
be- 'all abroad at one time and braced up at an
other, it with extreme difficulty that the market
brought home at the end of the day fairly steady
upon it's legs Conditions of weakness and strength
followed each other with frequent alterations. and
the most acute of spectators puzzled to divine
a for the paroxysmal changes which occurred.
The matter was the more unaccountable in
that the railroads which should have been
strong were weak. and the anthracites which should
have been weak were strong. Nevertheless reasons
for both conditions may be guessed at. Central and
Hudson, Lake Shore and the grangers, showing.
they do very respectable advance upon the figures
Of week ago. afording fair profit to
those who bought at lower prices, and, under firm
reliance upon the truth of the adage that bird in tho
hand is worth two in the bush," the aforesaid hold
have been free sellers and prices have declined
accordingly. Why the coal stocks in the face of
rather weak railway market should have advanced
to-day is not clear. Certainly the failures of prom
nent dealers reported from the Lehgh Valley dis
trict not an incentive to hilarious figures
and tho prospects Of the Reading Com





at Port Johnson at lower cost than
ever does not expectation of better prices
for coal. Consequently it is safe to attribute the
rise to-day. for the most part, to sheer manipula
ton. founded upon an excessive short interest in
Delaware and Lackawanna, and in lesser part to
belief that the exgencies of the smaller Lehigh VAL
ley operators will compel some sort of combination
to be formed to prevent spread of disaster AL
though in contrast with the exuberant bull market
of a day or two back. this mornings quotations may
be considered wanting in stamina there really
decline Of moment and prices at the end of the
session actually better for the anhracitcs and
only fractionaly lower for tho railroads. There is
every to believe, therefore, that with the ces-
sation of realizations shall upward turn
again. higher prices reached and in due time another
upset, when profits. too tempting to be resisted,
shall necessitate another selling movement to secure
them.


The opening. highest lowest and closing prices of
stocks at the New York Stock Exchange to-day were
fo1tO
Year: 1879

about he declined to say. John drew penknife.
cut him twice with it and ran away. The doctor
examined the wounds and pronounced them OF a
serious nature. as there Was considerable


hemorrhage from the cut in the side The
two men who accompanied him left the doctors
Office without giving their Names and the wounded
man followed them his wounds had been
dressed. When the police learned of the affair they
paid visit to the house No 429 West Thirty first
street, where the Farrell brothers occupied apart
time. but when the police entered they found
the doors open and no lights burning. There
one in the place. 1t surmised by the
neishbors. who had heard OF the affair. that the
wounded nun with his wife and children had de-
parted to avoid publicity. Que of the two men who
picked up the wounded brother said that his assal
ant down toward the river after the stabbing.
Us nc ran. II have stabbed my brother.
and AN going to drown myself" Whether or no
he carried out his threat could not be ascert tanned
Year: 1879

WE learn that Blanchard has in
duced Frank Myers to take the
"Press" off his hands, on condition
of the latter agreeing to pay the
indebtedness Of the concern. Myers
it is said, will change the name of
the paper to get rid, as far as posi-
Bile, of the odium attaching to it, and
begin afresh. Better throw it out
in the back yard and get new out
fit too, and then get new editor.
Year: 1879

JUDGE J. X. LEWIS has recently been
OH visit to Eastern Washington. In re-
gard to railroad matters the Judge states
that in his opinion, the Northern Pacific
Company will form connection with the
east from the mouth Of Snake river, be-
fore building in any other direction.
With this proposed connection formed,
they will strike out tor the tide water
somewhere, in his opinion at Tacoma,
but whether they will 60 down the north
side Of the Columbia or across the noun
tains direct, IN question, he states to be
settled hereafter. The rapidity with which
the eastern connection will be formed, he
considers, depends very much on who gets
control Of the road. Should Vanderbilt
get the control the road will be pushed
forward with all possible haste to get
through connection. Should the present
management retain control it will be put
through not quite so fast. There is Mt
present one surveying party out OH the
Naclees river, and two Others locating
the line between the mouth of Snake river
and Spokan Falls OH N. p. road, and a
fourth party are making survey through
the Blue mountains from Walla Walla on
the Utah Northern road. A fifth party
is surveying from Walls Walla toward
ColfaX, while Eastwick's party have just
returned to Walla Wslla from making a
survey from the mouth of Snake river to
Wallula.--Vancouver independent" of
the 9TH.
Year: 1879

Last week we made incidental
mention of the urgent necessity OF
building telegraph line to Cape
Flattery. Since then number have
expressed desire to have the matter
ventilated further.


Some time ago we called attention
to the cause OF the frequent breaks
in the cable connecting Vancouver's
Island with this side. The only OBJ
lection made to the proposed plan
of laying cable across the Straits
to Port Angeles was by the Victoria
"Coloniss'. That journal, while ad'
mitting the fact that cable laid
directly across the Straits would be
far less liable to break than the pres
ent one is, objected to the change on
the ground taat the Victorians would
be entirely dependent uponAmerican
lines for their dispatches, and advo-
Gated a through line from Canada,
wholly within the boundaries of Can
ada and British Columbia. This pre- :
position seems so visionary that it is
doubtful if it could succeed for years
10 come, because such a line would
not pay.


In addition to what we have said
about the lessening Of marine risks
by extending line to the Cape, it
may be well enough to mention that
the mill companies alone on the
Sound would annually save thous-
ands of dollars in the matter Of fuel,
wear and tear Of machinery, hire for
hands, &C., if they could keep their
tug boats in port until the sighting
of a vessel at the cape and sending
of word over the wires informed
them of the proper time to send. As
it is and has been, tug boats are daily
going down the straits to look for
vessels, often returning altsr q fruit
less search.


The chief signal officer Of the U.
S. Army has lntimatsd his intention
TO continue the signal service to
Port Townsend, as soon as an appro-
priation can be had, and We believe
if the SapFTancisco Chamber of com.
mercs and the owners and under
writers Of vessels running to Puget
Sound would take some prompt &C.
tion that it would be very easy for
them to secure Legislation by the
next Congress, in December, by
which aid would be afforded in the
matter from the u. S, Treasury.
Whether this be true or not, certain
it is that lively business would at
once spring up, after the completion
Of tho line, to remunsrats any com
pany that has enterprise enough to
carry the work through. The cost
of building the line would be com
paratively light, as it could follow
the beach all the way.
Year: 1879

TIE base ball clubs of this place
and Fort Townsend played game
yesterday. We did not learn the
result Of the game. 1t was rumored
on the street that one the Ft. Town.
send nine received a severe blow on
the cheek from bat, and it is feared
bones are fractured.
Year: 1879

Good times do not necessarily mean big
prices. Figure the thing out, and see IL q
days work or q bushel Of wheat will not buy
as much now as it did ten years ago, What
we want is employment for labor aud de-
mAnd for cur products, and we are promis'
ed these In the very near future. Lexington
Intelli Sencer.
Year: 1879

To the pmall boy there are four searons-tbe
circus season, the green apple season, Fourth OF
July, and winter.-Ez 1r...F


What about the season Of carrying bills for an
ice cream festival for solid dish with two Spoonp
and getting seasoned BY papa for watching base
ball match, when he should have been q homo
with bAlkstful Of dandelionS Eor MA.
Year: 1879

Charles Jobes, of Jersey City, became
jealous of his wife, and quarreled with her
on Sunday. When he returned to supper
he found note from her on the bureau. In
it she said she had done her best to make
his home happy one, but he would not let
her, and that therefore she had left him
forever. She spoke of the groundlessness
of his jealous feeling, and concluded by say
ing that it would be useless for him to search
for her, since before he read the letter she
would be at the bottom of the Hudson.
Jobes made inquiries, and found that his
wife had paid several bills for small amounts
which she owed at neighboring stores, and
that she had given away several dresses
saying that she would never have any use
for them again. Jobes is convinced that
his wife has commi tied suicide.
Year: 1879

While the New York Legislature is try
ing to abolish it's insurance department., the
New Jersey Assembly is considering the ad-
visibility of creating one. If New York
with its 1S0 fire companies and score or
more of life companies, can manage with
out, it would be quite as we'll for New Jer-
sey to try and worry along a few years
more. There is no efficiency in any insur-
ance department that is not taken out of
politics, so that the incumbent is sure of his
tenure of Office. 1t is impossible for him to
get sufficient acquaintance with the busi-
ness to be of any use whatever until he is
turned out and the new man has it all to
learn over again. There are one or two
States whose insurance departments COM
mand respect because they have succeeded
in shutting out wildcats and bankrupts be-
fore they have robbed the people, but such
efficiency is attainable only in State where
every change of government does not mean
a new insurance commissioner.
Year: 1879

Henry G. Marsh, we'll known resident
of Railway, N. j., was accidentally killed
on the Pennsylvania Railroad about mile
south of his home, at one o'clock Saturday
morning. Mr. Marsh had been to New
York during the day, and had taken the
midnight train for home. At Linden he
was joined by several of his children and a
number of friends, who had been attending
party at that place, and after asking them
how they had enjoyed themselves he went
TO sleep. When the train reached Railway,
each supposing he had been awakened, the
party stepped upon the platform without
noticing he was not with them, until the
train had started. Concluding that he
would go on to New Brunswick and stop at
the hotel till morning, bis family went home.
At 2 o'clock his body was found between
the rails terribly mangled. Both legs were
broken and portion Of his scalp was torn
off. BE had evidently been dead for some
time. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Marsh awoke
just after the train started, and, finding he
was beyond his destination, rushed to the
platform and leaped from the train, which
was then going at high rate of speed.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, March 10.-There is some


curiosity about the purposes of the Demo


orats in regard to the political amendments


with which they loaded the Army and Leg


islative Appropriation bills. Even those of


them that did not enter cordially into the


movement that has made an extra session Of


Congress necessary concur in the opinion


that the Democratic party cannot now afford


to give up the fight. 1t must be continued


at the extra session, and persisted in until
the end is accomplished. Said one of them:


"We shall probably first pass a bill repeal
ing the laws authorizing federal supervision
over Congressional and Presidential cleo
tions, by which the Republicans cheated us
out of fifteen members of the Forty-sixth
Congress-; and bills wiping out the test oath
and the posse comttatus laws, " which are part
of the machinery Of repression. If the
President vetoes these bills we shall put
them on appropriation bills, and force him
to yield or get along without money to run
the government. The will of the majority
party must be respected as to measures of
such importance, whether Mr., Hayes wishes
to or not"


Every Republican Congressman question
ed upon this matter says he shall not yield
as to the election laws, but may allow the
test oath to be repealed, and the presence
of troops near polling places to be forbidden;
but even these must be presented as sepa-
rate measures, and stand upon their own
merits. Senator Chandler says he is going
home to Michigan to get his trunk and
clothes, and will be prepared to stay here
and fight it out. Senator Conkling, in re-
ply to query as to what the Republicans
are going to do about it, said: "We'll stay
here, sir, until the marble of these floors
yawn from fatigue before it shall be accom-
plished." 1t may be stated upon authority
of one high in the party councils, that the
President will interpose to prevent the re-
peal of the laws for protection of purity of
in whatever form such measure
may be presented to him.
Year: 1879

The constitutionality of the Legal Tender
act, so far as it applies to the issue of govern
ment notes in time of peace having the
quality of legal tender for private debts, is
about to be brought to test in the courts,
and of course finally in the Supreme Court,
by an argument between Mr.. s. B. Chit
tenden, member of Congress for the Brook
lyn District, and General Butler, each
agreeing to bear the costs and other expen-
ses on his side of carrying case through
the lower courts, and up to and through
the Supreme Court.
Year: 1879

On Friday night, two men were found ly-
ing alongside of the Erie Railroad track at
Rutherford Park, one dead and the other
fatally injured. An investigation showed
that both men resided in West Hoboken,
and that they got on the train at Jersey
City tunnel. At Rutherford they jumped
or fell off One of the train hands saw them,
but thought they jumped and supposed
they escaped without injury.
Year: 1879

and selling produce. They said that IL the Genital
was enforced the grain trade OF the Produce Ex
change could not compete with the boards OF trade
that refused to adopt Through the efforts of these
parties very large vote polled, aggregating
l,273 out of 800


AWAITING THE RESULT.


AFTER the closing OF the polls the members remained
on the noor discussing in groups the probable re-
suit The friends OF the GENITAL system had very
long faces and to Inquiries made replied that they
expected to be beaten. The grain trade on the
other hand were jubilant and confident of victory.
Every few minutes messengers were despatched
how the vote stood. and when the Inspectors re-
ported that the friends of the GENITAL system were
twelve votes ahead, with only box of ballots to
be counted. it agreed all sides that the result
would be uncommonly close. At half-past three
o'clock the tce-s handed in their report which was
read by superintendent Grant to large and excltsd
audience 1t showed that OF the 273 votes east 66s
had been In favor of retaining the GENITAL and COS
in favor of resembling it, making the majority 63
votes. The grain trade were much excited at this
result and threntened not abide by it,. They said
that they would hire room outside OF the Exchange
and transact their business to suit themselves ana
that they would not recognize the 'call" on the
basis of the entail system. fi ~
Year: 1879

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN LIVING TOMB


RECOMMENDED, WITHOUT HOPE OF PARDON.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HKRALD:-


The communications that you publishing from
physicians about capital punishment all appertan
to reducing the effects and not to preventing the
causes OF capital offences. They all try to find the
easiest way to cut the tumor and not how to pre-
vent the formation of 1t. Civilization to-day re-
pulses capital punishment which is nothing else but
judicial murder, for society repulses and
cannot admit any murderer into its BOSOM
Enlightenment and education by themselves
are reducing the number of homicides. The
majority of murderers have not received
a solid, substantial education, which would have
restrained them from their rash acts. Duplicate
quadruplicatc. IL necessary. the number OF pub
lie schools; make education compulsory. Danish the
rum shops by imposing on them so heavy a taxation
that the evil luxury they afford shall be only within
the reach of the wealthy class and hen those
who are unfortunate enough to give way to their
passions and commit q murder. seclude them from
society by solitary confinement. with law that
pardon cannot take place, and the education
side and the dread of living tomb the other
will do away altogether with the rope.


Il. O., No. 20i East Fourteenth Street.


NEW YORK, Dec. o, 1879.
Year: 1879

A NEW JERSEY CORRESPONDENT ADVISES SUI


VOCATION by CHARCOAL AND OCCASIONALLY


vIvIsEcTIoN.


To THE EDITOR OF THE HKRAI.D:-


To facilitate the Anal exit of criminals whose lives
forfeit to the law allow to suggest the follow
ing plan both simple and feasble:-1. Lot each
Jail be provided with condemned cells" con-
structed that their ventilation will be controlled by
the Sheriff. 2. Communicating with these cells lot
small furnaces be provided. adapted to the combus.
ton OF charcoal. 3. Let the execution of the SEN
tence be prescribed to within def.
mite limit of time; but let the selection
within this limit Of the precise moment
OF execution be left ut the discretion of the Sheriff or
be fxed by the Court. but bc unknown to the party
interested. L. The selection Of this fatal moment
be made at night, when the condemned is sleeping
The time having come, all needed will be for the
ecutve to light the furnace turn off the ventilation
and turn on the charcoal gas. Next morning the
cal college, where in all cases the law should consgn
the body for dissection.


As interesting physiological problems may yet bo
solved by vivisection it might also be provided by
law that crimes of special enormity should be thus
punished unto death. To be butchered in detail for
the advancement OF science would be certainly
worse than the butchery often witnessed under
present system. 1t might also possibly be consoing
to the sincerely converted criminal to reflect that
having done all the harm to humanity he could in
his lfe he thus legally enabled to be of especial
benefit to his fellow creatures In his death.


VINELAND, n. j.. Dec. 10. 1879. A. w. p.
Year: 1879

Last Thursday, while our power


press was running at the rate of 900


an hour, one of the rollers came in


contact with a heavy editorial and


was thrown from her bed, falling in
the cogs, breaking one of the large


drive wheels all to pieces. As good
luck would have it, we were nearly
off, having only about 2C0 copies
more TO issue when the accident hap
pened. Not wishing to disappoint
our readers, we sent our foreman TO
ask Col. Hutton for the use of his
press till We could finish our edition.


The only excuse we have to make to
those of our patrons who did not get
a paper is simply this: Col. Hutton
said that under no consideration could
we use his press. Now, we are not
going to blow him up; we are not i'll
the humor nor have we the space C.
time to notice his childishness. Once
when Col. Hutton's press was out of
order we issued his paper for him.
He had one Of our imposing stones in
his office for more than year; he
has often asked and been granted
favors of US, Which we granted glad
y '-1d always will. We have no child
Ike spite against linn IN the world.


This week We arc uu,'cr ru.t,,y oh
legation TO thc edito~ oc the Union
for the use ot lis pc s, which is not
large enough for our regular forms,
but we do the best VIC can and APP
preciate his kindness in helping US in
our difficulty. Col. Hutton need not
have thought that he would beat us
out of an issue of our paper and thus
get some one to pick up his fog
horn. Ifw could have done no bet
ter out forms should have gone to
Fulton. We are sorry the Col. treated
us in the way he did, but think that
even now, he is sorry for it. Our
new wheel from st. Louis will be up
by next week and we will be booming
as usu:l. Colonel, you can't keep
m entefprising man down, even if he
IS young. Whenever you get caught |
as we did we will take pleasure in
helping you out of your trouble.
Year: 1879

We arc opposed to the selling OF
liquor, but why cry out against a
saloon license, cutting the city Off in
this way of nearly one-half Of its in
come, and ut the same time not les
sen the sale of liquor. Shutting the
saloon will not stop the liquor traffic.
Year: 1879

Whatever may be the professions Of
those who are now engaged in urging on
the exodus, it is as certain as anything
can be that the whites of the North and
the West will give no hearty welcome to
the negroes of the South, and that the
upshot Of the whole business viii be an
increase of suffering and direct and
positive ending Of much Of the good
work that has been done during the
last decade and q half for the negroes.