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Year: 1874

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND ATPoR-


TIoNMENT-S3s COS, ,O52 65 ASKED FOR-PROBABLE


REDUCTIONS.


The Board OF Estimate and AppOrtiOnment
met yesterday. expected that the bud
get for 1875 would be taken up item by item.
The Controller had prepared an abstract OF the
budget, giving the amounts OF the various
departmental estimates, including the state
tax and the sums payable under special statutes The
total amount sSsG9S 65 All the members OF the
Board were present. The OF $500 10 was trans
ferred from the Health Fund the fund for the removal
OF night soil and ANNALS The sum OF s2CO4 65 was
sferred from the appropriation Tor ceaDDg markets
IN 1872 to the same purpose III 1874


President Vance said he had gone huTriedly the
estimates He had not been able TO ave them the care
fu consideration which they deserved and he wanted
more time He was satisfied however, that the amount
asked for by every department was too high The
amounts should be materially reduced. The public
could not tolerate such an increase as this called for
Before they could vote inteeenty on the budget there
WAS much work to he done IN studying the
various departmental estimates. He therefore moved
TO adjourn until Tuesday 30 that tney could take bnai
action understandlDgy.


The Mayor said that last the budget footed mp
little than $32o00O Now more than $ss GOO is
called for These figures must be very materially re-
duced 10 the limits Of reasonable taxation.


The Controller said there seemed to be some misap,
was merely schedule OF what the Departments would
ike TO have He had gone through the estimates with
care and had made up his relative them. There
was doubt that the budget must be reduced from
90 900 600 to So COO within the limit OF
3 per cent taxation Ou the assessed valuation.


The Mayor said he was in favor Of greater reduction
TO bring last years budget The Controller said
the Corporation Counsel had sent IN communication
setting forth that the contingencies asked for by him
should stand at scO0O instead Of t25O00O. printed
Here a saving OF S5O,oO0 Other departments could
he forced down This was the third time they had met
to consider the estimates. To morrow week was the
last day they could meet and pass on the estimates
He thought they ought 10 90 After further dis
cussion the Board adjourned 10 Tuesday next at IL
O'Clock a. m when IL Is understood the budget will be
taken up.
Year: 1874

An inauest was held yesterday i'll the case
of Henry Herbold of No. 223 East Houston-s who
mitted suicide by taking oxalic acid on Friday last
Frances Herbod age 6 daughter Of the deceased tes
tilted that her fathers wife had left him two months
ago. and had tried get divorce from him. to which
he would not CONSENT saying that death alone should
part them. He very excited when she left him,
and wandered about the streets The daughter used to
follow HIM when he In these excited moods TO pre-
vent harm occurring On Friday, after following him
through several streets, she went behind him into drug
store No. A Avenue A. where he first asked for a seid-


tz powder but afterward said he would take clay
salts or oxac acid The clerk In the drug store proceeded
TO prepare the acid, when the daughter interpOsed
and gged him not to give It, as her father wanted 1t
for some dreadful purpose The father said he wanted
1t TO take stains out OF his coat but the daughter de-
clared that that was only pretence The drug clerk
reped that he did not think her father would do any
thing dreadful, he did not look like that sort Of
man, The daughter then cried and begged that the
poison should not be given but the clerk laughed at
her. gave him the package containing the poison.
Then Herbold went out on the streets and wandered
about again for long me followed by the daught er
on the opposite side of the Finally he into


lager saloon, and coming out had his handker
chief 10 his mouth AS he passed policeman, lie gave
him letter, and afterward sat down a stoop
and became sick. The policeman went up TO him. and
the daughter also crossed over 70 him. He admitted
that he mad taken poison aud the package 10
the policeman. He was then conveyed to the Station





Carl Krauscher the drug clerk, testified that he was
registered pharmsceust; ne labeled the package ac-
cordng law when he sold II 70 the deceased he had
Deen In the habit OF selling Oxalic acid every day the
deceased said that he wanted IL TO take stains OF his
coat; he had already given him the package when the
daughter said he wanted 1t for another purpose.


Tne jury, after consulting tne statutes rendered
verdict that deceased came to his death by taking
oIac acid and we ind that the apotheclry In selling
the poison acted Ia conformity with the existing
statutes"


The Coroner thereupon warned the drug clerk TO be
careful IN future and discharged him The statute
bearing upon the is Chapter s7, OF the Laws OF
1874 winch says that certain poisons OF which oIaic
acid one when SOLD. shall De labeled with the word
" Poison" which shall also be written the outer
wrapping OF the package and the apothecary clerk
shall also scquant the purchaser with Its deadly quail
ties The sale shall not be made unless the ser
represents that he wants 1t for legitimate purpose
Year: 1874

Talking about dogs, what a wonderful "dispensation of Providence" they are. From the Newfoundland down to the Soon- CT breed they figure everywhere and in eve rything, the reflex of the worst and best traits of humanity. They have been cited in song and history and are generally strong element. They are an entangling alliance to humanity and have been at the bottom of many a family jar and many costly law suit, not even allowing the lawyers themselves to escape, as so great lawyer as Caleb Cushing could tes- tify. They are indispensable. Take the dog out of the Bible and you greatly cur tail the effect of that book: remove them from our immediate city Of habitation and you take away our most effective de- tectives in revealing men as they are. There is no city whose official files do not reveal the dog as 8 constant element of legislation and trouble. Our city fathers know of the dog to their sorrow and so do all city fathers. The Washington Capital thus discourseth on the dog question as brought up in late meeting of the local board of health:

 Dr. Verdi proposed 10 amend the old law so as to make it unlawful for dogs to run at large during any portion of the year unless they are muZZled. If this amendment passes we hope. in considera- tion of Alfred Jingle's pointer refusing a fence on which was placarded, "Dogs tres passing here shotr or words to that effect, that the poor beasts will be notified. The ordinance should be carefully drawn up, too. The Lowell, Massachusetts, fathers passed one once declaring that every dog lunning at large should have muzzle at tached to it, and General Butler, with piece of delicate blue ribbon, tied one to his little dogs tail. Was the law complied with? General Butler, after three days argument, abounding in elegant rhetoric, keen logic, elevated sentiment and vir- tuous indignation, before the justice, who was the wife of the,postmaster, both per sonal friends of the General and under deep obligations to him, gained the cause. We don't believe this story, but think it Is one of the many made up on the worst abused" and hardest worked man in the United States. MT. Marbury, who called up the question, thought dogs very dan gerous, especially those kept by the butch, CTS, and that the community should be rid of them. Thi&the public will oppose. II the butcfGt6 don't have dogs in summer, what are e<#fado for sausages in Winter?

 Which is 8 very unctuous and proper qsLen in dietetic economy.
Year: 1874

GREAsING buggies and wagons is of more importance than some imagine. Many a wheel is ruined by oiling too plentifully. A well-made wheel will endure constant wear from ten to twenty years, if care is taken to use the right kind and proper amount of oil; but if this matter is not at tended to, the wheel will be used up in five or six years, or it may be sooner. Lard should never be used on 8 wagon, for it will yenetrate the hub, and work its way round the tendons of the spokeS and spoil the wheel. Castor-oil is a good material for use on an iron axle; just oil enough should be applied to a spindle to give it a light coating; this is better than more, for the surplus put on will work out at the ends, and be forced by the shoulders and nut into the hub, around the outside of the boxes. To oil the axle-tree. first wipe the spindies clean with a cloth wet with turpentine if it doesn't wipe without it. On buggy or carriage, wipe and clean off the back and front ends of the hubs, and then apply very small quantity of castor oil, or more especially prepared lubrica- tor, near the shoulders point.
Year: 1874

A YOUNG girl of Philadelphia, who is now on her travels, went to Westminster, and cOndescended to admire the great ab- bey. With admiration came the desire of possession. The whole abbey was too large to be removed, so she quietly took a penknife from her pocket and cut off a piece of the chair of Edward the Confess sor! She was arrested, and as she is very pretty they let her off with five hundred dOllars-the price would have been higher If she had been plainer. Not content with this she serenely jOurneyed to Dresden, in search of new worlds to conquer. While visiting church there she attempted to possess herself of some flowers from the shrine. In pulling them off she overturn- ed the image of the virgin, to the infinite horror of the custodians of the church. For this pleasing freak her father paid S2500. Her beauty probably made the fine small on this occasion also; but fancy the panic in the family if she had had red hair and freckles! And if she had been a forbidden female of uncertain age, I dare not dwell on the financial crisis that must certainly have ensued.
Year: 1874

THE true economy of human life looks expenditures to a moral scale of values. The real wastes of life are not those men prate about most volubly and condemn in cenSOriOuS tones. DeQuincy pictures a woman sailing over the water, but awak- ing out of sleep to find her necklace un- tied and one end hanging in the stream

 while pearl after pearl drops from the string beyond Der reach; while she clutch es at one just falling another drops beyond recovery. Our days drop one after another from our too careless holding, like pearls from a string, as we sail the sea of life. Prudence requires a wise husbanding of struck in the mint of Gods own eternity are spent for nothing. The waste Of time is a more serious loss than the eXtrava- ganceS against which there is such loud acclaim. Here are thousands who do nothing but lounge and carOuSe from morning till midnight-the drones in the human hive, who consume and waste the honey honest workers wear themselves out in making, and insult the day by their dissipation and debauch. Here are ten thousand idle, frivolous creatures, who do nothing but consume and wear and waste what honest hands accumulate, and en- tice others to lives as useless and worth less as their own. Were every man and woman honest toilers, all would have an abundance of everything and half of eve ry day for recreation and culture. The ex- penditure Of a few dollars for articles of taste and vertu is a small matter in com pariSOn with the waste of months and years by thousands who have had every advantage society could offer, and exact every privilege il affords as a right
Year: 1874

A NOVEL mode of emancipation has been adopted by the Spanish government. All the slaves furnished to the government, in accordance with the decree issued dur ing the administration of Captain General Jovellar, are to be organized as soldiers under white officers. The term of service is to be five years, at the expiration of which they are to be declared free. The plan seems good enough. It will be an immediate econveniencet to the government In the long run, however, it will make the negroes masters of the situation, once the negroes are thoroughly trained to the use of the white man. Do as she may, Spain cannot much longer hold on to Cuba. Pity she cannot see that she would be better without it. But for Cuba Spain to-day might have been prosperous Republic.
Year: 1874

Ar Eagle reporter this morning
met ex-Judge Morris III the Faust
Club. The Judge was evidently try
ing to escape the swarm of reporters
who were just then in sole possession
Of his offices in Montague street, and
the Eagle man, therefore, approached
him with great caution.
Anything new in the great case
this morning, judge queried the
scribe.


Judge Morris-Oh, yes. I'm very
glad to meet you right here Now sit
down at that table and I'll give you
the latest Developments, which you
may publish. and L solemnly affirm
this is the last III say to any news
paper man concerning this case.


The reporter, pencil in hand, and
with his ears pricked up, quick ly took
the proffered seat, and forthwith laid
before him quire or more of fools
cap, and congratulated himself in
wardly on getting a beat" on the
other papers.


Now just take down word for word
what l say, and be accurate about it, y
said the Judge


Certainty, certainly, Judge III
read it over to you after | have taken
it all down. Now, what is it?''


Judge Morris Well, l have given
power Of attorney to loquacious
though judicious friend of mine, to dc
all the interviewing for me.


Reporter-Where can I see him.


Judge Morris-He has gone in. the
country on few days vacation.


Reporter-Who is the person?


Judge Morris-Tom Collins.


Though Tom Collins has the repu.
tation of being very ubiauitous
person the reporter did not 90 IN
search of him. Several of the New
York reporters did, however, but werf
not able to unearth him. .-Brooklyt
Eagle.
Year: 1874

The FIRST burial of member Of the Patrons of
Husbandry with the honors of the order, that


has come to our notice, took place day before


yesterday, In kicakpoo, when the remains of


Henry Bolin were consigned TO their last res


ting place with all the pomp and funeral pa


geant of the granger funeral service. Mr.. Bolin


was prominent member, and the attendance


was very large, some four hundred persons be-


ing present. The programme of the burial was


about as follows:


On leaving the residence of tho deceased, the


hesrse which contained the remains was asnked
on either side by three pail bearers who walked


with uncovered heads and regalia drapped in
mourning. Following the hearse came the roll
atives of the deceased, and next marched the Sis
ters of the order, clad IN fnl regalia The Broth
ers came next, and following them the vast con-
course of people who had come from far and near
tn witness the ceremonies Tho remains were
first taken to the church, where a priest went
through service peculiar to the Catholic church,
of which the deceased was member. When
the exercises had been concluded the procession
took up its march for the cemetery, where
the granger fasscret -rites- were per
formed. The coffin was placed on supports di-
rectly over the open grave, and remained there
TIL the impressive and interesting service WAS
concluded. G. z. Coffin, master of Franklin
grange, conducted the ceremonies


When the brothers ard sisters of the grange of
which the deceased was q member had assembled
about the grave, the master read q selection from
the burial ritual, followed by second selection
by the chaplain, and then the members repeated
slowly aud solemnly the Lords prayer, closing
with beautiful and appropriate hymn. The
brothers Of the order then stepped to the grave
and threw into the opening several bouquets of
flowers and evergreens. short but powerful
address wss next delivered by the chaplain.
While the coffin was being lowered, q beautiful
and soul inspiring hymn was sung and during
the singing the sisters showercd boquets upon
the descending coffin until it reached the wooden
box at the bottom of tho grave. The master |
then sprinkled portion of dirt thrown from the |
grave over the coffin, and the service closed with
solemn benediction OF the chaplain.


Taken throughout, the ceremonies were very
beautiful and impressive. This is the first bur- |
al Of Granger in the Comfy, and If We are |
correctly Informed, in the State-that is. with |
he ceremonies of the order.-Lsarenrorfk Iimes |
Year: 1874

r We admire eloquence and originality of
thought, wherever We may find it. Therefore,
we cannot help admiring this clause from SEN
tenes in Col. J"hnstOn. appeal to the jury in the
libel case:


ave wonld all tumble down with the citadel
of our posterity."
Year: 1874

The following item, which we find in tn


late press dispatches, is suggestive Of few


thoughts:


ga mass meeting Of the workingmen o


New York city, was held at the Cooper In.


stitute on Thursday evening, at which rcso-


lutions were adopted deprecating violence,


but demanding the necessaries Of life for


themselves and families, and also the enact


ment of law to limit the accumulation Of
any individual" )"


1t is we'll known that the recent money
panic in the East threw thousands of men
and women out of employment-a class Of
people who are wholly dependent on their
daily labor for their daily bread. To be de-
prived of work, with them, means starva-
ton. On the eve of an inclement winter, to
be thus deprived of the means of livelihood,
it means hunger and cold combined-it
means children in rags, shivering with
pinched faces, around an empty grate-it
means suffering and privation that no pen
can portray. And yet there is plenty in the
Undergraduates filled with corn wealth for
a few almost beyond computation.


These laboring people are not responsible
for the panic that has deprived them of
bread. The moneyed casses-the specula-
tors and financial gamblers of the country
are alone responsible for that. Are the
rights of property of these classes SO sacred
that their wealth-wealIh wrung from the
sweat and toll of labor-may not be forced
to assuage pangs of cold and hunger of
suffering multitude temporarily reduced to
dire extremity? We do not use the word
"forced" in lawless sense, but as suggest
i've of legal remedies for such disasters
remedies which the working class will un-
derstand, and which they have indicated in
one of the resolutions above referred to-the
enactment of law to limit the accumula-
tion of any individual" Here is the secret
of all financial and labor pancs-the inordi
nate greed Of the few to grasp all the sourc-
es and stores of human sustenance. Grad
uated taxation will correct the evil, and to
this complexion must we come at last.
Year: 1874

The committee on design OF the
Sumner memorial committee has con-
cluded to offer three premiums of $500
each for the best three models of sit
ting statue Of Senator Sumner. The
committee do not bind themselves to
accept either OF the models as the design
tor the memorial, unless in the opinion
oi the committee it shall be meritorious.
The figure must be correct as a portrait
ard the odel accepted is to be execut-
ed in marble or bronze as NAV be
thought best. All models must be sent
to city hall before May 1, 1875. and thew
will be exhibited to the public fora
month. The cost of the statue is limit
ed TO about $4,000.
Year: 1874

fire, and never needed when the room
grew cold, and the last brand burned out
and fell into gray ashes.


After that night. he never returned
again to that subject. He saw that she
failed every day, but he could not talk
about it, and she understood too well TO
urge him. Every day he went to his
work; now was not the time to fail, when
she needed unwonted luxuries, and might
need them no one knew how long. Every
night he came TO her; his face palid with
apprehension. At last she grew too weak
TO sit up any more, and lay patiently on
her little bed, bearing without a moan her
torturing pain, and never forgetting
night to have lamp put in the window
the beacon-light for the father coming
home.


just at TIE last. there was a time when
all knew that the end was near. That
week her father did not go to his work.
There was money enough for all she would
need in this world, and more. So, notion
less, except when he could do something
for her comfort he sat all day long by her
pillow. and watched her, save when some
times his agony grew too mighty to be
borne, and he had to rush away from her,
out under the desolate sky. where the
winds were blowing, and shrek out the
madness OF his woe to the pitiess heavens.
Eunice watched him. too in her turn, with
loving anxious. searching gaze. but she
saw no hope in his face. She knew that
he was hardening his heart. There came
n night, at length, when he was with her
alone. \ woman who had come to watch
had fallen asleep in the other room. Dan
would not wake her-hc was greedy of
every moment in which he could have his
girl all TO himself. So he sat as usual,
looking at her silently. aid she as silently
Gazed back iuto his face with her great,
iar-seeing blue eyes. At last she said:


Then must not wait for you there.
father: You won't Gomez"


He looked at her with startled gaze.


He had never thought of the matter in
that light before. She waited moment
and then went on:


II thought you'd want to come. father;
thought you'd see how God meant to
draw you TO him by taking me first. And
thought could die easy, feclin' sure OF
your comm, and then wait for YOU there
a little while. But YOU won't see Go Is
love; and you won't feel that I'm wait
In"


Something touched his heart at last
her look, perhaps, or her words, or her
tone of piteous pleading, or all these COM
bined. He sank sobbing on his knees be-
side her.


God pity me-" he gasped; God forgive
me. Wal, for me there, lamb-Il come,
surely. I'll walk in His way"


Does not my story ltly end here. where
Eunices work ended: Her life went out
after that, painlessly and quietly. Her
hand was III her fat h er's to the very last.
and he murmured, in answer to the ap-
peal in her dying eyes. I'm come, lamb.
surely"


lie buried his girl beside her mother;
but 10 him she is not dead. He believes,
simple, literal soul. that Gods love has
given him one of the many mansions, and
that she waits for him there at its window,
her face illumined by light that will new
er grow dim or fade away.
Year: 1874

The White Star Line steamer Ger
manic is to be furnished witha sort OF
semi-circulsr iron fence, or cage, to
protect the lookout in heavy weather.
The man Oh the lookout gets inside this
fence when the weather seems mans
picious. BY ascending one or two
steps, the upper part of his body is
brought to level with the top of the
fence, and he is thus enabled to look
forward and all around him, and hold
on firmly should he see al ominons
wave approaching his stronghold.
Year: 1874

Arrangements have been made with the au- thorities of the State Hospital in New Haven, for the establishment of School for Training Young Women who desire to fit themselves for the position of professional nurses.

 Many of the physicians and other leading men of the State are interested in the success of the enterprise, and desirous of securing for tho sick in private families and pnblic institutions, skill full and accomplished nurses.

 The Profession Is An Honorable One much for women as that of medicine for men. It is the hope of the founders of this school, that women of devotion and education, will give themselves, here. as they do in England and Germany, to this useful work, which, while involving some personal sacrifice, amply repays in interest, and secures Sufficient Support.

 The school will possess many advantages, a thorough course of instruction is planned and the graduates will be furnished with certificates of ability which will enable them to secure posi- tions tor the care of the sick. Board and Lodg- ing will be'provided free, and No Charge Made for tuition.

 Pupils will be received from any state All desiring further information may apply to the Secretary of the Society,

 Mrs. FRANCIS BACON,

 s2 High Street, New Haven,

 454 Connecticut.