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Year: 1879

From the st. Joseph MOL Gazette.l


"Allen Pinkerton," the dog detective OF the St. Jo-
scph police FORCE is dead. Hundreds of our people
who for the past eight years have qucer-look
ing little black dog with white hair around his neck
and bushy tail that curled over his back, will read
this announcement with surprise and genuine
regret Tho nrst known of tho dog is that ten
years ago he mysteriousy turned mp the residence
of John OConnor, where he remained for about two
years At the end of that time he became a
voluntary member OF tho police force, and
dcmeaned ., himself IN such q manner as TO gam
cngo detective. lie followed the men about day and
night-hrst member OF the force and then am
other. Many dark night has he assisted the Off
GERS in discovering the whereabouts OF tramps who
had concealed themselves In empty barrels and boxes,
and his terrifying bark has caused hundreds OF petty
thieves to take to their heels He prowlcd about the
darkest corners in the alleys and whenever an in
toxicacd man was found yclp or two was sufficient
to bring up the nearest officer to look into the mat
ter. His well known voice was relied on with
as much confidence the sound of a police
mans, whistle. and it was always answered.
At roll call he was prompt any of the men,
AMI on such occasions he the pet of the office.
He had the most wonderful sagacity and appeared to
every lady who visited the morning market knew the
dog and spoke kindly to him, while the market wo-
men petted aud caressed him whenever he came
about, and always had dainty morsel with which to
tickle his palate. OF late years Allen been grow
ing feeble and for the past six months cr a year he
has been able travel with his old associates but
little. Since his health became poor he has
made his home with ex-Policcman james Hud-
gems On Thursday last Allen was taken sick,
and notwithstanding everything done for the
poor dumb animal that could do. he calmly
died on Tuesday. During the last two days and
nights that he lived Mr.. lIudgcns. who more than
once while patrolng his lonely night watch real
lied tho value Of his cheerful presence nursed him
continually. and when his death announced
every member of the force felt the deepest regret
lie was buried in Mr.. Hudgens yard yesterday
morning. wrapped In clean white sheet, and his re-
mains enclosed in neatly made coihn.
Year: 1879

During the excitement caused by the great fro at
Paterson, N. j.. ON Thursday night. John Pelsor,
driver of a mineral water wagon for Tiffany n Allen
of that city. undertook to the Erie track at
Market street while the gates were lowered. Tho
horse passed under and portion of the wagon, but
the top held IL. while the momentum threw Pelsor
forward and out of the wagon directly ON the track
in front of d switching engine. Pesor rendered
unconscious by the shock and was dragged from the
track and saved by hairs BREADTH the engine not
being three feet distant.
Year: 1879

About two O'Clock yesterday morning fire, sup
posed TO be of incendiary origin broke out in the
two story double tenement house on Second street,
Passaic n. J and the families in occupancy barely
escaped with their lives. the Railways being filed
with flame and smoke before they were aroused The
house had been purchased from john Wynn by
officer Coon hut the day before. Loss about 2,50O
M insurance.
Year: 1879

despatch was received at Police Headquarters st
quarter to two O'Clock this morning from tho
Tenth precinct stating that Captain Allaire had ef
fected the capture of Billy Porter otorious bur-
Gar. who made his escape from Raymond Street Jail
ON June last. 1t will be remembered that Porter
escaped from the Jail in company with Billy Irving.
while they were both locked up there pending trial
indictment charging thom with the robbery
Of Ibert's -four store. No. 15s Graham avenue. Tho
escape was remarkable for its cool daring. Tho two
men. according to custom prevalent for some
time in the prison. went to the kitchen to got somo
coffee and noticing back door ajar coolly walked
through it into courtyard and then into the street,
OF course there was q great hue and cry soon
after. but all to avail, the birds
had efectually flown. In August they tracked
to hotel in Passaic, N. j., and would have been
captured but for the blunders Of tho Brooklyn aud
local officers who surrounded tho hotel. but yet al
lowed tho two Jail birds to slip through their
Year: 1879

The latest fatality occurring the broadway
steam motor road in Brooklyn the killing Of
Lewis II. Dill. boy of years. yesterday after
noon near the Myrtle avenue crossing. Young Dill
was over by motor No. s. the wheels OF which
passed the lower part of the boys abdomen. In
consequence. he almost literally cut in two.
causing instant death. and the manged remains
presented horrible spectacle. According to the
most authentic accounts the accident happened in
this way. The boy had been stealing ride on
the of a Reid avenue car. while the con-
ductor collecting fares. AS the conductor
returned to the back platform Dill suddenly jumped
off and started to the street. At that moment
a steam motor. moving in opposite direction.
struck the boy. who toll beneath the wheels. The
engineer and conductor have been placed under
arrest pending investigation.
Year: 1879

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2S.-Officials of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company state that OH the 1st OF
November an average advance Of the
line and city price oil coal Of thirty five
cents per ton will go into effect, together
with an advance of fifty cents per ton
on stove and twenty-five cents per ton
on all other grades Of coal for harbor
shipments, For the Eastern trade by
water ad advance Of twenty-five cents
will be made on all e, adrs.
Year: 1879

have been supporting them


selves for days on sorrel and the
foul refuse from the cane facto-
ries. All Human feelings are
lost, and in trying to distribute
a few morsels Of bread at Belya-
neb, the stronger tore it from
the lips of those weaker than
themselves, and struggled till
exhausted for the merest scrap
Year: 1879

ICtO. )

 To the Editor of the Enquirer. agreeable we will give the readers of the old Enquirer 8 brief description of our sojourning in ''the sunny South" When we read of the snow and ice in old New England, about these days, we call to mind the last ice formed by nature, that our eyes fell upon, which was just South of Richmond, Va. The ice we have. here is made by steam and sells for % cts per. hun- dred tbs. Of this will speak more at length hereafter. Leaving Richmond at an early hour in the evening, we can say but little of the surroundings till day-break, when. first what attracted our attention was the red soil and cotton fields, with here and there a miserable looking dwelling set upon stills Gas there is no occasion for a cellar) and with chimney on the outside at the gable end, presenting to notherner a curious looking abode. A friend remarked that ''the windows and doors were composed of from three to four darkeys' for more reverently speaking colored people) watching the passing train. At the same lime the celored husbandman might be seen blowing in distant field with single mule. We soon began to realize we were ''where dey toll in de cotton and de cane" After two nights and day from Washington we found onr- selves in the city of Savannah where we found comfortable quarters at the Screven House at B 50 per day.

 Savannah has population of from 30 GOO ta 3S,oOO inhabitants, and is unquestionably the handsomest city in the South. Laid out with broad streets, closely shaded by beautiful trees
Year: 1879

The new Pope is not as gallant as the old, they say. He lets wsmen as well as men kiss his toe-a thing Pope Plus could never abide. He always held cut his hand to the former instead
Year: 1879

One day last week, over two million bush els of wheat were sold in Chicago on forged telegram, it is averred. There are suspicious however, that this strange proceeding was fraud rather than forgery.
Year: 1879

A recent letter of ex-Gov. Brown, of Geor- ga, is quite reassuring as regards the rights of the negro. It seems that the same amount of money is appropriated to the negro and to the white schools of that state:

 Laws have been enacted here placing the children of the white and colored races upon an equality in proportion to numbers, so far as the distribution and use of the school funds are concerned. It is true. eur schools are kept separate but they receive the same amount of money per capita that the white children do, and we are taxed, as you are aware, about as much as our condition will enable us, to pay for the purpose of common school education. On this point, too, we hear but little murmuring, our people very general. ly agreeing that it is important to educate the children of both races, and submitting with good deal of cheerfulness to the tax they pay for that purpose.

 Not only are the colored common schools we'll supported, but the colored university at Atlanta receives the same appropriation as that granted to the colleges in which whites alone are educated. AS regards the abolition of slavery he says:

 While the abolition of slavery has been terrible loss to us in pecuniary point of view, and has resulted most dissstrously to many intelligent and estimable families, we are led now to conclude that it was the will of Provi- dence that it should occur, and that in the fu- ture our children and their posterity will be more prosperous, self reliant useful, and hap py people than they would have been if the institution had been maintained. And think 1 may now say, without any exaggeration, that not one white citizen in every hundred. prob | ably not one in every five hundred in Georgia and I believe the same feeling to exist general ly in the South would vote to re-establish slavery, or would consent to have it re-estab- 1 lished, under any circumstances.

 The extract from Senator Lamar's North our first page, is one that deserves serious con- sideration. It claims, in effect, that the con- version of the Southern blacks te Democracy is the natural result of the sel6shness the cor ruption, and the final desertion of their Car pet Bag leaders. Mir. Blaine as positively de- nies that any large number of Southern negros vote the Democratic ticket except upon con- pulsion. In short the difference between the Democratic politician and the Republican pol itician regarding negro suffrage has ceased te be conflict of principle and has dwindled into mere issue of fact. Which are we to believe? It would be premature, we imagine, to attempt any positive decision now. While there is unquestionably much compulsion of the negro vote, we do not believe that it is safe to attri- bute the utter collapse of Southern Republican, ism solely to fraud and intimidation. Carpet Bag Republicanism died because it deserved deatk.
Year: 1879

Carl Schurz was fifty years old, last Sunday. His has been an exceptionally useful half cen tnry of existence. Whatever may be said about his being soldier of fortune, he has generally managed to be on the side of reform, iiberality and just government He is not a faVOrite with politicians, but we do not see much force in the objections they usually bring against him.

 Kingston (N- I. Democrats have been try ing the Southern intimidation plan. They opened single poll in a saloon in the out skirts of the city, which was surrounded by rOughs, and these opposed to the ring were driven of by threats and by actual violence. No doubt there will be a new election, but what are we to think of Northern community in which one such election could occur?
Year: 1879

The question of the right of telegraph con- panies to withhold telegrams from an investi- gating committee is to be tried out in Kansas, where legislative committee is Investigating alleged bribsries in the recent Senatorial eec- tion. We do not imagine the thing can be reached except by constitutional provision.

 The World calls attention to the spectacle of Liberal nobleman Q4ord Dufferin) making a Liberal speech on the eve of his departure on a foreign mission to which he was appoint ed by Conservative Ministry. Had he been an American he would have retired with his party; if ''d-d literary feller," before his party. Ye. ours is the finest civil service on the planet
Year: 1879

Committee work is said to be well ahead and there is now prospect of close of the leg islative session somewhat earlier than had been anticipated. The most important measures yet to be acted upon are woman suffrage, rail road fares, the state prison and capitol investi gations, and the New Haven harbor bill.
Year: 1879

The Bridgeport Farmer takes serious excep- tion to the tramp law. Our own objection is not 80 much to it's severity as to it's indscrimi- nateness. Take the fel How who prefers beggary to work, and who spends years in deliberate ly shirking all useful labor! This man is criminal who intends to appropriate the pro- duct of other peoples labor to his own use, therein differing but little from the actual thief. To this lower grade of criminality he usually adds continual petty thieving, and sometimes burglary, arson, or rape. Such tramps from choice perhaps deserve all the law gives them, In these hard times, however, there are, and must be, class of tramps from necessity. of kind that are not wiifully crim- inal, and whose punishment in the state pris- on would be gross injustice. We have no means of knowing how large portion of the whole number are of this kind. Probably but very small part. Still there are no doubt enough such to make the law read very queer ly in connection with certain passages in the New Testament relating to the treatment Of the poor -t-s.s ..- e"
Year: 1879

The New Census bill takes the enumeration out of the hands of U. s. marshals and gives it to 150 census supervisors who can give the matter their whole attention. The Marshals, who had other duties to attend to, never gave the Census the care it needed. Then again, in some districts, a marshal would have the supervision of over two million names, while in Florida, perhaps, he would only have to supervise some 5000. Compensation, also, was absurdly dspropertioned under the old law The marshal who made the enumeration of ssme large Territory received no more pay than the one who had only small Eastern district. The delays in the enumeration in cities also lead to great uncertainties in regard to it's correctness. Now it is intended that only 4000 names shall be taken by any one person and the census of the largest cities is expect ed to be completed within fortnight's time. It is believed that the taking of the next cen- sus will be given in charge to Prof. Walker, of Yale, who also had charge of that of TO Work will not begin however for ayear or more, so that the Professor will have abundant time to in form himself regarding his new duties as Rail- road Commissioner.
Year: 1879

There seems little doubt that the remains of 4 T. Stewart are now in their Garden City eryPG- There is also a constant watch kept to prevent another resurrection, the first prov ing an expensive affair fer Judge Hilton. Here is more bother with our great men. First we must watch them all their lives to keep them from stealing lesser folks property. lives or liberties: then we must watch their tombe nHght and day. for a quarter of . century or Easre-so keep of euterprising young physicians and O<hers who have . special interest in our ltzzsriOas dead
Year: 1879

A few days after Jason Little was placed
in the penitentiary, couple of Frankfort
ladies visited that institution and expressed
a desire to see the Breathitt county wife
murderer. Mr.. Hockersmith told them that
he was confined there without some neces
sary papers which should have been pre-
sented at the time Of his Incarceration, and
they had put him in the dining room to dc
light work until the arrival Of said papers
when he would be pm, TO work IN the hemi
house He then accompanied them to the
prison dining room and pointed out man
that has been confined in the penitentiary
over five years The ladies looked the poor
fellow out OF countenance, and LETT, bellev
ing they had seen the codess blooded mur
derer of modern days They give graphic
descriptions of Little to their friends, anc
have never yet seen him. Naughty Hook
ersmith.
Year: 1879

saw that it was not only oppressive and in
human to the blacks, but degrading and
demoralizing to the whites. They saw
that it was fostering all kinds of villainous
and outrageous crimes. They saw that it
went hand in hand with murder, theft
outrage and rapine; they saw that it was a
contradiction to all religion, morality,
law, truth and iberty. They saw further
and finally that its existence engendered
an irrepressible conflict between right and
wrong, and hence they girded on their
armor, threw down the gage of battle, and
challenged the iniquitous monster to NOR
tai combat.


Agitation began. England led off, The
liberaEminded people of that country,
always in the vanguard OF reform, de-
clared their adherence of the system.
Members of Parliament became interested
in the matter, until finally steps were
taken to stop the importation of slaves.
This was the entering wedge. Act after
act followed; nation after nation joined in
the grand movement in favor of human
rights, until at last only two powers that
make pretentions of being enlightened
nations-Spain and Brazil-tolerate this
foul wrong of man against man.


Recent steps were taken in the British
Parliament to compel Spain to put an end
at once to the system in her colonies
Even in Spain efforts have been made to
the same end; and in the United States
Congress, Hon. S. S. Cox recently declared
that Spain must take some action to iber-
ate the enthralled slaves of Cuba immedi-
ately. 1t is well that this action should
be taken. The rotten and tottering fabric
of Spanish corruption should know that it
has reached the end of the rope in this
matter. They must know that to persist
longer in their favorite brutality, is daily
ing with danger and destruction. They
must know that while the days of white
fillibustering are probably over, that black
men can take it up and spread the torch of
insurrection from one end of the fertile
isle of Cuba to the other. They must
know that to tolerate Negro slavery any
longer, is direct insult and defiance to
one-eighth of the people of this country.
They must know that the five million
Negros in the United States will not sit
idly by and see their kindred brutally
bought and sold almost within a stones
throw of their own liberated shores. Let
our government take action; and let the
Spanish tyrany take warning and govern
itself accordingly.
Year: 1879

Wednesday evening and reported at the
office of Messrs Collins, for whom they
worked in the construction of the Madeira
& Marmora Railroad, are still in the city,
no provision having been made for their
transportation to their homes.


The men are without means, and those
who do not belong to Philadelphia have
been without food, except such as was fur
nished by charitably disposed persons.
None of the men have been able to realize
any money on the orders in their posses
sion.


They were informed that all orders or
Messrs. Collins would be cashed as soon as
money could be obtained, but at the pres
ent time there is no money whatever fol
the purpose.
Year: 1879

ing


The Queen City Club will give its first re-
ception on the evening of February 18th.


The Historical and Philosophical Society
of Ohio meet this evening at the society
room, No. 81 u College Building.
Year: 1879

The case of Martin Quinn against Mary D
Nolan teacher in the Second District School,
to recover damages for injuries alleged
to have been inflicted on his son by a whipping
he received from Miss Nolan, was terminated to-
day, by the jury bringing in a verdict at noon in
favor of the defendant.
Year: 1879

THE luck of England IN gob-
bling up new provinces surpasses
belief. Afghanistan will probably
share the fate of the hundred ASH
attic municipalities which have pre-
ceded it into slavery and which
now form portions of the dominion
of the Empress of India. The
highly moral people of England
seem to have no compunctions of
conscience at keeping two hundred
and fifty millions of Asiatics in a
slavery compared to which the
African serfdom which prevailed
In the United States was the bond
mans millennium. We wonder
when the territorial appropriation
epidemic will catch the United
States.
Year: 1879

AN incident occasionally reach
es US which is calculated to recon-
cile most people to cremation. The
Board of Supervisors Of San Diego
county are now giving their ntten-
tion to such a case. 1t appears
that the individual who has the
contract for burying the dead
county poor not only showed them
into holes barely three and four
feet deep, but he sometimes
crammed two corpses into single
one of these shallow pits, merely


scattering,a little dirt over them,
for appearance sake. Not only
that, but it is gravely alleged that
he sometimes found it convenient
to put two bodies in q single coffin,
the coffin without lining, by the
way. If man were allowed his
choice between being consumed to
ashes by nice clean wood or sea.
coal fire, or being subjected to such
post mortem outrages as these, we
are inclined to think he would vote
for cremation every time.
Had Stewart been cremated
he might have stood Sc
ourely in a handsome vase on
the mantel-piece of his wife's
boudoir, and would not have beer
subjected to the infamy of being
dragged around the country in 8
bag. On the whole, if many sucf
atrocities as these Of the Stewart
body-snatcher come to the public
ear cremation may become fash


ionable yet. Besides, there is nt
setting young sawbones to hacking
and cutting cfemated corpse on
the dissecting table of a medical
college, aud when you are we'll Gre
mated you are certain to be dead


which is more than can be said oi
all who are rammed into cofflns
and en- bedded in mother earth.
Year: 1879

ANY undue chilliness at that period kills the


germ, and the egg becomes what is termed


rotten. Ii the sitter shows the right turn


in her movements and is set in the same


nest wherein she dropped her eggs she will


manage affairs to best suit herself and her
owner. 1t Is not necessary to provide extra
feed for her consumption, or put It in 4
place easy OF access. 1t is sufficient If it be
kept in the old runways; she will find it
when needed. Nature teaches the bird
through the instinct how to take care Of her.
self. Early chicks require more care than
the later ones. The cost of rearing is great
er, but the value also Is increased. The
early chick is apt to receive stunt and be-


come dwarfed, but for exhibition purposes.
when grown without deformity, is valuable
and highly priced Only the early birds
become fully feathered and developed be-
fore the storms come on, and therefore thew
must come from the shell in the early spring
months. N taFss


A sitter should never be given valuable
eggs until she has thoroughly settled down
to business, unless eggs be plenty. Many
have prejudice concerning numbers, pre-
ferring an odd before an even one. A good
sized Brahma will comfortably cover fifteen
eggs; but in cold weather it is better to al
low her but thirteen. The nest should net
be too much followed out, as in that case
the eggs will roll to the center and become
heaped up, one lying OH the top of the
others. The bottom ones consequently do
not receive sufficient degree Of warmth
and do not hatch. The nest should be lined
with fine, soft hay, and secluded from the
approach of all other hens. In twenty-one
days the chicks come forth, and the task OF
rearing commences. Many difficulties at
tend the early chicken that the later broods
escape. They require protection from rats
and other yermin with which buildings are
infested to greater extent at the early sea-
son.--C. B. IN Country Gentleman. s s