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Year: 1876

At recent meeting of the Blooming Grove Park
Association It decided to oer the freedom OF the
club grounds to foreign sportsmcn and members Of
visiting rife associations during the Centennial Exhbi-
ton. II is thought that this privilege would be largely
availed Of as there some u, 900 IN Pike
county, Pa, belonging to the association that be
shot over. The Presidents report states that the
woods are thckening that the lakes are filling with
the bass, that trout are increasing in the stTeama
and that there is advance ia the numbers Of
game partculary red deer
Year: 1876

Police Surgeon Thomas appeared before the full
Board OF Police Comm ssioners yesterday and pleaded
guilty to the charges recently preferred against him Of
falling 10 promptly attend Patrolman Martin, OF the
Twelfth precinct He said that, having a number Of
other patients to attend, and knowing that Martins
case was Of ordinary character he delayed calling
upon him Decision reserved.
Year: 1876

In the above estimate Of the number OF inmates in
the public institutions the average for q number Of
years has been taken The subject is that was
hanstively inquired into by the late Assembly Com
mfttee Crime, and the bill has been introduced TO
test tho sense OF the LegisIature
Year: 1876

BAD VISITOR.


william L. Mott laborer, residing at No sol Sixth
avenue went to see his brother who in the employ.
ment OF Thomas J. Fellow, OF Somerset county, New
Jersey. and when about to return home stole suit OF
Mr. Fellows clothing and his watch IN all Of the value
Of asa Mr. Fellow became his own detective and
caused the arrest OF the accused at the aters resi-
denee where also was found al of the stolen property
Judge Duty held Mott for trial.


a sABBATH ROW,


John o'Mara Of No l.o91 Second avenue, was held
for trial in default Of bail to answer charge ofeloni
Gus assault James Graham, OF No. SSS East Forty
second street complained that he was the victim OF
tho assault and showed . terrible cut on the head,
which was indicted with some sharp instrument The
row took place IN lagcr beer saloon an SandaK and
Year: 1876

Amer all the sharp preliminary sklrmishng in the
Tweed 81 900 900 suit the general engagement which
il was supposed would open yesterday did not take
place Judge Westbrook, who is TO preside at the trial.
was promptly on the bench, as we'll as the jurors OBJ
tanned with much dniculty, and the counsel
who have wrangled necessarily the for the
last three weeks. There little initiaory diver
sion however caused by the appearance of the ire
presslble Kirschner, who insisted reading docu-
ment which, ne stated wished file with the Court
before the commencement OF the trial The gist of the
document pronouncing the Court and the counsel
on both sides ns "mentally and legally disqualified"
from trying the When this nterrup
tion at end Judge Westbrook
briefly addressed the jury saying that he had hoped
10 proceed with This trial without further interruption
Unfortunately however, they unable TO do so, in
consequence or the and dangerous illness of Mr.
David Dudley Fields wife, which was so severe as 10
make Mr.. Fields constant attendance upon her neces
sary. Under these circumstances, after consultation
with counsel he had decided 70 postpone the The
delay was very unfortunate for himself his circuit at
Albany, which was set down for that day, was post
poned by him for a week. He had, however, tele-
graphed TO Albany that morning 10 say he would he
there tomorrow. Under these circumstances the trial
would be deferred for two weeks The Court then ad
journed the dale named and the large and expectant
crowd In attendance slowly and with disappointment
in their looks FLED fronSthe court room.
Year: 1876

An interesting question has been raised 20 the
power Of the to compel the New York Stock Ex
change to sell OF It's seats to meet the demands of
judgment, creditor against member judgment
was obtained by James worthngton against Stephen
y. hasset tho latter being the owner OF seat in the
Now York Stock Exchange the market value OF which
At present is reported at about $4,000 According to
tho complaint Mr. Massett has absconded at least
far as to prevent any proceedings being taken under
such judgment Under this state of facts Mr. Worth
ington brought suit in the nature Of creditors action
against MIR. McLane, the President OF the New York
Stock Exchange, TO compel the sale of Mr. Massetts
SCAT and, after paying the fines and dues OF Mr Mas
sct TO apply the balance to the payment of the udg
ment in question. The defence is that the sale OF
seat OF a member there must first be paid from the
proceeds all the debts owing by such member TO othcr
members; that all tho other members are necessary
parties TO the present proceeding, and that year
must elapse alter the failure OF member TO meet his


liabilities before his seat be sold and settlement
can be consummaied with the creditors. The case
up for trial yesterday before Judge Donohuc, holding
Special Term OF tho Supreme Court, who reserved his
decision.
Year: 1876

1t is age generally that spoils cream.
A dairy correspondent of the Country
Gentleman gives the following explana-
tion of the matter:


The cause and cure are both well
enough known. Cream becomes bitter
bv long keeping; at three days it will
begin to tell after the fourth day it Is
unfit to be used in coffee or made into
butter, spelling both.


In summer there is little bitter milk
or cream. because the cream is churned
sooner than in winter, seldom reaching
the third day Sometimes, where there
is single COW kept, have known the
bitter to show on account of the small
quantity of cream accumulating. The
summer practice is reversed in the
winter. There being too little milk to
require frequent churning then-say
one, and sometimes two churnings a
week-we account readily for the evil
complained Of The iorepart of the
season, when milk is in greater quantity,
necessitating more frequent churning,
hear of but little complaint. 1t matters
not how good the feed is--if the tenderesi
hay and roots are added, making an
| approach TO summer feed; nor how clear
the milk is kept, the most perfect mili
il set beyond three days will be hurt
The writer ot this has filed the vessel
leaving bareley space enough for clou
to be stretched over without touching
the milk, and snug lid put on, keeping
the air out, but all to no purpose. 80
in the purest air, in all the temperatures
it is the same.


1t is age that spoils the cream; no
only does it make it bitter, but destroy
the flavor, giving it a rank, disagreeabl
taste. The sooner the cream is churne
or used after the milk has stpod forty
eight hours, the better. If there is to


little cream to chuIn. add the milk an


churn that with it to give suflicieT
body to work it. If the milk has bee


kept in pure air, and cleanliness observe


throughout, with the proper temperatur
about 60 degrees, there will be 9
absence of the bitter, rank taste, but
good quality of butter will be produce
Year: 1876




The truth about Custer is, that he was
a pet soldier, who had risen not above
his merit, but higher than men of equal
merit. He fought with Phil. Sheridan
and through the patronage of Sheridan
he rose, but while Sheridan liked his
valor and his dash he never trusted his
judgment. He was to Sheridan what
Murat was TO Napoleon. While Sheri-
dan is always cool, Custer was ALWAYS
afame. He was like thermometer. He
had touch of romance about him, and
when the war broke out he used to go
about dressed like one Of Byron's pirates
in the Archipelago, with waving. Mining
locks, and broad, Tapping sombrero.
Rising to high command early in life, he
lost the repose necessary to success in
high command. Why. remember when
we were chasing Lee, and had him up
against Appomatox. Custer rushed into
the rebel lines and wanted Longstreet to
surrender the whole army to him. You
see Custer imagined that if he could
frighten Longstreet into a surrender all
he would have to do would be to turn
over the whole rebel gang to Grant, but
I-ongstreet, who had wonderful sense,
quietly told the furious young man that
he did not command the army to surrer-
der it and that Lee was off to see Grant
on the same business. Then Custer must
rush into politics, and went swinging
round the circle with johnson. He
wanted to be a statesman, and, but for
Sheridan's influence with Grant, the re-
pub, cans wonld have thrown him; but
you see we all liked Custer, and did not
mind his little freaks in that way any
more than we would have minded tenn
Year: 1876

The following is the full text of the
Joint resolution Tor the issue Of silver
coin, which has passed both houses OF
congress and now goes to the president
for signature:


Resolved, that the secretary of the
treasury, under such limits and regula-
tions as will best secure a just and fair
distribution of the same through the
country. may issue the silver coin at any
time i'm the treasury To- an amount not
exceeding $4,000, 900 in exchange for
an equal amount of legal-tender notes,
and notes 80 received in exchange shall be
kept asa special fund separate and apart
| from all other money IN the treasury, and
be issued only upon the retirement and
destruction OF like sum OF fractional
currency received at the Treasury in
payment of dues of the United States,
and said fractional currency, when
substituted, shall be destroyed and held
As part of the sinking fund, as provided
in the act approved April II, 1876.


"Sec. .. That the trade dollar shall
not hereafter be a legal tender, and the
secretary of the treasury is hereby
authorized TO limit from time to time
the coinage thereof to such an amount
as he may deem sufficient TO meet the
export demand for the same.


"Sec. 8. That. in addition to the
amount of subsidiary silver coin author
lied by law to he issued in redemption
of the fractional currency, it shall be
lawful to manufacture at the several
mints, and issue through the treasury
and it's several Offices, such coin TO an
amount that, including the amount of
subsidiary silver coin and of fractional
currency outstanding, shall in the ag-
qregate not exceed at any time SJO,OOO,-
600.


esSec. 4. That the silver bullion re-
quired, for the purpose of this act shall
he purchased from time TO time at the
market rate by the secretary of the
treasury with any money iB the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, but no
purchase Of bullion shall be made under
this resolution when the market pFlce
for the same shall be such rs VIII not
admit of the coinage and issue as therein
provided without loss to the treasury
and any gain or seigniorage arising from
this coinage shall be accounted for ana
paid into the treasury, and provided
under existing laws relative 10 subsidiary
coinage, provided that the amount OF
money at any one time invested IN sucn
silver bullion, exclusive of such resulting
coin. shall not exceed 100000"
Year: 1876

Mark Twain, in an account of Nc
Douglas cave and the skeleton found in
it, says:


The poor unfortunate had starved to
death. In one place near at hand. a
stalagmite had been slowly growing up
from the ground for ages, builded by the
water drip from a stalactite over head
The captive had broken off the stalag-
mite, and upon the stump had placed a
stone wherein he had scooped a shallow


hollow to catch the precious drop tn
fell once in every twenty minutes, with
the dreary regularity of clock-tick-a
desert.spoonful once in four -and-twenty
hours. That drop was aIling wnen the
pyramids were new; when Troy fell
when the foundations of Rome were laid
when Christ was crucifed when the
conouerer created the British empire;
when Columbus sailed; when the mas
sacre at Lexington was "news" 1t is
falling now it will be still falling when
all these things shall have sunk down
the afternoon Of history and the twilight
of tradition, and been swallowed up IN
the thick night ofoblivion. Has every.
thing purpose and mission? Did thi:
drop fall patiently during five thousand
years to be ready for this fitting human
insects need, and has it another import
Year: 1876

A terrible disastrous storm of wind
swept over the Comango valley, in Penn
sylvania, last week The day had been
noticeable for the number and severity
of its thunder storms in the immediate
vicinity, but about six o'clock in the af-
ternoon it cleared up and the sun came
out brightly. A few minutes past six,
however, two clouds appeared in the
horizon in the west, and increased rapid
ly in size and grew deasely black. They
approached the village rapidly, and seemed
to touch the ground. The sky assumed
yellowish cast, and for a short time an
oppressive stiffness prevailed. Presently
a cool, stiff wind began TO blow, increas-
ing in strength as the clouds drew nearer.
When these were within mi c of the
place, at a point where a range of hills
known as the Wyckof mountain has its
western terminus, the two clouds came
together, and a binding light broke for
an instant through the valley. 1t had
now grown quite dark, and for some
time many of the inhabitants of the vii
lage and the outskirts had been flying in
terror from their houses and crossing the
river for the open fields on the opposite
side. When the two clouds collided
they united into one. which almost in
stantly became a whirling mass, shaped
like a pillar and which rushed with
great velocity down the mountain side
Trees were uprooted or moved down in a
swath fifty feet wide; buildings were un-
rooted and the air filled with debris
borne along in dark mass by the whirling
cloud. Fortunately in its course there
was no buildings other than a few barns
and sheds, the farm houses being on the
level plain north of the road, which fol-
lows the base of Wyckuf mountain for
two miles The storm hugged this range
Of hills, filling grain fields with flying
branches and timber, and demolishing
everything in its path. 1t passed oft
some distance u the south Of the village
and followed the hills to Miller's Point.
= mile below, where the mountain juts
out into the sire am, and thus compelling
the road to cross the river, which it had
done for twenty years by a covered
bridge When the clouds reached this
point and struck the iutting rocks it
turned to the left, and sweeping down
on the bridge, lifted it bodily from its
foundation hundred feet, apparently, in
the air, breaking it into three pieces,
each about thirty feet long. One of
these pieces was thrown into field ten
rods from the river, the other was carried
a quarter Of a mile down the river, where
it fell into the stream, while the third
piece, being caught squarely up in the
whirlwind, was borne aloft for mile,
where it fell 10 the ground on the farm
of Charles Goodman, crashing into his
cattle yard and killing a morse and a
COW. Mr.. Goodman's family saw the
huge mass approaching, and ran in ter
ror from the house, taking up 4 position
in the field.


At Goodman's the storm cloud seemed
to spend its fury. 1t passed off to the
southwest and disappeared.
Year: 1876

ant object to accomplish ten thousand
years to come? q? No matter. 1t is many
and many year since the hapless half
breed scooped out the stone to catch the
priceless drops, but to this day the tour
ist stares longest at that pathetic stone
and that slow dropping water when he
comes to see the wenders of McDougal's
cave. Injun Joe's cup stands first in the
list of the cavern marvels; even "Alad
dins palace" cannot rival it.
Year: 1876

prey. Their manner of attack is an i'm
mense leap. Instantly their strong pin
GERS are fastened, and they only let go
when the piece gives way. At such
times, this little animal seems animated
by kind of fury which causes it to dis
regard entirely its own safety, and to
seek the conquest of its prey The bites
are very painful. The natives relate
that criminals were in former times ex-
posed to the path of the ants, as the most
cruel manner of putting them TO death.
Year: 1876

GOETHE AND GEORGE SAND ON
DEATH.-Here is passage from the late
letter traced by the hands of George Sand.
which is singularly like to a saying of
Goeth on his death bed: II am not one
of those who shrink from submission to a
great law and rebel against the end of
universal life" Is it not told of the
great German that he broke long
silence by this wise and consolatory
utterance: After all. this death is SO
general thing, it can not be an evil
thing"
Year: 1876

MANS SELF-CoNcroUsNEss. II am
not sure that the greatest man of his
age, if ever that solitary superlative
existed, could escape unfavorable re-
flections of himself in various small
mirrors; and even Milton, looking
for his portrait in spoon, must
submit to have the facial angle of a
pumpkin. Moreover, if Mr.. Casau-
bon, speaking for himself, has rather
a chilling rhetoric. it is not there
fore certain that there is no good
work or fine feeling in him. Did
not an immortal physicist and inter
prefer of hieroglyphs write detesta-
bic verses? Has the theory of the
solar system been advanced by
graceful manners and conversational
tact? Suppose We turn from outside
estimates Of man, to wonder, with
keener interest. what is the report Of
his own conciousness about his do
ings or capacity: with what hindran-
ces he is carrying on his daily labors;
what fading of hopes, or what deep
er fixity of self-delusion the years
are marking off within him; and with
what spirit he wrestles against uni
versal pressure, which will one day
be too heavy for him, and brin. his
heart to its final pause. Doubtless
his lot is important in his own eyes;
and the chief reason that we think
he asks too large place in our con-
siderations must be our want of room
for him, since we refer him to the
Divine regard with perfect conf
dence: nay, it is even held sublime
for our neighbor to expect the ut
most there, however little he may
have got from us.-GEoRGE ELIOT,
in MiI{ieHarck.
Year: 1876

ARK BROKEN A young man by the
nsme of R. D. Spray, employed by MI.
Amunds to drive his milk wagon, had
the misfortune to break his left arm
last evening. He stepped down from
the wagon. and was walking rapidly
along the sidewalk with milk can in
his hand, when he tripped and fell
striking on his left arm and breaking il
Just above the wrist. DR.. Basley Sc
and dressed the injured limb, and MIR
Spray will soon be in a condition Il
resume work.
Year: 1876

A PICTURE OF MARIE ASTo1NETTE.-
Once upon a time there was young
princess, beautiful as the day. accord
ing to her fatterers; red-headed as the
March moon, so said the snvious; who
ut the age Of fifteen was married to the
heir to the throne OF friendly state.
This prince was but one year older than
she, but of a very different disposition
He was as dull and heavy as she was
CAV. No one had ever heard him utter
a word in public. and his only tastes
were for hunting and masonry. After
lis marriage he continued to hunt the
stag. to help the masons when they
came to work OH the palace. and to sit
at the table without opening his mouth,
except to greedily devour food. As to
the princess, she cared for no other
society than that of number of noisy.
dirty little dogs, that tore aud soiled
her dresses; her greatest pleasure was
to ride ON donkey at the risk of being
thrown. and she liked to have some one
point out to her all the odd visages at
the court-a proceeding that amused
laughing in peoples faces. Her only
intimate friends were ladies who were
as fond OF talking scandal rs herself.
which is saying not little. Called by
the decrees OF Providence to govern n
great country, one day. side by side
with her stupid husband, she despised
her future subjects SO much that she
ceased to respect herself; she neglected
to put on corsets when about to appear
in public, and she never brushed her
teeth, although, as We have stated. she
was very fond of laughing. Knowing
we'll that the slightest of her caprices
were to be obeyed, she refused to learn
anything. Her sisuorance was excess
sive. She could scarcely form her
letters, and, although she had a reader,
she could scarcely endure to listen to
him more than half an hour a day. and
then only by dint of playing with her
dogs or with little children who were
brought to her expressly. Neither mn-
sic nor even singing had any charms
for her, because to study them would
have required some application. --Aue-
nel's Life OF the Queen.
Year: 1876

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil of August 18th
has an article on the grasshopper plague, from
which we extract the following:


Passengers on the Union Pacific express which
arrived from the west last evening brought the
intelligence that the destroying grassLoppers
were lighting in vast swarms along the line of
the road in the vicinity of Fremont and Valley
Station. They were present all along the road
from kearney Junction TO the station above
mentioned, and had utterly DESTROYED the crops
IN that part of Nebraska. One man informed us
that the corn stood like poles. entirely divested
OF all the leaves and tasses. The air was literally
hlled with them, and they presented the appear
ance OF heavy snow storm in winter. the
ground at the same time being completely
covered. This was more especially true between
Fremont and Valley Station. So thick we're
they on the track that the express was consi der
ably delayed by the crushing of them on the
rails, making them slippery. When the train
arrived ut the transfer, the engine was literally
covered with the dead carcasses of the pests
which adhered to it-in some places three inches
IN thickness, and emitting a sinell that was
fairly slekening. The tender and the trucks of
the cars were also covered in the same manner
AS to the direction in which they are travelling,
accounts vary, some stating that they are COM
ing east, other that they are moving in a south
westerly direction. The reason many suppose
them To De on the move eastward, is because each
succeeding day finds them further in that direc-
ton. week ago they were at Kearney day
before Yesterday ut Schuyler; yesterday at Val
ley Station, only thirty miles west of this point.
lhe suppositIon Of their moving in this direction
because of the above reasons we are inclined to
think is erroneous.