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Year: 1872

hand In his pocket and stole twenty seven ceIlfs


Riley was defended by a "lawyern with an unmis
nonsensical observations to the jury said that
sooner than permit prisoner to go upon the stand
anu commit perjury he would go down to his grave.


Assistant District Attorney Fellows caused a
roar OF laughter In the Court when he said that the
only sensible thing which fell from the "awyer's''
ups was that ne was going down to his grave. He
wished him pleasant and speedy Journey.


The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of robbery
In the first degree and the Recorder sentenced him
10 the State Prison for twenty years at hard labor
having been informed by police officers that Riley
is connected with gang Of thieves who are ter.
rOr to the neighborhoOd.
Year: 1872

Thank you. Yes do care for letters
and the expression get from them, and the repub-
lican journals show me that there s some thing
worth more than oice-the esteem and respect OF
friends. shall try to deserve the latter The man
who sets his heart upon office in this country Is a
fool. l never felt that had much luck In that
direction. But love good hearty fight, and
'reckon" we shall have it this fall count me In.
Sincerely yours, J. II. HAWLEY.
Year: 1872

S 7 Q K e s
special Plea Submitted by Stokes Counsel, tho
Nature Of Which lie Declines to


state to the Court.
elimination and Recrimination


Between Counsel.
Charges Of Ring influence All


Around.
Year: 1872

Before Surrogate Hutchings.


The Taylor will case, which was begun in the Sur
rogates Court on the 9th instant, and was to all
seeming settled by compromise (Which has been
pubshed) accepted on the part of the daughter of
the first wife and the second the divorced) wife,
contestants and In conformity with which letters
testamentary were to issue yesterday to the third
wife, the prOponent Of the last will and testament OF
deceased has assumed new phase, and will, in all
probability, prove very interesting trial before a
settlement Is effected.


One Mrs. Mary Anne Taylor appeared before the
Surrogate Yesterday and claimed the right to con-
test the will on the ground that she is the lawful
The Surrogate after reading the affidavit granted
an order summonng the proponent OF the will to
appear and show cause why this Mrs. Taylor should
not be permitted to contest the validity OF the WILL
Mrs. Taylor states In her affidavit that she now
lives In Brooklyn; was married to John Henry Tay-
lor six years ago by mutual agreement the issue OF
the marriage Is one child, named by her husband,
old.


Will and First COdiciI.


Surrogate Hutchngs delivered his decision yes
terday in the Gray will case. 1t has dragged its
slow length along for months now, though the sum
OF 1000 was all that was involved. There were
two codcils to the WILL the terms Of the first OF
entirely to the immediate relatives OF the deceased.
The second codcil negatved the provisions OF the
will and gave the bulk Of the property to Mr.. John
Crolius.


The Surrogate confirmed the will and the first
codicl and decided against the second.
Year: 1872

Council met In special session, last evening to
A1 the tax rate for the current year. The mem
bsrs we're unable to agree, and the meeting was
adjourned until o'clock, this evening" to give
further time for consideration.
Year: 1872

ANOTHER BATTLE IMMINENT AT MONTEREY


MATAMoRAs, June "A.
A decisive conflict is imminent at Monterey,
with numerical strength largely on the side Of
the government under the command Of General
Rocha.
Year: 1872

COLUMBUS, July l6.-Representatiyes
from the Democratic and Liberal State
Committee, met here this forenoon to
consult as to the calling Of a State Mass
Convention. It was finally decided to
call a mass convention to meet in this
city on the thirty-ffrst of July, at which
time two Senatorial electors will be
chosen. Ageneral co-operation between
Democrats and Liberals was agreed
uDOn.
Year: 1872

Since these figures were made the
growth Of liberalism has been 50 rapid
as to greatly increase the opposition TO
Grant within his own party, 30 that We
feel fully justified in making this table
as that which represents the present
prospects Of our ticket:
Year: 1872

Our Washington letter for this week
contains a notice Of Judge Crossland's
speech on the tariff, delivered in the
House, on the 10th instant. and also
other interesting matter pertaining to the
political situation.
Year: 1872

FROM the brief of the British argu-
ment in the Alabama case, it must be
evident to every intelligent mind that the
English government never had the
slightest idea Of the American claim for
indirect damages until very recently
England while extremely friendly aud
couciiatory in tone, explicitly declares
not merely that the British Government
Will not pay the Indirect damages bill,
but "is unable to submit the question of
the admissibility Of claims for indirect
damages to the board of arbitration at
Geneva. This Is, as we stated at the
beginning Of the controversy, the English
uiiimlJum, aud there is no reason to be
lieye it will be receded from The chan


ces for an amicable aud satisfactory set
tIement would doubtless have been i'm
proved, had England offered some sort
of compromise by which the case could
have been left to The adjudication of the
Geneva tribunal with the understanding
chat the Uuited States would not press
the objectioual claims but this at best
would be a species of chi!d's play, aud
it is better to confront the whole situa
ton at the outset just as it stands.
Year: 1872

TIE BEST WAY To KEEP PoTAToEs. =
Potatoes should always be kept in the
dark. Intelligent rural housekeepers
need not be told this but many others,
living in towns and cities, should know
that potatoes exposed to the light for a
day only, have their flavor injured and
the longer they are exposed the worse
they are. Never use greenisb potato.
as such tubers are unfit for human food.
When Irish potatoes are removed from
the cellar, they should always be spread
cut thin on the floor. in cool building.
If the apartment is not dark they should
be covered with boards, to exclude the
light. 1t is good practice, also, to
cover them with clean straw or sawdust.
The injury done to potatoes by the light,
after they are carried from dark cellar,
is the chief reason why there is such a
universal complaint of poor potatoes in
the spring and during the forepart OF
summer. Every sort of vegetable that
grows in the dark beneath the surface
of the ground should be stored in a
dark apartment while those vegetables
and fruits which mature in the light,
will ripen more satisfactorily. and de-
velop more luscious flavor, If they are
stored in light room.
Year: 1872

MELTON VEAL.-This is a standard
dish at the Melton Race in England. and
is composed of alternate slices of Y al
and ham. Butter good sized bowl and
slice as thin as possible six hard boiled
eggs, then line TIE bowl with the slices.
Place in the bottom layer of raw veal
steak in thin slices, and sprinkle over
it small quantity of salt. pepper and
grated lemonpeel; proceed in the same
way with thin slices of raw ham, but
leave out the salt. Fill up the bowl in
this manner. Cover it with thick


paste of -four and water. so stiff as to b.
rolled ont. Tie double cotton cloth
all over the top and boil three hours.
putting it into boiling hot water at the
first. and keeping the water Just b=low
.he level of the bowl. When cooked


take off tie cloth anu the paste. and let
the veal stand until the following day;
then turn it out on platter, and cut
very thin after it comes to the table;
garnish with sliced lemon and parsely


1t is "a dainty dish" to set before a
king. 1t is also delicious as side dish
for dinner, and makes good breakfast.


ARSENIC IN CoLoRED CARPETINGs.
Hallwachs bas found that not only green
but also the rcd colored carpetipgs fire.
quently contain arsenic. He particu-
larly asserts that the brilliant dark red
colors now SO greatly in de mand. con-
tains enormous quantities of this poi
sonous substance. The goods burned
with the blue flame of arsenic, and gave
its characteristic garlic odor. Enough
of the color could be rubbed off with the
finger to give distinct precipitate of
arsenic with the usual re-agent, and in
solution in hydrochloric acid covered
some copper pieces with the greyish
coating characteristic of the substance
Year: 1872

To PACK AWAY DRESSES - Carefully
fold in very dark blue paper. as highly
glazed as possible. This will preserve
the color of them. but they must
also be kept in a dry place. or be oc-
casioully uofolced and hung for few
hours in a dry room, and the paper oe
dried. too. otherwise they are sure to
get spotted with mould.
Year: 1872

To PRESERVE STRAWBERRIES. TO two
pounds of fine, large strawberries, add
two pounds of powdered sugar, and put
them in preserving kettle. over slow
fire, till the sugar is melted then boil
them for half an hour as fast as possible;
have ready number Of small jars, and
put the fruit IN boiling hot. Cover the
jars Immediately. aud keep them through
the summer in cold. dry cellar. The
Jars must be heated before the hot fruit
is poured in otherwise they will break.
Year: 1872

lady teacher an lows school made .
boy stand up and show how he kissed the big
girls in, the woodshed, in hopes that be would
shed tears and promise to do SO no more All
the boys are leaving the other schools and
going to this lady teacher.
Year: 1872

From Tn Commercial Advertiser Dec. 3, l8I2


Readers of the daily papers have been en-
terained during the past week by the wordy conflict
between the rival Life Insurance Companies, and the
pocyhoders who are directly interested in the ques-
tons at issue must have been puzzled to discover the
actual truth amid the din OF angry controversy. out OF
the mass Of charges and countercharges however It is
possible 70 sft two plain facts which will help
toward better understanding OF the whole case


The well-known and prosperous Company which has
initiated the reduction OF insurance premiums has now
In force 1854 policies representing risks TO the amount Of
S22sO367-as against III OS6 policies held by the compa
nes which are opposing it, whose aggregate risks amount
o3O215 Out Of an interest which representsa total
OF more than two thousand millions OF risks therefore,
very small minority fayors the proposed measure OF
reduction Of rates. This point being established Is
natural inquiry whether the proposed change in the
management OF the life insurance business would pro
duce genuine reform or whether it has been urged
with a view 10 the Acknowledgement OF one company at
the expense Of its competitors This particular point we
shall not here discuss polcyholders and stockholders
VIII decide upon 1t for Themselves in the light OF
the statements made on both sides OF the through
the columns Of the newspapers, But there is one
argument which has aipraetcal application, and has
already been Illustrated IN the recent history Of the
Fire Insurance Companies. Recognizing the fact that
there IL az all times danger from what is beyond human
control and taught by severe and repeated disasters
that prudence the best safeguard the Fire Insurance
interest taken 10 protect itself by marking
up the rates Of premiums nearly per cent Sharp dis
cpne required In order TO convince the Fire Com
panes Of the ruDous character Of their former system
but the lesson has been pretty thoroughly learned and
hereafter there viii be better security for the insured
and safer returns for the insurers Applying the same
principle 20 the affairs OF the Life Insurance Companies
1t Is obvious that the increased risks from any sudden
increase In mortality would produce results similar TO
those which felt by the Fire Companies after the
disasters OF Boston and Chicago


That the nation may escape serious epidemic. carry
w on its THOUSANDS, u " w kss1ey hoped, nor In
Year: 1872

deed, do think that it need he consoeren very sei
ously in the prosent day but would he satisfactory TO
know that annie nroyison had been made by al our
Life Companies to avert the disastrous eects OF
such an event The public verdict rs that no money Is
SO completely wasted that which is spent upon
cheap and doubtful insurance. aud this would certainly
be the case with the Life Insurance system were no pre-
cautions taken TO provide against unusual oe'n'hus
upon the resources of our Companies.
Year: 1872

DELEGATE ELECTIoN.-As will be seen
above, Hundred meetings to elect Delegates to
the Republican State Convention will be he ID
on Saturday, May Ash. 1t is desired that the
Republican voters of each Hundred attend
these meetings, to the end that the Delegates
may be sent by and represent the mass of
Republican voters, The work of the party at
large can 'thus be delegated to faithful and
competent men, and rings, cliques, &c, be
voted down at the outset if such aspire to
control the action Of the convention.
Year: 1872

On Thursday evening Wendell Phillips ad-
dressed the International Grand Lodge of the
knights of st. Crispin, at Boston. on the labor
question. lie predicted the downfall of Repub.
licanism and said that if the working men
stood by each other faithfully they could elect
a President in 1876. He wanted the financial
system of the country reconstructed so that
money could be had at per cent interest, and
gardens and books and beautiful things given
to the working classes, who ought never work
more than hours day.
Year: 1872

1t Is with utter amaZ ament tha


we read, the other day, in NOR


nlDg journal an advertisement re


ques,lng ali agent OF some reliable


lie insurance company 10 call on


the advertiser, as he desired to


take out policy. Did that man


realize what the consequences will


be? Vast hOrdes of lie Insurance
agents will Immediately swoop
down upon that man. They will
surround him at bis meals; they


will bore him to church; they will


burst into the parlOr while he
is cour'ing; they will shake


him up and wake him, and pull
the covers off of him while he is in
b d; they will force themselves
into the carriage with him when
he goes TO funerals; they will break
in upon him at family prayers.
If be closes and locks his doors,
they will slide down the chimney


with mortality tables; they will
come up through the drain-pipe
with explanations of the ten year
plan; they will wrench off the
window shutters, so as to read
death rates 10 him; they will shin
up the water spoutS, and souse
down through the trap-door with
documentary evidence that the
endowment-plaD is the best one.


If he should seclude himself on a
desert island, he would hardly
step ashore before he would see
fifteen or sixteen hundred Hfe-in-
surance agents padding through
the breakers in canoes. If he
should buy a suit Of submarine
arlnOr and sink himself TWO miles
deep in the middle OF the Atlantic
ocean, he wouldn't touch bottom
before an insurance agent would be
down there in diving bell with
a doctor, asking questions about
the disease his grandmother died
with, and wanting to sound his
liver. II, in sheer despair, lie
should blow out his brains, we ac-
tuaily believe that half the life
insurance agents in the country
would commit suicide, in order to
explain the ton!ine system to him
as soon as be got cover the river"
The man has evidently made a
mistake.
Year: 1872

Chicago claims to have been
rebuilding itself during the past
eight months at the rate of one
four-story edifce for every
hour of the working day. As
suming that it would require an
average force of at least twenty
men to complete one such build
ing in eight months, and count
ing eight hours as a days work,
this computation would imply
that 33, 500 mechanics are stead
lily employed in the actual rails
ing of houses in Chicago, TO
say nothing of the numerous
auxiliary handicraftsmen whose
home labor contributes to the
finishing and ornamentation of
each structure.
Year: 1872

Southern gray and the Northern
b ue were Unfortunately piled.
Both men atterward regretted that
they left the rife of the assassin
In the cabin, as it was not to be
found when they returned and
looked Tor ii. They soIemnly de-
ciared that the stock contained a
row OF notches, reaching from the
breech to the muzzle, and that
Burton told them that every notch
represented life he had taken, and
that two more would probably be
added for their own unless he felt
an Il usual generosity and allowed
them to live.
Year: 1872

A subscriber wrote to the ed
ttor of Newark paper to ask
the meaning ofthe phrase mOrS
omnibus eommunis. The editor
said it was a French sentence,
intended to explain something
about Morse's omnibus being
of service to the community.
At the same time, he said, the
sentence was evidently con-
structed by some idiot who
thought he knew French when
he didn't, and consequently sew
eral important words were left
out.
Year: 1872

Oshkosh, Wis, has had an Enoch
Arden, but he didn't come back
and gaze through the window at
the felicity of the reconstructed
household, and then go into the
green and yellow melancholy
business; not any. He kicked
the new husband out, sorted over
the children and sent his brats
after him, and then, after thrash
ing his wife, settled down into a
peaceful and happy head OF the
family.
Year: 1872

Charles S. Spencer and U. c. Davis met
Gov. Hoffman the Clarendon Hotel yesterday morn
ing TO urge stay of the sentence condemning Henry
Rogers TO be hung on Friday for the murder Of officer
Donahue Of Brooklyn District Attorney Brtton argued
the case and the Governor urged that he could not
consider the Justice Of the sentence after two justices OF


the had decided the matterbut could only
consider whether cemency should be extended. The
matter being put on this ground IL argued that
much time had elapsed since the sentence TINT public
sympathy. for the condemned man had sprung up, so
that the execution looked at in the light OF preventive
OF crime might do more harm than good. Mr.. Spencer
gave his bill exceptions to the Governor and said that
n the application was denied, further effort for ROg
ers would be made.


The Governor promised TO consider the matter. and


telegraph from Sing Sing to-day he found for in
terpOsiug but requested that meanwhile the preparations
for the execution should 90 Mr.. DAVIS visited the
condemned prisoner at the Raymond-st Jail between
and O'Clock yesterday afternoon, and informed him
that there was probability that Gov. Hoffman would
iuterpOse In lls behalf,
Year: 1872

The Kings County Republican General Com
mtee passed resolutions last night directing that the
several Ward Town Associations shall be represented
IN the General Committee OF 1873 according to the Re-
publican vote cast in the last Gubernatorial election
and that each ward and town shall have one dele
eate and one additional delegate for every
800 votes cast for the Republican candidate for
Governor and one additional delegate for each fraction
OF 800 votes OF not less than 125 votes 1t was also
authority of the Committee each ward and town shall
he entitled TO the number OF delegates as IN ne
General Committee. Primary meetings for the election
~ delegates and ward officers announced for Thurs
day night Dec 49, Toe number OF delegates from each
ward and town. under the above basis OF
no ag
Year: 1872

In the case of William Mannheim, an alleged
bankrupt, Judge Blatohferd, in the United states DIS
trict Court yesterday. summay disposed OF the peu
tion In this way:


do not think this is proper case for ADJUDICATION
The sole act OF bankruptcy alleged Is the suspension v
payment for IA days, OF the promssOry note OF he et
TONER 1t is shown that the alleged bankrupt is man
of large property that he has not suspended pay et
his debts aud paper generay that ne is ensasou ~ -
prosecuting regular business wholly uncOnnecIeu WIN
the transaction in regard which the note was gVe
that failed TO pay the note because he was w
counsel and believed that he had good defense 10 . on
the ground that he had never received any
for it, and that IL passed away Dy tne noIner
in violation OF the agreement under which IL was kNe
aud that the petitioner not bona nue
holder of IL for valuable consideration without nouee
that suit is now pending In the supreme 1oure
against him, brought on the note Dy tne pee
TONER Under these circumstances the debtor cannot ne
said TO have suspended payment OF his paper, wtmn
the meaning OF the statute IL was not lntehdeu ta
such person should be put into bankruptcy ~ Is no
for tins Court try the question OF the actual naoy
of the debtor on the and adIudge that there was
suspension of payment OF hls paper II such laO & tx
listed The proper place for the determination OF the
question as 10 such liability is the Court IN wch Ihe
suit on the is pending The petition is disnsSeu
with costs.
Year: 1872

The Importers and Grocers' Board of Trade
at Wall and Pearl sts, yesterday adopted the report OF
the Building Committee, which announced that the
premises Nos 81 50 Was had been secured for the
use Of the Board. The following resolutions were then
adopted:


Whereas The Of the trade represented by this Bosr demand
grester facilities removing freight from this the West and


The STATE authorities taking measures looking TO the
the Be Canal and the encouragement OF steam trans
the same therefore


That this Board hereby their great Interest In thf
for the cooperation Of ndred organizations
OF this city banging the subject before the STATE and Ma
obs Legislatures and possible Of urging to an early and favorable
result


the Committee Trade and Statistics be requested to
oonsder whole subeerof Western freight and represent this
conferences s be held with other similar oganiLa
tons and report Boar the result oi their Efforts
Year: 1872

MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE CONTROLLER.


Controller Green has made the following
monthly statement of the amount of warrants drawn,
and for what purposes, against the City and County
Treasury from JAM to NOv 80, inclusive, amounting
TO sSS 1ls Os and comparative statement OF the
City and County Debt and list OF stocks issued during
that period
Year: 1872

To Messrs Brewster Co., corner Nnth-st and FOURTH
ave- we wish TO express deeplyelt thanks for the
tasteful manner IN which, by the drapng OF the large
porco Of their Carriage Repository this prominent rn
mas conveyed to us the sympathy by which they are
sharing our deep mourning for the honored dead
Year: 1872

Although friction matches are
as co.cmon as nails, very small
proporiou of those who use them
understand the principle on which
they operate. 1t is, in fact, a
very simple affair. The tip of the
match is a combination of sulphur
and phosphorus. The phosphor'
us ignites at the heat of one hun
dred and twenty degrees, which
a slight friction will produce, and
this in turn ignites the sulphur,
which requires four hundred and
fifty or FIVE hundred degrees
The flame of sulphur sets FIRE to
the pine wood, OF which the match
is composed, and which ignites al
about six hundred degrees. The
combination is necessary, because
the phosphorus alone would moi
kindle the match, while the sui
pur alone would not ignite with
the ordinary friction.