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Year: 1870

Eighteen cars of the Central Park, North
and East River Railroad the east sde continue to
run at irregular intervals the drivers being guarded
each by two policemen. The usual complement
OF on this portion OF the line Is a. The dis
charged drivers congregate at building diagonay op
poste the depot but have attempted further violence
OF any kind Seventeen policemen, under the command
Sergeant Of the Twenty first Precinct stationed
the depot The policemen on the cars are ordered TO
permit passengers on the front PLATFORM lest the dis
charged drivers should get on, pay their fares and
seduce the drivers from their positions. The dis
charged drivers declare that they made six trips per
diem, whereas tho comers have made but from
two to four in the time. They also say
that four Of the new men tied up within
half an hour yesterday, when they learned
the facts in the No intimidation IL contemplated
by them but IL their belief that they will obtain
what they require In "A quiet manner. They express
willingness To work, "a heretofore without the extra
trip sunday with IL II there Is addition OF IS
to their wages Complaint is made by them that
the new drivers not licensed. They have strong
hopes that officers will be elected, in which event
tney think their demands will be acceded to. The Pres
dent Of the Company, Cummings j. Tucker states that
he discharged number Of the rngleaders Of con
spracy that had been formed to MAIN the horses. He
denied that any addition their wages promised
that he had personal ilfeeng toward the men. He
did not intend to raise the of the drivers but
would take back those who chose to and not
leaders In the difficulty. At several OF the precincts
through which the there a OF po-
hcemen the greater portion Of the day. but trouble
arose they were dismissed
Year: 1870

In 1889 the Legislature of this State passed
act requiring theaters and places OF amusement TO
take out licenses and in 1862 this act amended
to give all the money received the Society for the
Reformation Of Juvenile Delnquents The license fee
was xed $500 payable I'm nstalments OF t25O each
A Mr.. Diers proprietor OF the National Garden in the
Bowery refused neglected to take out license and
suit brought against him by the Society To
the penalty prescribed for such neglect and the h Of
ham restraining him from giving any entertainment
cuded In the terms Of the statute. The came up
yesterday before Judge Brady in the Supreme Court
Chambers, motion made by defendants counsel TO
vacate the injunction The plaintiffs resisted the motion
and made motion TO punish Diers for contempt
In support of this adavis read showing that he
entertainments since the injunction served
upon still
Year: 1870

THE LEGALTENDER CAsE-M0TTON DENIED.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-In the Supreme
Court the motion TO restore No T. Demng agt the
United States Zone Of those supposed to involve the
legatender question: to the docket for hearing was TO-
day Denied Mr. Justice swayne delivering the opinion.
The Court alluded the various postp0nements OF the
Demng and Latham before the day OF dismissal as
matters indicating deliberatiOn and consultation, and
noted the date o the issue OF the mandate and be SAID
that although 1t he granted that the dismissal was made
thereafter-beng advised OF the dismissal, another
Court remaining In session 10 days afterward amounted
Me motion, II matters as he represented was
held to he fatal. As to the consent Of the Attorney
General to the restoration OF the case IL said that,
az the dismissal Of the appeals left the judgment OF the
Court OF Claims in favor Of the United states in fun
force they can sustain prejudice by the denial OF this
motion. The consent OF the Attorney General was there
fore laid out OF view element to be considered
The motion was addressed to discretion the
Court and all the Justices OF opinion that It ought
to be denied.
Year: 1870

IREPoRTED ESPECIALLY FOR THE HERALD.


1t is said by reliable contraband that
President Grant is dissatisfied with the re-
suit of the late elections, and threatens to
bottle himself up with barrel of whisky
and ton of cigars, and thirst and smoke
himself to death. A later dispatch says he
has partially retracted this dire resort and
has sent for Spoons Butler.


Further from the President.


Butler has arove and advises Grant to
change his seaside cottage from Long Branch
to the Dutch Gap Canal, and turn his admir-
able sporting talents to fishing for bull-frogs
for the French market, and directing Wash
burn to cease diplomacy and engage in the
sale of the frogs.


The New York Defeat Explained.
Some Copperhead telegraphed to Grant
That COL Jim Fisk had ordered his regiment
to be at headquarters at daybreak, Tuesday
morning, with cross-belts, side arms, and in
fatigue dress, and Grant telegraphed the
! dispatch back to Mcdowell, whereupon Nc
Dowell took one of his Bull Run attacks
and disappeared.


Leading Republicans Grant. Brigham
Young.


Leading Republicans concur in the opinion
that Grant and his thieves and petty tyrants
have caused the defeat of the party and the
overthrow of mongrelism, and now say that
he must get out of the way, and that Brig
ham Young must be the next Republican
candidate for President
Year: 1870

Desirous of giving every encouragement to persons favoring us with local news. we make the following propositions to regular and occasional correspondents:

 1. On publication of any communication we will forward sis e1tra copies of the EN QuIRRR containing the same to the address of the person sending it to us. or to any persons residing within the county such person may designate. Correspondents must advise us, at the time of sending communications, of the number. of copies desired, and to whom they are to be sent.

 2. Local items from reliable sources in any part of the county will be received with pleasure, but we are particularly de- sirous of increasing our list of regular cor- respondents. To each of these, or to such person as he or she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in ad- dition to the extra copies mentioned above.
Year: 1870

1t might raise the price of the poor mans whiskey; but that is inevitable with any restriction. We are well aware that what we propose seems very low moral stand ard; but it is something, and now we have nothing.-E ENo
Year: 1870




CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH.-Very few of
the sudden deaths which are said to arise
from ''disease'of the heart" do really arise
from that cause. 70 ascertain the real origin
Of sudden deaths, experiments have been
tried in Europe, and reported to scientific
Congress held at Strasbourg. Sixty-six cases
of sudden death were made the subject of a
thorough post mortem examination; in these
cases only two were found who had died
from disease of the heart Nine out of the
sixty-six had died from apoplexy, while there
were forty-six cases of congestion of the lungs
that is, the lungs were so full of blood
they could not work, there not being room
enough for sufficient quantity of air to enter
to support life. The causes that produce con-
gestion of the lungs are-cold feet, tight
clothing, costive bowels, sitting still chilled,
after being warmed with labor or rapid
walk, going too suddenly from close, heat
ed room into the cold air. especially after
speaking, and sudden depressing news opera
ting on the blood The causes of sudden
death being known, an avoidance of them
may serve TO lengthen many valuable lives,
which would otherwise be lost under the ver-
dict of ''heart complaint" The disease is
supposed to be inevitable and incurable; hence
many may not take the pains they would to
avoid sudden death, if they knew it lay in
their power
Year: 1870

tiioui INC l1llWuuhle NlScpGoln. !


Until yesterday we had believed that
wtchcratt and denlonism were among the
things of the past Then the delusion was
dispelled by the appearance of an entire fam
lily of Secondwarders who insisted upon be-
ing locked up to save themselves from the
direful influences of hexenmeister, or mas
ter of witches, residing in their neighborhood


The father, Heinrich Alvers, stated to tho
police that he occupies wing of house $50,
Winnebago street, where demonstrations of
an unusual character had kept the family in
a state of great excitement for the past four
days, and that the noises were so unearthly
that his wife and children had not been able
to sleep for two nights.


About three o'clock yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Alvers was warned by the mysterious
voice Of an invisible presence, that unless he
locked up the members of his family he
would be murdered by one of the number
during the night. He Immediately sum
moned the family to the sitting room and in
formed them of the mysterious message Af-
ter prayerful and fearful council, the family
voted to forsake their home and seek an asy-
lum where the hexenmeister could exercise
no undue influence over them, or cause them
to commit the awful crime of parricide, which
they considered certain if they remained at
home. Accordingly the house was deserted,
the family taking up its march to the police
station, to claim the protection Of the author
tiles. On learning the cause of their sorrow
and tribulation, the officers attempted to per-
suade them to return assuring them that they
would receive protection, but all in vain.
/ They begged pteousy to be locked up be-
yond the power of the hexenmeister.


The family, consisting of two sons and
two daughters, ranging between twelve and
nineteen years of age, were fairly wild with
grief when the officers marched the old man
to the cel-room, it having become evident
that he was slightly demented.. They were
finally prevailed upon to leave him to the
care of the authorities, but could not be pre-
vailed upon to return home until two mem
bers of the force were detailed to escort them
to the house, with orders to stop with them
during the night, for the purpose of discov-
ering the cause of the old man's S trouble.
Year: 1870

have three kisses in my life


SO sweet and sacred unto me
That now, till death-dews rest on them.
My lips shall kissless be.
One kiss was given in childhood's hour,
BY one v no never gave another;
In life and death still shall feel


That Last kiss of my mother.
The second burned my lips for years
For years my wild heart reeled in bliss
At every memory OF the hour


When my lips felt young loves fret kiss
The last kiss of the sacred three


Had all the woe which eer can move
The heart of woman-it was pressed


Upon the death lips of my love.
When lips have felt the dying kiss,


And ielt the kiss of burning love,
And kissed the dead-then never more
In kissing should they think to move
Year: 1870

A GREAT SURPRISE. 4 great many
years ago we remember to have read II
very thrilling story about gentleman of
elegant leisure, who was travelling for
the fun of il in the tropics. Disporting
himself on the banks of river, hc amused
himself 10y trying to turn over and roll
into the stream, for the sake of hearing
it splash, what he supposed was II black
walnut log.


Before he succeeded in turning Il over,
one cnd of the log which happened,
strangely enough to he the tail of nm
alligator Topped round and knocked
him over there was II sort Of splitting
open at the other end, a fash Of white
teeth IN the sunshine, quiet advertise
mcnt of ga good opening for n man Of
means the lazy winkling Of II black eye
that looked like the knot in the log, and
the gentleman of leisure had disappeared
leaving in his wake the glitter Of n pro.
ccssion Of brass buttons and just taste
Of vcrdigris aud linen IN the roof OF the
nlligntor's mouth and then the alligator
resumed his slumbcrs.


And the gentleman left on record
nothing To indicate his feelings We
only know that IL must, III the very
nature of the event. have been u great
surprise to him
Year: 1870

4 Consultation.
OH silvery moonl so fair, so bright,
pray tell me. did you see last night


My love and me
For razing on you long we stayed.
And. by your light, sweet vows VT made,


OF unity.
you saw, oh moon the pledge he gave
TO others but simple wave


Of sllk,n hair
TO me it was u fetter strong
r., bsH my heart lest fear of wrong


Night enter there.
Dear moon did you not hear me say.
.. when YOU shall come, year to day


in show you thisf
And witness 1t shall be of all
Dur VOWS. and faithfully recall


our farewell kiss p
Remember, then, bright moon, to be
when he returns, o'er him and me


All fail us not
And lay on him your witching spell,
That. next year, he remember well


our trysting spot.
Year: 1870

Tnr vomito in Havana is not raging
with unusual violence for this season Of
the year. 1t prevails To u considerable
extent among the scamcn IN the harbor,
hut slightly elsewhere. The Board uf
Health and the physicians report that
the cholera Is decreasing.


QuAns will he abundant In Indiana
this senson
Year: 1870

A contemporary dilates in the following
sensible terms upon the value of the coun-
try paper:


Are you property owner ?-have you
an interest in the growth and prosperity
of the town ?-are you interested in any
improvements in the vicinity are gou
business man? Then which can be of
most service to you-the local paper or
the one you get from abroad? 1t is all
wch enough to patronize city papers and
periodicals, but no man, of good, sound
judgement will do SO to the erclusion of
has local paper.


The local paper has its influence abroad
as well as at home for although its cir
culation may not be as numerous, it is
often scattered over wide expanse of
territory and it has a secondary influence
even where it is never seen nor read for
the very fact of papers being published
in town will give the place name and
reputation among strangers, wherever that
fact is made known.


The most able and experienced editors
of the city press acknowledge and apprc-
ciate the power of the local press, and are
free to recommend its liberal support.
The St. Louis Daily Democrat, in speak
ing on this subject remarks that " men
may say what they will of the influence
of the larger papers of the chief cities !;
we will maintain that a vigorous, indie
pendent local press has done more than
all other agencies to save the country
from disaster. 1t gives voice, force and
concentration to the opinions of men in
each county or neigborhood, and thus


wields a power which, in the aggregate,


no leader however influential, can with,


stand" And the able and experienced


editor of the New York Tribune, in an


article on the same subject, says -
" Nothing is more common than to heal


people talk of what they pay for advertis-
ing, &c. as SO much given in charity


Newspapers, by enhancing the property
in the neighborhood and giving the local
tiles in which they are published repu
tation abroad, benefit all such, particular
ly if they are merchants or real estat,


owners, thrice the amount yearly of the
meagre sum they pay for their support
Besides, every public spirited citizen has
laudable pride in having paper o
which he is not ashamed, even though h,
; should pick it up in New York or Wash
ington.


"A good looking, thriving sheet help
property, gives character to a locality
and is in many respects desirable publ
convenience. If from any cause the mat
ter in the local or editorial columns shoul,
not be up to your standard, do not cast
aside and pronounce it good for nothing
until satisfied that there has been no NOR


labor bestowed upon it than is paid for
If you want good readable sheet, it mus
be supported-not in a spirit of charity
but because you feel necessity to sup
E 2 port it. The printing press is the powe
i that moves the people,"
Year: 1870




Of poets and of singers


That ever sang to me-,
OF minstrels and of psalmists,
/ best of all love three
The waves that move incessant
On the unresisting main,
The winds from Ger the mountain,
And the falling of the rain.
What say you, o storm wind?
And what say you, o sea?
Read me the rune, 0 drops of rain,
That so beguileth mel
In vain my heart has studied
Your ever-howing song,
Its cadences of sadness,


Its monotone of wrong.
Yet still ye keep repeating
In such an earnest way
Your tale of some disastrous year,
Of some unhappy day.
The wild winds shout it seaward,
The surf back to the land;
The rain afiirms the story;
Yet | cannot understand.
There are tears for some great sorrow,
There are sighs for seme great woe,
And sobbings for unheard-0f things
That happened long ago,
With hintings of the future,
And some long-waiting plan
OF grave and fearful moment
To the shuddering heart of man.
So listen to the singing


OF these weird singers three
The shifting wind, the grooming rain,
And the angry shouting sea;
But so cunningly the Master
Hath made their music flow,
That we never till the ending
Shall the mystic meaning know.
Year: 1870




"Unstable as water, thou shalt not
excel" is the language of the Bible.
Whoever expects to succeed in any
undertaking, must enter into it with
a hearty and earnest will to do his
best. When a trade or profession is
chosen, obstacles, be they large or
small, must not be allowed to stand
in the way Of mastering that trade or
profession. However much we may
deprecate the old-time custom of in
denturing apprentices, the system in
its practical results operated almost
always for the lusting good Of the app
prentice. Generally, It insured to
him a good trade and a wholesome
discipline, that ft,ed him for success
in business. Al the present time,
very many young men undertake to
acquire a trade, and after a brief trial
abandon it, because there are unpleas-
ant duties to be performed and OBJ
sLacles to.be overcome. They consid-
er themselves accountable to no one,
and GO and come at the bidding of
caprice, or an uneasy; unsettled mind.
The result of this is to send out into
the world young men who have not
half learned their trades, of unstable
character, who drift from post to pill
lar, and who succeed in nothing but
strolling along the highways Of life,
melancholy wrecks of men. We
would earnestly entreat every young
man, after he has chosen his profess
sion, to stick to it; don't leave it be-
cause hard blows have to be struck or
disagreeable work performed. The
men who have worked their way up
to wealth and usefulness do not be-
long to the shiftless and unstable
class, but may be reckoned among
those who took off their coats, rolled
up their sleeves, conquered their pref
udices against labor, and manfully
bore the heat and burden of the day.
Whether upon the old worn-out farm,
where our fathers toiled, diligently
striving to bring back the soil to pro-
ductiveness; in the machine shop or
factory, or the thousand other busi-
ness places that invite honest toll and
skill, let the motto ever be: Persever-
ance and industry.
Year: 1870

"DEAR SIR * x Your reference
to my dear friend, Washington IrV-
ing, renews the vivid impressions re-
awakened in my mind at Baltimore
the other day. l saw his fine face for
the last time in that city. He came
there from New York to pass a day
or two with me before [ went west
ward, and they were made among the
most memorable of my life by his de-
lighttul fancy and genial humOr.- Some
unknown admirer of his books and
mine sent to the hotel a most enor-
nous mint julep, wreathed with flow
ers. We sat, one on either side of it,
with great solemnity Git filled a re-
spectacle sized round table,) but the
solemnity was of very short duration.
1t was quite an enchanted iulep, and
carried US among innumerable people
and places that we both knew. The
julep held out far into the night, and
my memory never saw him afterward
otherwise than as bending over it with
his straw, with an attempted gravity
(after some anecdote involving some
wonderfully droll and delicate obser-
vation of character,) and then, as his
eyes caught mine, melting into that
captivating laugh Of his, which was
the brightest and best have ever
heard.


"Dear sir, with many thanks,
faithfully yours,


CHARLES DICKENS
Year: 1870

The Journal Of Applied Chemistry
has an article on Professor ChandIer's
report on Cosmetics to tho Board of
Health. 1t confirms what has often
been said of the exceeding danger of
using indiscriminately the various
cosmetics pressed upon the attention
Of the public. Sixteen hair tonics,
washes, and restoratives were exam
ined. Only one Of them was free
from lead-a majority contained this
metal as an essential constituent
some Of them have as much as six
teen grains of lead to the fluid ounce.
The lotions and washes for the com
plexiOn were nearly all free from in
furious metals, and the probability is
that the purchaser pays dearly for
some dirty water to improve his skin.
Pure would be better and at the same
time cheaper. The enamels for the
skin consist of white powders sus-
pended in clear liquids. This white
powder is generally carbonate of lead;
in some cases carbonate of lime and
zinc are employed. 1t would thus ap-
pear that houses and faces are paint
ed with the same material; houses may
endure, but com mplexiOns are Ultimate
ly ruined by such treatment.


The Journal repeats the advice it
has given before; and says that the
cosmetics now so universally used are
not only hurtful by obstructing the
natural pores of the skin, stopping
up the mouths of the excretory duets
which are designed by nature to
throw off, by sensible and insensiblo
perspiration, the impurities Of the
blood, but also by presenting to the
absorbent vessels a poison which is
taken into the system and penetrates
to every portion of the body. The
effect of such cosmetics is to destroy
the natural texture of the skin, caus-
ing it to become dry, wrinkled, and
imper7ious to the oxygen of the air,
and, by depriving the blood of this
life-giving principle, producing rapid
decay. If the skin be kept in a clean
and healthy condition by the frequent
use of cold water, no cosmetic would
ever be necessary.
Year: 1870

He who thinks better of his neigh
bOrs than they deserve cannot be a bad
man, for the standard by which he
judges is the goodness Of his own heart.
It is the base only who believe all men
base, or, in other words, like them
selves. Few, however, are all evil.
Even Nero did a good turn to some
bOdy-fOr when Rome was rejoicing
over his death, some loving hand COW
cred his grave with flowers. Public
men are seldom or never fairly judged,
at least while living. However pure,
they cannot escape calumny; however
incorrect, they are sure to find eulO-
gists. History may do them justice,
but they rarely get it while they live,
either from friend or foe.
Year: 1870

Because hold it sinful to despond,


And viii not let the bitterness Of Iifo
Blind me with burning tears, but look beyond
Its tumult and its strife
Because lift myself above the mist,


Where the shines and the broad breezes blow,
By every ray and every rain-drop kissed,
That Gods love doth bestow
Think you find no bitterness at all,


No burden to be borne, like Christians packl
Think you there no ready tears to fau
Because I keep them back
Why should hug lifos ills with cold reserve,
To curse myself and all who love me ? Nay
A thousand times more good than deserve
God gives me every day.
And IN. each one Of these rebolIious tears,
Kept brayely back he makes rainbow shine.
Grateful take His slightest gilts; no fears
Nor any doubts are mine.
Dark skies must clear, and when the clouds past,
One golden day redeems a weary year;
Patient listen, sure that sweet at last


viii sound His voice of cheer.
Then yex me not with chidingi let me be-
must be glad and grateful to the end
grudge you not your cold and darkness-me
The powers Of light befriend.