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Year: 1876

About half-past o'clock last evening
% most bold and daring robbery was
perpetrated by three unknown youths
at the jewelry store Of Mr.. August
Gilman, at the corner Of Poeyfarre and
Annunciation streets.


It appears that the boys, who were
unknown, were standing at the above
corner conversing together, when one
of the boys walked up to the show case
of the jewelry store, and after wrapping
his hat around his hand, deliberately
broke the pane Of glass, and stole three
gold watches valued at $500.


The youthful thief escaped and left no
clue to his identity. The other two boys,
who were standing with the one who did
the stealing, also beat u hasty retreat.
Year: 1876

The New York Herald has its little
word Of condemnation for Mr.. Blaine
.This fresh exhibition Of the intellect
nal and political servility which keeps. q
Jealous watch Of rivals and attempts 10
sail in their wake will not raise Mr..
Blaine in the estimation Of his country
men. A statesman should not thus sub
sist on the crumbs which fall from the
tables Of men who are independent ana
original enough to have q policy OF thelr
own"
Year: 1876

We clip the following on the above


subject from an agricultural exchange:
In late number of your valuable


paper young farmer wants the advice
and experience Of some person who has


had experience in raising and picking


geese. I am now nearly Sky years old.
and have raised and picked geese ever
since 1 was large enough to hold a
goose in my lap. 1 will give you the
results of my experience. In the first
place I try to keep the flock as near
equal as possible (as many ganders as
geese,) go they will mate equally in the
spring. Geese are not like other fowls;
every gander has his own mate, al
though some ganders will have two
geese, and one goose will have two
ganders. Geese are very easily raised,
requiring but little attention. After
the goslings are week old, feed them
on corn meal dough, with a little salt
in it, until they can eat young grass.
Care should be taken to give them shell
ter from hard rairs. as they are easily
drowned previous to the time they be-
gin to feather. They want nothing but
water in the summer. Feed grain in
winter, and they are all right. In the
picking process. I pick about every
seven weeks, if the feathers are ripe,
which can be told by catching one and
plucking few feathers from it; if the
quill of the feather is clear, they are
ripe; if the quill is full of blood, they
are not ripe. Pick nearly clear in
warm weather, but in winter not so
close. Care should be taken to give
them warm shelter in winter after pick
ing. Pick all the small feathers and


leave the large ones except four or FIVE


under each wing, which must be pluck


ed or the wings will droop. The yield


of feathers will be about one-quarter OF


pound to the goose each picking,


when full feathered.
Year: 1876

ATTlcrc A-e0Sces
He wraps me round with his riches,
He covers me up with his care,
And his love is the love Of manhood
Whose life is living prayer.
I have pligh.ed my woman's affections,
/ have given my all in all,
Aud the flowers Of daily coutentment
Renew their lives ere they fall.


And yet like an instrument precious,


That playeth an olden tune,


Ny heart in the midst of its blessings


Goes back to day in June


To day when beneath the branches


l stood by silent stream,


And saw in its bosom an image,


As one seeth face in a dream.
would not resign his devotion,
No, not for heart that lives,
Nor change one jot of my condition
For the change that condition gives;
should mourn not more for another,
Nor more for another rejoice,
Than now when weep at his absence,
Or welcome his step ami his voice.


And yet, like an instrument precious,


Tha, playeth an olden tune,


Ny heart in the midst ofits blessings


Goes back to day i'll June


To day when beneath the branches


stood in the shadowy light,


And heard the low words of a whisper


As one heareth voice in the night.
Year: 1876

In England. where the owner OF the
land apportions il ont to his renter.
Who in turn subiet to tillers Of the boil
who cultivate crops with hired labor,
everything is of necessity 30 reduced 10
systom that the exact cost Of product
is known before it is thrown upon the
market. Aud constant indtirS is made,
after the most minute Investigation
based upon experiments as to the profit
or loss resulting from growing any ami
NAL Or cultivating any crops.


The Royal Agricultural Society Of
England, in its recently issued half
yearly Journal, published paper upon
the relative profits to the farmer from
breeding horses, cattle and sheep. This
paper is compilation from seventy
five reports received from rs many SEC
tions of the United Kingdom, and Civ
ing in detail the experience Of tho best
and most successful farmers in England
The conclusion of the Society is, that
with rare exceptions breeding thorough
bred saddle aud carriage horses is
more expensive and less profitable than
breeding roadsters. Breeding any kind
of horse less profitable than breeding
cattle. can OK with q bruised knee or
swollen joint is none the less valua bic
to the butcher; but colt with broken
knee OF swollen hook is considerably re-
duced in value" But the bulk Of
the collected evidence was in favo. Of
breeding sheep as profitable stock.


If this be true in country where
lands rent annuity, for from twenty TO
fifty dollars per acre, how can it be 9th
erwise than remunerative in the South
where the choicest sheep walks can be
bought and paid for at less than half Of
the above annuities? Surely some day
we will see sheep husbandry Iracticed
successfully where nature has done -ar
more than her share of the work.


The paper to the Royal Society OF
England says:


1.-THE return from sheep is quicker
than from cattle. They are more easi
ly managed and require less labor and
attention than cattle or horses. They
also produce two sources of income in
the year, one from sale of portion Of
the stock, and the other from the dis
posal of tho wool. On dry farms, al
most wholly arabic, growing heavy
root crops. they are the best stock to
keep. The best sheep to maintain de-
pends on the nature OF the soil, and the
climate of any district-just as the case
of cattle"
Year: 1876

The HERALD reporters still examining into the
method OF overcrowdipg street and judge from
personal investigation. We give to-day description
OF the system in vogue the Fourth Avenue Railroad
The conductors the Fourth avenue line arc perhaps
moro civil as class than those any other iue in the
city yet like those OF tho Third avenue, they seem to
take especial delight in packing their cars TO their ut
most capacity and turning into the Golfers OF the COM
pany the largest possible amount for each round trip
With view OF ascertaining how the officers OF the
Fourth avenue line pack passengers the reporters of
the HERALD spent entire day the road and found
that the ovcrcrowding little less than on the Third
avenue limo.


DAYLIGHT TRAVEL AT FORTY SECOND STREET.


Tho first count made at the Grand Central depot
beginning halfpast A. N. and ending at halfpast
soven A. NJ The number in cars passing both ways
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR or HERALD:-


Only people living up town actually know the wants
OF rapid transit In the first place. you get seat at
Harlem Yorkville,. to go to business down town;
you have daily paper TO read but you sooner com
mencc read than the conductor begins to sing out
.'Pease move up" till you crammed, jammed into


heap that actually you cannot turn your paper inside
out. Now in the first place, they cannot compel you
to move till eleven seated side the conductors
tell you So but it is not printed on the regulations
posted In every car the company dare not do so.
Ten side is plenty, and il gentlemen will only move
to suit their convenience and have comfortable
room il would break up eleven aside The Th'-
Avenue Railroad Company is wealthy cornorat,ou
ana can afford to oe Siore liberal than good nnDX
companies apa ~ going TO little more expense they
can comfortably seat a great many moro passengers
by putting on several four horse that will sea!
about hty or sixty passengers in place OF the sup
posed twenty-five 1t is stated by railroad experts that
$l2 viii pay the running expenses of daily. Now
as the Third Avenue Railroad Company average from
$50 TO $50 per day. think this company ought to be
compelled to oner better aecommodatops for the resi-
dents living along their route; but Mr.. Editor don't
think they will for former president Of TINS road
once tod Alderman Kerr that be could buy all the laws
ne wanted IN Albany which is, without doubt true;
and a. there are several of Tweeds chums up there ii
to look for relief in that quarter but only by
the help OF the need look any better accom-
modations. Yours &c, WILLIAM H. Nice.
Year: 1876

To THg EDITOR HERALD:-


Permit me to offer a suggestion on the "Horse Car
Question, about which so much has been said and
written lately


That each passenger ought to have seat for his fare
and that the present style OF car will seat sum-
cient number Of passengers, and that will
have to be put on at least night and morning. facts
beyond dispute.


Now, instead Of building "double aecFers which
would be both unsigh,ly and inconyenient. why not
nave cars JUN on 'nV sam style the summer cars
Win pcalS 'vn..hg across, the only difference being
thai they would be coseo having doors each side
opposite each scat' Cars with ten ssch seats holding
FIVE passengers each, would hold f1y people, and no
ono would be Obliged to stand simply because there
would be no standing room II might DO argued that to
collect the fares would discomfort the passengers and
inconvenience the conductor But receptacle 10 col


ecthe fare might be put directly under the roof and
ducor would see that each passenger put his
faro in the box, and also make change II necessary


just as the omnibus drivers do Each might be sup
Piled with two little signs, TO be put in conspicuous
place when the car was full just the Third avenue
Company had in the drawing room cars.n OF course
the companies would be obliged TO run moro


this pan but the increased travel which this method
would bring would soon compensate them Tor the alter
atoms And as something will have to be done soon
by tho car lines TO do away with the present OF
ovcrcrowding this suggestion might be acted being
as good II not better, than any plan offered yet.


NEW YORK Feb. 2 1870 DOWNTOWN.
Year: 1876

To The EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


The fact of the HERALD always being successful in
whatever it undertakes whether be aprvate pub
lie measure fires with alarm lest its present agita-
ton OF the 'street carr question may add another TO
its many victories STOP sir, pray you. Consider
what you are doing whom you ask for more street
" Isn't the curse bad enough with what we have
of them already? Then, for Heavens sake, don't give
US any more. No. let them pack US, us, jam us.
suffocae us, move up forward US" and persecute us
to their hearts content and the they do it the
sooner will we get something boattng city like New
York. Let it be bottom rail, top rail, or anything
but street horse car


Ny place OF business is in Barclay street. my house
Is in Thrty-lfth street. 1t takes me ION straight
rum thirty-ive minutes to get home from my olcc,
and have feeling OF dread every afternoon as the
time approaches for TO scrouge in TO get home But
much better afford to stand all that than to have
my truckman blocked and delayed half day in ship
ping single load by more street cars.


No, Mr. Editor, more OF the samo kind II you
please Let the HERALD continue Its just title of the
Ipeoplcs friend" by letting the car companies so on
in their good work. for they our best rapd transit
commission after all


DOWNTOWN MERCHANT.
Year: 1876

II will be remembered that the body OF the man
found in an express wagon at No. 5l7 Broadway last
Monday was recognized by Mrs Anthony Miller as that
Of her husband who had been missing three montns
Upon reading the account in the HERALD the next
morning friend OF Mrs. Miller Informed her that he
had just left Miller In a lager beer saloon in Stanton
street Thither the wife proceeded and was ovoroycd
10 hhd her husband alive and we'll Az the inouest
yesterday by Coroner Elltnger, the body was fully
iccntihcd by Henry Bloomer and others az that Of
Martin kussecr OF No 25l Centre street The dsceasnd


native OF Germany imagined himself afflicted with an
incura0le disease and had frequently Threatened 10
destroy himself Last Sunday he e6 the mouse re-


marking as he passed out that he spending his
Sabbath upon earth, and on Monday morning his lr.
less body was found as already described S
Year: 1876

No tlc regret expressed yesterday in tho
Custom House when became known that the veteran
Colonel F. E. Howe, Supervising Special Treasury
Agent of the collection district of New York. had
tired from that Office in favor OF Mr.. Moses IL Hale,
who takes charge to-day Colonel Howe has held the
post for the past years and has never had
charge preferred against him. and 1t is reported that
he is ABOUT TO enter another and more important
trust In the government service He left this city
for Washington last night His successor is native OF
Ncwburyport Mass and entered the Treasury Depart
mcnt on the 14th February, 1870 and has boon
associated with Colonel Howe in this city on several
occasions he has often been occupied in the Custom
House with reference TO the reorganization of depart


ments He is known officer Of great utility and
possessed OF strong common sense views He has al
ready arrived this city and was spoken to by HER


AID reporter last night IL is reported that he Will not
make any changes in his staff for the present he,
however declined TO cypress his views on that matter
Year: 1876

The Bureau OF the Wine and Spirit Traders Society
OF the United States whose Offices arc IN No 125 Pearl


street, have issued trade circular They say In sub


stance that the government fails in collecting the
revenue from domestic spirits, and that no serious
fraud has been committed in licensed dstilicrics with


out the active cooperation Of two or more ofacials


Frequently combinations Of ofncias have allowed
manufacture only on condition Of payment OF brbcs


impossible except through fraudulent profits The
held in his real estate his bondsmen and his
liberty To remedy this state OF Affairs
the dstillcrs propose 10 improve the officials
by making their profession honorable and permanent;
to establish corps Of oicials which shall consist OF
commissioner deputy commissioner, ten super
visors. Gitv colleoiora ons hundred and nfu deputy
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


know you liketo see fair play, even in removing
street signs. While the men moving signs this
morning they stopped in front of No SIS Eighth avenue
and removed, among other things, canvas side to
wooden awning and directly opposite No 512 they let
larger and more conspicuous romsin When
called the superntcndenrs attention to It he looked
over very cooy and remarked that il was too high up
for his TO reach II, aud when demonstrated with
him and asked him II there was one law for side of
the and different for the other he smiled
and said there was but offered me dollar if | would
take II down As was in no immediate need OF A dol
lar just them end did not wish a position to which
not appointed, most respectfully declined; bat
still, would like to see FAIR PLAY.


New YORK Feb. l. 1875
Year: 1876

W


The following cases were argued the United States
Supreme Court yesterday


No. 1856 Lathrop vs. Drake ct aL-Appea from the
Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Penn
syvania--The question in this case is whether the
Court below had jurisdiction 10 try the cause, both par
ties being residents of the State. Tho was be-
tween the assignee in bankruptcy OF Adams and
the appeees The assignee and the bankrupt were
residents Of the Western district of the State and the
appellees OF the Eastern district The Court below de-
cided that the residence OF the parties not such as
to confer jurisdiction and dismissed the complaint
which was in the name OF the assignee 1t IS
here conended that the Bankrupt act gives the dis
trict courts jurisdiction in all cases for the col
lection OF assets aud Vests genera, ntenuehee
OF all bankruptcy proceedings IN the Circuit Court
Hence the Court had Jurisdiction and should have tried
the 1t is also said that as tho appelees, as de-
PENDANTS below had answered, denying the equities
OF the BILL and the upon its merits, the ques
ton OF jurisdiction could not be raised and disposed of
orally, as was done here; that II should have been
raised by plea. ID. c. Harrington and 4. O. Brewster
for appellant. and w. H. Armstrong for appellee.


No 1877. Maxwell VS. the District Of Coumba-Error
to tho Supreme Court OF the Dstrict-Maxwcl sought
recover OF the District injuries received by him
by falling unguarded excavation the side
walk on the north side of street, in March, 1872
while the Board Of Public Works carrying its
improvements in Washington. 1t appears that Max
well is surgeon In the navy, who having occasion to
visit patient routo he had constantly travorsod,
fell into the pit which had been opened since his last
visit to the patient and without lights barriers.


On the trial the Court instructed the jury that the
burden OF proof was on the plaintiff TO show that he
was guilty OF no negligence contributing to the acci-
dent and that tho negligence leading to 1t excu-
sivcy that of tho persons in charge of the work in
prorress also that the plant knew OF tho progress
OF the work BY its public noorety, and could have
another and safe course and he chose to take the
route which led to the excavation, providing himself
with no light be could not recover


1t Is here insisted that these Instructions error;
mat proof oi contrioutory neggence Is matter 20 oi
plaintiff and that the public should have been notified
of the excavation by guards and lights. Sands Il
Hoban for plaintiff In error and f. L. Stanton for dc
feudant.
Year: 1876

To rHE EpTroR OF THE HKRALD;-


Upon behalf or the profession to which for more
than thirty years have belonged upon behalf OF the
clicntago whose interests conddcd to my care and
out OF the deep respect have for honorable and
pure minded Judicial establishment 1 thank you for
your editorial in this mornings HERALD under the
caption OF sThe Reference Abuse" Hundreds Of
lawyers in this great city are thanking you hope
you will follow up this lead until the judges are made
TO feel that they cannot violate the sanctty Of their
Office without at least being held up to public repro.
baton and contempt Respectfully yours.


PRACTISING LAWYER
NEW YoRE. Feb. 2, IsT
Year: 1876

collectors and ave hundred storekeepers and gaugora
with. IN almost every case, larger salaries than hereto
fore and with increasing pay for long and faithful
vices The scheme also proposes reduction OF tlas
tax from its rate TO that OF y cents per proof
gallon The alleged reason for the proposed reduction
Is that II would do away with the inducements fraud
which is so frequently committed under the seventy
1--WE cent and ninety cent taxes II is further proposed
that the transportation Of spirits bond should be per-
mitted under certain restrictions within the limits OF
the United states. The object OF the scheme is 10
secure the maximum OF revenue with the minimum OF
interference with commerce.
Year: 1876

loLa, Ol fA'f %


*Through cars TO and from Central Park


Tho above table shows that on the upward bound
cars for ono hour the travel was fraction
person per car while before A d. the southern
bound travel is a mere bagatelle compared with the
Third Avenue Railroad for the hour in the
ing


BETwREN FORTY SECOND AND TWENTY THIRD STREETS.


The next count between the above points,
ing the period from eight A. II to nine A. NJ during
the heaviest of the southern bound morning travel
The figures follows
Year: 1876

Charles Francis Adams was right when
he said that this was fast settling down
into contest "between the people and
the managers" In the October States,
with all the power Of the Administration
and all of its money, two of the three
States went Democratic, and one was
barely saved bya greatly reduced ma
jority. On one side were the people !;
on the other side was the great Federal
machine. This great conflict is now to
be repeated on the soil of the great State
of New York. On one side will be the
people, who insist upon Reform and Re-
trenchment, and, on the other, will be
Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Hayes, with their
cohort Of office-holders and their money
bags, ready to do OF dare anything than
suffer defeat. The people have smashed
the Federal machine in Indiana and
West Virginia, and they have racked it
badly in Ohio. We expect to see them
grind it to powder in New York.
Year: 1876

The Evening Star OF Saturday, edited


by Judge John Mcclure, in answer to


the Herald of Little Rock, tells us plain


ly where his work and sympathy was ex-


pended. He says he labored earnestly
to secure the nomination of Col. Cravens
and the defeat of Judge Stuart And
why, because the men that were pushing
Col. Cravens, were in sympathy and
boilers from the democratic organization.


You find all the radical leaders in SYM
pathy and shouting for Cravens. Why
is it sol Not because they expect to vote
for Cravens, but to lend their efforts to
widen the breach, that Mcclure may
slip in. Democrats must recollect that
a vote cast for Cravens is half vote
for John Mcclure. We do not say
word against the personal integrity of
Col. Cravens, but Democrats, don't be
deceived, or cajoled into voting against
your party nominee, when SO much is at
stake.


This is what Mcclure says:


The Herald of this morning under
takes to create the impression that Judge.
MnGlnra is candidate for oonsross by
house ring" Such is not the fact.
We know that Judge Mcclure labored
earnestly to secure the nomination of
Cravens, and the defeat Of the "ring y
candidate. In fact, he labored to create
the split and division which now exists
in the democratic party. He did this by
first helping one side and then the other.
1t was the first chance he ever saw to
create division and dissention in the
democratic ranks and he seized upon the
opportunity, and, although he says it
himself, has gotten very interesting and
pretty fight This he did for the pur-
pose Of having republican elected to
congress from this district. All that is
needed to make his plan success,i is for the
republicans of the different counties in
the district to stand by their party NOM
ination and 60 to the polls and vote.
His object was to bring out two demo-
cratic candidates who would divide the
democratic vote of the district about
equally, and this he thinks he has done.
The difference of the vote between Stuart
and Cravens will not vary much from
thousand, and at this writing we are not
prepared to say which ofthe two will get
the greater vote. The democratic vote
of this county is about twenty -four hun
dred, but fully four hundred will not
vote for either of the democratic eandi-
dates. Out of the two thousand demo-
cratic votes which will in all probability
be polled, Cravens will receive between
six and seven hundred, and the balance
will go to Stuart.
Year: 1876

We have letter from this gentleman
over his own signature, for publication
We have not room to spare for its publ
sation~ The panlv thir,v iuyiux uupvur
I'd in two other papers, it makes but
little matter. 1t is our opinion that he
had better give his attention to the or
ganization of the democratic party, rath
er than its Reorganization, as he is
doing.