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Year: 1875

John Elma arrived in this city Thursday last by
the Pennsylvania Railroad. His trunks were at once
taken TO the Asor House, where he intended to stay
on his way thIther, however, he met friends who
were staying at the fremont House and who induced
him to hire apartments in that hotel He accordingly
accompanied them to their hostclry, and hailing
hackman named Patrick Reilly on the street. handed
him the checks for his three trunks and ordered him
to bring them from the Astor House TO the fremont
Reilly, who was accompanied by named Daniel
Conln agreed to carry the trunks for 81 so Mr. Elma
waited hours for the arrival OF his property and
then becoming uneasy sailed out and asked an officer
what he should do in the promises. The policeman
did not suggest anything very clever, and the
gentleman turned toward the hotel again, when he
met by Coffin who informed him that the trunks had
been delivered and demanded Sc in payment Mr..
Elma gave him the money and proceeded to the hotel
where he examined his trunks and found that one Of
them had broken into and 5000 worth Of clothing
distracted On questioning the hotel clerk he learned
that Reilly and Coffin had driven up with two OF the
trunks ashed ontsido of the coach and the third
which proved TO be tho one which had been broken
into-insIde Tho clerk also Informed him that Reilly
had demanded and received So for his services. Mr..
Elma at procured the arrest of the two men,
and they were almost Immediately indicted by the
Grand jury. They arragned for trial yesterday
in the Court of General Sessions before Judge SAer-
land, whom Reilly pleaded guilty and was sent TO State
Prison for four years. Coffin, who refused to plead,
was tried and found guilty when the Court sentenced
him TO state Prison for fve years.
Year: 1875

A more economical administration of the legal de-
partment OF the city beginning to manifest ITSELF
The Counsel for the Corporation, not beng rock
less evidently as Comptroller Green in the matter of
saddling the city with unnecessary legal expenses has
adopted plan for consolidating suits where the issues
involved precisely similar in character For In
stance among the many litigants against the city
nineteen officers of the Court of oyer and Terminer,
whose suits for pay for two years. services in this
Court the Of so day for each day the Court
III session Judge Davis, in Supreme Court Chambers
yesterday granted order consolidating these suits
similar order also granted by the same Judge in the
suits brought by the city Coroners for their fees during
July, August September and October OF the present
year.


or course separate suits divers in character con-
tinue to be tried before. There three suits OF
this kind brought to trial yesterday before Judge Loew
of the Court of Common Pleas In the first suit John
Gilligan for services porter in connection with
the Court House The defence was that he
employed by the Court House Commissioners that
they could only employ under the statute for the com
pleton OF that building; that his services did not
come under that head and that the appointment was
not in writing Judge Loew adjourned the case until
the General Term decides who her the appointment of
empoye Of tho municipal government must neces-
sary be in writing. The second suit that brought
by Peter McCuinness assignee Of the claim OF Judge
McQuade, OF the Harlem district, who sued for
$5,416 66 increased salary, the salary being
$4,000 until 1870, when the Common Coun-
Gil increased 1t to $4,000. The City Coun-
sci argued that the Corporation had such power and
exceeded their duties in raising the salaries Judge
Loew took tho papers and reserved his decision The
last suit that Of Mrs. Vandcwatcr, executrx Of
James Vandcwatcr, who assignee of several
painters employed by the Department Of Public Works
She sued for payment for their services in 1871 Proof
was given that The work was performed The defence
intcrposed was that assignment of the claims had
been proved and also that under the charter Of 1870
certificate required to the necessity Of the work
Judge Loew dismissed the complaint the ground
that assgnment-ad Deen proved but assured plain.
tins counsel that i defendants refused 10 produce the
assignments in their oice he would attach them and
compel their production
Year: 1875

that they might prevaTi snow the deceased was, AZ
the time les instontel OF making the Wills mentally IN
competent TO control his mind IL is noe
necessary 10 dwell the gorgeous failure they make
at this point Their evidence is vague eonJecural anu
even Incompetent The contestants make great aSo
abont Mrs Hannah r. Brown not being called 70 the
stand on the part of the proponents the reason IS,
and no one knows 1t better than counsel that the rea
tons the deceased and herself exposed her to
attack 10 insult TO exposure In the public prints and
to every species slight slur and degradation which,
MS the mother of the of the deceased, the
ceptcd sister OF the decedents family,
woman and mother, the counsel for the proponents
reluctantly, and with great diversity OF opinion
cused her from appearing as a witness simply rebut


conjectura and hypothetical which they felt the
cont esants had failed TO support by proper sui
evidence. After long and most elaborate review
OF the facts and citations Of the law governing them in
Of this character counsel in favor Of the will
concluded by submitting and recommending II to be
admitted to probate the last Will and testament Of
John l.. Brown, deceased.
Year: 1875

chase Of some chemical engines, which are
cheap and require very little outlay for hous-
ing and operating. If one Of these could be
put in every engine-house, and some OF them
could be scattered through the wooden sec
tons of the city, then every neighborhood
would have ready and practicable means of
extinguishing fires before they obtain head
way, md doing it without seriously danagg
ing the property by water. IF the General
wants to suggest something cheap, as well as
practical, let him turn his attention to these
chemical engines, whose efficacy has been
tested at hundreds Of fires in this city, and
whose record during the past two or three
years he can easily find, and give us his views
about them. We mike this suggestion to the
General, as the public would like to hear from
him in this direction.
Year: 1875

A statement comes from New Orleans that
at last the Democratic and Republican NEIL
bers Of the Louisiana Legislature have agreed
upon compromise, by which the Lower
House will be given to the Conservatives, &C
cording to their demand Of jan 1, seating
the five claimants whom Gen De TRoRR1ASD
expelled upon the request of Gov. KELLOGG.
Acting upon this compromise, the Legislature
will assemble, and, ignoring both HAHH and
Witt, proceed to elect d new Speaker. Tho
statement wants official confirmation, but it
is probably true, as it is in accord with the
tenor Of the general news from New Qleans
for the past week or two. II SO, it indicates
that the Committee of Investigation now in
that city has come to the same conclusion
with regard to the Returning Board
as the subcommittee, and that it
is determined no longer to uphold
Gov. KELLOGG and his *tgigantic fraud"
This compromise, if it has been made, might
have been made long ago, and saved the coun-
try the miserable scandal, the double military
visitation and interference, the firing OF the
Bourbon heart, and the general political con-
fusion and turmoil which have grown out Of
the Louisiana complication Before CON-
menting in detail upon the change of atua-
ton, we await confirmation Of the report;
but the probabilities seem to indicate TINT at
last there is hope for the final settlement Of
the Texed question.
Year: 1875

Schools public in character, but Catholic in
discipline, are an impossibility in this couc-
try. They would partake of the character Of
State schools and Catholic schools. But
State which, under the Constitution, can take
no step towards the establishment Of creed,
or Of two creeds, or Of ten creeds, can
not have anything to do, officially or
otherwise, with schools professedly religious.
It is not true that the public schools are
''godless" There is no good reason why
the teacher of the alphabet, or the multip:h-
cation-table, Of geography or algebra, should
be, at the same time, the teacher of religion
or dogma. There is every reason why,
under our form Of Government, he
should not. II religion were taught
in cur public schools, the clergy would de-
mand, of course, part in their management
This would lead to an eternal conflict between
the clergy and the public authorities, which
would eventually end in the entire destruc-
ton Of the system.


The complaint that Catholics make, that
they ore taxed for the support of schools
which they cannot patronize, is plausible
one, but more plausible than well-grounded
1t is their misfortune if they cannot avail
themselves of the advantages Of the public
schools But it does not follow TINT, because
they do not send their children to them, they
should not be taxed for their support. The
State is the Judge of whom it shall tax, and
for what. It has the right to tax all its citi-
IONS for any object in which the public gen.
orally arc interested or by which they
are benefited. Quakers are opposed to
war. AL the practices of war are
at variance with their conscience. Should
they, therefore, be exempted from tax
alton for war purposes? Unmarried men
are taxed for the support of our public
schools. So are those who never send their
children to them. The best citizens are taxed
for the support of criminal courts and peni-
tentiaries. It is right to tax citizen for the
support of any institution by which the pub
lie are benefited If the public are bene-
fted by the pablic-school system, that is
Sufficient reason why Catholics and all others
may be taxed to support it, and that the pub
lie is benefited by it no one not bigot will
deny. Besides, it is relatively very small
amount of the school tax that Catholics con-
tribute, an amount by no means in proportion
to the number of their children.


Catholic clergymen may as well learn now
as Inter that their agitation against the pub
lic-school system will bring them no good
If they do not like it let them build their own
schools But the American people want the
pubic-school system, and will maintain it.
Church and State arc here entirely distinct.
It is best they should so remain.
Year: 1875




There is reason to bslieve that the proyis-
ion Of the City Charter relatiye to the arrest
OF the gamblers and the destruction Of
gaming supplements is serious embarrass-
ment to tho energetic raiding Of the gambling
hel1s by the police, even if We had police
force desirous Of breaking them up, which
unfortunately is not the case. Sec. 90 Of the
Police Department Of the City Charter re-
quires that "Two or more householders
dwelling within the city, and not belonging to
the police force, shall make oath in writing
before any one Of the Commissioners Of Po-
lice that the premises complained
Of by the Superintendent are commonly re-
ported and are believed by the deponents to
be kept as & common gatning-house or cock
pitt" before it is lawful to order raid and
the breaking in Of the doors. There
arc ordinances authorizing raids with
out this restriction; but, rs the Or
dinances are subordinate to the char
ter provisions, Nc practical raiding can
be done without the afidayits as above Of
cannot be obtained. They might be pro-
cured once or twice, but it would be excep-
tional. Practically, therefore, it is not posi-
Bile for the police under this section to break
up gambling by raiding it SO lohg as the above
restriction exists. It is only fair to Superin-
tendent REH. to state that he claims he is
prevented by this provision from making
persistent raids npon the gamblers and de-
stroying their implements. WAsHDunS did it
when he wss Superintendent Of Police, but
he had no rea1 estate in Chicago which the
gamblers could levy upon in execution Of
Judgment obtained against him on account Of
theneg1ect to secure the afGdavits of the house.
holders but REIN says that he is not SINH
larly situated, and does not care to take the
risk.


It becomes the duty Of the Legislature, in
view Of these facts, to repeal that section Of
the City Charter which makes this absurd re-
striction. They should then pnss general
law, to apply to all the cities in the State,
which shall require the police to make month
~ or weekly reports to the Superintendent Of
Police Of gaming houses opened or existing
within their precincts, end making it the duty
of the Superintendent Of Police to swear out
u warrant against the gamblers so reported,
and proceed to arrest them, destroy their i'm
plements and tables, and break up their dens.
The law should also render the Superintend-
ent Of Police subject to indictment upon
the failure to swecr out the warrants and raid
the gamblers, as provided above. This mat
ter is of vital importance to the City of Chi
cago, and Of corresponding importance to all
other cities in tho State, in proportion to
their size It would be we'll for the States
Attorney, who is familiar with the impedi-
ments to the conviction Of the gamblers un-
der the City Charter, to construct law Of
this kind that would hold, and intrust it to
some active member Of the Cook County del
cgation to secure its passage.
Year: 1875

An obscure publication in this city, which
is endeavoring to gain some notoriety by So
Letting controversy with The TRIBUNE
about the expulsion Of the religious orders
from Mexico, is on the wrong track. If it
objects to this sort of procedure it must
criticise the Catholics, Of whom it processes
to be an organ, and not TIE TRIBUNE


We merely chronicled some facts rela-
tive to the expulsion Of religious Or
ders fNbm Mexico, Italy, and other coun-
ties- Now, Mexico and Italy are Catholic
countries if not, We do not know where to
look for them If they saw fit to expel GER
tain religious corporations which had de-
veloped a dangerous greed for wealth, or had
drifted into condition of immortality, or he'd
conceived projects dangerous to the well being
Of the Government, or had in any other way
become obnoxious to the people, we are sure
TIE Tr1BuHK is not to blame for it And, if
the obscure sheet wants to read it's own title
clear, it will sail around the world, call the
various Catholic peoples to rigid account, and
otherwise make itself q power in the Church.


It is wasting its paper pellets on TIE TRIBUNE.
Year: 1875

He wrote and wrote, but could not make name;
Then cursed his tate and called the world to blame
The world, that knew not genius when 1t came.
1.-The world" he cried 'that crowns us in night
For nothing; but that damns U.s. wrong right,
Rather for sheer indifference than for spite.
One of his friends would slyly smile to hear.
..Ah. second hand ByrOlics! one would snecr,
One said: Give over" One said: ''Perseverc.
One said but little. though she thought and thought
Through the long weeks and all the work they brought
While the wife toiled and while the mother taught.
There went story that he might have wed
An hercss, this poor scribbler tor his bread.
But took little, meek-eyed girl instead
4 little meek-eyed girl without cent,
Who scarcely knew what half his writings meant
Loved him revelngly, and was content.
And now she mused and mused upon a way
10 brighten his dull face again. One day
Her slender hand along his shoulder lay;
Write this" and then she told him what to write
In lust a few fleet words, and stole from sight
With smiling lips, but with a look OF fright.


He laughed at first; yet in little space


The languid laughter died from out his face,


And left mute meditation in its place.


If l mistake not it was this same year


That suddenly men knew him, far and netI,
As having the worlds capriciou, ear.
And she? Why if she had not seen so plain
How soon the laurels cured his longing pain.
She might have held them even in mid disdain.
But now she ble~scs Fortunes kind degree
Proud glad through him, though still, for all we scc
The same small. meek-eyed wife she used to be.
Year: 1875

From the Detroit News]


The public have not forgotten the terrible
powder explosion which occurred in Ann
Arbor about the middle of August. All of
the wounded are about their business save
Henry Ortman, the step-son of Mr.. Herr, in
whose store the explosion occurred. 1t will
be recollected that his right eye was supposed
to be destroyed, and that the right side of his
neck was badly lacerated. His eye it is now
thought, will be saved, if he RECEIVERS from
his other injuries, which, however, are of a
nature that renders his case still extremely
doubtful.


1t seems that Il scale of glass or some other
foreign substance had made quite an incision
into the common carotid artery. For time
this foreign substance was held upon the
wound 80 tightly by the facia or the neck that
the outward flow of blood to any great extent
the arterial wound. The sac grew in size
rapidly, the blood latterly squirting into it
from the artery at every beating of the heart,
until when the operation was performed on
Thursday afternoon it had reached the size
of mans fist with liability to burst at any
moment


The nature of the case was such that the
artery could not be lgated below the sac, as
has been done in some instances, as the sac
came within quarter Of an inch Of the col
lar bone. Therefore, after a sufficient dis
section to enable the proper pressure to be
brought to bear upon the artery, the sac was
opened and the legation successfully perform
ed. Some dozen arteries, besides carotid, had
to be ligated during the operation.


The operation was performed by Prof. Geo.
E. rockingham, of the Medical Department
of the Michigan University, who has had
charge of the case from the first, assisted by
Prof Mclean, Prof. Cheever, DR.. Knapp
and several medical students.


1t is the second operation of the kind upon
the carotid artery on record. The other case
was performed by the late Prof. Syme, OF
Edinburgh, Scotland, some twenty years ago.


The loss of blood was so small that trans
fusion, which had been in contemplation, was
not resorted to.


The patient was doing as we'll as could pos
sibly be expected twenty-four hours after the
operation, with about an equal chance be-
tween life and death.
Year: 1875

Albert Rhodes IN December Galaxy.


Within the last few years the marriages in
the lower classes have become fewer, and in
the upper comparatively rare, owing to the
depression in business and the expensiveness
of housekeeping. The man would like to be
married, but he cannot see his way financially,
and is obliged to restrain his matrimonial
tendencies. The imprudent or much loving
man does it, and the chances are two to one
that he gets into difficulty. The general ab-
stention in the way of marriage naturally has
a corrupting influence, for mans passions are
strong and the flesh is weak. Attractions
and forces bring the man and woman to-
gether in spite of themselves, and conse-
Quences result therefrOm not necessary to de-
scribe. In we'll regulated society marriage
should be within easy reach of those who
want to marry; that is, the wants OF the
couple should be easily supplied in the money
they possess, or in the work they can per-
form with their own heads and hands. If
they have neither capital nor capacity for
work, the union sanctioned by law is denied
them. In this case the passive nature of the
woman may contain itself within the bounds
of we'll ordered life in accordance with the
principles she has been taught. The positive
nature of the man is not 80 easily cu1bed and
held in subjection, and it asserts itself in a
way that tends to increase the number Of that
body of dissolute women which marches
close in the rear of every civilization. This
lawless legion, in word, grows in the same
ratio as the number of marriages decrease,
and recruits are constantly being added to it
through love, misery and the passions of men
without marital ties.
Year: 1875

IN our late exchanges we find all extract
from Bishop Bourgeois pastoral letter in re
Guibord, tclcgraphed from Montreal. 1t
would appear from this that the worthy
Bishop was disposed at last to come to sort
of compromise. Instead of cursing the grave
of the ''rebellious brother outright, he ap-
parently confined himself to removing the
blessing or conservation from it. He il salts
fled tomake it "a profane place AN ordinary
piece of ground.
Year: 1875

The BABY IN HOT WEATHER.-Let
the nurse take her charge out to walk
daily, as early as possible, before the
breath of morning has lost its dewy
freshness, and ere the sun shines down


in full power. Let the baby take its
bath before being taken out to walk
Never, however, bathe delicate child


in cold water to harden it, as they say,


but use tepid salt bath, which refresh
es and strengthens. Prepare it thus !:


Mix hot and cold water until Just luke


warm, so that the child's feeble frame
may not be subjected to the slightest
shock when put into the tub. Add a
handful of salt to three gallons of wa
ter, OF add until there is the same
buoyancy felt as in the touch of sea-wa-
ter. Do not tease sick child with much
dressing, but keep it as easy and com
Portable as possible, in loosely fitting
garments, that subject it to little or no
fatigue in their adjustment. Beware,
though, of altogether dispensing with
flannel, even in hottest weather, seeing
how variable is the American climate,
and if change is required, let it be
made with all due caution. Gauze fan
mel shirts protect the breast and other
vital parts without incommoding any
child, save one with most unexception-
ally sensitive skin. Death has ensued
from no graver cause than the untimely
removal of flannel skirt. In those
alarming and sudden attacks of cholera
infantum, which frighten even expert.
enced nurses. if no doctor is at hand


the proper thing to do is to apply q
mustard plaster, (not too strong) to the
stomach. and to give mintjulep, little
at a time, prepared with ice, which
has been pounded up as fine as can be
no water dessert-spoonful Of bes


French brandy, and a little lOaf-sugar
Year: 1875




A JUDICIoUs DETECTIvE.-Recently a
foreign embassy sought the aid of the
English police to find young girl who
had just become heiress of many millions
The instructions we're vague, and the
task was necessarily given to one of the
keenest detectives. At the end of six
weeks the detective reported at head
quarters and handed in his resignation.
"Well, said the chief, "what about the
young girl ?'' 81 found her about a
month ago in a dressmaker's shop" was
the reply. "And what then ?'' "I
married her yesterday, and this morning
l have just received her six millions"
Year: 1875

The Spanish Alfonsists have again
promised to make an immediate end of
the CarlIst war, and have ordered new
levies of men and money for that pur-
pose. There is no more probability of
their doing it now than at any time since
Alfonso ascended the throne. The Car
lish cause has many staunch supporters,
and while they have the mountains for
shelter, a guerilla warfare may be ex-
pected.