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Year: 1875

RINGING IN THE CENTENNIAL YEAR.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: Would it not be most proper to usher
IN 1876 the centennial year. by ringing the church bells
throughout the entire Unioni Then we shall have en-
tered upon second century as nation ana whe ne
to be proud Of the record already made
the patriot will look forward the future with purpose
hope, with the purpose OF doing what he can 10
purify and elevate the nation and with hope that demo
cratic institutions will prove fully their adaptation
to the and best welfare of Besides, we shall
have left behind year more Of financial depres
sion, and approached nearer to healthy business
conditions good times and this fact Of itself should
constitute for rejoicing The year 1879 VIII DE
crowded with celebrations, and the memory OF the past


will everywhere revived The deeds OF the great and
good In history will be recOunted with pride ana
applause and something OF spirit Of emulation ava
kened thereby among the people. Liberty ana the Dess
ings that flow from IL viii be everywhere sung 80


L. therefore meet that welcome the year Win
the rejoicing peas OF the bellsi T. Z. ALPHOhsE.


Ordage, " j., Dec. 10, 1879.
Year: 1875

ToRoNro, Dec. PA minute of the Council
of the Dominion Government to the Government of
British Columbia proposing terms of union, is pub
lished 1t proposes that British Coumbans should re-
lieve the Government of its obligation TO build the Cana
dian Pacific Railway. accepting in lieu thereof and as
compensation for any delays that may take place IN the
construction of the Pacific Railway, cash bonus OF
$3.50 900 TO be applied either toward local railway OF
IN other public works Canada would also surrender any
claims to lands which may have been reserved in VAN
couver Island for railway purposes If this proposal Is
accepted the Government will be prepared to submit to
Parliament forthcoming session. measures neces
sary TO give 10 effect
Year: 1875

The Grand Jury in Brooklyn yesterday
brought IN an indictment against Nathan Rubensein for
the murder of Sarah Alexander Mayor Wickham OF this
city yesterday received letter which written in He
brew and was without signature. The following Is a
translation


DEAR SIR Please the liberty take to write to
YOU in this Take the likeness of the OF tue
murdered sarah Alexander and from the photograph or
her ewes you will the likeness Of the murderer
It happened once the old country where murderer
has been recognized In this manner Open the eyes OF
the dead body and yOu will undoubtedly obtain the like
ness of the murderer as his likeness will be discovered
for four weeks in the dead body You VIII also excuse
me il decline To sign my name.
Year: 1875

Henry Wainwright, recently convicted of the
murder OF Harriet Lane in whitechapelroad in this city,
was hanged Newgate Prison. Old Bailey to-day just
before he was pnoned he handed the Governor OF the
prison written statement, which he said he desired To
mako public this paper he acknowledges the justice
t his sentence lie saws that he deserves his fate though
he does not explicitly admit that he murdered the young
woman
Year: 1875

TO the Editor Of the Tribune.


SIR Would it not be well to call attention
to the necessity Of making the Centennial buildings be
yond peradvenure ndesructbe by fire, at least 80 far
as human power may prevail We have had during the
past month several destructive fires. The Marketst
bridge and large factories in Philadelphia have been
burned and the re department OF that city could not
save them Prevention ia better than cure IL certainty
can do harm word of warning. The destruc-
tion OF any OF the buildings would be disgcefu to
the nation. A DEKhoM


Netr- York, Dec. l9, 1875.
Year: 1875

The following tribute from the editor Of the
PraiIfs NevS, OkolinA, Mississippi to the late
General H. W. Barry, appeared in the issue Of
that journal OF June IL:


"The announcement OF the death Of General
Barry was received on last Monday evening, by
way Of Columbus, with amazement and doubt,
and We were only convinced Of the truth on the
reception Of a dispatch few hours later from the
wife Of the General, announcing the sad intsIli-
gence that her husband and our friend had
bresthed his last In Washington on Monday
yesterday we met the deceased on the train going
North, and from his seeming appearance he had
the promise Q: long and useful career before
him; yet within four days from that time his
spirit had crossed over into the valley Of the
shadow ofdeath.' His funeral took place In W ash
nps Ss TI NOV sissns csT n the
cemetery among the nations illustrious dead.


"It cannot be deemed an unseemly obtrusion TO
recall to Q generous public the memory Of one who
was Of us and 90 long lled SO large space in the
administrative councils, and 'tWere meet that the
utterances OF a friendship should be thus crate
fully expressed. General Barry was man Of no
talent and great force Of character and he rose
triumphantly over obstacles before which weaker
his manners, earnest and true in his friendship,
almost incapable Of enmity, he commanded the
unweyering confidence Of Q large portion Of his
Withstanding serious fault over which he seemed
to have no control. But the sweep Of the scythe
, Il Fslentsss i and ne has passed aSay The young
mournful retTospection Will OF recall the radiance
of smile which for them never faded. Sigh they
viii, and sigh again,


'"FOr the touch Of Q vanished hand


And the sound Of voice that Is STILL


"But let them be Of good cheer The husband
and father honestly lived and peacefully died
May the sod press lightly upon . bosom SO gene
rous, Edmay the charities Of his life rise In his
Vindication before an Eternal Justice,


This simple hower We cast upon his grave
Ts the last tribute OF the grateful living 70 the
honored dead"
Year: 1875

THE OLD CANNIBALs sTARvING-FoRTY THOU


SAND DEATHS IN FOUR MoNTHs-DEsERTED


vILLAGEs-BURYINa PEOPLE ALIVE.


From the Sidney Herald


Further information from Fiji conveys still darker
accounts OF the plague which has recently passed over
the colony. resident of long standing, writing TO
Victorian contemporary, says:-'The death rate is
not yet made up but the probability is that 40 600 FL
jans died during the four months plague Tho native
population Of Fiji is about onethrd only of what
II when landed bero about twenty five years ago."
The accounts given of the magnitude OF the disaster are
less narrowing than those of the sunerings of tho
the majority dying of subsequent disease in
the form Of dysentery congestion of the
lungs, &c Want of nourshment starvation carried
of thousands" We told that "an work was sus-
pended for months You could pass through whole
towns without meeting any one in the streets which
were soon completely covered with grass Entering a
house you would find men, women and children all ly-
ing down Unfortunately, some just attacked some
still in agony, and others dying Some who were
strong enough attempted suicide and always un-
successfully" We further told that the scourge
became more permanent four or FIVE were buried to-
gether in one grave and generally without religious
service. In some cases the dead buried in the
earthern floors Of the houses in others Just outside the
house The burials were hurried and the probability
is that some were buried alive. In many In
stances the husband wife and children all
died. In ono village all the women died and
in another all the men" II Is interesting To read OF
the different mental effects produced by the torture of
disease 1t is not surprising 10 find that 'some made
frutless appeals to their anciont god Some inland
tribes, who had only recently embraced Chris


anity considered that the disease was conveyed by
their religious teachers and they dismissed them and
then abandoned their now religion. Among these some
were for killing tho teachers but their visor counses
prevailed. "a said that one tribe buried alive one
teachers wife and child, whose husband and father
in their distress fell back on their former super
stitions, the greater number said have borne
their calamity with fortitude and to have suffered and
Year: 1875

In the vicinity Of six O'Clock last evening whlo
Colonel H. M Porter, commandant Of the Twenty
second regiment, enjoying horseback ride on the
Seventh Avenue Boulevard and when near the corner
OF 146th street, he suddenly thrown from the
animal and severely injured. His wounds which in
cluded cut on the bead and contusons OF the right
leg and arm, were promptly dressed by Dr. William A.
Varian, OF Kingsbridge who fortunately near
enough 70 lend early assistance, and he then re-
moved to the hospital at Ninety ninth street. pending
arrangements for his transfer his residence in East
Tuan " etr
Year: 1875

drove Of steers broke loose from pier No "A East
River last evening, and, running wildly through the
streets in the upper section of the city, great
CONSERVATION among the large number Of pedestrians
enjoying the pleasant night air The police in excel
lent season gave chase and finally succeeded killing
three Of themone at Ninety seventh street and Sew
enh avenue another at Ninety ninth street and Third
avenue and the third at the of 103d street and
the Same avenue. Quiet was then restored No one
WINS nj
Year: 1875

purpose OF photoaphing their dwellings for compari-
son with the older Of the northward country.
We will have opportunity Of comparing wherein the
two peoples were similar and Of determining whether
they were not identical-that is whether the
ancient the ancestral stock Of the Pue-
bios Moqus and Zunis, for the three tribes are
nearly related and what proved regarding will
all
Year: 1875

The police OF the Nineteenth precinct yesterday
evening arrested Elizabeth Donovan, aged sixteen
years. resdinAat No 3S2 East Forty eighth street. on
suspicion OF having thrown her born infant into
vault In the yard Of her residence The supposed un-
natural mother was taken to Bellevue Hospital as q
prisoner and the Coroner was notified 10 hold in
guest
Year: 1875

TIE SEASON NEARLY ovER-TH1 QUICK
Steps RECORD.


Sometime since the HERALD contained .
list Of the games played by the Quickstep
Club, of this city, with the number lost and
gained; to-day We will give the entire num-
ber of games played by the club during the
whole of the season up to the present date.
The following Is . list of the
Year: 1875

| OF EDUCATION IN TROUBLE,
CITY OF NEW Castle,
Nov. 1st, 1875
This has always been considered the


healthiest place on the Delaware, and al


though there is considerable lew and


marshy ground near, it has nevertheless al


ways been remarkably free from maismstic


influences. It has never but twice been the


scene of epidemics, once in the latter part


of the last century, when yellow fever ragged
here, and once in '32 when the cholera pre-
vailed to an alarming extent. During the


latter period am informed, No less than


sixty persons perished from that scourge


alone, in the short space Of three or four


weeks, and that when the population was


not more than one-fourth or one third of it's


present number. With these two excep-


tions New Castle has always been remarka-


bly, free from epidemics, and when cholera,


small pox, or yellow fever prevailed in eth
er portions of the county she always escap-


ed visit. Even few years back, when


the small pox rayed to such an extent in


your city, there were but one or two cases


here, and they of mild type. The reason
Of this has never been explained, but that it
is so, there is no doubt, as have learned
from one or two of the Oldest citizens. The
healthy condition Of the place is more
marked some years than Others, and this is
one Of the highly favored ones. People get
sick and die, of course, as everywhere else,
but the town is unusually essmpt from
malarial diseases. Whether 1t 10 owing to-
the air, or some local cause, has not yet, /
believe, been discovered.


I have learned within the past few days
that there is come trouble in the Board of
Education, and that tho President and Sec.
retary have both resigned, and one or two
members have, or are about to withdraw en-
tirely from the Board, and that there il q
probability Of the schools being closed the
first of the year. From what can gather,
there seems to be some trouble about the
funds. 1t appears the Board in making ap
plication to the Council for tho sum in their
Judgment necessary to conduct the schools
for the coming year, instead Of asking for
four thousand dollars, which they had a
perfect right to do, asked for only three
thousand, and spent I've hundred of that for
books, so that they now find themselves
without funds sufficient for keeping the
schools open longer than tho time 1 men
toned. 1t is said some of the members try
to excuse themselves for the blunder on the
ground that they expected to receive an ap-
preparation of at least one thousand dollars
from the Trustees, but am of the opinion
the people will not take any such excuse,
and fthe schools are really closed there
will be something of buzz raised about
the ears Of that august body. 1t 10 furth-
er stated, that there are number Of child
rem here who haven't been able to get into
the schools on account of there being no
room, when the money spent for books
would have easily provided the means for
their accommodation. look for an open
war at no distant time, and when it comes
will keep you posted. MORE ANON.
Year: 1875

THE REDUCED SALARIES OF DISTRICT
GoyERSNENT ENPLOYEEs.-The District
Commissioners, to whom was referred by the
House District Committee the petition of
certain employees of the District govern
ment praying Congress to restore To them the
twenty per cent. reduction made last summer
on their salaries, have made an adverse re-
InFf d the SIIhncf
Year: 1875

THE COMING COLD SNAP-The weather
summary for the past week, just issued from
the signal Office in this city, says:-.A sec
Ond area of high barometer and very cold
weather is now advancing eastward from
the northwest"
Year: 1875

VICE PRESIDENT WILSON told a friend
yesterday that his health had so much i'm
proved that he thought he would be able to
continue his duties as presiding officer of the
Senate until the close of the present session.
Year: 1875

In many parts of the Southern states
men have so far conquered their anti
pathy towards alligators as to tame
them and keep them in confinement.
In this semi-domestic state the beast
is said to exhibit more intelligence
than would be expected from its
appearance. An alligator was once
the cause of a curious case being
tried at New Orleans. A young lady
brought an action against neighbor
for keeping an alligator IN his yard,
asserting that the beast was of
extraordinary size and ferOoity, that
she had frequently had occasion to
enter his premises, and that, when


ever compelled to do so, she was in
fear of her life. The defendant, who
had been arrested, being required to
plead, stated that he kept the anima l
as a kind of house doc, OF. nigh
watchman, and that, unless provoked,
it was quite apeaceable reptile; futh-
ermore, that the plaintiff had been
in the habit of teasing the alligator,
and exciting his anger by tickling
him in the ribs with a long pole,
throwing brickbats ut him, and on
one occasion went so far as to scar
his back with red-hot iron. Upon
this the lady was bound over to keep
the peace towards the alligator and
its owner. ..-.,.r.
Year: 1875

A Writer in the Popular Science
Monthly says; Love defeated in the
attainment of its object becomes in
man an incident to be forgotten or to
be remembered with impatience,
A defeated love with woman is too
often defeat of her intellectual life.
An emotion, the misdirection or
disappointment of which is capable Of
inducing a large per eentum of insane
in one sex over the other. Certainly
we must credit this excess on the
part of woman with an important ply
steal factor, aside from that of sex
proper, being of less hardy develop
ment than man; but these physical
peculiarities permit sex to assert its
most potent physical effect 10 the
degree of shaping the actions or
destiny of woman. Il viii suffice to
illustrate the fact referred to TO take
the figures from the report of tive
asvlums for the insane-the Penn
sylvania Hospital for the Insane and
the Michigan Asylum. Of I4I insane
men and women received into these
institutions whose supposed cause OF
insaniG;7 could be traced te disaPPoin-
ed .saFeetG0ls, 81 were womeE and 81
were men. Thee figures are taken from
an excess of 454 male over female
inmates. Now, the figures as We
gather them from asylum reports
show that women are no more prone
to insanity than men. 1t is natural to
conclude that specific cause leading
to this excess of insanity in one sex
over the other exists with greater
force in one than the other, and not
that one sex is less able to bear the
operation of the specific cause.
Year: 1875

Down the steep and rugged hillside,
Where Dame Natures done her best
To induce tiny streamlet 81
4. To glide on in perfect rest;
Where the trees in wild profusiOn,
Shadow DER the little stream,
2 Making one almost forgetful


That lifei is not all dream.
8 There we went, just for ramble,
On a, summer afternoon,
Twas the season Of the harvest
In the month that follows June.
And we elambered down the hillside;
Down and farther down we went,
Til at last we reached the bottom,
There to rest awhile content.
All enrapt, we gazed around us,


Trees loomed up on either hand, :
While the sunlight sitting through them
Mingled beauty with the grand.
And we wandered through the ravine,
Wading in the brooklet' flow,
Looking vainly to find out where


All the tiny fishes go.
And the branches twined above US
From the trees so tall and high,
On the right and On the left bank,
- Seeming most to reach the sky.





Now anon the water deepened,


Down We went ere we could know,
Sure, We thought we'd learned the secre
OF where all the fishes go.
But splash or two, and like them,
Soon we wound our way along,
While the little waves kept dancing
To the brooklet's gentle song.
And we sang awhile together,
- Just to hear our voices rise,
To the living world above US


On level with the skies.
But more loud and trebly clearer,


Were our songs the culvert through;
Strange it seemed that so much music
Was produced by just US two!
Der the clear and pebly bottom,


Soon our homeward way we went,
Resting now upon tree trunk


Which across the stream was bent.
Climbing once again the hillside,


Tired somewhat, and clothing rent,
Feeling much as if we'd been gone


Half the forty days Of Lent.
Ashtabula, Aug, 1872. N. H. B,
Year: 1875

Some Ave Or >ix weekI ago "a young man
named Charles Perrin twenty three years
old. and carpenter by trade, fell in love
with a good ,)okiug girl whose parents live
on Orchard street Charlc- ha- red hair and
a frcck ed face and at:hou" he young lady
treated him 2ourtcouSiy " he called at
the house. she had made mp Ier mind that
she could never wed ed headed man. AT
ter an Acquaintance OF three weeks he aSkct
her to become Mrs Perrin, anl was greatly
taken back when she told him that she
couldn't think of such thing. Chare-
then sought to have the old folks put in
good word for him. but they declined to IN
tcrfere. He continued his visits, perhaps
hoping to soften the girl heart. hut Thurs
day evening the crisl- came. He went to
the house with a bottle of acid in his pocket.
prepared to spoil her beauty if She did not
give him a favorable answer. There was no
one at home hut the girl and her mother,
and Perrin first wanted the grl to take
walk with him She refused 10 90. and he
asked to see her alone She also refused
this request and the lover had just got ready
to draw the bottle from his pocket when
something bit him lie thought it was a
dog but it wasn't The cork had worked
out of the bottle. and his coat-tAls were
turning brick color at the rate of yard
minute The acid wasn't content with his
coat-tail>. bur Strdcn out for flesh and in
about minute the young man was dancing
around the house as il to escape a bullet
Shouting and whooping. he got out of doors
and threw off most OF his clothing and rolled
in the mud and it was some time before any
one could find out whether he had iakcs in
his boots or had sat down on a brad awl. He
was 50 badly burned that two men had to
help HIM to his boarding house, where a
physician dressed the burns There is a
good deal Of laughing at his expense. and if
he ma ke> his appearance ct the house again
he will be arrested. as he told one OF his
friends in advance that he meant the acid
for thp ulrl
Year: 1875

DR. B was called. to visit a sick boy,
twelve years of age As he entered the
house the mother took him aside and told
him she could not get her boy to take any
medicine except she deceived him.


well. then said DR. B., II shall not
give him any He is old enough to be rea-
soned with" " He went to the boy, and said
to him


"My little man. YOU are very sick, and
must take some medicine Ii will taste badly
and make you feel badly for n little while,
and then | expect it Will make you feel bet
tern


The doctor prepared the medicine, and
the boy took 1t like man, without any re-
sistance and he would take from his moth
er anything that the physician had prescrlb-
ed, but would take nothing else from her
She had so often deceived him, and tod him
it was good. when she gave medicines, thai
he would not trust to anything she said
Honesty with children, a. well a with all
others. and IN ali circumstances, Is the best
policy.
Year: 1875

Perhaps the ensuing anecdote may teach
some people the tolly of superstition: A
negro killed white man, in Texas. The
negro was very much alarmed, knowing that
should he be caught he would be hanged to
the nearest tree convenient for the purpose,
there being no hope for a fair trial in that
section. \ friend OF his hearing of his stu


alton went to see him in his hiding place,
and promised for consideration (of money
of course) to give him Il powder, which he
should take when he was captured, that
would prevent his being hanged or shot.
The poor man believing it to be n charm,
readily paid the sum demanded and received
the powder, which he was to swallow when
there was no other hope. The next day the
man was discovered in his hiding place by
crowd Of white men, who were determined
to carry out tire decision OF Judge Lynch.
and were about to hang him to Il tree which
they had already selected. The prisoner,
with great reluctance. yet having faith in
the power Of his powder, was taken to the
tree, and when al the arrangements were
made he took the powder from his pocket
and swallowed it, contents. The effect waS
quickly seen, us he fell dead Immediately.
Year: 1875

A young English woman, only twenty two
years of age, named Mary Harris, died on
the platform of railway station near Lon
don. literally from broken heart In June,
1873, her husband ran away from her, and
since that time had not given anything to-
ward her support or that of his two chill
dren. Aitera long search for him she found
out last August that he was working in
Sheffield, where he was earning good wages.
She made up her mind to 60 to him, but be-
ing without the money to pay the fares OF
herself and children, went down to Kent
with the hope Of earning enough money as
hop picker.


She remained their three weeks and con-
triycd to save eighteen shillings, and started
for London. She had been i'll for several
days previously, and said her heart was ach-
ing and breaking Upon reaching the
Bricklayers' Arms station she rose from her
seat and attempted to get out Of the carriage,
but fell forward into the arms Of her mother,
who was with her, saying


''Mother, dear, lead me somewhere.
want to lie down Bring Sarah and Joe to
me am dying"


She was placed upon the platform, but
died in the course of minute or two, be
fore anything could be done for her.