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Year: 1875

AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF OFFICER


JOYCE ON BAIL


Yesterday afternoon motion admit to bail Redmond
Joyce the officer Of the Tenth precinct police who shot
the colored man, Robert Gilmore, made in the
Kings County Supreme Court, Special Term, before JUS
tice Pratt The counsel for the policeman, Mr.. Ridge
way argued that the verdict of the Coroners jury
that the death of Gilmore the result of cuIpabe
carelessness what amounts to that The pistol shot
which resulted so fatally prematurey discharged,
and the at best could only be construed man
slaughter. He contended that the previous excellent
reputation the prisoner should weigh with the Court
and that bail ought TO be fixed at amount within his
reach


District Attorney Brtton, appearing for the people,
said he entertained grave doubts 10 whether the
that admitted OF bail IL was either man
slaughter murder in the second degree In his
conilcted as nearly all the evidence showed that the
firing was premeditated, whether the killing
The officer not justified IN firing the shot
The testimony showed that the accused was but few
feet from the deceased; that the street full OF
people, and tho could not have well escaped,
while the offence tor which Robert Gilmore
was arrested OF "a most trivial nature. He had
been arrested Tor being drunk and disordery. Bail
should not be taken Mr. Britton cited the case Of
Conraddy show that officer is not justified in
shooting down a prisoner because the man may be
charged with felony


Justice Pratt said he would his decision till
to-day Thursday when lie would make IL known
In the meantime he remandcd Joyce 10 the Raymond
Year: 1875

When the earliest rumor Of the catastrophe reached
us the vaguest and contradictory interpretations
were put upon 1t. II said that the Vanguard had
sunk with all board. The possibility of such dread
ful misfortune in Irish enough TO rouse the
whole population of the metropolis to the highest pitch
of excitement How deep interest in the catastro
phe. and how profound sympathy with the supposed
sufferers felt might be inferred from tho
fcverish eagerness with which the newspapers wero
bought up The swfLest machines were scarcely rapid
enough to supply the cverncreasing demand fresh
intelligence. In klngstown the feeling still
poignant. The Vanguard having long been stationed
guardship in the harbor most of the wives OF tho
married men were resident IN the locality. II was ter
rblc to witness


THE ANGUISH THESE WOMEN


as they hrongcd the streets and crowded round every
person likely TO be IN possession Of reliable news OF the
disaster. When 1t was at length announced that the
entire crew had been saved there JOYFUL reaction
which almost oblitercd all OF the Importance vi
the actual mshap We may fairly say that the popu,
lation OF Dublin and Kngstown received tho wecOns
news that no human life had been sacrificed with q
gratincatlon which could scarcely have been trans
cended had they learned of the escape from the laws al
death Of 10 many near and dear relatives
Year: 1875

RESOLUTION CoNDEMNING THE UDA AERIAL


LADDER-AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED.


The Fire Commissioners met yesterday noon at Head
quarters, but in session but short time After
the adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting
Commissioner King offered the following preamble and
resolution


Udas patent aerial ladder resulted yesterday in horrible
of battalion and two bremen LOST their lives and whereas
this and previous experiments with said patent aerial lad
ders the extreme danger attempting
make of H. well its worthlessness in the de-
partment and whereas there good 10 believe that
nous expense by corrupt means and whereas better
the money already expended should entirely lost
rather than lives should be sacrificed therefore,


Resolved That further experiments with said patent
aerial ladder and further thereof in this department. be
and hereby are forbidden


On a motion of President Perley was laid over un-
til after the investigation and for further consideration
the next meeting,


On motion of Commissioner King the Board then
adjourned out OF respect to the memory of the late
Chief of Battalion William H. Nash, and hremen
William Hughes and Philip J. Maus.


Chief Engineer Bates ordered Chief Miller OF the
Sixth battalion to thorough investigation 10 be
made of the Of the accident, which will be
Inenced on Friday.


The funeral OF Philip Maus of Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. O. will take place to-day from his late resi-
dence Essex street O'Clock. Chief Miller
has detailed force 10 act escort, the pail bearers
beng composed of the members Of his company.


The funeral of Mr. Hughes, OF Engine Company No.
Will also take place to-day, at one O'clock from his
late residence Henry street detail force will also
act escort


The funeral OF Chief of Battalion William N Nash will
take place tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.


Chief Engineer Bates states that the day previous
the accident Chef Nash made test OF the ladder by
attaching rope the top rung and causing six
pull and swing 1t from below and that II wthstood
all the strength these men had even TO move it


Chief Miller has been detailed 10 take charge Of the
Fourth BATTALION in connection with the Sixth battalion
until further notice.
Year: 1875

At an carly hour yesterday morning officer Fitz-
henry arrested boy named James Fullerton seven
teen years old, who drunk and disordery in First
street. Jersey City. Fullerton is the leader OF gang
of young ruiians who the OF the locality.
He was arrested at the request of his mother, but he
told the officer that would take him without
tight He welded "A knife with which he had tried to
kill his mother, and when the officer seized him he
called on the gang for assistance The officer was i'm
medately set upon, knocked down, and struck sew
eral times with sungshot till his face was covered
with blood. Fullerton tried to wrest the club from
him, but was not successful The officer clung TO the
young scoundre and conveyed him To the First precinct
station Judge Davis sent him to the Penitentary Tor
Year: 1875

meeting Of the Committee Of the Hudson County
Board Of Freeholdcrs held at the Snake Hill Pen
tentiay yesterday when order was issued that one
Mrs Solomon, who has been boarding for more than
year at the expense Of the county remove IRON the IN
stitution. To this Warden Post demurrcd. ana he was
sustained his refusal by Freebooter Currn, OF Hobo
ken The committee will report the case to-day ut the
meeting OF the Board ot Freehoders ia Jersey City
Year: 1875

culatiOn Of the country Ia now greater
than all the odds and ends Of government
currency. Together they amount to be-
tween seven and eight hundred millions
Of dollars. II the National Banks hand
in their circulation with anything like a
simultaneous movement it must prOduee
a contraction that will soon be felt in the
chsuhGls Ottrade, While it ia true thai
such movement on the part Of any one
bank really adds to the capita
Of the city or town in which
1t Is located. Yet agenCral movement ol
the kind throughout the county would
in tihs, reduce the circulation one-hah
Here in Wheeling We have gaiheicapitaI
by the winding up Of two Of the National
banks, to the extent OF the premium they
received on their bonds, and We shall
probably gain some more capital in the
same way within the next few days Blu
in the end the country will lose largely
in It's papfI capital by the same process
shOuld Il become general.
Year: 1875

That the principles Of tie Ohio
Democratic platform have taken deep
hold on the public sentiment at the
North, says the Nashville EItjOu, is
established by the action Of the Penn
sylvania Democracy. A persistent and
energetic effort has been made by the
friends of contraction and bank mono
poly IN Pennsylvania and out Of it, to
induce the Peunsy lvania Democrats,
to pronounce against the Ohio plat
form. The New York ITOrtd and Zri-
Uttne have given special attention to
the political situation in the Keystone
State. They have by turns with
threats and persuasion, endeavOIed to
induce that stalwart Democracy to en-
list under the banner OF com me rcial
and agricultural ruin. The la lure of
their efforts is complete and over
whelming. The action of the Penu-
sylvania Democratic Convention will
strike terror to the money power, and
encourage the people IN every State 10
renew ID txertIOHs to throw off the
burdens they have so long borne for
the exclusive benefit Of IA favored few.
THIS action Will be especially comfort
ing and encouraging to the u, mocracy
of Ohio. They will continue the can
vass with increased zeal. Another
half million of dollars will be sent
from Wall street into the rural dis
tricts of Ohio to defeat Governor
Allen. But his election is no longer
doubtful. That result is an accom-
pIished fact.


The two platforms are nearly identi-
Cal on the currency. The following
are the sections on that subject:


That the contraction of the currency
heretofore made by the Republican
party. and the further contraction pro-
posed by 1t with view to the forced
resumption of specie payment, has
already been disastrous to the bust
ness of the country, and threatens it
with general bankruptcy and ruin.


We demand that this policy be aban-
doned, and tine volume of currency be
| kept eqnal to the wants of the trade.
| leaving the restoration of legal tenders
Year: 1875

There is a studiOus attempt upon


the part of the Radical journals to con-


vjct President Wilson of insanity


or senility-all because he is So charm


disasters The truth is Mr.. Wilson is


much more sane now than he was


wears ago, when he had a bad case of


"nipger on the brain" We have al


ready given, from time to time, GER


tain Of his Delphic utterances, and


here is another which displays a


sagaci0ns aud healthy intellect. Speak


ing of the attempt to form parties ont
side of the great organizations Of the


day, he says This building up of
third parties is not generally the work
OF practical men. There are perhaps
seven millions of voters in Our country;
the actual majority of one party over
the other is never above few hundred
Thousand. You see what a narrow
shelf q third party has to occupy.
Take the Republican party, which had
such a remarkable carer on the destiny
of men. | was one of the callers Of the
Philadelphia convention. We tried to
stir up the people on the main issues
of conscience, but at last we had to
triumph by bringing about fusion Of
the native Americans, the Republicans,
the Free Soil Democrats. etc thus
dropping to a much lower plane for
our triumph Even th"n Lincoln had
to come in by plurality instead of
majority. Now, Greeley's opportunity
was unparalleled to make a new party
by the consent OF an old one, vet he
failed, and broke his heart" IF that
solid presentation OF great truths is an
evidence of lunacy, 1t is a pity that the
Radical editors are not inocu-
lated with the same views.
Year: 1875




In the city of Hartford, Ct, lives the
hero of the true story | am about to re-
late--but no longer +" little, as the per-
ilous adventure which made him famous
in his native town happened several
years ago.


Our hero was then bright, active boy
OF fourteen-the son of mechanic. In
the severe winter of 1885 the father
worked i'll factory about mile from
his home, and every day the boy carried
him his dinner across II piece of meadow
land. One keen frosty day, he found
the snow on this meadow nearly two feet
deep, and no traces of the footpath re-
naming. Yet he ran on as fast as posi-
ble, plunging through drifts, keeping
himself warm by vigorous exercise, and
brave, cheerful thoughts. When in the
midst of the meadow, fully half a mile
from the house, he suddenly felt himself
going down, down


He had fallen in well. He sank
down, down into the dark, icy water, but
rose Immediately to the surface. There
he grasped hold of plank which had
fallen into the well as he went down.
One end of this rested on the bottom of
the well-the other rose about four feet
above the surface of the water. The
poor lad shouted until he was almost
speechless, but all in vain, as it was i'm
possible to- make himself heard from
such a depth, and at such distance
from any house. SO at last he concluded
that if he was saved at all he must
save himself, and begin mt once, as. he
was getting extremely cold in the water.
80 he went to work.


First he drew himself up the plank,
and braced himself against the top of it
and the wall of the well, which was of
brick and quite smooth. Then he pulled
off his coat, and taking out his pocket-knife
he cut off his boots, that he might go to
work to greater advantage. Then, with
his feet against one side of the well, and
his shoulders against the other, he
worked his way up, by the most fearful
exertion, about half the distance to the
top. Here he was obliged to pause to
take breath and gather up his energies
Tor the work yet before him. Far harder
was 1t than all he had gone through, for
the side being from that point covered
with ice, he must cut with his knife
grassping places for his fingers, slowly
and carefully, all the way up. 1t was al
most hopeless attempt, but it was all
that he could do. And here the little
hero Lifted up his heart to God and
prayed fervently for help, fearing that
he could never get out alone. Doubtless
the Lord heard bis voice calling from
the deep, and piled him. He wrought
no miracle TO save him, but he breathed
Year: 1875

The donkey is the great institution of
Egypt. The long-eared creatures crowd
the narrow strets of those far-off cities,
ambling along sometimes with fat Turk
balancing himself with difficulty on the
ungainly saddle. Again one PAGES along
carrying an amused traveller intent on
sightseeing. And often, on the banks
of the wondrous Nile, under the shadow
Of the palm-trees, beneath the golden
light of the Egyptian skies, you may see
one bearing woman with child clasped
in her arms, so like to that old familiar
picture that you have looked upon many
times, OF Mary and the infant Jesus i'll
their flight into Egypt 1t is a more
beautiful and touching sight than any
other in that Eastern land.


had almost compared the donkey boys
of Egypt to the news-boys of New York /;
and, indeed, do believe them to possess
many traits in common. Their rough,
independent life, their intercourse with
every class of humanity, their shrewd
cunning, all may be found on this side
the Atlantic in the streets of our own
city.


They are quick to catch foreign
phrases, and many of them can speak,
though imperfectly, three or four Ian
guages.


When his passenger is mounted, the
owner of the donkey-that is, the donkey
boy-always runs behind his property,
urging him forward with a stick which
he carries and with one magic word, well
comprehended by the donkey, sounding
like " Haa " The boy will often run a
long distance, apparently without fa-
tigue, now and then breaking out into a
wild kind of singing. They are the
happiest race of boys in the world. st.
NjcIoIos
Year: 1875

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And as the old lady rode slowly up
the hill upon her white horse, Rhoda
perceived that every one of her ten fin
gers were covered with rings TO the very
tips, and the end of her boots were cut
off to let out her ten toes, to every one of
which was tied little silver bell, all of
different sizes; and rs she rode, Mother
Banbury rang these bells by the motion
of her toes, and produced the most
charming music you can imagine-that
is, from such source. Besides all
these, Mother Banbury wore a chain of
large glasss beads wound ten times
round her neck, which hung all over the
front of her dress and she wore brace
let's and earrings, and large hoop i'll
her nose and a great bunch of hair on the
top of her head, stuck full of feathers
and flowers, and jewels, and bows of
ribbon, with long, floating ends and
she had great silk balloon tied round
her waist, which stood out behind; and
stiff lace ruffie round her neck and
droll little hat pitched over her eyes al
together she was a very culrious-looking
person.


The Chimney-Elf led the way down
the other side of the hill. About half
way he turned off into level nook set
around with bushes and paved with large
flat stones. At one end of this space sat a
cat with some music upon a stand in
front of him, and fiddle beside him.
Fixing his eyes upon the music, the cat
extended his four paws with all the claws
out, and began to scratch and tear at the
fidddle-strings with all his might, accom-
panying his efforts with the most hor-
rible screeches and yells imaginable.
The noise was so frightful, but at the same
time 50 funny, that small dog, whose
business it was to howl i'll chorus with
the cat, was able to do nothing but roll
upon his back from side to side, stutfing
his four paws iuto his mouth to stihe the
peals of laughter, which would have
offended the cat very much If he had
perceived them. In the center of the
dancing-g ground red-and-white COW was
gravely and laboriously performing a
polka in the old-fashioned style of
jumping up very high and coming down
very hard. The only spectators We're n
pewter-dish and iron spoon, who seemed
to be tired of the ball, and were just
StcdllHS away alnOllS ulc puSleS.


I" suppose you've heard of the COW
that jumped over the moon 2" said the
Chimney-Elf. "People generally sup
pose that she lived on the earth, and
jumped over the moon and down again !;
but such people could never have no.
ticed cows habits very particularly !;
they never Jump high, but, like the one
we just saw, they often Jump about, over
the moons or the earth's surface. This
cow is coming out as a ballet-dancer as
soon as Barry OLynn can find time to
make her belt with fringe to it. -
From Z" WOOnf0lk."
Year: 1875

The power of the imagination is truly
marka|Ge-indeed, almost beyond be-
lief and many people are great slaves
10 Its whlms and caprlces. One-half the
ills that flesh is heir to are superinduced
by the fancy of the sufferers, as hundreds
are known to have died by mere symp-
toms of cholera, yellow fever, and the
plague, induced by dread alone of these
terrible maladies. People of strong
nervous temperaments are often great
slaves to the tyranny of mind over mat
ter. Young medical students are ve1I
fond of illustrating this fact by practical
jokes upon unsuspecting people.


We very well remember case in point
which occurred i'll this city not long ago,
but which we do not remember to have
seen III print. 1t was that of an amateur
butcher engaged in a slaughter-house,
and who i'll placing his meat upon
hook, slipped i'll the blood upon the
floor, and hung himself instead of the
meat upon the barbed point. His
screams were deafening, and when he
was released from his frightful situation
his agony was intense. He was quickly
carried in the arms of three men to the
nearest physicians office, and so great
was his pain Gin imagination) that he
cried piteously upon every motion made
by the doctor in cutting the coat and
shirt-sleeve from about the wounded
arm. When at last the arm was barred
not a scratch was there. The hook-point
had merely grazed the skin and torn the
shirt-sleeve


These thoughts were suggested to us
by an experiment just tried Mt st. Peters
burg, Russia. A criminal condemned to
death was handed over to the surgeons
of the hospital for the purpose of GER
tain experiment. He was taken to the
dissecting room and laid upon marble
slab, his hands, feet and body were Sc
curely tied to the table upon which he
lay. He was then told, after being care
fully blindfolded, that he was TO be bled
to death. A pail was brought, the sur
geon snapped his lancet upon the main
artery of the arm, while an attendant
stood by pouring a small stream of blood
warm water upon the arm, which ran of
into the pail. The poor criminal heard
the steady stream flowing into the pail,
and soon grew weak and faint, then
swooned, and in exactly twelve minutes
was dead


Here was an unmistakable evidence of
the power of the imagination, illustrat-
ing III n remarkable manner the refiec-
tons mentioned above, for in this in
stance not one drop of blood had been
taken from the body of the criminal.
His fancy had proved as fatal to him as
though he had actually bled to DEATH
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Year: 1875

into his heart yet larger measure OF
calmness and courage, Strengthening hum
10 work out his pwn deliverance.


After this the little hero cuts his way
upward inch by inch. His wet stock
ings froze TO the ice and kept his feet
from slipping, but his shirt was quite
worn from his shoulders ere he reached
the top He did reach it at last-crawled
out into the snow, and lay down for q
moment to rest-panting out his breath
in little white clouds on the clear, frosty
air. He had been two hours and half
in the well. His clothes soon froze to
his body, but he no longer suffered with
cold as, full Of JOY and thankfulness, he
ran to the factory, where his father was
waiting and wondering.


The poor man had to go without his
dinner, that day, but you may be sure
he cared little about that, while listening
with tears in his eyes to the thrilling
story his son had to relate TO him. He
must have been proud of him that day,
as he wrapped him in his own warm over
coat and took him home to "mother. "
And how that mother must have wept
and smiled over the lad, and kissed him
and thanked God for him : Grace
GTeenUOOd.
Year: 1875

We have added man to our staff.
he is the Chesterfield of the editorial
corps, and occupies the first room sew
eral doors from the chief editorial re-
treat. He is of the Hibernian persua-
sion, has bright red hair, strong, sinewy
arms, and airs himself with coat off and
sleeves well rolled up. He sports
cane, that is always handy, of solid hick-
ory, huge dimensions, and loaded at the
butt. He keeps two pets of the English
bulldog breed, with litter of well grown
pups in the corner to keep up the sup
ply IN case of accident, and it is fancy
of his to keep brace of loaded blunder:
buses against his chair. 1t is his bust
ness to do the delectable part of the edi-
torial work of the times. He receives
the short-haired women and long-haired
men who flock to every newspaper
with piles of manuscript upon their ia
vorite hobbies, said to be "just the thing
for an Independent Journal" and he
welcomes the large and growing family
of Col. Mulberry Sellerses, who have a
patent method of paying the national
debt, and of making money plenty for
everybody without earning it-all of
which they could demonstrate to the sat-
isfaction Of any one by publishing forty
or fifty columns in an independent jour
nal. He also greets the crowd that
comes with the scandal of the streets and
gin-mills, and insist upon publishing it
anonymously, to "break up the rings
and restore the city to law and order. Z"
With all these, and others in the same
useful line, our new man has to deal, but
he acquits himself with wonderful salts
faction. Now and then there is little
confusion in his office-a chair or table
broken, or window smashed, and once
in while the dogs are seen paving a bit
of silk, and bugles and things, and pan
taloon patches out of their teeth, and
the pups do occasionally play with an
ancient reticule, or a grandmother's fan,
or an old shirt-dickey, but upon the
whole the department is a success, and
we can confidently commend it to all our
brethren inclined to an independ-
ent newspaper venture.-Philadekphia
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