The New York Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1875, Page 8

a THE COURTS. —- + The Penalty Attending Careless Street Blasting, PORT AND MARINE RISKS. ane Law for Landlords and Tenants. Good | | fae motion heretofore reported to allow the | @ity to aniend its apawer to the sult brought oy the Metropolitan Gasiight Company fer $190,000 Was granted yesterday oy Judge Lawrence, iD | Supreme Court, Champers. Hé makes it condi. | onal on the city, however, to deposit $158,000 in | Court, the alleged amount tendered in payment, and to pay the costs thus far incurred. James H. Young, iormeriy a payoiaster in the | army, was unadie to satisfactorily account for ome $21,000, and the government Prougat suit against ma and his sureties, Willtam A. Croitus and Edward Conroy, to recover that amount. At ‘the (rial of the case yesterday, in the United Starea District Court, vefore Judge Biatctiord, no de- fence was made, and judgment was ordered for the government. On the night of August 20, 1870, a collision oc- @urred on the Kast River vetween the steam Propeller Fanita and a schoooer belonging to Bester A. Nenrho’% The latter brought suit in the UVaited States District voart to recover damage: Judge Biatch'ord yesterday rendered bis aecision, Giemissing the live) with costs. Deputy Coilector Coionei Robert Des Anges yes- terday periected hs bai! in $5,000, belore United States Commmsioncr Shields, Mr, David Lydig Becoming nis bondsman. Mr. Des Anges ts charged ‘With having in January lasy selecved from an im--! portation of govds, principally comp-sed of silks, @ case ol hosiery, which he seni to the Appraiser’s Mice ior the purpose of concealing the true value | @f the goods, with imtent to deiraud the revenue, | PENALTY OF CARELESS BLASTING. | In Febroary, 1971, James McCann and family | were living ip a one story wooden building on { First avenue, between Seventy-first and Seventy- | second streets, At this time Micbac! Smith and | Bartholomew Roonan were biasting rocks in the | vicinity. After one of the blasts a huge piece of Fock was thrown into the air and in ita descent , @truck the roof of SicCann’s house, and, comung , Bhrougd, struck Mrs. McUann ou one of her hips, | @be at the time lying om ner bed, where vut a | short time bejore she had given bita to 8 cnild. Her husband vrought sutt against Smith and Roonan fur $5,000 damages. ‘The case Waa tried yesterday im tbe Court 0: Common Pleas, belore Judge Laremore. It was set lorth im the compiaint that the injuries sustained by Mrs, McCann were Oo! @ peris aveut character, Dav- | img lamed her jor lie. For the dejence it was | ciaimed that the casualty was no: the result ot muy caretessoess io Diasting, and it was further claimed that the busband having brought euit for tne loss of bis wile’s services and for money for medical attendance nothing could be recovered beyond this, Judge Larremore neld that tor tn- Jaries to mind und person the wile alone could Bue, and on the present suit a verdict ior $140 25 Was given (or the husoand. PORT RISKS AND MARINE INSUR- AN William Netson, Jr., bad a vessel insured in the Sun Mutual Insurance Company, under wha: is | Bnown a3 a port risk, the insurance ovcing for ore month. Beiore tha expiration of tne time speci- Ged the vessel joit her dock on her voyage, but in going Gown the bay ran upon a rock, causing eMuge to her Keel aud compel ‘ing her return for Fepairs aud reidjos:ment of cargu. Mr. Nelson claimed $1,000 aatage-, aud ihe insurance com- pany refusing (0 pay him be brought sait for ine Quount. ‘The case Was tried yesterday in the Sa- erior Court, oefore Judge Speir. The question volved was Whetocr toe loss came under the rt risk or under the general pohcy of marine surance cuvering the vessel's sa‘ety and that of her cargo on.a voyage. Judge Speir beld that tne Yoss came under the gemeral policy of marine in- wurance and d.rected a verdict for the Gefendants, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Before Jadge Lawrence. @HE SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIO TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Andrew J. Baldwin obtained the contract for fuilding the liaes of the Southern and Atiantic Telegraph Company. A dispute eusnued asto the | gmount to which he was entitled, and to bring | the maiter to asetiiement the case was reierred to ex-Judge Leonard as arbitrator. Two motions | were made In the case yesterday, one to set aside | the judgment entered on the awara made in favor of Baldwin, and anotber to set aside the award on | the ground of corruption. The first motion was ergued ut consideravdie length, and the argument 1 the other postponed till nex Tuesday. i MRS. HARDIN AND HER LAWYER. Mrs. Elizabeth Hardin, of the Hardin will case | memory, charges her counsel with retaining some | $100,000 belonginz to her, and nas brought suit | bo recover the alleged indebtedness. A motion was made yesterday to vacate the urder gramung | am extension of twenty days to avewer. This ‘Was resisted on the ground that ex-Judge Porter, the cuunse) 0: the aceased counsel, being engaged fm the Tilton-Beecher trial, cannot give bis time to this. Jus Lawrence would not imterere at; resent, DUt intimated that it wae sboul time mevhing Was being done in the case. SUPREME COURT—TRIAL TERM— PART 2. Before Judge Van Brant. GOOD LAW POR LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, In 1871 Albert Ayres the owner of the brown stone house No. 929 Second avenue and gave it to @ Toird avenue agent tolet. The latter rented It | © Guetav Jacoby for one year at $1,200, wie | @igned the lease and paid $25 on account. Mr. . Ayres a'terward rejused to sign the lease, and, without acne any reasoo, potified Jacovy that he could pot ve the house. Jacuby was onliged fo rent abother snd inferior house at an im- erea-ed rent. A suit wustue resait. It appeared Bn vhe trial that the defendant’s real purpose was fo force the old tenant to remain, and that tbe plainti® was used to effect the object, Plaintif ved by real estate agents that the house was tually Worth upward of $1,500. Mr. Solis Ritter. Band, for plainiif, insisted that under the law tied by the Court of Ap is, plaintiff was en- | Btiea vo recover tae difference between tie rent Bgreed upon and the actual rental value of the Bi hea together witb any expense which plain- | had incurred. The Court instructed the jury — ict was given for plaintuid for 1 aimed. t such waa (he meSsure 0! camages, and a Ver- be smount BUPERIOR COURT—CIROUIT-—PART 1, | Before Judge Speir. VERDICT FOB AN INSURANCE COMPANY. Tobias Simun occupied the second Soor of the | euliding No, 7 Cana! street aa @ clothing store. Gis stock was insured In the Park Insurance Com- Be for $3,000, and in two other companies for je game amount. The daliding Was destroyed vy e and the Park Insurance Company reiused to ww Simon, Why therefore brought suit to recover amonnt, The suit was tried ye weeny 4 The deience was tnat the goods were insured beyond | Meir value. A verdict was rendered in favor of @Be insurance company. DECISIONS. SUPREME COUBT—CHAMBERS. By Judge Law:ence. Woolsey vs. Paco gt att vs. Marks; Scofeid Wa. Scofield; Levy vs. um.—Granted. } Im the matter of Sm,tb; May vs. May; Ibising va, | Rendall, < —Memorandume for counsel, White va. Livingston. —Approved. Metropolitan light Company vs. The Mayor, ac.—’ endanis may amend their answer #0 to £ id @ tender of $166,000, on the terms Rated memorandum, SUPEBIOR COUBT—SPECIAL TERM. By Judge Seagwict. Curtin vs. Curtin,—Keport of referee confirmed for @ limited divorce granted in 1 plaintiff against the defendant. In ti tter of the Application of Sutheriand, Oc.—Motion granted. COMMON PLEAS—SPRCIAL TERM, By Judge Robinsoo. In the Matter 0+ Geery.—See Memorandum, By Judge Larremore. Bparks ve, The Mayor, 4c.—Judgment for pialn- tg, (See decisio ‘a J. F. Daly. timer ve. eee Frou not sumetens, ) Manus Dis Glamond pip, Worth $700, and | ward and penetrating the brain. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1875.-WITH SUPPLEMENT, soffmen vs. d’Orville.—Motion denied. (See mem randum). Hi Geede vs. Darens.— (See memorandum 1M clerk’s Bead Bank vs. Smith; Wood vs. Harden- Devoe va. Cour; Mckntyre ve, Lynch; va, Rose; Shotwell vs. Mumley; Breen vs. Moir; Avemi) va, Kvers; Marshall va. Evers; Rhoades va. Frankenstein.—Motions to advance on calendar granted and orders signed. By Judge spauidin; Vail ve. Phillips; Welle vs, Murray.— (See memo- rapde in Wilmore va. Motion granted. (See PI del.— (see A COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett. In this Court yesterday His Honor suspended jadgment in tne case of Horace Marks, who was | convicted op Thursday of receiving two rings | stolen by his eons, the jury hav.ng recommended him to mercy, LARCENY. Robert Clark pleaded guilty to an indictment Charging htm with stealing an overcoat, valued at $50, which belonged to Smith T. Baker, from che Metropolttam Hotel, on the 19th of January. The accused said that he was from !udiapapolts, and was so drunk that he did not know what he wes doing at the t!me. His Honor sentenced him to the State Prison tor three years aad six months, | ACQUITTED. Thomas Burton, who was jointly indicted with James Cavanagh aud Joceph Gafney for attempt- | Niece, No, 208 Bleecker street, om the night of the | 18th of January, was tried anc acquitted. Maria McCormick Was a.80 promptly discharged by the jury upon an indictment obarging her with + purchasing | bave been stolen. ‘These watches were stolen on | she 2ua of February, 1874, trom Herman Siefke, Jr. | She satisfied toe Court and jury that she pur- clased them in good faith and exposed them ip her window for sale. TOMBS POLICE COURT. Befure Judge Smith. ROBBED IN A DIVE, When Carl Bergram's ship arrived in New York, on the 28th of Octover, 1574, be came ashore and put op at the Seaman’s Boarding House, No. 7 Carlisle street. On arrival he started out to see the e ephant, and among other places visited werg a concert saloon of bad repute in Cbatiam street, Here Carl’s attention was especially directed to Laura John-00. a pretty walter gir. Oceaus of beer were consamed und expressions o! love were exchanged. Wrearying, at lentn of Laura, Carl ascended irom the dive to the sireet above, where be discovered, while purchasing some iruit, that he haa been robbed of $20, the eum total of his hard earned wages. He returned to the saloon but conid not Gud the lovely Laura. The next day business cailed bim away trom the port and he Qi not return until yesterday, when he happened, accidentally, to see Laura, wh charge, and was locked up Jor trial. POLICY DEALERS IN TROUBLE. Thomas T. Tayicr, of No. 43 Chatham street; Sin clair Webster, of No. 15 Washington street, Ho- boken; Frank Warren, of No, 139 Division street, apd Charies Wilson, of No, 69 Goid atreet, were ‘ each held to boll in $500 on charge of keeping Policy shops, Sat FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT. Before Judge Flammer. ANXIOUS FOR A BOILER EXPLOSION. Michael Grob, a brewer at Ninth avenue and Sixueth street, and Charles Andres, owner of a machin op a: No, 447 West Forty-fiicn street, were charged with employing pereons to run steam boilers for them who bad no: passed exam- ination nor received certificates as licensed en- “gincers. Mr, Nesbit, who appeared ior Groh, de- manded an eXaminatioa, which was granted tor the 1ith inst. Mr. Groo intends to shew, he Fave, some irreguiarities in the law regarding his case and the manner of appointing engineers. Anures was held for trial at the Special sessions. A COUNTRYMAN ROBBED, George W. Kendall, a young gentleman from Binghamton, N. Y., was piaced at the bar charged with intoxication. He had the appearance of having passed through a severe ordeal. In answer to the inquiries of the Court be said he thought be | had been dragged, though he bad drunk, he ad- Mitted, some whiskey. He had gone to the Chari Hall, at the Academy of Music, with two friends, and reiused to icave with them at its conclusion, | He remembered to bave then gone into a neigh- boring saloon and drinking wito some parties, and being told by some one that he was in bad com- pany. He paid no attention to the warniug, and the hext he remembered was when Roaudsman Beekman, of the Tweaty-firat precinct, iound him Tying in a bailway in t Thirsy-ourth “apes gol waich and chatn, worth $400, He was remaidea Jor examuation, Dot having quise recovered from the effects of bis adventuro. THE ASSAULT WITH A BOTTLE. Thomas Fox, who assauited Thomas Reilly with @ bottle in a shanty in East Seventy-iourth street on last Wednesday evening, was arraigned ana committed to await the result of his victim’s ti wound 13 on the head and tal, but there are no present ears enteriained o: bis death therefrom. A REAL ESTATE BROKER CHARGED WITH MAYHEM. Adolph Loeb, of No. 265 East Seventy-eighth street, @ reali estate broker, Was Charged with maynom | on a young map named Robert Disbrow, the son of @ Reignbor o: bis. The dificult, arose out @ quarrel between brow’s little brother and ason of the defondant. The testi- Moony On Doth sidea was Of a contradictory nature, and the Court was compelled to take until to-day to give a decision, COURT OF APPEALS, ALBANY, Feb. 5, 1875, No. 25. Charlotte A. Fisk, administratrix, &c., respondent, vs. Henry ©. Pisk, impleaded. No. 94 Hiram A. Crave, respondent, vs. Sidney C. Genin and otners, a; Hand. of counsel for appetiants, and by John £ Parsons for respondent, Nos. 88 and 69, R. A. Parmenter and another, respondents, va. John Roth sod anutser, appel- t. Hame vs. Jobn Roth, appellant, alone. Argued by &. Hand, the counge! for the appellants, and by A. Parmenier, réspondent im person, as one case. No. 12 Rebecca Penny, oedministratrix, &c., et al, respondents, vs, Mary Ann Simpson, execu- tmx, &c., appellant. Argued by W. F. Coggawell of counsel lor appellants, and by George F. Dan- iorth tor respondents. Adjouroed w Monday, February 8. CALENDAR. The folowing ts the aay calendar for Monday, February 8:—Nos. 10, 47, 63, 77, 4814, 72, 194, 45. between them WIFE MURDER, & WOMAN'S SEULL CRUSHED WITH A POKER, About nine o’clock on Thursday evening Assist- ant Surgeon Etman, of the Park Hospital, was called to Hays’ lodging house, No, 64 Cherry street, to convey Mra, Elizabeth Claro, an Irish Woman, thirty years of age, to the hospital for surgical treatment, she having been wounded in | the head. It appears that Mrs. Clare and her hus- band, James Clare, became involved im a @ranken quarrel, when be caught up an tron poker, with which he struck ner, the sharp end taking eflect near the leit tem; passiug in- woman was inetently reduced to inssnsibility, iu witca condi ton she remained till three o'clock yesterday afternoon, when deatn ensued. Coroner Croker was notified, and subsequently Deputy Coroner MacWhinnie made an autopsy on tne body and found the brain lacerated, blood and broken braia lissue filling the le(s lateral ventricle; a clean cut was made through the bone on a line with the left eye and middie of the car, midway vetween these organs. The \pjuries described were the cause of death. To-day the Coroner will empane! a jury in the case and name a day Jor the investigation. Clare, the alleged murderer, was arrested soon after the occurrence by tae Fourth precinct police, and is lodged in the Tomes. | Mary Ann Riley ‘and Andrew Wineim were witnesses to the murder. HAVEN TRUST COMPANY, New Haven, Conn., Feb. 6, 1876. In the bearing of the case of Commissioner Sied- ‘Man vs. the American Nationai Live and Trast In- surance Company to-day the cross-examination of Benjamin Noyos, President, was continued. He Vestified at some length as to the cuaracter & THE NEW of the company’s assets, so far its Boreas were concerned. Relative to a note on demand, of Samuel #, Noye father oO! the witaess for $14,000, witne: id it was in hie Own handwriting, and that nis father nad left, with the com 1 Ol $1,900 each of the Carvon Hill Coal Compa: The vote was indorsed by Willa Bristol. The jest Dumber of the ‘ork Mutual policies weuea was 12,974. The last number of American Mutoal tssned was 0,474. The a Ree previous memor' | ‘Twomiey ve. central orth and Kest River | vad Company. —Al iament 4 lowed; ten tame to serve iurther amendments, COURT —CHAMBERA, By Judge Grose. Bohiidwachter vs. Pierson.—Movien to vacate @xder os arrest domed, umber of the National Life and Prost Company is 4, aking in @jl 27,477 policies issu For purposes of convenience, witness said, the umbers were so arranwed as Hot to indicate the exact Daumber of poicies, yelock the further hearing was ad- alterno0g, tog to break into the liquor store of Thomas Mc- | three silver watches knowing them to | the night succeeding his | jose arrest he imme. | diately caused. Laura when arraigned denied tae | ellants, Argued by Samuel | THE NEW CITY CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. J. Wilson Tappan was yesterday appointed | City Chamberlain by Mayor Wickham, to succeed George W. Lane, who resigued the office on Wednevday last. Mr. Tappan is @ banker snd broker, and ts well known in Anancial circies in this city. He ts a New Yorker by birth, and forty. three years of age, and although be has never held any pudlic position he is not entirely unknown in Political circles, he beimg a memver of the Tam- many General Committee from :he f'wenty-firet die trict, the district which claims as residenta Mayor Wickham, Jonn Kelly, Governor Tilden and several other of the leaders of the democratic party. Mr. Tappan is a director in several banks and insur- ance companies, was the assignee in bankraptcy | Of Howes & Macy, and has been suggested for the appointment of assignee in the case of Henry Ciews & Co. The only time he ever allowed his name to be mentioned in connection with any | Bante position was in 1870, when he ran agaluss lippery Dick Connolly for Comptroller a9 the candidate of the combined rejorm organizations which were pitted against Tammany in the local election th the fail of that year. It. is beheved that bis appointment as Cham- beriam will meet with the hearty ap- | proval of the moneyea loterests of the city. ) Suortly afer the appointment was made known | omciaily John M. stuart, the President of the | United States Trust Company, calied opon 'he Mayor to congratulute him upon what he termed | bia “admirable” choice tor the important office | | made vacant by Mr. Lane. It expected tuat | | Mr. Tappan wou.d “justify” y rday afternoon, | Duéap xo the time of the closing of the Mayor's oMice he had uot arrived with his sareties. tne | Chamberiam, it may be well tu state, has to give bonds for §1,000, the bondsmen justifying in double that amount. Mr. Tappan and Mr. Wick- ham have been fricnds trom boyhood up, aod were gt one time, ®hen quite young, en- gaged in business together im the same mercantile firm, and aiso in the employ of the Pacific Mail Company. The most astonished man in she city, provabiy, was Comptrolier Green when tbe retirement of Mr. Lane was announced, and big astonishment was none the lesy yesterday when ne heard who Mr. Lane’s successor was, lor ‘with tie advent of Mr. Tappan will come au ad- @itional oostacle to Mr. Green’s “rule the roost’? | policy, so iar aa the City Chamb2:lain’s office is concerned, and one o! the first results will be tho fe ange of a new deputy chimberiain in the place of Whittemore, wno has been a sort of pecu- | liar pet of the Comptrolier ever since he orew up | that license which gave Colamous Ryan the ex- clusive rigut to grew rich at the public expense in Central Park. MUNICIPAL NOTES. The Aldermanic Committee on Rapid Transit | Meet to-day at the City Hall. Constantine Donohue is spoken of as the probe able keeper of the Uity Hall in case Commissioner Van Nort shouid see fit to appoint a successor to Mr. Sutton, deceased. It te believed, however, that the office of keeper will be abolished and the care of the City Hall be intruated exclusively to the fwenty-sixth precinct police. Mr. Joan Keily was among the callers u) the bot bey yesterday aiternoon. He ana Mr. Wickham had a pleasant Chat toge‘ber, and the politicians who heard Of it got up the usual oumber of rumors as to What the mecting iorebudes, It 18 now said tnatthe oon resident ordinance, passed some time ago by the Aldermen. was with- drawn irom the Mayor’s bands by resolution two weeks ago, becaus® @ Veto was antic.pated on the ‘oud that the Corporation Counsel had given fits opinion upon 8 siuiiar ordinance last year, in which he contended tha: every head oi department was the sole judge asto ail tae quabficacions of his subordinates. THE CUSTOM HOUSE. There was nothing eapecially ni t the govern | ment beehive on Wall street yesterday. The pames prematurely mentioned by several papers | of those persons said to be implicated in tle | frauds against the revenue deigated the ends of Justice, as the Collector told thé Heraxp repre- sentative yesterday that the parsies had fled, and the oMcere charged with their arrest gd not been abie to serve their warranvs, ‘Toe District Attorney’s office at present containg some revelations in regard to ‘he dishonesty of ! mercnants, which ‘will make it rope f desir- | able that false inv ices and fictitious ledgers should be got rid of atonce. Too- much praise cannot be given to Officer Kiimek, of the Custom | House, jor his arscovery of the hosiery fraud, | Which’ bas led tothe uneartning oj the present revenue roboers, and Collector Arthur as well as | Deputy Surveyor Phelps—under the instructions ' Ol ihe Coliector—bave most unremittingly lavored ; to cause the a: rest of the guilty merchants, | ‘The list of those wro are to be dismissed trom the Custom House—in pursaance of orders irom Washington to reduce the force—will be given to the pen in a day or two, There is much anxtety | on the subject among tnose interested. BOARD OF TRADE. A meeting of importers of chemicals, dra; | Gye-woods was heid at noon yesterday at No. 28 An iniormal discussion was inauiged Park row. in by the members as to the effect of the new tarif, &c., and @ general understanding was | arrived at as to tho work to be performed by tne | committee in farure meetings. Alter agreeing to meet at the same place at thee P. M. on Thura- day next lor more formal action they adjourned. At tnree o’ciock there was a meeting at the | game place of the hardware Importers and manu- | facturera. In tne course 0! discusmon on the ex- | port trade it was stated that certain well known scale Manu acturers oj this city and Phiadel; | were at lengtn competing witn Britis) and man mapulaciurers. It was believed that an or- amized body oi American manufac urers couia have agicat iifluence on ioreiga markets. The subject of trade marks was discussed, after woich the meeting adjvurned to meet on Monday at three THE LIQUOR DEALERS. The New York and Brooklyn members of the Liquor Dealers State Central Committee met yes- terday at Masonic Hall, East Toirteenth street, to ggree upon somo plan of action by which tacy could anitediy push the liagor bill which is now | before the Legisiature. After considerable discus- sion it was decided that the vill introduced into the Senate by Mr. Jacobs, and into the Assemoly | by Mr. Waehner, woicp provides for license fees of | $30 and $50, instead of the present amounts, $50 and $100, should receive their active support, With a view of taking tie necessary steps ior tnat | purpose and to assist in secaring tne Passage of the bill @ sub-committee was @ppointed, iIniormation was received trom Albany tnat the e was cvery provability of the oti become a iaw oy the 20tn Inst. It was also revorted that the test case as to the constitutionality of the Excise law was soon to be decided by the Court of Appeals. Snould their efforts or any possiollity iail to secure the passage of the bill, anid in tne event of the Court of Appeals deciting agoinst them, then the committee feed it for the best interest of the trade to take ont Jicenses and submit to the demands of the Excise Board regarding tue prices to be paid. SOUTHSIDE RAILROAD DISASTER, REPAIRING THE TRACK—OONDITION OF THE SUFFERERS. Alarge quantity of timber and other material for the repair of the track at the scene of the ac | | eldent of Wednesday night on the Hempstead brancn of the Southside Railroad went forward yesterday, and @ large gang of men were put to work. It isexpected that the track will be in readiness tor the passage of trains this morning. The conductor, Rancour, who was reported to bave died ‘rom lis inquries on Thureday evening, was atill alive yesterday afternoon, and it was thonghs by bis medioas attendants that there was @ clance jor iis Uitimate recovery, provided that inflammation dia not set im. Me was terriuly crusbed and his worst tnjuries are internal, The trackman, Parsons, who w; iso badly injured, Wwiil provably be out again in a week or two, Th Other trackian 16 a00ut his dues as asual. | wnndpeonld Barr suffered considerably irom ruises yesterdiy, but was at 119 post at the com- any's office, at (he foot of South Bi itiamsou! The dead dodies o1 roadmaster; @ engineer; Oailanan, th fireman, and the brakeman, were viewed 1 by Coroner Hicks and ajury, and their rejat Bad leave to remove them, The vody of the road iter, will be sent to Albany, relatives r Callahan's body has been re ceived in Jamaica. The Coroner took the siate- ment of Conductor Rancour, which is similar to that made by Superiptendect Barr, and the ia- quest was adjourned anti Mouday, FRESHET ON LONG ISLAND. GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. The damage done to property througvout Long Island by the storm of Wedncaday is as yet but partly known, On the nortu end of the island the | Gamage, it is thoug’t, will be the moet, The grist ; Mill belonging to Mr. Rovert Francis, of Broad street, New York, was completely destroyed on Wednesday night, the dam Mbt and tn its mad fu.y compietely demolishing will and ever: thing contained init, Mr. Fraucis estimates bis loss at over $10,000, The neigubors in th viernity of the accident liken the dursting of the dam to the roaring of @ cataract, The velooity with Which the ieakes swept crerstning votre i i , Puty-first street and E.eventn avenue, ' Hall, | walk a mile for a wager of $50 | Parents live at No, 651 East Thirteenth street, ' expended during the last year $46,255, distitouted Tendered 1¢ tmposaible to save a solitary article, Luckily, the nants emmoyed tm she mill bad left 16 Dut a snort time be accident, Aad they been present it w have been impossibie ior them to bave saved (heir lives, The breaks on the Leng i Toad have all been repaired, as have the culverts, Trains are bow run on time on the road, with tne excep- tion of the Rockaway branch, which bas not run munce Wednesday. NEW YORK CITY. The Board of Police met yesterday afternoon, Dut transacted mo business of puolic importance, Dr. L. H. Rodenstein will read a paper on the subject of pudltc health, before the Washington Heights Improvement Association, on Tuesday evening next. . George A. McNulty, a little boy four years of age, | was fatally scalded at the residence of his parents | be a kettle of boiling water fulling on bim on the | th ult. Coroner Croker was notified to hold an inquest on the body. Frank O'Neil, aged thirteen, of No. 588 West Forty-iourth street, had both legs out off yester- day morning by engine No. 12 of the Hudson River | Ral.road, upon which he atiempted to jump at Matthew Kelly, a cooper, thirty-one years of age and born in Ireland, died yesterday at No, 240 Cherry street from compression of the brain caused by falling down a Might of atairs on Thursday. Coroner Croker was notified to oid an inquest on the body, The next lecture in the Cooper Union Free | Course will be deiivered this evening, in the Great at eight o’clock, by Professor George L. Gvodale, o: Harvard College on ‘Flowers and Fruit,” being the third of a series of jour lectures on botany. From the official statement of the trastees of Cooper Union it appears that its revenue for the last year was $49.851, and itsexpenses $53,446. On the 1st of January its carrent assets amounted to $19,227, and ita indebtedness to $19,080, making @ surplus 01 $197. Cordelia A. Powell, an infant only fonrteen months old, was buroed to death at the northwest corner of Broadway and Fifty-seventh street, ber clothes taking fre Irom a stove during the tempo- rary absence of her mother from the room, An in- quest will be neld oy Coroner Keasier. About six o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Sebas- tian Miek, a German, seventy-three years of age, ‘was found lying dead in the rear yard of his resi- dence, No. 337 West Thirty-eightn street, by two men living in the same nouse. Deceased had been inthe yard but a short time wBen discovered, Coroner Kessler was notified. Wilson Reid, @ cartwan, and 8. D. Davis, a tet ter carrie:, are matched to waik ten miles this evening ior $500 @ side. The performance will come off at the Rink, Sixty-tbird street and Thira avenue, and promises to be of the most satisfac- tory character. Messrs, Stark a) a Foley will also e. James Anselli, a child four years of age, whose diea yesterday morning. About two months ago deceased was run over near his residence by a norse attached to a batcher’s cart, ariven by @ boy in the emfoy o1 @ butcher named schaul, doing business in Williamsburg. ‘The boy arrested, bat released on bail. Coroner Croker Was notified to hola an inquest. sono MeGilcurist, a carpenter, twenty-eight | years ofage and born in Engiand, died yesterday | iu Bellevue Hospital irom the effects of injuries | received on the 2d tnst, by fal'ing from one of the freight cara of the Hudson River Railroad Com- pany, corner of West Houston street. The bones Of one of bis legs were fractured. Deccased lived at No, 506 West Thirty-sixth street. Coroner Croker was no:ifled to hold an inquest. The New York City Mission and Tract Soctety has just published its forty-eighth aunual report. By this it appears that the society received and nearly 3,000,000 pages of tracts, supported 6 mis- sion stations, with 30 missionaries, who held 902 religious meetings, and relieved 1,500 faml- | Mes by the expenditure on their behalf of $6,240, besides distributing large quantities 0: clothing, fuel, toud, meaicine. &c. During jorty years the society has expended Ths report em- bodies many interesiiog statistics o' the city. Its churches nomoer 470, with accommodativns for 360.000 persons 01 OUF po, UiAation, estimated to be 1,000,000. We have aout 200,000 cnildren between the ages of five and fiiteen, irom which there was an average public school attendance of 108,000, and 5,000 more attended private scioola. There are over 315 relixious and charitable societies. Forty prominent societies reported a receipt for charity of $7,025,022, and $2,500,000 more was raised by minor societies. Is ts estimated that $7,000,000 are spent in the city yearly in theatres and otber public amusements, Licensed and unlicensed drinking houses ure put down at 8,403, ad the money annually spent therein is estimated at | $60,000,000, ONG ISLAND. ‘ ile sgiptaeeetten A-@ming crew on the South Side took 4,000 pounds o: codfish in one day this week. It is expected that the water works at College Potnt will be completed to-day. The total cost will be’ $197,000. The Western Union Telegraph Company, itis | understood, has parchased and taken possession of ali the soneere lines along the Flusbing, North Side, Cenvra) and Southern railroads, Rev. Fathers Huber and Schmide, of College Point, were thrown from a sleigh on Tuesday iast, the sormer d:slocating bis arm, and the lavter re- ceiving serious injuries about the head. ‘The Queens County Court House Commissioners met yesterday at Hunter’s Feiut, with Supervisor Burroughs in the chair. A billis to be presented to tne Legisiatare requesting additional appro- wiation forthe compietion of the Court HHoase, in tne event of @ tailure the Board of Supervisors wiil be urged to turnish the appropriation. A gang of three cara monte men were detected yesterday plying their came on one of the James slip boats, but succeeded in escaping. On Friday a | resident of Hunter’s Point wa; fleece out of $50. | Upon arriving in Huater’s Point he had “monte” aiTes ed, out upon retaroing the money tne man Tetused to prosecate, Yesterday ® young man in Long istand City lost $20. At the regular February meeting of the Board of Trustees of the village of Hempstead a resolution was offered that the act fur the incorporation of | villages, passed April 20, 1870, and the amend. | ments thereto, shall be substituted jor the ese | ‘act of icorporation under which the village is organized, the resointion to take eflect on the third Monday of Marca next. This resoluvion will | be submitted to a vote of the pevup.e in April, togetner with propositions to raise $750 for ga: $200 tor a bridge over tue Horse Brook in Fron: street, $700 ‘er highways, $325 jor land ior a new engine house, $350 for cisterns, $350 for a fire track, $300 for the Fire Department, $300 ior the joluce, $200 ior altering tne cells, loo lor street fnmpe and $150 for new crosswalks. STATEN’ ISLAND. The track of the Staten Island Shore Ratirosd is almost entirely covered with solid ice. A livery stable truck is now sunning on the east side, and tour-noree sleighs are siill running on | the north side, | The morning tratos of the Staten Isiand Ralirosa | | were delayed yesterday at the Fingerboard cross- ing, 10 consequence of the track being entirciy frozen under, and the P orvegpey stent Were obliged to 6 waik to the Cititon landing, @ distance of one and , A BISHOP'S LIFE TRIALS. a half miles. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF NEW JERSEY'S SENIOR | EPISCOPAL PRELATE. The saying that ‘‘misiortunes come not stugly but in pbatialiors” seems to be sadly iliustrated in the case of Right Reverend W. H, Odenhcimer, Sentor Kpiscopai Bishop of New Jersey. Some tims ago, a8 reported at the time tn the HEnaLp, be met with a serious accident, fell amd oruke his kneepan. His vigorous constitution enadl -d him to get partly over this and to resume hts episcopal doties, but other cares crowded on him su that ne Was iorced to desist irum diocesan labor, daughter, while iying 11) at his house, lost ner hus- Oand under very afflicting circumstances, Lust summer, when the division 01 the diocese was upon by the State Convention, tne Bisho; ed, but had to be poysically supporte Walle doing xo, He was voted $1,000 and | of absence fur six months. In the jail, after ch eral commi'tees nad ratifiea the decision of the Diocesan Convention to divide the diocese aud erect @ second bishopric, the Bishop, with his wile and deceased daughter, started jor Europe, the very day ¢ %, started being the one upon which Rey, icholson anvounced bis witn- drawal trom the oid Episcopal Courcn and his ad- hesion to the vew. ‘She frst hews received from 7 the Bishop was that be was improving raplidiy, aod toat the physicians § gave promise jeve oure. Next came from dreadful news that the re on gar to, a nd now, irom rope, com | Bishop is ili unto death. Mrs. Odenbeimer she is “terribiy afraid o1 the result,” | we Pr 201 friends, The sadness news and ite NN jtood t 18 stated that at least 10,000 people Jorsey b Jearned to love the o dove Os children for a father, | a3 @ kaleidoscopic | Clation and Amateur Rife Club baving chi | from tour consecutive scores of foriy-five shots each, | gub-committee to settle all difficuities and objec- THE SKATING SEASON. Good skating is no longer a novelty in this city, For weeks tne crystal plains at the Lake and small pond in the Park have turnisbed excellent sport tn this wise, and during portions of the time one would have imagined, from the number of people that visited them, that all Gotham bad gone skating mad. Some New Yorkers are always skating. They enjoy it immensely, and tt is impos sible to get them to do anything else, Many of these were on the Lake yesterday, and practice has made them 80 proficient that they eclipse the ordinary skater tn fancy figures even as the pro- fessional billiard player does the amateur. They are the crack artists of the Park, and so appreciated, After luncheon the young ladies began to put in @n appearance, and by tour o'clock the scene was very lively. It pas cen so every day during the present week, exceptil that of the violent rain, which, however, was of much service in improv- ine the condi'1on 0! the ice. at it 18 at nightfall when the gayety of the pastime is of intensity that the ponds aro er 2eele5s PADUTAHA, SWiit-My ing and varied ipse. Cheery, moving throngs, with @ gluw of pleasure and a harmony Ol reusic in their ringing sieel, sweep {rom side to side, end to end, fil ng the air with mirth and in- fluencing all around, fet fet the atmosphere was particularly insinuating it did nov drive the peo- bod away, Ror did thoy leave untt! the Park officers intimated that the time of “shutting up’? was in order. This was at eleven o'’ctock. With the Weatner o! yosterday’s intense coldness the ice at the Park will coutioue in excellent condition for a long time to come, THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH. HOW THE AMERICAN TEAM oF 1875 WILL BE SELECTED. Tne joint committees of the National Rifle Asso- the arrangements for the return international Match with the Irish team met at No. 1% Broad- way yesterday afternoon, Colonel Wingate in the chair. The minutes of tne previous meeting being | @pproved, the sub-committee to whom is in- trusted the selection of the American team made the following report:— Resolved, That the American team to shoot the inter- national match at Dubilp, Ireland, 1875, consist of a cap- | tam and nice men, who shall be sclected from native born citizens of the United States, as tollows: — iret—the captain shall be choseu by a majority ‘vote of the nite men constitating the teaurassoon as practicu- ble alter their selection in acgordance with the condi- tions herein provided. Beco an tearm of 1874 shall constitute a md—The Americ: Dart of the proposed team ot 1875, unless they are dis- determined placed ag hereinafier provided. Third—The standing of competitors shall each score made ina si gle day (without sighting shots), Consisting of fifteen shots a! #50, $00 ad 100 yard, ‘the members of the American team of 18/4 shall be allowed to stand upon the four scores made in their four last competttions at Creedmoor, ending with the Ben- nett match. Ali other competitors shail be required to shoot in tour competitions and the three making the highest scores therein shall be added to i avy competitor whose average scores 3 le shallexceed the aver ‘o} ay one or more of the 4 It be entitled to compete with those en ve been 80 exceeded tor his rank in the tons on such days as this committe: Toay designate. The competitors in thes: two last nam competitions shall be placed uj the team In accord- ance with the scores made in these two competitions. solved, d, That the t engage in such private practice op the range as committee may direct. ‘The report was accepted and power given to the tons that may arise im the lutore regarding the manver of selecting the team of 1875. The suo- coumittee Were also permitted to increase their number, so that in tue juture it will consist of five Mmembers—Geera) M. T. McMahon, Henry Falton, J. T, B. Collins, Colonel Gildersieeve and Gene ‘Woodward. Alrecdy nearly $600 have been received by the Treasurer to aid ip defraying the expenses of the trip across the Atlantic, Geseral McMahon submitted a letter from Mr, J. H. Bird, offermg the services of two wel) know: amateur theairical companies of tuis city in giv- | ing @ public performance for the benefit of the fund whicd it is desired to secure. The profer Was accepted with thanks, Adjourned. COCK FIGHTING. INTERESTING ‘‘HOSTILITIES'’ NEAR NEW HAVEN— PROPOSALS YOR ANOTHER FIGHT. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 6, 1875. Thus far this season tmere has beem little ac | Uvity manifested in this sport. Tne unuorm dub | filing ness, partially broken three weeks azo when a) OUR. CENTENARY. THE RXNIBITION OF AMERICAN SILES—S0ME THING FOR OUR FASHIONABLE LADIES—A SILE MILL TO BB RUN-—-THE BRAZILIAN DEPABTY MENT AND THE VISITORS FROM BRAZIL. The Director General of the Philadelphia World's Fair, General Goshorn, baving returaed to the Quaker City, Governor Bigier 1s now the master 0! the aituation im New York, if @ sick man can be master of any situation. The worthy gentiemap Upon whose energies the financial progress of the work 1g in no small degree dependent ts stil! con: fined to his regm by illness, The inqguirers at bia oMicial headquarters at the St. Nicholas Hotel yea» terday were mostly plain business meo, who came to ask jor application forms, and whose questiong were answered by Mr. Butler, Governor bigier’s private secretary. The nancial negotiations wito leading express and telegraph companies are still in progress, and it is expected that they wiil subscribe largely to the Centennial fund, THE SILK EXBIBITION, The Silk Association of Ameiica has cominie stoned its secretary to communicate with all the leading silk manufactarers of tins country with the view of ascertaining their willinguess 10 co- operate in securing @ suitable exposition of the Processes aod prodacts of the American sils Manufacture. A short while ago Messrs. F. Odeo Horstman, Ira Dimock, F. W. Cheney, Willam Strange and Albert Filt were appointed a com Mittee to consider the subiect. In the :eport made by this committee emphasis is laid upon the fact that the suk manu acturers owe it ta themselves to show what has been achieved in their depariment of American industry, and that they, Of all others, should make an effort to dim play creditabiy their products and the various processes of manufacture, in order that an ap preciative idea may be had of the many in- terests that are connected with it. ‘The silk sec. tion will form Group XXXII. of Department LIL The report says that the question now is woether the representation of the trade shuuld be leit to individuals or to the association, Alter discuss- ing all the arguments pro and con, the following Plun is sugges eu lor adoption — THE: PLAN PROPOSED, Firt—The Silk Association of America to bean em hibitor of processes of manuiacture, as well ag indie viduals or firms who may choose to so exhibit; the intent being neither to de kr aor restrict Iu any way other ex. hivitors o/ silk machinery, bu: to secure, through the | operation of the co-operative pian hereinatter set forBe a model silk factory, complete by itsel! ino! which sba:t illust Under the auspices of th: ation, the Ainerici ik manufacture in gil its rT Second—The place of exbibiung pr to be the ried to invite nufacti f sulk peching fi olnvite manufacturers of mi in &xhuibition, by ¢: ibitings to co-operate in this st ace to be secured for the association, mach! shall late the 0. tobe, Spa amouut of spa to the sever branches of manutacture pro} to be illustrated. employ. sellied operatives to" Keep such ‘machines ia Operation during the exbioition. Aa Fourth—To detray expenses two plan: enegented, rat—Association to fesame ent re expense. i< several parce ot machinery for say Chitty daye sane, seve! i 8 their own expense and for therown Prod and ad tage. Ehiaer the latter plan individual manutacturers of firms would have prominence. Under the first plan th ik trade generally wo have recognition only, th Deing that compet | don shoud be met in the dispiay of manatactared 7 yn the main sx hipicion batkai ing, where aeons ma: made to wo seen joining machinery hall, The toliowing may be outlined as the probable opera tion under tho first pian — bg Association to employ at Philadetphia daring the hibition—say six mount overseer or superintende: and necessary assistants, ilk ving to supply operati | tion to reimburse them cest of &c., it being understood | dresses o: che’ mak about the BAL Say: 1s “RO wOS AN machinery sball appear ttor the association: for the Of processes of manulactui ‘y silk manuiacturer in America may Properly take an interest and a pride. Aseodiation to seil on the premises the goods the: manutaciured. The throwing department would o ay its cost, Lutit is estimated that the fey: ent Would pay considerable profit. It is hope tue requisite machinery will be provided by the Amer ean makers of machinery, through effort stimulated by he guarantee bofore referred to; and it 1 ree) ly. suggested toat if manutactu: wil fo their atteation a willip may be their part to ¢0-operate Ii ishing the se ry tire wilk mail. It will be proper, bi eranon ta demchilag tn Advance Ga hain, fn the most, equitaple manner for an at may result from the whoie rte main was fought near East Haven, was entirely | dispelied last evening at Cherry dill, in the town of Branford, eight miles 4d stant from here, whither some 900 sporring men from this city and vicinity wenaed their | way. The night was extremely cold and the travelling bad, by reason of ice on the nigiway: but t.e spot selected was reached at about eign o’cock. The sport began at ten. Fullowiug are | the birds, mostly trom this city :— ‘The first was a stug fight between Coppertype’s oe pyle aud Grady’s white pyle ior $10 a | a Second—Nichola pitted a 5-lb. pyle and McGraw #5 ib. red for $25 a aide, Third -Nichuls pitied @ spangie, Thompson a blue pyle, catch weignt, for $75 » sive. Fourth—Nichols pitted a pyle, 5 lb. 8 oz.; Thomp- vor RN Nichols pittoa'a gt $1b. 13 o7.; M —Nichois pittea a ginger, oz.; Mc- Grawa ght ginger, 6 lb. 14 02. i! Sizth—A stag tght, Nichols pitting s pyle, Mo Graw a dark red. Tae first was won by Coppertype io a lively style, ‘Time, 4 minutes 25 seconds, ‘the second was won by McGraw, handsomely, in 8 minutes. Third by Thompson in three mtoutes. Foartn by Nichols in five minutes, Futh by Nichols in eigot minutes, aftera rattling ‘ut. ‘he sixth and last was won by McGraw in six minutes, Probably $800 changed hands during the respeo- tive fights. Nichols, not being satisied in his own mind as to the result, wisnes it to oe understood that he is willing to make @ main ior $50 a battle, $600 on the odd fight, the contestants to show either nine or thirteen birds, COLUMBIA COLLEGE THE SEMI-ANNUAL EXAMINATION, Tae intermediate examination of the classes in Columbia College hss been in progress during tne week, having commenced on Monday last, and will close to-day. The iollowing is the programme pursued :— MoNnDaY—Seniors, Greek and calculus; Juniors, physics; Sophomores, algebra and plane trigo- rometry; Freshmen, Greek history and Roman autiquitics, TuESDAY—Sentors, philosophy of the inteliect | and psycnology; Juniors, analytical chemistry; | Sophomores, Haunt Fresimen ee is DaY—Senlors, physi unto: reek; ippcmnees, modern abtory: irreshmen, geom: { is ye ‘THURSDAY —Seniors, astronomy; Juniors, Latin; | Sophomores, Roman history aud Grectan antique | ties; Fresumen, rhetoric and deciamation. i logic; Fripay—seviors, chemistry; Javiors, Sopnom res, Greex; Freshmen, Latin, -ATURDs Y—Seniors, Latin and physics; Juniors, ohemistry. ‘The examination has been almost entirely from | written qnestions, rendering the occasion of Ie: interest than formerly, wien the oral method was in vogue, aud the attendance has been ex- tremely limt‘ed, The number of pupils in the col- lege proper, including thuse who have been uan- dergoing examination. 18 163. The annual. report shows that the otner departments of the college are in @ Correspondingiy prosperous condition, the number in attendance beg a8 follows:— Law Scnool, 500; Medical School, 400; Schoo: of ines, 185. THE STUDENTS’ SEMI-ANNUAL, fMording an opportunity for the young to air betr orange, wil take Diace at tue A my of Music op Monday evening, the loth inst. Tnls exbibiton was iormeriy enjo:ned. 0: stalute and was under the direction of the Presi. dent and Faculty, ‘The law was abrogated some years since, but che students, cesiring Lo preserve @time-noouvred custom, and one which bad ve. come interwoven with all the traditions of the col.ege, have since kept it Gp On toeir oOWn moti o Gud responsibility, A large Bumbor of tickers have been issued to the irlends of the students | and 0; the college, and the occasion promises to be of spec.ai interest, YALE CULLEGE, PRESENTATION OF A MAGNET CAPABLE OF LIFT- ING TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS, New Haven, Conn. Fed, 6, 1975, There has been presented to tne Shefiieid Scien- tific School, connected with Yale College, within Vhe past week, by Mr, Wililam Wallace, of An- sonia, who for many years has made a special Btady of electricity ani anetism, @ monster Magnet, togetner with ¢ coe necessary for tne age | nd illustration of magnetic | Phenomena. Th but one the country greater made by Mr. Wallac years | ago | and is now at the Ste 2 of Tech- | m Toe Yale magne’ 1,000 pounds, | D4 1s Capable of hitin; that weigh y action, It frit in acquisition id in view of the lectu Retiens sv0n to be give! grcat io this branch 0: industry as Fr: are even now people who say that thi tean silks are almost equal to the bes Boost in everything but aesign, and tt is to oped that our fashiogavie iauies Who will see exquisite faorics wo' at Philadelphia, wail east renounce the idea that silks mus. be neces. sarily inierior beca they are made iv their Baiive country, Toat such 8 sudden mon of could be accomplisoed by the silk exhibition the Centennial 13 improbable, but it may prove | important step in that direction, - THE INFLUX FROM BRAZIL. The influx irom Brazil promises to be very larga Sefior Rodrigues, the acco nplisned editor o1 0 Novo Mundo, nas lamiliarized O18 countrymen wit! the attracuions of the Centennial by tis grace! Den, and other noiead Brazilian writers naving | foliowed io his wake, the euterprise nas become thoroughly known among the people of Brazil, @nd pictures and illustrations of tne butidin &c., have deen seen in every cultivaced poaseund | in the Empire. Hence the infux oj} Brazilians of Wealth, most of waom will come by way 01 Karope, will be sometging extraordinary, tar surpassing their participation at any previous world's iair. In Vienna, it will be remembered, the Brazilian department derived its greatest interest from tue Inagnificent collection of Wuods, aad this will aso be the m btractive jeature at Phiiadelphia, | One circuinstance which will cause the braziiian department to ve particularly uli tat a large Dum-er Of provincial exnibitions are to be hela be-ore long in Brazil. anu early in 1876 also a va- tonal exhibition at Rio, aud tuas tne best ieatures Of these are to be transferred to the Brazilian ve- riment a$ Philadeipia, Aaotier reason why ‘ne influx from Brazi! will be as distiuzuisned in characver as it will be great in numbers is that that government bas already appointed 11s com. missioners, THE LIBERAL CLUB, “WHO ARE THE VULGAR?”—THE QUESTION AM SWERED BY MR JAMES PARTON. A large and curious gathering of members of the Liveral Ciub and their friends, in utter disre. gard o' the chilly blasts of winter, gathered last evening at the lecture room of the club, in the Plimpton Building, to hear James Parton answer the question “Who are toe vulgar?’ ‘The lecturer did it in bis own clear manner. tte stated that uot the last century there had al. ways been attaching to the mechanical and industria! callings @ degree of reproach, and in evidence oi this he quoted from Shake. speare, Plato and other authors, who speak of labor as degrading. Even our own Washington haa spoken of gentlemen in contradistinciion to laborers. The lecturer showed that Europeans generally looked opon labor as vuigar; but great changes had been made in this country, and whem we now hear honest toil sneered at as deg: | We characterize it as British vaigarity. The old idea Of vulgarity ip this country had vecome obsolete. Mr. Parton then quoted varioug authorivies as to the meaning of vulgarity. One he found in a bookstore, @ declaration in @ book that ‘nothing can be more vulgar than fora lady to present her guests with soup which ig uncomiortabiy hot.” Chesterfield immoderate hter is the m vi was rt FAVO t Episco= Scott pal the only one fit for & gentiem Yet a jew centuries before it was not consider vulgar for their forelathers to be unabie to re: and write. io New kngland, im the iast century, aered Vulgar ior ® man tO de without, Mrs. Somerville relates that wuen she! remonstraied with ber father for wearing on remarked, “Ii I cut tt of by —— tne head must go witn it.” ‘Out an Kansas I met an Engishman engaged in stock raisu said Mr. Parton, and he gioried in dining st hali-past seven at oigot, tue same as be used to ip his fatuer’s hon: to Londva. Dinwg, in 8 swailowiail ry at hal/-past seven was lis idea o1 ge! ened 4 Stage dinner in Colorado, where wort and looked with surprise At another for some time. He could not stund it, “By golly! thig is more than | cam ting b with « fork.” Every etUre: ) Lo have tt ideas of VUigarity. genius \merica mei that mo honest and decent persou shall be looked down upon because he is poor or does come Or has no grandfatner; that shell bi @ jar re eve 4h goud It os that every honest man is a gentieman and cy est women a lady, leeilng Wakes AMerice iy the darling of the people of ery land, People (CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE]