The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1875, Page 6

THE HAYDEN SURVEY. The Undeveloped Mincral and Agricultural Wealth of the San Juan Begion. AA THRIVING CITY IN EMBRYO. Yeins of Anthracite and Bitu- minous Coal Discovered. A Journey Through Ancient Ruins and Prehistoric Cities. INTERESTING RELICS DISCOVERED. CALIFORNIA ov Tue Sax Juan M La Puata Riven, Col., July 27, 18 A week may be profitably employed in a visit to this locality, for there is much of interest to be seen and many objects of natural scenery to be studied. Tho photographic division of the expedition has been em gamped at this place for more than a week, and, ab though it has been a matter of compulsion, the time has nevertheless been too brief for a thorough examination of the rich mineral deposits of the mines fm thevicinity. Our supplies, which were to have ar- rived the first part of the month, were only unloaded from the wagons on the 24th inst, and tho intervening period bas been employed in preparations for our trip through the desert of the San Juan River, which will require perhaps six weeks.‘ About 5,000 pounds of provisions were shipped by teams from Pueblo on the 12th of June and wero forwarded from Sierra Amarilla on the Ist of July, so that an idea may be formed of the difficalties of transportation in that country, when it is estimated that forty-three days were occupied in carrying the cargo 3B distance of scarcely 300 miles. However, all the sup- plies have arrived safely at last, and our empty mess chests have been replenished; and while the parties for whom these things have been forwarded aro Jn the field a supply camp or quartermaster’s depart- ment will be established at Parrott City and rations will be drawn from this source as frequently as is neces- sary. The town known by this name is laid ont into building lots, most of which have been secured by the miners who are intending to erect substantial buildings upon them this fall, If tho predictions and prophecies of men experienced in mining are realized A FLOURISHING TOWN will occupy the sito of the two buildings which now compose Parrott in less than a year, and shortly prop- erty here will reach a high value, judging from the rapid increase of all other successful mining camps in the‘Ter- ritory. There are men to-day who age shrewdly con- templating investments in town lots, and if any money Is to be made it will be determined in a ‘hort time, for real estate. + must keep space with all other enterprises of a mining pountry, In the month of July, solely, there havo been sixty placer and lode claims located, and the daily discoveries of new mines seem to be increasing in a geometrical progression. The total of mining claims 80 far reached is upward of 250, all of which have been recorded in little more than a year. Captain Moss has gone out to California in the interests of the district and is expected to return in less than a month with a number of capitalists who are anxious to make examinations of the country. A few days ago ‘one undeveloped placer claim sold for $800, and those pwning such along the La Plata are anticipating heavy bids for their property. In addition to the precious and useful metals there have recently been discovered several large veins of hard anthracite coal of the purest quality. Two veins, three and four feet wide at the surface, were found in the near vicinity of Parrott City, and about forty miles southwest, on the Mancos River, there are extensive beds of cannel and bituminogs coal On the Quimas River, twenty miles east of the La Plata, there exist great beds of limestone, easy of access and sufiliciently fino for burning. Heavy spruce, cottonwood, willow, pine and mapie and some timber crow in the canyon along the river banks. and building stone is to be had in © quantities everywhere, 50 that all the requisites for building purposes and fae! are immediately at hand. The soil is fertile and productive of vegetables, ins = and fruit and some of the ney agricultural in the Territory is included in the district, and where the soil is dry irriga- tion is easily resorted to, and the pure, cold mountain water is the best in the world. Indeed, from all indica- tions, I have no doubt of the ultimate success and pros- perity of the La Plata mines, be they.of gold, silver, copper or coal. There are several very PECULIAR ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA bo be frequently witnessed in this climate, so completely Bt variance with the natural laws of the elements that bne unaccustomed to the observation of them will be ‘unable to account for their appearance. As an instance, an I have known it to rain heavily for a quarter of an hour when there was not a cloud to be seen except one or two small patches in the low horizon. It is not an un- frequent occurrence to have a drenching shower, which proceeds from ono insignificant cloud, which seems to firetch and expand until it appears Jike a trans- parent veil through which the blue sky appears and the brightness of the sun shines unim- paired. A few cvenings ago wo witnessed & very novel but beautiful sight. In the southern horizon lay a mass of leaden clouds, connected with the earth by a train of vapor, out of which appeared from time to time vivid flashes of lightning. Toward sunset the whole width of the cloud seemed to be ronverted into a mass of brilliant colors, like the section of an intense rainbow; but the strata formed by the tints ran perfectly vertical, and the bright hues remained unfaded tor more than an hour, until twilight set in and hid the spectacle from view. THE MIRAGE on the sandy plain and the lunar iris, doubly reflected when the moon is full, are frequently seen, but the groat distance to which the unassisted eye can pene- trate in this rarified atmosphere is the most remarkable fact which is noticeable among the climatic peculiarities, ‘We are now entirely west of the main range of the Rocky Mountains The adjacent country is rolling, but not mountainous, and farther west is what is called tho Mesa or canyon’ country, formed of a snecession of cut up by innumerable rocky and impassable fanyons. In this tract are some of the deepest and roughest canyons which have ever been discovered, as those of the Colorado and branches of the San Juan. Through this arid, sun baked district lie thousands of ANCIENT RUINS and scores of prehistoric cities, through which we ex- + to pass on our way down the San Juan River. ear the mouth of this stream there is a band of Fenegade Indians, composed of Utes, Pah-Utes and Navajoes, who are reported to be dangerons and to have a thieving reputation. These Captain Moss warned us against, but just as he was starting West ono of this band arrived in Parrott City, to whom the Captain ‘introduced us, explaining to him the mission on which we were going §nto that region. The Indian promised to do all he pould for us, saying that he had acorn field about Blue Mountain, and he would be there when we arrived, and would show us some interesting ruins in the neighbor- ‘THR UTE TRIBE OF INDIANS is divided mto bands, which are known as the Tabeguache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, ‘Yampa, Grand River and Wintah Utes. The Weeminuches {nhabit this part of the reservation and have s camp on the La Plata, @ few miles below us. They are the poorest branch of the tribe, being dressed, shabbily with few or no or- naments, and straggling constantly for the means of subsistence, It is a well-known fact among these set- tlers that they have never recelved any compensation for the land hereabouts, which was purchased by the government, bo it through neglect or the RASCALITY OF AGENTS. Every day we are visited at dinner time by a dolega- tion of baif starved savages, who sit around us watch- ing every mouthful and begging for “biscuit.” Each successful applicant brings two or three of his friends the next day, and if we remain in the neighborhood many more days wo shall have the whole tribe on our hands to feed. There is one poor ol4 man known as “Old How de do Wano,” whose has been Jost in the traditions of the shadowy past. He is a mysterious old cove and invariably tarrtes until the rest of his com- a depart, when he approaches with an alr of can- n ‘and whispers softly, “How de do? Biscuit!” Then he goes through the whole catalogue of articls he wonld desire, such as flour, sugar, Matches, gun caps, powder, Ac., and having collected contributions from each member of the party disap. pears with a weil filled blanket, enjoining upon us the Btrictest secresy. A BAROMETRIC STATION to be established at this point for a couple of montMe fe cheree of Mr. CC. Aldrich. One ofthe Indians ap- hed that gentleman the day after he arrived with a Vial partially filled with = mercury and an- other which was empty, and modestly requested to have them filled from the barometer, seeming quite indignant to be refused. This shows the unreason able demands which these savages are constantly making pf the whites, and the only way to get along with them every request. © 10 Tellman party revurved to Parrott City on the 25th of July for their supplier, and expected to start mt again immediately, At the same time two of our boys srrived, who had been sent over to the Mancos and thence down to the San Juan after @ load of articles, {ncluding stone im) and other relics which ‘had “boon, obtained Fiat winter, when he passed Verongh ‘that country, In UUMAN LOWER JAWNONS which had been disinterred from one of the ancient graves on the banks of the San Juan River, The whole skull was found, but the rest was lost. jaw con- tains but two molars on each side, which are separated from the other teeth by a vacant inch in width. There teeth in the jaw, and from all appearances it was that of a fully matured adult, This is probably the first human relic which has been discovered among the ruins, and thero is no donbt that this was part of a skeleton which had been buried for many centuries. This fragment form a clew (although "Or a faint one) to the original te who inhabited this country and manufactured alld @ pottery which is so abundant everywhere, and were the architects of the houses which now stand crumbling in all the canyons, Thero were also several stone implements the collection, somo of which vidently fashioned by the same hands, a few of them being polished and most probably made in the latter part of the stone age. There were arrow beads, axes, knives and several curious mstruments whowe use is unknown, But among tho great variety of broken pottary were two entire earthen pots, with handles, rudely fashioned, but partially glazed and or- natnented externally with painted geometrical designs. ‘These wero unearthed from one of the graves, and un- donbtedly were buried with their makers, We are now off on a six weeks’ trip through this very interesting country, and we are prepared to make thor- ough examinations of the structures and the —— hoping to gain much valuable information an‘ make many important discoveries which will serve to throw some light on the obscure races which nearly & thousand years ago fled to the cliffs in the canyons from the persecutions of a pitiless foe. OCEAN GROVE, CHILDREN’S MEETING—TEMPERANCE MEN PUT~ TING CONUNDRUMS TO JUVENILES. The weather yesterday was a great improvement on that of the day before, owing to which the camp meeting ground presented a much more cheerful appearance, In the morning, from nine to ten, a prayer meeting was held under the direction of Mrs. Mary G Johnson, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Dr. Lowrey, of Philadelphia From ten to twelve Mrs. Annie Wittonmeyer, President of the W.N.GT.U., presided, and delivered an address on “Women’s Work for Temperance,” and Miss F. BE. Willard, of Chicago, delivered an address on “How Women May Organize for Work.” From half-pdst one to three P. M. a children’s meet- tng was held, under the direction of the Rev. D. G Babcock and an associate. From three to five the Rev. G. K. Morris, New Jersey, presided, and delivered an address on “The Temperance Effort as an Auxiliary to the Church,” and Mr. George Shepard Page, of New Jersey, spoke on the “Statns of the Cause in Now Jersey and Its Needs."” Colonel Georg J. MacFarland, of Har- risburg, Pa, editor of the Temperance Vindicator and Keystone Good Templar, also spoke on “The Prohibition Party Essential to the Success of Prohibitory Laws.” From seven to nine A TEMPERANCE LOVE FEAST was eondticted by Rev. Dr. J. B. Gran, after which came a series of ten migutes’ speeches by Mr. 8 B. Chase and wife, Mr. A.M. Powel, Mrs Lathrop, Miss Sadie Jackson, Mrs, Harriet French, M. D.; Rev.’ Dr. Kidder and wife, Mr. William Daniel and Rev. Dr. Butts, The moeting at half-past one was the children’s meet- ing and was held in the open air, the audience being covered only by a framework, covered with brush, The seats in the centre were reserved for the children, who were for the most part quite small, and exhiblted a spirit of interest scarcely to be expected. This meeting was presided over by . D. C. Babcock, and it was a practical illustration of the theory that the true way to Temove the evil of intemperance is to instruct ‘and appeal to the children. The meeting opened with a hymn, sung by the children in aspirited manner. After this the Lord’s Prayer was repeated. Then came re- nsive exercises, Which Was a conversation between r. Babeock and the children. Mr. Babcock endeavored to impress the children, first with the idea that intoxi- cating liquors were / : SURE DEATH to healthfal organizations, then with the tdea that tn- temperance consists, not in the immoderate use of liquors, but in any use however small; as temperance is detined as the moderate use of such things as are good for food or drink, and alcohol, in the minutest quantity, does not rank in that category. Mr. Babeock then brought forward a multitude of texts from the Bible which plainly denounce the uso of strong drink. Hav- ing ponred a small quantity of whiskey into a glass, he asked the children whether they would like to havo THAT FIERY STUPP in their stomachs? Mr. Babcock continued:—“During the past three years 1 have addressed children after this manner, I have used over 60,000 copies of the lesson leaves, and I have usually scattered them broadcast among congregations, as I have here, and I think some good has been accomplished in this . Youn can take these questions and answers, which aro carefully pro- pared, and do much good with them, I don’t claim any particular originality about them. I shall not proseente you if you make uso of them. Take them and do what you can with them, At the request of Brother Sterns, ‘of New York, Iam preparing A SERIES OF LESSON LEAVES. 1 will commence with a lesson in general questions on the subject of temperance, and take Ca the qnestion systematically, so that ¢hildren may be familiar with the whole subject.” It was intended to present the pledge to the children to sign, but at this point of the B age si-os. the rain descended in torrents, without the slightest warning, and had the effect of immediately breaking up the meet- ing, as the covering of brush proved an insufficient pro- tection from the shower. So far this crusade in favor of cold water has had plenty of cold water thrown upon it, which has, however, failed to damp the ardor of the crusaders. CAMP MEETINGS. THE METHODIST MEETING AT SING SING. As there are a great many families encamped on the Sing Sing Camp Meeting Grounds, it has been decided to hold services all day Sunday, under the leadership of Samuel Halstead. The regular camp meeting exercises will be opened on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. M. D. C. Crawford and Rey. William McAllister. THE POUGHKEEPSIE DISTRICT. The Poughkeepsie District Camp Meeting will be held on the old “District Ground,” near Canaan, Conn., com- mencing on Monday next and to elose on the 23d inst, The grounds are in excellent condition and the encamy ment is complete in natural advantages. A goodly number of tasteful and commodious cottages have been built and are now all oceupied. The exercises will be under the direction of the Rev, William Goss, the Pre- siding Elder, and a cordial invitation is extended to all without regard to denominational lines. FLOATING HOSPITAL FUND. The following additional contributions have been re- ceived for the free excursions for destitute sick chil- dren:— A. T. Stewart. $150 00 $5 00 A. Zabriske. 50 00 5 00 Pearl street. #00 500 JH, Meee 50 00 5 00 W. I, Strong...... 60 00 500 IL Clarke. see 4000 500 IL. 8. Collins... 30 00 Miss Weston 25 00 CO... + oe 500 Pontrefract. - 2500 RK. Struthers, 6 00 Pomeroy & Plumer. 2500 §&. TI... 500 A. Hampe 25 25 George 5 00 T. 8. Gibbes 25 00 For sick children. 300 8. Hirsbach. 21 00 Ballin Bros. 200 G. I. Seney . 2000 ©. M.A. 200 8.. oes 15 00 In Memoriam. 10 00 200 P. H.. «+ 1000 200 Mrs. W. G. Hunt... 10 00 200 ‘Anonymous. 10 00 100 ‘Anonymous. : 1000 100 Cc. F. Dambraun & 100 Co. 10 00 10 RK. 10 00 10 Empt) Hi Insurance Co.... 9 50 $748 75 Contributions are earnestly solicited and may be sent to my éflice, No. 63 Wall street. WILLIAM H. GUION, Treasurer. THE FREE BATHS. ‘The total number of bathers during the past week was as follows Males, Foot of Fifth street, East River........ 25,375 Foot of West Eleventh street, North River...... . 20,200 POLICY IN BROOKLYN. ‘Yesterday tho captains of the several police precincts of Brooklyn, acting upon tho orders of tho Board of Commissioners, submitted reports concerning the policy business in their respective districts. In the Sixth pre- cinet Captain Kaiser reports that forty-seven dealers were arrested since August 1, 1874. Only one man out of that number was held for the action of the Grand Jury. The other precincts are free from the policy Females. 8,876 1,800 IS IT HYDROPHOBIA? Mary Lyons, n woman about thirty years of are, re- siding in Fast New York, was taken to tho Flatbush Hospital on Inst Wednesday night, suffering from spasme, caused, as she believed, by the bite of a mad dog. The woman growled and barked like a dog and snapped at any body who came near her. Tho fits wore frequent, but in the intervals she was qnite congcions, She says she is a native of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Of late she has been. rather out of hor mind, consequent apon severe domestic afllic n.' While ot @ pump for water on nesday she was bitten by asmall dog, and soon as eoized with a vertigo, and the blood poured fF nose and mouth, She became seized with the conviction that she was suffering from hydrophobia, | Yesterday the father of Mrs. Lyons called at the Hox. | pital and stated that she had for some years past been subject to fits brought on by fright. The physicians now say that hydropbobia would not develop itself until the eighth or ninth day, and Captain Moss during the i imitating the symptoms, | OUR SUMMER EPIDEMICS. SMALLPOX AND CHOLERA INFANTUM—FAILURE OF THE VACCINE BUBEAU—BOY VACCINA~ TORS—OA! OF INFANTILE MORTALITY, £C. Yesterday noon a large and important meeting of the Medical Bomrd of the Eastern Dispensary was held at the Dispensary Building, Grand and Essex streets, called for the special purpose of considering the continued pres, ence in this city of smallpox and cholera infantum, diseases which have caused a frightful mortality, and which, thus far, the authorities have been unable to contro. The attending and district visiting physicians of this dispensary are constantly in the midst of tho epidemics which carry something like 100 children a day to untimely graves, and it was thought their experience and suggestions would be of practical benefit to the public, Among the medical gentlemen present were Dr. R. J. O'Sullivan, Henry Raphael, M. D,; Dr. Will jain E. Grifith, of the Brooklyn Board of Hoalth; Dr. David Brekes, De. William F. Fluhrer, Dr. Fuller Walker, Dr, Charles Miller, Dr. John P. Granget, Dr. Thomas I. Hawkins and other gentlemen. In calling tho meeting to order tho President of the Board, Dr. O'Sullivan, said the public had a right to look to the physicians of the Eastern Dispensary for authentic information relating to the prevailing epidem- ics, Referring to smallpox, he did not hesitate to say that the house to house vaccinations of the Board of Health have not been a success; that the indiscrimi- nate removal of tho sick from their homes to the Smallpox Hospital induced concealment and propaga- tion of tho disease, and that there is a total neglect of the sanitary interests of our schools, In a city situ- ated like New York, with an immense foreign popula- tron and the annual arrival of vast numbers of immi- grants, there is always Nability to smallpox. At tho beginning of an epidemic this disease is allowed to gain considerahle headway, and is fastened on the commu- nity before the authorities are aroused to action Be- fore the indispensable red tape has been cut the epi- demic has become general. Dr. O'Sullivan had no faith in the indiscriminate attempt at vaccination by inexperienced young men fresh from the college benches—young medical birds, with searcely their feathers on. Theo operation is hastily performed, he said, and the practice heretofore has been rarely to reinspect the person vaccinated, un- less for a removal of vaccine stock. A largo portion of the tenement house population have m and are op- posed to vaccination, and the result of that admirable prophylactic has not been reassuring, owing to the bad Management referred to, This will partly explain why the present —— of smallpox continued to increase (ariddle to the public) until Angust, or until the natu- ral decline which is characteristic of an ‘epidemic, Thero is considerable difficulty in the treatment of this disease in the tenement houses. Cases are liable to oc- cur, and are constantly occurring, where removal is im- peratively demanded. Admitting all this Dr. O'Sullivan entered his protest against the present practice of re- moval of patients from their houses, Parents dread to have their children removed to the Smallpox Hospital, and, owing to this cause, they conceal their sick and do not’call in the services eith6r of physicians or the Board of Health. In these cases of concealment, when a physician is called, the patient is ‘usually in a hopeless condition, the object being to get a certificate. This has beon a fruitful soarce of the propagation of the discase, When cases are reported to the Board of Health, and all the mischief that js likely to be done has already taken place, the danger of relapso to the patient is increased, and protection to the rest of the inhabitants of the building is doubtful by the pro- ceeding of removal at this stage of the disease, Theso indiscriminate removals are unpopular. A few days since a lawyer of high standing related to Dr. O'Sullivan an instance where a patient who had suffered from tho disease for several days was reported to the Board of Health, Upon the arrival of the ambulance the patient had disappeared, being concealed in the cellar while the search was going on. A case occurred a fow days ago in Dr. O’Sullivan’s own practice. The case was reported to the Board of Health, and upon examination by the authorities some twenty-four hours after, it was admit- ted that the conditions of careful nursing would be fully secured if the case could be retained with safety at home, but it was decided to remove the patient because of the impossibility of knowing that danger of contagion could be guaranteed against, Whether the setting apart of one room in the upper story of tenement houses for hos- pital purposes is practicable, if under the control of the eatth Board, is a question for their determination and worthy of serions consideration. In reference to the neglect of the sanitary interests of our schools, Dr. O'Sullivan remarked that it is now two and a half years since tho position of physician to tho Board of Education was abotished. Unqnestionably tho vaccination of the pupils of the schools of 1871 has served as a protection during the present epidemic, There bas been a partial vaccination in the schools dur- ing the spring of this year by the Board of Health. Tho principals of our schools usnally keep a careful record of vaccinations, but they have no means of knowing, other than that furnished by the child. It is not to be resumed that such certificates of vaccination as may presented can be relied upon, and the only safeguard would seem to be that the Board of Education should be required by law to know that the examination is made pe a sanitary superintendent attached to and responsi- ble to the Board, Not long ago a janitor’s assistant in | that, a Thirty-second street school was’ sick with smallpox for several days before the Board of Health discovered the fact. The man was sick in a room connecting with the yard in which the children played. A teacher in one of our public schools recently reported to Dr. O'Sullivan the fact that several children were attending her school who came from families where there were cases of smallpox. She called the attention of the Board of Health to the fact, and that was the last of it Dr. John P. Gourpet called the attention of the Board to the fact that he was recently called to see a case of smallpox, which he reported in person to the Board of Health on Wednesday, at ten o'clock A.M. Itwas not until the following Saturday afternoon, four days, that the ambulance corps made its appearance, The woman was then taken from her residence, on Clinton street, 4 either died on the way to the Smallpox Hospital, or {immediately after reaching the Island. He also gaid that the present Vaccine Burean sends ont boys and young men who have never graduated. to perform vac- Ginations. A boy, formerly employed at the Eastern Dispensary, has been engaged in vaccinating the people. Dr. Fulier-Walker reported to tho Board the case of a child, living at No, 674 Water street, who had been al- most literally covered with enormous blotches and ran- ning sores since its vaccination by the bureau, two or three weeks ago. The child was one of a healthy fam- ily, and had shown no symptoms of disease until vacct- nated, The mother aflirmed that the vaccinator had not seen the child a second time, Other women in_ the house said they had never received a second visit from the officers of the Vaccine Burcau, nor any certificate of vaccination. A child was presented to the Board which has suffered for two years from an fmproper yaccination. Tho trunk and limbs were covered with for In reference to cholera infantum, Dr. Fuller-Walker had recently made an inspection of Water, Cherry, Front, Jackson, Cannon and other streets in that part of the city, which were in a filthy and noisome condition and a disgrace to civil- ization. ‘The prevailing damp weather of the past two or three weeks had aggravated the condition of affairs, Children were seen on the cold sidewalks almost naked, eating balf rotten and unwholesome food—melon rinds, decayed peaches, unripe apples, &c. There was a vast amount of poverty in that = of the city, and whole families were suffering for the want of proper and suf- ficient nourishment He knew of families at No. 27: Delancey street, No. 20 Cannon street and other places where there were sick children, and nearly every one was on the verge of starvation.’ A little tea, coffes and bread was all they could get, and not enongh of Proper modical attendance can be extended to all the stck poor, but they need some means to enablo them to secure good food and hygiente conditions. Dr. David Brekes, ono of the district visiting physt- ¢tans, had found many cases like the one presented by Dr, Foller-Walker, where, after vaccination, the child breaks out into frightful sores, He had seen the flesh of the arm almost eaten to the bone at the point of vaccination. He thought this condition of things was the result of sheer neglect of the little patient, The proportion of bad cases is small when compared with the successful. The Doctor said that the enormous amount of poverty which exists in this city to-day is out of all proportion to what has existed Teretotore. He sees this state of things among the people every- where, and has no doubt it furnishes a soil for the propagation of all contagious diseases. He accounted for the fact that children have been dying at the rate of 100 a day on the ground of the intense poverty of the people, Dr. Henry Raphael said that when he was connected with thedoard of Health the vaccinators were urged to vaccinate as many as possible, Great numbers must be got in order that a magnificent display of figures might be made for the benefit of the public. The re- suite of these v ations were not looked after; that was a secondary consideration. If the present Vaccine Bureau is condneted on the same basis no wonder it has not been able to control smallpox. Dr, William EF. Griffiths, of the Brooklyn Board of Mealth, considered the criticism on toard Of Health quite just, Epidern lence every year, and are not contro notwithstand- ing we hear so much about stampin smallpox in New York. The auth = utterly fail to do this, The Doctor gave an account of the manner in which small- pox is controlled in Broo! Every case of yaceina- tion has to be reinspected ‘and reported as such. Sue- cessful vaccinations are sought after, and a premium is put on ekilland noton numbers, In Brooklyn vaeei- nators are picked men, not young, political, mexpe- Tienced favorites, and when acase of sinallpox appears the houses on both sides of the street, all round the | block and in the rear are visited within twenty-four 8, and every person needing it is properly and care iminate and often cruel removals ¥ practised in thie city, Dr. id the old law of 1571-2, which onee prevailed | to the h Griffiths in Brooklyn, is now enforced here. Under Dr. Cochrane of smallpox occurring in a tenement house h Asylum, Last year that old and ernel rule war abandoned and a more merciful policy was substituted. Few patients are now removed, and none save those who desire to be, All cases are thoroughly disinfected, and whether the pationt is at the top or the bottom of the honse he {s allowed to remain, This policy has proved » community, Tt removes dread and prevents concealment of cases, Tho peoplo assist in carrying out the quarantine, relatives | are allowed to attend ihe sick and no spread of smallpox results, Afver some routine business the Board adjourned, , BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ANOTHER YIELD DAY BESOLUTIONS—THE DEADLOCR NOT YET BROKEN—THE HARLEM FLATS AGAIN, ‘The regular weekly session of the Board of Aldermen ‘was held yesterday and was attended by nearly all the members, Messrs, Cole, Lysaght, Howland and Gilon were absent, The meeting was a very animated one, It was known that the resolutions directing the Commissioner of Public Works to extend the water supply, by having mains laid in tho Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards and in other sections of the city, would be called up, and that a vigorous and persistent effort would be made to break the deadlock which has resultod in OBSTRUCTING MUNICIPAL BUSINESS for the past three months. This programme attracted a large number of spectators to the gallery who hada specific interest in the passage of the Croton main measure, because they expected employment upon tho work. Tho republican City Fathers, however, camo prepared, as hitherto, to vote against tho resolutions, and they stood solid throughout the proceedings. President Lewis having taken the chair, some pre liminary business of unimportant character was trans acted. Alderman Monnrs offered a resolution, providing that the work of operating, watching and cleansing the on- gines in the public buildings and lighting the samo bo given out by contract, This resolution took somo of the democratic Aldermen by surprise, especially as it would have the effect of discharging a number of men who have been employed by the Commissioner of Public Works, Mr. Morris urged the passage of the resolution on tho ground, as he alleged, that it would result in saving $80,000 to tho city. Tho rst to oppose the resolution was Alderman Reilly, who said that it could not possibly result in any economy whatever, as not more than one-fourth of tho men who beirhy formerly engaged at the work were now employed at it, Alderman Sxery thought his colleague (Mr. Morris) was hardly consistent in respect to economy, as he had ‘on a late occasion attempted to have the tax rate made higher than 2.94. The resolution was then referred. Another resolution was also presented by Mr. Morris, which, after referring to the request made by the Police Department on the Dock Commissioners to have tho various piers lighted, asked the latter to state the num- ber of piers owned ‘by the city, the number owned by rivate eh and whether it would be better to havo Tights placed along the piers or on the bulkheads, as at present. The same disposition was made of this resolution. A communication was received signed ‘Thomas Dun- Jay COMMISSIONER OF JURORS,” requesting the Board to select a committee to. tnvestl- gate the affairs of his office for the past twelve years, and also to provide proper rooms for the transaction of his business, his present quarters being utterly inade- quate. ‘Aresolution in accordance with the request of tho communication was adopted, and Aldermen Purroy, Reilly and Robinson were appointed as the committee: ‘THY HARLEM FLATS, Alderman McCarrtny called up the resolution author- izing the Commissioner of Public Works to fill in that portion of the Harlem flats which was formerly in chargo of Jones & McQuade, He said the contract of the latter firm had been annulled by Commissioner Porter, bo- cause he got the work done cheaper. The heavy rains made it necessary to have that portion of the flats prop- erly covered with pure and wholesome earth. Alder- man Morris said the work would cost about $1,000,000; but he was answered by Mr, McCarthy:—“Well, if it should cost $2,000,000, iC is necessary to preserve the health of this city.” The resolutions, however, wero defeated, the republican members voting against ‘them, ‘At this point Alderman Rxr1y called up the resolu- tions to EXTEND THE WATER SUPPLY by laying new mains in different sections of this city. Nir. Reilly contended that it was the duty of the Board to pass the measure, especially 9s it would result in giving employment t6 a large number of poor men who are now ina very destitute condition. He was not in favor of sending poor men to the workhouse, especially as their labor could be made of great benefit to the city. Lhope, continued the Alderman, that the resolu- tion will be unanimously adopted. Alderman Biuuixes followed. Ho remarked that if the work was necessary, and he did not believe it was, he would vote to have it GIVEN OUT BY CONTRACT, which would result in a saving of 100 per cent to the city; but he was opposed to having pipes laid by day’s work. ‘After some further debate the resolutions were lost, the republican members voting against them. Several communications were received from the Mayor vetoing resolutions for paving streets, &c., on various grounds, one of which was that the work had deen done before. They were laid over, A XEW VIKW OP THE CROTON MAIN QUESTION. Alderman Morris offered the following resolutions, which created a good deal of excitement in the Board:— Whorens it is apparent that great diversity of opinion oxists in regard to the sufficiency of the supply and efficiency of the distribution of Croton water in this city that can only be reconciled by experts—men wl opinions and state- ments will be accepted by all as final and conclusive, have for years made that subject a rtudy, and whose and integrity could be accepted as a guarantee that the rubject. would be thoroughly, honestly and impartially treated; be it, therefore, Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works be and he is hereby requested to employ Alfred W. Craven and George 8. Groen, and instruct them to examine the subject in detail and report throngh him to this Common Council. Firat—In relation to the sufficiency or inefficiency of the original aqueduct, reserMir, water supply and applianves for its distribution, with reference to the past, present and future requirement this city. Second—A like report in relation to the ly, reservoir and modes of distribution, and the necessi for the construction of storage reservoirs, and for securing the right to draw water from the riniature Jakes in Putnam county. Present water mp- ry Third—The eapnelty or incapacity of the mains and other pipes now in use to supply adequately the present needs of the city for water, particularly south of Grand street, with the amount and probable cost of providing any additional applinnces, if any, that may be necessary for that purpose, rourth—in view of the prospective demand for water, in Keeping with the anticipated increase, of business, what additional means, if any, are ne cure and furnish an unfailing and aden appropriation of the cost thereof, should found necessary. . Ffth—All_ such other information in connection with the snbject of the water supply for the city as may be deemed by them of service to the city authorities and of interest to our citizens. ‘An exciting debate followed, which was partici in by Messrs. Purroy, Seery, Reilly and Blessing, who opposed the resolutions, and Messrs. Morris and others urged their adoption. The resolutions, however, wet lost. ation aud ry to pro- ate supply, with an additional means be ANOTHER STRIKE YESTERDAY—MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED. * Yesterday there was additional tronble in the Crispin camp. As foreshadowed In yesterday's Hrnaxp, all the men employed by’J. Parsons & Sons, No. 49 Warren street, were placed on strike. This shop was on strike during the first part of the week, the difference being on an advance of one and a half cents per pair, This could have been settled at once, but Mr. Parsons emphatically said that ho would not receive tho “council.” It ap- pears, however, that he did receive the council and the men were sent back to work. On Wednesday the men understood that Mr. Parsons had not recog- nized the couneil, and immediately trouble arose, and tho men aceused Mr. Parsons of duplicity. Hence the striko was ordered, and now they are on the street The council will call on Mr, Parsons to-day to ifliculty. ‘There appears to be trouble in the shop of Hannan & Reddish, corner of Church and Warren streets, but the shop has not been placed on strike. The diilleulty is regarding the hand-sewed and machine work, ond the prices paid by the firm to the former for boys’ and Youths’ shoes. Mr. Hannan formerly paid sixty-two cents for boys’ and fifty-six cents for youths’ shoos, which was reduced to fifty-six and fifty cents, The council are said to believe that six cents above these prices was paid, In Jannary inst Hannan asked for a reduction of ten cents per pair, which was granted, and later the old price was rest Then another red tion was accepted and everything worked smooth! un- til lately, when the machine hands were “Iaid off.’ The men were called before the council last evening and an excited discussion ensued, but no defi- nite action was taken, Mr. ' Hannan — em- ploys about 160 men, and the — majority are in his favor and wish to.carry on the work. Mr. Hannan himself believes that the trouble will be satistac- torily settled between the firm and the men to-day The men trust that this will be dono as it will stop any further trouble among the craft, ‘The cutters on strike at EB. C. Bart's, No. 93 Thomas street, are still holding out, having now been on strike over two weeks. The case stands precisely the eame ns during the week, the men waiting patiently and the “boss? carrying on the business with his ‘scabs’ as usual, The men claim that their prospects are brighten. ing, and hope the matter will be amicably settled to-day or to-morrow. . WAS IT MORGAN'S BODY? To Tum Error ov tHe Herat, Apropos of the statement of Mr, Thurlow Weed in the Tleratn of tho 9th inst., regarding the disappearance of the recreant Mason, Morgan, fifty years ago, I wish to relate a circumstance well authenticated, which may not be devoid of interest, ‘There is a lady now living in Lockport, N. Y., eighty years of age, who can vouch for its truth, Six months subsequent to the alleged murde a corpse drifted ashore upon the beach of a farm sit the mouth of Niagara River, The owner of that , who has been deceased for vight years, fe body, which, after an informal Inquest, buried, A’ narrow — band of — wrought fron was found around the waist of the remains, to which was attached a short iron chain, from whieh it was evident a weight had been rusted or wrenched away. ‘The corpse was buried unpublished and unclaimed upon the spot where it was found, I think Mr, Weed is mistaken regarding the non. existence of a current in Lake Ontario, There 1s a very rceptible current from the mouth of the river at least fer forty miles eastward, A MASON’S DAUGHTER, New Youk, August 12, 1875, THE LOCAL STORMS, oN Taz cnoron mary | 2PFECTS OF THE HEAVY RAIN IN THE CITY, Asif this city had not been deluged enough of late the floodgates were opened afresh yesterday’ and an- other torrent of water came down upon the stroets, ‘and thoso who did not possess the good tortune to belong tothe umbrella brigade found themselves with wet Jackets, So much rain is certainly a great inconvenience, but it does the work of the street contractors, and to- day the streets are as clean as tho most fastidious could desire, The injury done to property is not so great as might havo been expected from tho great quantity of water that fell, and especially was this noticeablo in the low streets of the Sixth ward. Ono poor old fellow who was quostioned by a H:RALD reporter upon the condition of the cellars, said that many of them were submerged from the depth of from two” to eighteen inches, but he did not think much property had been destroyed, from tho fact that the people had very little left over from tho last storm. ‘The cellars were in many instances ina most deplorable condition, and after the rain had ceased to fall. those who inhabited them had to go to work and bale them out—not a very easy thing to do in some of the streets, The gutters and streets wero also in # fearful condition; in the latter, in some places, great pools of water were standing and probably will stand until the hot sun dries them up. On the Harlem flats the water was standing in places from five to ten inches deep, but this cannot be considered a damage, but is rather a benefit, as it allays. for the time being the horrible stench that arises from them in dry weather, On the east sido of town tho damage and’ inconvenience aro also slight when com- red to what they were a week ago. A few of the cel- lars are under water, but the depth will not exceed two ro three inches, and in a few days they will again be fit for Use. THE STORM IN BROOKLYN. Considerable damage was occasioned in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon by the heavy storm of wind and rain, Several cellars in the lower part of tho city wero flooded, and a number of awnings destroyed. The most serious result of the rainfall was the destruction of a large cellar at the corner of Atlantic avenue and Smith street. The flow of water caused tho wall on the Atlan- tic avenue side to cave in, carrying with it tho first floor, which was constructed of iron. THE STORM IN HOBOKEN. While the terrific rain storm of yesterday afternoon was raging the waters broke down from Jersey City Heights through a hundred channels into the Hoboken meadows, All the houses in tho vicinity became insn- lated, but the destructive part of tho storm king’s work was done when tho Ravine sewer, which disgorges the Jersey City refuso into the outlying districts of Hoboken, snddenly burst with a ‘oad noise, and over- flowed the streets and lots for several acres around. The water flowed into the basement of the houses, ris- ing in most cases to the height of one story. The poor people had not time to remove their goods before tho tlood burst upon them, For several hours the torrents: roared, and shot through the barst sewer, spreading destruction in every direction. Outhouses were swept away, and several animals drowned. Portions of the railway tracks were submerged, and all the usual roads to the hill were impassable to pedestrians, Tho most lamentable {ers9 of the destruction thus done in Hoboken is the fact that the anthorities of the latter city have not taken adequate means to prevent tho Jersey City officials from running their sewers .into the Hoboken meadows, It is estimated that the damage occasioned by this neglect excceds $30,000, THE STORM IN ESSEX COUNTY, N. J. The rain storm of Wednesday caused much damage in Essox county, Many bridges and dams wero swept away in the Oranges, crops destroyed and quite a num- ber of animals killed. Tho loss is roughly estimated at $75,000. Much hardship will result from the conse- quent stoppage of mills, hat factories and other like industries. TORNADO IN NEW JERSEY, A tornado passed over a section of Union township-on Wednesday afternoon, The full of rain was tremendous and the Rahway River roso eight feot inside of half an hour, The three-arch bridge at Millburn was swopt away and the embankment of the Peapack Railroad at Unionville washed away. The bridges all along the Rah- way in Union are submerged from three to four feet, but not swept away. It is thought a waterspont burst over od section. Buch a storm was never before known ere, NOLAN’S HEAD MONEY. ‘TESTIMONY OF HON. ‘DENNY’ BURNS AND REGISTER JONES—COUNSELLOR NOLAN RE- FUSES TO SPEAK—-HIS PRINCIPLE FORBIDS IT. The Legislative Committee investigating tho alleged imperfections in the Emigration Committee system met yesterday morning at Castle Garden, all the members present. ar as tho taking of testimony is concerned the labors of the committee are drawing to a close, Ex- Assemblyman Burns, General Jones and Counsellor Nolan were oxamined, and the committee then held a long executive session, probably to deviso the prelimi- nary means to get at all Counsellor Nolan's banking af- fairs. Tho Counsellor yosterday finally and positively refused to tell any moro about the checks. When pressed indignantly by Mr. Alvord to disclose tho se- crets of his affairs ho replied that on principle he could notdoso, Mr. Alvord then, in the name of the com- mittco, promised that the disposition of all the checks would be fonnd ont, as the committee had power to in- vestigate fully. General Jones positively denied hav- ing b thing to do with Nolan’s manipulations, and denied he had ever told him to continue in the relations he (Nolan) then ld with the steamship companies. ‘The following was the testimon Ex-Aseemblyman Dennis [Barns examined:—Was a member of the Legislature in 18’ did not know who introduced the | money bili, 1 did not know before its introduction that it to be presented; never saw Michael Nolan until 1873; tavored the bill beeanse ho had been told the reduction of the head money would reduce the passage money; Nolan appeared in 1871 b fore a committee of which he was ber, and the met him for the first time; knew nobody in the Legisla- ture interested in this bill, but had a conversation in re- gard to it with some one about the time of its passage; thought it was Mr. Frear, but was not certain; had no conversation with Mr. Frear after the passage of the bill, Genoral Patrick I. testified as’ follow Nolan had never ¢ Jones was the next witness and uring his partnership with Mr. wn adollar from the firm, although i cbts; it was never a proper working partnership his official duties occupied the whole of i never received any money at all from Mr, Nolan except a little borrowed money; it might have Deen in all $500; he owes mo now over $1,000; when spoke about the receipt of money from the mship companies he did not express either pleasure or re olan) had entered into the arrauge- ment; told him he did not want to hear anything about fa matter which did not concern him; when counsel © Commissioners of Emigration always a low rate of head money, ale on one occasion I was sent to ‘Albany the rata, and I got it raised halfa dollar; never had any conversation with Mr, Nolan and never gave adviee ‘about hi ng of ets 10 affect legisla- tion; should judge that Mr. Nolan is not in receipt of a Jarge income; he plied to me for advanees within the last fow years had any confidences about Mr. Nolan's personal affairs, The bookkeeper of the French Transatlantic Steam- ship Company next appeared before the committes and stated that from January to October, 1872, the moneys to Mr, Nolan amounted to $343 75. twitness, He simply refused thing abont the checks asked for, alleging as his reason that he considered them not a matter for a put amination. Mr. Alvord pressed the witness very hard with a number of questions, but he continued inflexible, Finally, as already stated, Mr, Alvord said the comiittee had facilities and the power to sceure the checks, and they would get them. The Counsellor replied that on principle ho could not speak abont them. The — com- mittee then offered to receive them, subject to the condition in his favor, that anything not affecting the Legislature conld bo considered saered, but the Coun- sellor resy ly declined to recede from the position he had taker The committee then went into execntive session, but without doing any business that it was considered advis- able to publish. “They will meet again to-day. TILTON'S LIBEL SUIT. AN ECHO OF THE SCANDAL YATIGATION—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WANTED FROM THE FAGLE. Yesterday afternoon notice was entered by the firm of Morris & Pearsall in the Brooklyn City Court of in- tention to move for trial in the ease of Theodore Tilton against the Brooklyn Kagle, The caso is noticed for trial on the first Monday of September next, at ten o'clock, The aetion is to recover $100,000 for an alleged libel published in the agte last summer, The article wast headed ved His Insanity. art Rev i ‘The Key to the Beecher Scan- rning Mr. Tilton’s Men- Tnele and Thre ‘oOusiNgs Facts—Is Theodore tion wh Un and the Insane Tilton Crazy ‘Testimony nees of action in the ease, and the de- separate answers to the complaint, rticle was made wp from the state. nd lished withont av, who fs made a co-defend- sthat he is a stockholder, nf the editorial mentioned in hould not hé n sned separately, in the suit, nts take jain He and there is, therefore, am the action, FATALLY SCALDED, Yesterday forenoon Peter Victory, aged twenty years, employed in the brickyard of Christian & Co., while on an errand to the Gowanus Chemical Works in Carroll ftreet, near Third avenne, fell into a vat of scalding water and was fatally barned, Tho unfortunate man resided at No, 73 First street, THE MILLER MYSTERY. THE CORONER'S INQUEST—THE pes “DROWNED WHILE INTOXICATED” — JACK” DISCHARGED, Atsix o'clock “Little Jack’ (John Leonard) and @ ‘HeRaxp reporter stepped ashoro at Elm Park from the New York boat, the prisoner having been under bail since August 6, Mr. James Gillen, of Greenpoint, and James Allister, of the same place, having become his bondsmen in $1,000 to appear when wanted. The following is what Jack! stated to the re porter while going to Mariner's Harbor:— It's a protty hard disgrace, I can tell you, on my- poor father and mother, who are respectable people, having me arrested for this, One of the Hudson (New York) papers recently gave me a good character, and, a God fs my judge, 1am innocent of shoving Miller into the water, Tam engaged on board the steamtug Com- modore Boggs, and I want to know why Mr, Peter Dalton, the jeweller of Jersey City, won’t come down here and give his evidence, Thero is another fellow they have called ‘Boy Birch’ and neither: of them have been brought here to prove their charges, If Coroner Tunis Tappan does not discharge me to-night, if they fail to appear, why, I don’t think it’s a square deal. I have never been arrested in my life, and have « good hard-working record. I had no animosity to Miller, and it was not likely that I should be so cowardly as ta push him overboard while he was drunk, I am not re sponsible for Dalton’s optical delusions.” By this tk ¢ the Coroner’s office was reached and the proceedings the evening were inaugurated, THE CORONER'S STATEMENT. “T havo,’’ said Coroner Tappan to a Heraup reporter, “consulted with District Attorney John Croake and othes legal authorities including Mr. De Groot, and I have Jearned that I cannot bring Dalton and Bireh, of Jersey City, here by law. I think there onght to be rectprocal action on tho part of each State in cases like the presenty so thatthe innocent should not suffer or the guilty eseay Dalton told me in Jersey City, before the Chief of Po liee, when I asked him if ho could identify the person who had, he thought, ‘pushed’ Miller overboard, that he could not identify the person, he told me that he saw Miller pushed overboard by his arms from behind, and not from a _ bodily push. Justica Keese showed me the boy Birch’s eviden which was similar to Dalton’s, and, perhaps, inflnen by him.” Finally, at ten minutes past seven o’cloc! the proceedings formally commenced by the calling the names of the jury. “T demand that some of us bo sworn in,” said Juror Eagan, Coroner—You wero all affirmed at tho last sossion, Gentlemen, that Is the sano as taking an oath in poin® of law. Chorus of throo jurors, “That’s right, Squire.’ LITTLE JACK’S TESTIMONY. The prisoner, Join Leonard, commonly called Little Jack, being sworn, stated as follows, in a firm voico:—"T rosido at No. 18i Green street, Greenpoint, L. 1. and havo lived there for two years; I am a fireman on board thefateamboat Commodore Boggs; 1 went on an excursion on board the tugboat Thomas Cornell, onthe 25th of last July; we started to go the Fishing Banks, but only went as far as the Monument, below Fort Hamilon, and then proceeded right round’ Staten Island; we had in toxicating liquors on board the boat; thero were twa kegs of lager, and some of the crew and passengers bo- came pretty well intoxicated; they did not get drunk, not the whole of them, but they drank pretty freely. Coroner—Was there any wrangling, quarrelling o# fighting on board the boat ? Prisoner—Not a word, sir; I knew Mr. James G Miller, the deceased; I had known him between sixteen and eighteen months; [never had any ill will or bad feeling toward him; Miller had been drink- ing, and was intoxicated undoubtedly; I. saw him vomiting as I was sitting on tho bitts aft; when [ first saw him he was standing up, and T did not see him again until he had gone overboard; as he fell over Ir over to the engine room; I also ‘tried to catch him; Yl shut off the throttle valve and drew up the lever and stopped the engine; the reason I stopped it was, the en« gineer was out of the room, (This is confirmed by Kenny tho engineer's evidence.) 3 By the Coroner—How do you think Miller cameover: oard F Prisoner—Ho was intoxicated and fell in the watery that is about all I know of it, The foregoing story of Lennon corroborates his un- tive given on a previous occasion. r then heard the evidence read over ‘rect, and signed it. His counsel, ex-Jud Seymour, offered no objections. THE RECALCITRANT WITNESS, “Is Mr. Dalton here?’ said the Coroner, dubjousty, No, Squire,” from a chorus of voices. Yoroner then told the jury that they must prided by what they had réad’in the papers or had transpired at Jersey City, but by the evidence alone. He said he did not intend to charge the jury, bat merel to read the evidence over to them, He much regrett that he had not been able to enforce the attendance Mr. Dalton, of Jersey City, who had sworn to bavinj seen the prisoner throw Miller overboard. Tho Coronel then read the testimony given a week ago and printed in the Henaup. ‘The prisoner was then cross-examined by the District Aint and asked what he was doing when sitting om the bitts, Ho replied:—‘T was drinking a pail of beer. I-wad moro or less intoxicated, but I knew what I was abont, L dropped the pail when’ Miller fell overboard. THE JURY RETR. Here the jury commencod their deliberattons, for being ont for twenty minutes, the § A Ing out for twenty minui 10 brought in a verdict that James C, Miller came to bis death July, 1875, by being drowned while in an intoxtea state, being employed at the time on board the steamtug Thomas Cornell. The prisoner was then discharged. ACCIDENT TO THE BRISTOL The passengers on the Fall River steamer Bristol were startled yesterday morning. Tho vessel was passing throngh Hell Gate on her way to this city, when sud- denly her bottom was felt to strike an obstruction of some kind several times, and a rasping, grinding sound followed. It was immediately learned by the passen- gers that the Bristol had been compelled to swerve out of her course to avoid running down some small vessels, and had thus ron upon arock known as Nigger Head. The hull of the Bristol examined and found not to be injured. It is believed that the copper sheathing of the bottom of the si has been torn, and she will be examined by a diver when she returns to Fall River. SHOCKING ACCIDENTS BY MA» . CHINERY. Abdoy named Daniel Walsh, thirteen years old, em ployed in Thompson's feed mill, in Jersey City, mot with a terrible accident yesterday. His arm was canght in the shaft and he was carried round several times with great rapidity, Tho arm was severed at the elhow. He was taken to St. Francis’ Hospital, where the physicians decided that the arm should be amputated at the shoal- det, but the boy was sinking so fast that the operation was postponed. A boy named Clark, employed in J. C. Todd & Co.'s flax mill, Paterson, yesterday cought bis hand in a pick- ing machine and lad a portion of his arm literally torn off. The wound presented a shocking sight. The une fortunate lad was conveyed to the St. Joseph’s Hospital, where amputation was performed. FIRE AT PASSAIC, N. J. The residence of Mr. John F. Buckley, on the comma, of Paulison and Bloomfield avenues, Passaic, N. J., wal destroyed by fire about one o'clock yesterday morning It was one of the handsomest dwellings in the eity, Mr, Buckley had barely time to make his escape, par tially dre: by sliding down the pillars of the piazza, Fortunately his family were all ab or they might have been lost. The fire is supposed to have bee started by the explosion of a kerosene lamp that hi been left barning on the sitting room le. » The ack Joining building was only saved by greatexertion, Th¢ Joss is estimated at about $17,000, on which there wat an inenrance of $11,000 in the Citizens’ and Napoleos Insurance companics of Ne THE WEEHAWKEN “MODOO." The crying grievanco inflicted on the eltizens of Northern Hudson county by allowing the notorious Os- car Kiubert to remain at large, has led to a movement on the part of the people that may cheat the gallows out of a victim, Klubert is the young desperado who has assanited ome twenty young girls within as many months and long ago served a term in the State Prison for committing an outrage. The latest of his villanies was perpetrated at the Schuetzen Park, a few nights ago, Warrants have been frequently issued for his arrest, but the constables w in exense for their neglect’ the fliinsy pretext of Klubert’s hiding in the woods, Sev- young merf have now organized a club wh object ie the outrages wrought by the dreaded erimi- FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, On Wednesday morning a man named W. 8 Mock. ridge, employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Come pany, while engaged in conpling some ears, fell under the wheels and t arm mangled in a fearful mann ow t. Michael's Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate it at the socket, The poor fellow lingered ain until yesterday morn ing, when he dicd van on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Woat Ryan, as run over of Ho has since dict Tuesday night from the injuri OUT OF THR DEPTHS. The boty of an unknown man was found floating fe the Hudson River, near Day's Point, on Wednesday evening. The remains Ih for ten or twolve days, and shirt and pantaloons, Under ne, of Hoboken, has the remains in charge, awaiting identification, Des coased was apparently forty years of age ' as