The New York Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1875, Page 5

WALARIA IN NEW YORK CITY, | —+_—— Our Death Rate Larger Than That of Any | Other City in America. MALARIA KING!! Malaria the Great Cause and Threatening to Depopulate the City. MALARIA IN OUR CROTON WATER. Malaria in Our Ice—Malaria in Our Food. The geographers whose attention has been given to the physical characteristics of New York have been loud in its praise. Such @ natural situation for the location of @ great city cannot be surpassed in the world and has never, indeed, been equalled. London is inland, and, as well as Paris, the creature of chance, flat, with no special reason for its existence as a homan hive, St, Petersburg is the whiin of an absolute mon- arch, Philadelphia was chosen because level and easily planned. Modern cities of lesser magnitude have been generally the growth around the first settier’s cabin. THE HYGIENIST looks less superficially, and he notes a dry sandy soil, sloping with gentle declivities to each of the estuaries, with a natural drainage in both directions, He observes that these two rivers surrounding the city act as im- mense reservoirs of oxygen, aerating most thoroughly the city—that sea breezes temper tho heats of summer and the frigid blasts of winter and preserve a markea atmosphenic equilibrium, and he says, if man nfade the sity God made the location. For many years the public | health was such as might be predicated upon such facts as have been thus briefly alluded to, New York was a healthy city; but with {ts rapid growth a moro rapid proportional increase in disease and death was | observed, The mortality increased till the death rato wag greater than that of other cities possessing tar less natural advantages. We will not now attempt to prove thie statement, but merely adduce a very few figures | extracted from a large table of like statistics, *Death rates during the year 1874: Estimated Deaths Cities, Poputation, New York 1,040,000 Philadelphia 775,000 Brooklyn, 450, 000 BL Louis, 400,000 895, 000 350, 000 831,000 1,861, 792 8,311,208 828. 646,636 i 477,600 7% Board of Health, sixth roport, in went to 100 cities. This undeniable fuct of an unusually enlarged death tate in New York must have some grand general cause, Let us seek till we find it. It surely is not from pov: erty, The lowest classes in our midst are as well fed, clothed, housed as in any of the cities with which | comparison is made, Charity 1s abundant to the needy; | medicine and surgery here have their highest develop- ment, There has been no especial epidemic, and yet physiciabs have noted a marked. increase in types of disease of a malarious character; this growth gradual, yet persistent, running through a series | of some twenty years, aud markedly advancing within | Aquite récent period. In 1845 the, city extended but sparsely to Union square. There was then no malaria known, except in the wild and tinkempt suburbs above, i scant Yorkville and smaller and less settled Har- lem, and city people were in the habit of saying with a | | i tort of pride that <‘all over Jersey and Long Island talaria was everywhere. ”? ‘THR INTRODUCTION OP THE CROTON WATER wlitile before this period marks the beginning of dis- “ease of this character and tie increasing death rate, As, too, about this period the rapid growth of the city commenced, with the making of new streets, the | levelling of hills and filing up of hollows, it was natu- rally supposed that it was the exposure of new earth to | the sun that was the cause, But the city still grow, new streets were monthly opened, new cellars daily dug, and the disease gradu- ally increased, But the Croton increased its ever- | flowing stream, and gradually the old wells became Glled to repletion, the cesspoois overflowed, the earth | over filled with moisture absorbed little of falling rains, | wnd the gutters became small rivers in rainy weather, with submergence of the cellars in the low portions of | the city. Here seemed to ve a cause of disease, and | the city fathers saw a necessity for sewerage, and then | began the system of underground works which has now raurified the city. Si In confessed ignorance the Common Council _memo- | tialized the Academy of Medicine, asking of them some | plan for the general sewerage of the city. This ever anpractical body thoughtethics were more important | than health; but, recognizing the honor conferrea, ap- | pointed a committee, which nover reported. The Com. | mon Council never again bas asked an opinion of them, | but went on building, with many errors and much un. | Recessary expense, the sewers which gow riddie the wrritory, h | Coincidently intermittents increased, which in part | was perhaps due to the disuse of wells, to the stasis of | water in the old cesspools and privies. i But the city grew and grew, till to-day {ts area has doubled, its population doubled, its death rate more | than proportionately increased ! | ‘To-da} malaria exists‘over the entire city as never | before in the old city, whence this disease had fled cer- tainly since the Dutch dynasty; on Murray Hill and in | East Broadway, the highest natural parts of the city, | femaining as well ag in the “swamp” and the filled in lots of old and new creation. Coincident with this recognized intermittent ten- | dency have come a series of other diseases, notably , typhus and typboid fevers, ‘“ When I came to this city | had the idea of becoming « “fever doctor.” I had been educated amoyg it in the hospitals of Boston, I had studied it in the hospitals of Paris, 1 had watched it im the hospitals of Geneva, Heidelberg, Amsterdam and London. lay myself out for this specialty, Alas for my “well laid schemes!” After ten years’ residence, save a few vases of bilious remittent, [ had not seen a fever case, except the ship fever of imported Irish famine origin. One day, some twenty years ago, Dr. Griscom invited, the profession to the Broadway Hospital to seo, asa great novelty, three or four cases of typhus fever, It is no curiosity now, Look at the death lists, and bere | you will find a ngw item to swell the death rates, | Next come: Danner disease of miasmatic origin, | fiphtheria—one of the foulest and most awful com. plaints of the human system; sull another, the dis- tressingly agonizing, almost incurable cerebro-spinai meningitis, also of malarious origin. Physicians of practical observation will tell you that the type of many complaints is changing; that they bave marked exacerbations ; that diseases as well as the people are characterized by less rigor; that debility has supplanted plethora and stamina, Witness the deaths of the strong and vigorous during the last | wiater by typhoid pneumonia, a complicated disease rarely seen till now except among those of feebie frame and depraved constitutions, | Why is it that smalipox is on a rampage, that “grippes” and influenzas and neutalgias are £0 fro- | nswer to these queries, @ cause for these complaints, the why antecedent to the wherefore in the almost as obscure expression malaria But | go iurther and attempt to show new causes of this in- crease of malaria, new methods of its introduction juvo the city and into our systema, 1 propose in the present series of papers to First—Ascribe to malaria the great increa: death rates of New York. | Second—To point oat new methods by which our systems are deteriorated by this subtle intiuence enter. | yng into them through our food and drink aa well as — trough the air we breathe. | "hird—To point out.recognizable and easly effected | methods for their prevention, and, if interest may still remain Fourth—To show how somo remedial measures may be inatitated for the permanent cure of the evils that have been introduce ARIA IN THE CROTON WATER, ‘oduction of the Croton water was consid. ered an unmitigated blevsing. The water ran all over Our housea: tep pould be puade withiouy Fong 4 wile, in the | ee | ions, by friction one with another. I intended to | | | through the back streets and side NEW YORK. nepet, SUN tea soft water ‘tea water pump.” Cleanliness was 4 and we were always taught atleast to pong Lager thing. Y Goon came ‘Croton bugs, et “the ne: a fen bursting and freezing pipes, and now comes: dis- ense. ‘roton water forty years ago? the dammalan - of & pure and peltuaid river, running through a beautiful country bordered by a sparse pop- eieaion, It furnished 600,000 @, ignorant how to waste, with @ practically pure water, This popula- tien is now doubled, and the water supply at least tre- bled. this supply been increased ? Partially b: illisiag the Maatel new streams have been added, the primary ponds have been dammed, new reser- yoirs or storage ponds have been created by submerg- ing swampy lands Pro4 low territories, and a gen- erally ample supply thus beén obtained, What is the acter of the water thus added ? Does xt equal the original standard? and is the original standard of forty years’ ago analysis yet kept up? The most eminent Dy, Chandler, scientific chemist to the Croton Board, says that recent investigation and analysis bas shown the Croton water to be per- fectly pure, Let us, without scales or weights, look at the water ourselves. During'the past few years, once or twice yearly, and fora period each of several weeks, the Croton water becomes 80 offeasive to the nostrils, so noisome vo the taste as to be scarcely drinkable. In cooking these qualities are generally either obviated or ren- dered less offensibly noticeable. Dr. Chandler’s analysis will give you. the quantities of sulphates of sodium, magnesia, &e., in agallon, but he don’t give you the quantities of bad’taste and” horrid sme! If we follow the stream back as far as the distribut- tng reservoirs in Central Park we will find an immense sheet of water generally quite pure in appearance, The multitude of fish in it 18 very objectionable, how- ever. Carp and fish of like nature that live on vege- table matter in limited quantities are very well, for they eat up more deleterious matter than they make, or ut least act as alembics transmuting malarial mate- rial into something legs injurious. But there 1s no rea- son for any carnivorous fish being tqerated therein, and these shold be at least yearly entirely removed. Nove of us would like a tumbler of water, however iced and strained, from out the glube of a gold fish, and yet that is what we are uaing. Last fail, riding through the Park, I saw large flocks of seagulls sailing through the air, ascending and de- ascending into the reservoir. Drivibg up so as to get a complete view, I saw an immense number of these birds, The policeman of the vicinity said that there must be 1,000 of them there ata time often, The top of the water was profusely covered with the floating feathers, and the birds were tumbling aud sporting, and, I presume, fishing, ‘Almost every spring large numbers of crows collect | on the softening tce—perhaps, for the dead fish im- prisoned within—and these, too, to the number of many hundreds are not such a choice bird that I hanker to drink after them. Surely when 60 litéle is required to drive them away it might be done, have said that the Croton River i 1830 ran through Asparcely populated territory. To-day how changed ! Villages have sprung up along its banks; tributary brooks, once pure and visited only by the slaves of the rod, now are choked with the tin cans of an advanced civilization; village gutters empty into thom, and the drainage of houses and barnyards and tanneries and manufactories empty into them, Indeed the brooks themselves are now lost in the ponds made by damming some lower point. These storage ponds, then, are broad. Their expanses of water spread over shallow marshes replote with rank ‘semi-aquatic vegetation, Old trees and clumps of bushes that but half live in this annatural condition ran through them. ‘The bottom is thus, as may be imagined, a congregauion of dead branches and rank vegetation, last year’s leaves of the forest, &c. ‘his condition 18 well enough, | perhaps, while thus covered with water; but the heat and dryness of summer comes, the city reservoirs are | drawn low, the Croton River bas no spare water to flow | ever the dam anda call is made for more water, avd the storage water hoarded tor this time of need is let on, Then the botwmes of these shallow ponds are laid | pure; the blazing sun pours its scorching rays down upon them for perbaps weeks; the ooze becomes jowder, the vegetation is killed, 18 dried up; the dead lives are almost calcined; the bottom is baked, dis- integrated by dew and shower and sun tll there comes ‘a time whe tne floods descend once more and again we havea renewed pond. The water is the cold infusion ot barks of every variety; of the ooze and dried slime and green mosses, aud the decayed and decaying deposits of the past few weeks of roaming cattle in search for water, or the vegetation growing around moist spots. Is it a wonder that our New York water has a taste and smell? But perhaps some one may say this is not malaria; this is dirt, this is Hlth. Atany rate, itis a nice drink for every householder to pay $10 to $25 a year for when it can be prevented. But tell me, critic, what ts majaria? The word ma- lariu is simply the combination of two Italian words which mean “bad air.” It is, however, by usage applied only to certain exbalations of the earth. The forms in which this influence is seen are manifold, inas- much as its -presence in the system modifies every ex- isting type of present disease, But what is the impurity? The adulterations of water, flour, sugar, milk, &¢, we can show; the microscope or the chemist’s test tubes will bring it to light. Has any one seen the adulteration of malaria ity ultimate principles? No. We judge of its presence only by its effects, When we see a disease the cause of which we cannot discover, we trace it back to malaria; and then the most we can do is to say it is a subtle in- fluence, an unrecognizable power. It is a physical “spirit of evil,” which hovers over decaying vegetation and exerts a.malign jnilnes im its vicinity, attacking humanityewhen we of any sort; wo mean and vile to attack the robust and vigorous, but pouncing upon the forlorn, emaciated and stricken by powerful discase. How does it onter the human framer [t has hereto- fore been supposed that it was only through the air, through the lungs. | claim tbat it as frequently enters through the stomach tbrough the water we drink. Many cases of malarious diseases have been noted of persons attacked with fever and ague while in the mountains, in cities, at sea! and these cases have here- tofore been ascribed to the previous seeds of malaria, which have rem for a prolonged period. Thus the ed in the system 1sease of one year bas been ascribed to a residence in the country the pre- vious year. A thonght will bring many auch cases to the mind of every one. MIASM IN ICR. - It is seemingty absurd to accuse the limpid, transpa- rent, beautiful ice of a capability of transporting the miasm of. the country into the eity; bat if it i# pos- sible for the pure sparkling water to be the media of malaria, why not? Water 1s the great solvent of nature. It not only ab- sorbs the virtues of the soft woods and barks, but it permeates stones, dissolves minerals, carrying away in its imperceptible bosom time, tron, arsénic, sulphur, petroleum aud the like, It is not content with satura- tion with earthy material, but still in {ts receptuve maw hus room for all the airs and gases with which the inte- rior and exterior of this world are Wied. Thas many waters are charged and supercharged with oxygen, car- vonte, acid, combinations of phosphorus with hydro- n, &e. ‘ Nor are these necessarily anited by an enfurced con- tact, by a definite interchange of corresponding proper. More than all these, there is @ marked affinity and a noticeable attrac- tion of the one for the other, Thus we seo that water boiling over a fire attracts the smoke, which unites with and permeates the entire mass. Again, a ves- sel of pure water placed in a newly painted room attracts to it the aerated lead with which the air of the apart- ment was loaded, 80 as to be easily recognizable by the taste and smell, Water, too, is well known as an absorbent of our ordinary gas, It is merely ‘begging the question’? to reply that miagm 18 destroyed by frost, for if one never saw miasm and knows not its constituents, how can he positively assert that it is destroyed. In truth the most that can be urged is, that it is held in abeyance, imprisoned by icy fetters, for we well know that & marshy swamp which ts full of malaria in Nevember when it is frozen over, and that as svon as it is again thawed out the malaria reappears. Say, is this a new malaria or is but a reappearauce of the old? 1 am informed on the authority of one of New York State’s most distinguished physicians, Dr. Lente, of Cold Spring, N. Y., that tntermittents’ were unusually rife during the lasi winter aad appearing not as usual in the fall, but im mid-winter, notably in February, after marsh and brook and pond bad long been hei in icy fetters, the slightest ‘‘cold”’ ushering in chills, He attributes thia malaria to a change in the water levels, which by som affected this, Connected therewith has been five years drought, which has lowered the water levels of that region 80 greatly that wells were dried up and many dug deeper. He saysthe general effect of this was to bring new iands—lands previously under water—to the air, exactly as I have previously explained as occurring in the drawn-off reservoirs of ‘the Crovon, with its sub- gequent rotting parching, steeping im rain water and final emptying into the city conduits and drank by the inhabitants of New York. Could any corroborative evis dence be more to the point? To return, however, to the point of most especial interest, It is not only the so called pure ice with which our city and vicinity 18 supplied, Much is stored away which it is evident to the eye and taste and smell ig not only impure but actually foul. Perhaps during this present remarkable season there is littie ice of this character stored; but during the previous win- ters of open weather, generally warm, with 1ce formation, resort 18 made upon every locality for frozen water of any kind, Then the ditches are acraped, the sides of roads reeking with the drainings of the roadway are husbanded, and low places of every description, peat bogs, gravel pits, sand holes, old .cel- lara are hunted up and their frozen convents’ caretully coliected, and we have often hundreds and thousands of tone brought into this city of what may well be cal PUDDLE Ion, This does not appear, as you perhaps may suspect, in « direct form upon your table, on the batter plate or tn the ice pitcher. But follow’ that string of motley Vehicles of every description coming from the suburbs nues Sooty coal carts pressed into service only apparently of a cleaulier nature than their wont; rickety {urniture wagons, drays boarded up at the sides, but ail dilod with grumous, | ‘ent, scarce trans. | ray, yellow, greenish, unteansp cent ice cakes of all sizes, thickness and shapes, just as rudely broken up by pickaxes, spades or any handy | tool, they wore dug out of thetrsiimy homes.and thrown in helter skelter, with their accustomed green siimy ‘moss OF grimy mud still clinging to them, often redo- lent with a very perceptible odor. r BUTOHRRA? ICR, This ice is to be used—heaven: save the mark!—to Preserve meats, It goes to the packing houses of pro- visions, and into their capacious sub-cellars it is dumped. It goes to the large houses, whore the meat of our daily tables is to be cooled after kull- ing, which must be dono to remder it palatable, and 18 absolutely essential for even temporary preservation in hot weather. Tho question i9 not simply whether miasma can be conveyed in pure ice; it is whether it can be trans- | wind blew over this apot frequently from south to ported in immense masses of ice made of foul and stag- nant water, the drainings of barnyards and roadways; whet J Ga east oRJroZER plne gud mud, cold in: wind Lear Hip Wogt blew yellow fever (rom te ships at, | the ground what it may. little | } 4 fusions of dead leaves, dry sticks, dead moases, lichens and barks? won ” Milk markedly takes a taste from the articles en- closed with it ina refrigerator. Can meat which hangs | for several days to acquire the desired tenderness in an ice cellar, filled as above described, be supposed to be unaffected by such an exposure? | These are new questions and upon asubject about | which confessedly but little is known. Perhaps unt) they are scientifically considered and satisfactorily an- swered, there may be some who would prefer to have the meats they cat differently treated. Some might think as an official who—if he’ is not feed—conliscates | | Immature lambs, ‘bob veal” and foul meats, he might | also in winter season, when there is little or no contis- cation to attend to, order a few hundred of these ice carts to dump their contents into the river. LOCAL MIASMA. But it is not only that we import miasma, we manu- facture it in our city in the most open and deliberate | manuer. For a jong time we have heard of “filled in” Jows—and they were bad enough—but they were noth- ing to the “filled in” lots of to-day, The difference fs. immense, and the change is eseential in the cousidera- ticn now before ug, ‘There are two elements to be considered in this tn- vestigation. . First—The original condition of the locality. ‘The character of the material used in cleyat- ing them, Sometimes tho filled up lots have a natural hard, gravelly, sandy or rocky bottom, naturally healthy, ‘Their depression is a factitious one, made by the eleva- Hon of adjacent roadways, railroad tracks, the levelling or general grading of streets, Such as these, properly filled in with pure material, may be as salubrious as any other spots, But if the original condition of the place was boggy, marshy, undrained; worse still, if it were the receptacle of the contents of almost stagnant streams, the wasbi nd débris of every description ; then be thus filled in even with the purest sands of the ocean there will be for a period prolonged beyond ci culation a perpetual nidus ef disease, a constant exuding malaria penetrating through the sand, escaping into the house in intensity and ;Virulence incalculable, because only to be regu- lated or affected by the condition of the atmosphere, hygrometically, thermometrically con- sidered, and ofan importance as its specilie potency 1s in comparison to the vigor of the is of any residence built over or near such a General Viele’s splendid topographical mapa of this city have all the original watercourses, ponds, pools, marsbes, of this island. Did it ever occur to any one that the sites of Rome, London, New York, &c., were originally. but country places, with trees and brooks and {rog ponds? If so, does he go on to think that not only are the easily cut down trees to be removed, but that something is to be done with springs and brooks? This no casy task; often an impassible one to do anything more than:to iét them run, bridge them, &c. But they are some- times covered up, and then they are liable to be clogged and burst out, sometimes into an adjacent sewer, some: times into a contiguous cellar, but they axe ‘always sources or adjuncts of disease.’ * Some years ago | had a patient with an obscure affec- tion which ultimately took on an intermittent type, ‘The lady had never had any form of disease of this nae ture. On making investigation I found that she bad lived in the house on the soath side of Washiugton square about a year, She said she could wipe off the accumulated dew-like moisture from her basement mir- rors every few onrs, A subsequent examination of General Vicle’s « «ps showed that a brook ran directly under her house, and the dampness could not be kept out by cement floors and like appliances. The buried forces of nature would incessantly strive to reussert themselves, On Murray Hill, in Thirty-eighth street, is a magnifi- cent house, which cost its original owner $60,000; but persistent ill hee'th and Gnally death foilowed its ovcu- pation, It wast discovered that, built. upon a rocky foundation, © rsistent stream ‘of water came through the rifts ch stone, kept the under cellar | utloat, permeated. @ foundation walls and, running upward by a kind of capillary attraction, dampened the whole house, producing zy motic disease and death, Attempts at relief discovered that the cellar was many feet below the sewer, to connect with which by a small dram lower down ‘the bill would supposedly cost, through the rocky. foundation, some $10,000, The final buyer had a well dug, which is twice a day emptied by a pump attached and at a duily cost of time and trouble, and, an(ortunately, not with entire relief from the inseparable dampness, FILLED IN LOTS. ‘The character of the material used for filling in lots is now to be considered, be the original character of Had New York tollowed the example of Boston, who filled her back bay with pure gravel and sand, brought by thousands of railroad trains.from the surrounding heights of Roxbury and Brookline—had we not followed a mere “penny wise, pound foohs”” economy—there would have been no occasion here for a word on this subject. There is {n- deed, | understand, some little objection made to the ‘Hlled in’? portion of Boston, but ths is owing to the original foundation soil and not to the subsequent ad- dition. ‘The “filling in” of old New York—i. ¢, the New York of twenty-ve or thirty vears ago—was' comparatively the same as the “illing in” of to-day, and yet, nominally, the material was the same. “Dumping allowed here” was then a common sign, and builders deposited at their convenience their cellar diggings, reiuse wood and tin atd shavings and the ke. ‘The above was written early in April To-day, Ma: 27, passing down the East River on the Harlem boat noticed a very offensive, but recognizable smell, It was evidently from scows emptying street sweepings and gurbage, and sure enough, more than a mile dis- tant, they were to be seen dumping their contents to filt up the extremity of Blackwell's Island. And for what wus this land to be made? This was a conundrum which no Sanitarian could ever guess, Nothing less, nothing more preposterous than to build upon it pavilions or cottages for fever patients! [ would protest in the name of humauity against such an outrage; but I suppose that it was cousidered that the patients were to be paupers and small criminals, bum- mers and loafers, poor drunkards and the like, who would be allowed to starve to death in some countries, who at any rate make no good use of life, and might as well be allowed to die from malarial poison of garbage filled in land, ina Christian manner, in a charity hos- pital of the greatest city of America. I know the doc- Urine serves them right, They are poor and miserable, and they ought to die! But just think of it, Think of the ingenuity of our officials. When barbaric England wants to get rid of her paupers and irreligious Italy her criminal lazza- roni, they send a ship load over here; but we are too smart for them and send them back at their expense. We don’t do any such foily. We treat them kindly, with the best medica! men and appliances, in the mod- ern pavilion hospital, built on garbage made land, and they are sure to die, like the Black Hole or Libby Prison oceapanis, and the medical students are thus taught gratis, and our paupers are got rid of cheaper than those of any nation in the world. ‘‘Ain’t wé a killing smart people ?”” But there ts an objection, The odor is smelt over a mile off, and New Yorkers of tho east side soul its fumes, and death is certain, at @ distance exactly what is yet uncertain, but Murray Hill can smell it | with a southeast by east wind. MUNICIPAL HOMICIDES, | In the light of our present knowledge such work | | must be considered little less than criminal, and to be classed under some legal heading, like ‘Intentional Howieide”’ on the part of those who permit and author- ize {t. Where are our officials, our Mayor, our Boards of Health and Police? Is it all of their duty, or even a comparatively important part of it, while such enor- mities are going on, to order carts loaded with healthy horse manure to be covered with a cloth, generally filthier to the eye than what it covers; to uniform a | police and drill them in squad exercise and singlestick Racing? This disease and death is the apparent result of their derediction of duty. Do they say they have no | power from want of legal enactment? ‘Then is it | most markedly their duty to get the power. The people | want only to be asked for this power and they are ever | ready to conierit. But be gee this point more anon. If what has been alleged against the city officials or | the city itself may be classed as active homicide, there | | are another series of diseases and deaths, perhaps | equallingethe former in attributes and in numbers, which may be called in contradisunction, ‘‘passive homicides. ’? PASSIVE HOMICIDR. ‘These are not sins of direct commission, but of indt- | Fect omission. It is inethciency, delay, red’ tape, neglect, | In certain instances this may occur trom a clashing of | | authorities, from the defects of the present separate | bureau system, As an instance we-will cite the well- known recent Broadway enlargement, which passed | through various stages under as many d jepartments, We will commence with the tearmg down the west | side of the street. Then came the survey and tne ac- tual curbing of the street; then a filling-in and level- | | ling; finally, after many months—nearly six years— | the street was finally peved and opened for travel, But the trouble is not over yet, nor has malaria enough | | been fomented and spread broadcast, for scarcely aro | the pavements laid before they are again taken up and | astill unfinished sewer is going through it with is blustings, 1ts débris, its obstruction to travel, to the ac- | cess of property owners to their own dwellings, to | freah putcroppings of disease and to renewed joy{ulness | to the doctors and undertakers of the vicinity. | Any one to-day (May 1) goimg by West Forty-first street will fod the blastiags for the sewer still going ou. The adjoining sewer, which has been opened to allow the water collected in the excavation to flow off, till open and will rem so for many weeks, as it has already for as long a time, and from it is constantly escaping, in no small quantities, a most sickening gas, | enough to pollute the entire neighborhood and spread | diphtheria, &c,, in all directions, and proper authority would require that it should be closed even if to be re- opened alter every rainfall. But bad as is this case, with its injury to property aud health, it's not nearly so bad as many others. [ | will cite but one more in verification of this statement. | The “opening of Worth street’? is perbaps in the way | of jobbery and criminal negiect unsurpassed in recent times. True, many eniargements and extensions ha’ netted more pecuniarily to stock jobbers and stre jobbers. But some were never opened at all, and in | these, perhaps, the more money was made, but with no ill effects upon health or life, The Worth street ex- tension was both, and notably in its effects on heaith | and life. Who steal Bat my purse steals trash; it robbeth me of my good health, | ich not enriches him | And makes me poor indeed. | (lightly traventied.) | A PREGNANT PACT. Perhaps some one may say:—This is all buncombe talk is cheap; no such calamity did happen.” f will tell you what did happen, and for corroboration I will | refer you to the able corps of physicians attached to | | the contiguous Central Dispensary. Their statemente | are worthy of every credit, and they will tell you how deep and deadly was disease in that vicinity, tn houses to which no city cart could 6, and whose inmates heediessly threw all their waste out of s window—any- where, anywhere out in the street. Such a horrible Spot never befor: jisted, with ite several years’ accu- mulatiods. And rich men in fine houses forget that the north, Have they forgotten—those who live in mag: nificent summer houses at Fort Hamilton—that the | and thas four fered were placed to their credit, The Quarantine into their very windows? And yet they let this spot exist for years, But the results are not yet complete, | will tell you of asleath directly caused by it many months ago. At last the thing was reached, the ordinance passed and the street was directed to be graded and paved. ‘The contractor who got this work said to me while the work was going on that he never knew so bad a job, that his men could scarcely perform it, 80 fe bday ie emanations, and several sickened at it eo brothe® of the contractor was a hale and henrhy man, who bad scarce ever bad a sick day in his life, which had always been an outdoor one, and of a laborious character, Over the work he stood from early till late, personall: directing and carrying on the work from August till December—four months without s fuiluro of '& day. From that dat® till taken sick in March he was ag usual superintending rock cutting fora streetin a sa- lubrious vicinity, uring adamp period he caught a slight cold, with some Phousaties and gore throat, and they finally developed into a very controllable pneumonia, Then it was that the miasma imbibed during the previous months—not virulent enough to be perceptible in a vigorous man in the plenitude of his strength—began to show itself. The blood golscning was then evident, and typhoid symptoms increase with great rapidity, and the doubly debilitated blood, from malarial absorption and imperfect aeration, was thus enabled to speedily overthrow a man of an “dron constitution,” of the inost temperate habits and most regular ways of living. it is very rare to find such marked instances of cause and effect in medicine, and many such type cases of undoubted inalarial poisoning might be difficult to adduce; but they do exist, and every case of malaria bas had its exposure when the seed has been unwit- tingly absorbed and lett to fructify and permeate like a great fangus into the = marrow, leavening the whole system with this pestilential poison, ‘Those who are travelling throughout the city and its suburbs will find many similar plague spots with their attached, but silent imfluences, their tragedies and fre- quent graves, One such—in a cleaner locality, indeed, is East Forty-second street, eastward from Second ave- nue, to the river—a wide ‘street, with, originally, an almost impassable guich in }ts centre, but now about filled up by the daily added ashes, garbage, &c., of the several past years. No inducements of cheap rent would be @ temptation to many to live in the adjacent stone-fronted houses, FOOTBALL, HARVARD VS. YALE—OPENING MATCH OF THE SEASON-—THE YALES BADLY BEATEN, Nuw Haves, Conn., Noy. 13, 1875, The first match of the season between the clubs of these universities, under the rules recently agreed upon by them, came to an issuo this afternoon at Hamilton Park, and resulted in favor of the Harvards, The visi- torsarrived in town last evening, and when they ap- peared upon the field it was the theme of remark that they were @ magnificently apportioned team, The afternoon was fair for the sport, and 2,000 or more spectators, including many ladies, wero early on the grounds, and no soongr had the two teams appeared in the area than loud cheers burst trom the multitude. The Harvards were early made the favorites, as it was well understood that the Yale fifteen were playing to- gether for the first time under the new provisions adopted, Harvard’s colors were crimson and Yale’s blue, The former won the toss, and game was called at A quarter to three o'clock. Tho kick-off by Cap- | tain Arnold, of Yale, at the entrance side of | the field was splendid, but it was speedily returned by the Haryard backs and found its way well up to the | Yale gonl limes, Several exciting scrimmages then | took place, in all of which the Harvards showed | superior ability—Loeds, Herrick and Wetherbee being | very conspicuous in the play, Driving the b@ilthrough | the Yale backs, Leeds at last, by a fine effort, kicked 11 over their goal lines, and, following it sharply, seemed | @ touch-down for the visitors. This occupied but fe minutes, and tho sharp work astonished the home club, ‘The ball was once more sent away, but the crimson | were on the alert, and, with one or two passes only, | Leeds, by a grand forward kick, sent it over the string between the posts, securing first goal for the Harvards, | in seven minutes after the game began. Piece of play was greeted with the ‘Ral-rah-rahs” of fellow students, who were on the ground in full force, The second goal was sharp, short and decisive, Iin- mediately after the kick-olf the ball was quickly turned tothe Yale quarters, and though the latter fought with some pluck ‘it was of no service, ag Seamans by a fine long kick from the centre of the field again sent the rubber between the posts, securing tho second goal in ten minutes from the start, to the utter astonishment of the gents in blue, Yule by this time was maddened at the thought of their colors being | lowered so unexpectedly, aud having learned some of | the tactics of their opponents, tried hard to equalize | matters. 80 at the kick-off for the third time they fol- lowed the ball, and for several minutes kept in the Harvard grounds, Leeds, however, at last secured it, and making a long run in which he cleverly eluded the Yale forwards and haif-backs, but when he was splen- didly tackled by Thompson, and his career charmingly | sto] ot oul was there to help the blue, and tbe im dangerous proximity to Yale’s goal line. Finally the crimsons, who were immediately on hand where they were required, drove tho ball across the line, but by a be ig Trumbull saved the touch- down, and was rewarded by cheors. Previous to ‘the haif hour being up the combined play of the Yales was better, Arnold and Trumbull distinguishing themselv. while Tower, Herrick, Morse, Bacon and Wetherbee ot the Harvards played equally brilliant, The time was | called just after Keyes had the wind knocked out of | = along the touch line on the far side, but it was not serious, Goals were changed after a rest of five minutes. Re- suming operations Bacon kicked off, but the ball was | kept in tho centre field for a time by the blues, but tuen was worked down, when Arnoid with a ‘free kick”? sent it well back, but the crimsons returned it, and Thayer, with a fine effort, succeeded in gettir another touchdown for the Harvards in just nine and ahalt minutes, After being sent away tho bail was never out of the Yales’ grounds, and the crimsons | showing grand individual and combined play. Bian- chard secured the second goal for the visitors in twelve minutes from the resumption of play. The home club | by this time were doing much better and waking up to the fact that hard work was in store for them. they played very sharp from this time, their forwards show- ing to excellent advantage, and several magnificent runs | by Wakeman, Klijott, Trumbull and Thompson clicited | loud cheers, as did the play of Bacon, Wetherbee, Blanchard and Curtis, of the Harvards. Herrick at Jast secured the third touchdown for the visitors, which under the rules is equal to a goal, next goal (No, 5) was taken in eleven minutes {rom resumption of play, Tower, assisted by Herrick, boing closely associated with the downfall of the Yale fortress | at the time, The next half hour secured another touch down for Blanchard, but it took the crimson just twenty-five minutes to accomplish this, Hot work was the order of things down near the Yale’s ines when time was called, with Harvard credited with dl yess and one touch down to nothing for the al man, "7 | Elliott, °%7; FL 8. Smith, } | tt close of the tournament on the 23d inst. a match | a8 though she were going to carry off first honors, but The latter lacked practice and knowledge of the seaeg which they were playing. During the first half | jour the brilliancy of their opponents’ work took them | by surprise, but they insproved rapidly and will in | time bo a hard team to beat. All the Harvard men did well, but Herrick, Wetherbee, Bacon, Leeds and Fan. | con deserve mentioning, On the Yale side Thompson, Arnold, Trumbull and Elijott distinguished themselves individually, but were not backed up as they deserve The last named was hurt near the end of the game and | retired, his place oeing supplied by C. 8. Bushnell, P. G. | Most of the Harvards left for home this evening. 8. Harvanps,—Forwards—Martin Cat Leeds, “77; J.B. Keyes, °77; B.S. Clifford Tower, 77; F. W. Thay P. G.; H. W. Cush! ‘78; lane! EB. ©, Hall, '76 captain); Williain Seamans, ‘77; Nathaniel Curtis, °77; | D. ©, Bacon, '76; K. H. Herrick, '77. ks—J. AL Wotherbee, 177; H. L. Moree, P. @ | Yau 76; W. J. Wako- Cainp, "77; George | F, Thompson, "79. | rio (captain) ; Colles Jonn- | ‘orwards—M. H. Phelp iJ. P, Peters, P. G.; C. 78; D. Halfbacks—Willam Arnold, ston, '76; FN. Wright, '76; Baker, ‘77; Rudoit | Warts, °78. " Backs—David Trumbul, '76; F, W. Vailie, 76; DLR Alden, 8,8 3, 8. } Judgés—W. A. Whitney for Harvard; EB. J. McKnight for Yaie, Referee—R. C, Corneil, New York. FOOTBALL AT PRINCETON. Prinoxrtoy, N. J., Nov. 13, 187! At Princeton to-day a foot ball contest took place be- | tween twenty-one students of that place and an equal number trom Columbia College, resulting in favor of the former by @ score of 6 to 2. The contest was short, sharp and decisive and at- tracted a considerable crowd. THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT. | The billiard tournament which {s to begin in this | city to-morrow will be, it is belleved, one of the most | brilliant affairs of its kind which has occurred for many | years. Among the players who are to enter the contest are Maurice Daly, A. P, Rudolphe, Cyrille Dion, 8. F. | Slosson, A. Garnier amd William Sexton. The aggre- | gate amount of the prizes to be contended for is $3,500, and thoy are to be divided up as follows:—Firet pre to the player who wins the frst six games, affount | $1,500; the second $1,000, the third $650 and the | fourth $350. There will be four games played each day, two in the afternoon and two in the evening. At game of 600 points for $500 aside and the champion- ship of America wiil be played between Cyrille Dion and the present champion, Maurice Daly, One of tho features of the tournament will be the game to be | peed between Rudolphe and Slosson. ho latter is m St. Louis and participated in the tournament of 1874. The three-ball game, now by far the mort popu- Jar Caen he Is to be the game of the tournament— “French carroma, 800 points up. The referees are to be selected from among the Amateur patrons ot the game in this city, and their de- cisions will be final, ry arrangement bas been made by the committee having the matter in charge to insure tho cotnfort and convenionce of the public, and it Is confidently expected that the tournament will ‘This brillant | | street and | inches,’3. Wolf, Sea Kin, | Terror, 24 inches, A. Dodge; Columbia, 24 inches, B. DAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1875.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. THE CALIFORNIA RACE. San FRaycrsco, Nov, 13, 1875. The great four mile heat race, for a purse of $30,000 Eold, has been postponed on account of the rain until the weather and the condition of the track permits, Pool betting was pretty brisk yesterday « lernoon at Johnson's and Kelly, Bliss & Co.'s. The gambling Probable results of the great Californian horse race, which was to have taken place dur- ing the day on the San Francisco race- course for a purse of $30,000, four mile heats, ing business until about balf-past four o'clock, whon word was flashed across the coutiuent saying that the race had been postponed. 1d: — JOHNSON’ FRENCH POOLS, +$397 Hockhocking, . 959 Chance. 108 Revenue, Jr. $4 Fannie Hall, ‘AUCTION POOLS, Rutherford, 140; Spriugbok, 105; Wildidle, 97; Grin- Wildidle Springbok... Grinstead, Katie Pease. stead, 37; Katie Pease, 17;'the field, consisting of ae Hockhocking, Revenae, Jr, and Fannie * "KELLY, BLISS & €0.’S AUCTION POOLS, Rutherforod. $200 The Fie'd, consisting of Springbok 165 Revenue, Jr. ; Hock- iidiale. hocking, Fanuie Hall Katie Pease and Chance, 20 Grinstead. CH POOLS. Wildidle, . $163 Revenue, Jr, Grinstead. . 120 Fannie Hall. Katie Pease 89 Hochhocking, Springbok . . 854 Cnance. Rutherford., 886 TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD. A trot for a sweepstakes of $600 took place yesterday at Fleetwood Park between J, Sillick’s sorrel mare Daisy, M. Roden’s gray mare Lizzie King, N. Smith’s brown gelding Roanoke and H. HYnard’s sorrel mare Fannie Carr, The four were road horses, owned by gentlemen engaged in business in Wall ‘and Broad streets anxious to decide who owned the fastest horse. favorites, SUMMARY, Furrtwoop Park, N. Y., Nov. 13.—Trotting for a sweepstakes of $600} mile heats, best three in ve, in harness. J. Sillick’s s,m. Daisy. . M. Roden’s g, m. Lizzio King N. Smith’s br. g. Roanoke... H. Hyuard’s 8 m. Fannie Carr ‘TTMR. Quarter, 4 TROTTING IN MASSACHUSETTS. Bracoy Park, Bostox, Nov. 9 and 10, 1875,—Purso $200; $100 to lirst, $50 to second, $30 to third and $20 to fourth; for horses that never trpjted faster shan 2:29; mile heats, best three in Give, in harness, James Golden's b. ss Ned Wal- Nov. 11.—Purse $200; $100 to first, $50 to second, $30 to third and $20 to fourth; for horses that never trotted faster than 2:40; mile heats, best three In five, in harness. C. H. Eavens’ b. m. Mary. 3 bin Ca Ear Se Ee W. J. Paine’s b, Amelia D....... 8 2 1- G. H, Etlenwood’s b. m. Lady Sherburn.... 2 8 2 3 ‘A. D. Carson’s g. m. Lady Keonan, 444 Fred. Haight’s br. m. Lady Sheridan, -5 5 6 TROTTING |IN OHIO, Cuesta Drivivo Park, Cixci¥xatt, Omo, Nov. 9.— Sweepstakes $100; mile heats, best three in five. STARTERS, Lew. Benninger’s b. g. Soe Lawrence, to ime, 2:43.34 — Same Day. —Sweepstake: five, in harness, 2:39, mile" heats, best three in STARTERS, J. Englehart’s r, g. Duteh Fritz... &. Greer’s b. m. Belle M.. W. Forbus’ b, g. Sajlor | Captain Ciiley’s b. g doe | Tune, 2:44 4— 2:45, TROTTING IN CALIFORNIA. Bay Disrrrcr Fark Grounn, Nov. 4—Premiums $500; free to all horses that have never beaten tbree mile heats, three in five, in harness, ox's b. g. Abdallah Ji . b. g. Gus.... Time, 2:36 3,—% Ne Oh Bay District Courss, Faipay, Nov. '—Trortixe.— Parse, $1,000; for horses which have aever beaten 2:26; $700'to {he first, $200 to the second and $100 to the third; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, or! 22:26 42: HORSE NOTES. The bay colt Rambler, cut down in arace at Balti- more during the last meeting, died from the effect of his injuries November 2. Rambler.at that time was the property of Charles Reed, who after the injury sold the colt to Barton & Medinger for $100. Rambler was sired by Lexington, dam Cairn-Gorme, by Cotherstone, The Leica | two-year-old chestnut colt Leather Stockings, by Kentucky, dam imported Fluke, by Womorsiey, raised by A. Belmont, died at the Jerome Park stables a short time since of epizooty. He was owned by Joseph Donohue. Mr. Penrstan, from Kentucky, will havea large salo of trotting stock at Barker’s sale stables, Thirty-ainth Broadway, to-morrow, commencing at eleven o'clock. There can be no doubt about the quality of the horses, as their pedigrees are given cor- reetly in the catalogues. There are thirty-five head, of all ages and degrees of speed. Mr. Penistan has made some sales of very fast trotters, he having sold Lady Stout and Grafton to Mr. R. Bonner. 4 MIMIC YACHTING. 26. AN EXTRA DAY ON THE LAKE AT CENTRAL PARK—MINIATURE CRAFT CONTESTING FOR TINY PRIZES, Yesterday was an “extra day” for those who are fond of sailing the tiny craft at Central Park. The sea- son proper was intended to be terminated two or threo weeks ago, but a8 the fine weather continued it was determined to give another day. A notice to that effect was sufficient to attract about forty devotees of the sport to the lake to sail their yachts, and 1,000 to 1,200 spectators to watch the manwuvres of the little vessels as they skipped over the water. A large oumber of entries were made, of which the following Kitty, 20 inches, J, W. Dobson; Amsterdam, 20 % inches, H. Deverna, P, Govern; Waverley, 20 inches, Wilsou; Sea Bird, 20 inches, W. Flemming; Margaret, 20 Inches, D. 8 Skoats; Columbia, 24 inches, Robert Sewell; Madge, 20 inches, Charles Baldwin; Justine, 24 inches, A. Vivian; Kila, 20 inches, G. Scott; Frolic, 24 inches, G, Wood; Vesta, 21 inches, W. A’ Davidson; Loti, 21 inches, G, Wallace OVER TWENTY FOUR INCHES, Osceola, 90, inches, J. Gillette; Belen Charles Chapman; Lulu, 36 taches, 0. R. Bunce; Su 30 inches, W. C. Harrison; Phantom, 46 inches, George McCormick; Irene, 46 inches, M.’ Wilson; Mirt, 40 inches, E. Wilson; Lottie Lee,’ 36 inch M. Bing. ham; Matte, 30’ inches, J. F, Martine; Falcon, 40 inches, George A. inches, Charles Smith; tems ag Ray Piying Cloud, 80 inches, ¥. B. White, COMMENCING THE SPORT, About three o’clock the first race was started, which was only for boats of twonty-four inches and under. ‘The boats which eventually won took the lead from the start and had everything their own way all through. Mr. Wilson's Colambia came in first, winning @ silver napkin ring. The Vesta was socond, and thereby be- came the owner of @ miniature com while the Justine, as jer hate! 4 took Ley of an anchor ad cha. ether with some other fittin i in the 'eoeed race, which was for all boats over twenty-four inches in length, the Lulu at first looked she fouled w‘th one of her competitors when about a quarter of the way over the course, whieh destroyed her chances of winning. The Irene, Flirtand Yosem- {te ultimately won the Grst, seoond and third prizes, respectively, which were the same aa in tho first race. ‘The Inst rade was to be decided by the boats passing between two flag stakes anchored about two feet apart at the south end of the lake, A ‘champion flag” was also to be giveri to the first boat passing one of tho stakes in any manner. Boats of all sizes entered in this race, in which the Irene won the flag, A great many of the yachts passed and the stakes without going between, and much amusement was af- forded by the devices which were employed in vain by the sailing masters to make their boats enter the de- Prove @ success worthy of the liberality and foresight which haye charagkeriand its mangement sired goal. The Phantom nally pushed her way throneb, and won # steam yacht by su doing POOL SALES IN THIS CITY | worla appears to be excited to its centre touching the | The French and auction pool owners were doing a rush- | The following was the rate at which pools were In the few pools sold Daisy and Lizzie King were the | 1! 1N0O.... ee seecee sevecee BOL $221 C.K. Mosber’s bik, m. Belle ean .. o- 2 211382 J. '. Manson’s ch. m. Flora { Belle Akon 81143328 A. D. Carson’s ch. m. GeorgieB 6 6 44 3 no 65 5 arn 4 dis. :81—2:30—2 :30344— John Crook’s g. m. Oakland Maid wee BELLI J. L. Bod's br. g. San Bruno 1223) 83338 + + dis, .. dr 5 ANOTHER WIFE MURDER. , Dastardly Crime by a Jealous | Man. A Women Shot Down in the Presence od Ner Child. What appears to be adeliberate murder occurred in South Brooklyn about gine o’clock yesterday morning, | The parties to the tragedy were man and wife, the for- mer Ueing the executioner and the latter the victim, ‘The murderer is John J, Burroughs and the deceased ilizabeth, The incentive tothe crime was jealousy. | Mrs, Burroughs has for the past three or four monthd | been living apart from ber husband, being unable longer | toremain with nim owing to his utter worthlessness &nd dissipated habits. She rented the rear room and | hall bedroom of a small frame house, No, 247 Fifteenth Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. She took in sewing, and, being an expert neediewoman, earned enough to support her little daughter and herself com- fortably. Her rooms, which are neatly furnished, were models of cleanliness. | After a couple of months Burroughs, who is of a low, \ Jealous nature, made his appearance about the place | from time to time, blighting the peace which bis ab- sence had allowed bis wife. He coarsely accused her of impropriety of conduct, sought to obtain moncy from | her and in every possible way annoyed her. About ten | days ago he THREATENED TO KILL BER, and ehe appears then to have entertained the fear that , be would carry out his threat, ag she secirred the door of her room with an extra bolt, Yesterday morning, | between eight and nine o'clock, the murderer, who had | been watching the premises all the night previous, stol¢ | unobserved into the house and crossed the threshold 0) his wife’s sitting room. He then passed into the kitchen, where Mrs. Burroughs was preparing the frugal breakfast, There was no one else present, except @ child, three years old. They met face to face, and what passed between them is unknown, Two pistol shots were heard by the peoplé living down stairs. They hurried up to inquire the cause, and found Mra, Burroughs lying on the floor, bleeding | ‘copiously from a wound in the throat and from another in the face, just below the right ear. Her feet were near the door, her head toward the wall, which would seem to indicate that she had made an effort to escape | when the fatal shots were fred. She was unconscious | when found, and breathed her last in a few moments, | Police Surgeon Rooney was early in attendance, but his services could be of no avail The murderer | walked out of the house and went at once to the Eighth | Precinct police station house, Sergeant Brown was ‘at the desk when Burroughs, who is well known to the | police, walked in, and handing a four barrelled pistol to | him, said, | “HAVE SHOT MY WIFE and I want to give myseif over to the gusioay of the police.” Officers were despatched to take charge of | the house until the arrival of the Coroner, ‘ The body was covered with a sheet and the rag carpet | Was saturated with blood. There were marks of refine- | ment here and there apparent. On a side table among other works was an Episcopat prayer book. On a tiv | leaf of the book was written in a neat female hand, | SLibbie Kinsmer (her maiden name), Christmas Eve, 1855.” Several female friends of deceased were in the | room when the writer visited the place and were tear- | fully discussing her many good qualities, THE ViCTIM. Mre. Elizabeth Burroughs was about twenty-nine years of age anda native of NovaScotia. She was mar- Tied to her destroyer seven years ago and had one child, | a girl, three yore old. Her maiden name was Kinsmer, ‘and her mother is now living in Gowanus. She was short in stature and rather comely in appearance. She | Was Burroughs’ second wife. Doceased was a member of the Episcopal Church. Captain McKellar says there | is not a particle of evidence to show that deceased ever gave her busband cause to be jealous, as her reputation among her ncighbors 1s excellent. He also says therq | Was no sign of liquor about the prisoner when he gave | himself up, | John J. Burroughs is a man about forty years of age, | of rather stout or solid build, He has brown bair and WARS TiscMe 1 1 1 hazeleyes, His face is round and full, and bears un- 8, W. Wander's a g Nod. 2,2 2 | mistakable evidence of dissipation, His mouth is large ie Rakabern 343 3 | and the lips full, denoting strong passions and sensu. | F. Assel’s br. 4 4 4. ality, By occupation he is a plasterer and bricklayer. | He was born on Long Island, and ts said to be respecta- bly connected, though his relatives have not recog- | nized him of late years in consequence of his intempe- rate habits. When the Hirao reporter, scooupansied | by Captain McKellar, entered the corridor in the rear of the station Louse yesterday morning, shortly after | Burroughs had surrendered himself, he found the wretch walking up and down bis cell, with his hands in his ‘kets. He was chewing tobacco, and glared | wildly oat upon his tors, but made no re- mark. To the Captain ho’ refused to make | any statement touching the tragedy further than that | he was jealous of his victim. He certainly did not ap- pear to be suffering from remorse, nor did he seem to | realize the enormity of the crime which he lad com- | mitted, ‘MRS. DOLAN’S STATHMENT. | _ Mrs. Dolan, who lives on the first floor of the house in which the tragedy occurred, states that Mrs, Bur- | Troughs wag @ most industrious and hard working woman | and that no exception could be taken to her conduct, Deceased was tor a long time past afraid of violence at the hands of her husband. ‘The evening before election | day the prisoner called on his wife and told her to “go down upon ber knees and make her peace with Heaven © had not long to live,” Mrs, Burroughs told Mrs. of the circumstance the next day, and in doing 80 she said “she was afraid of her life, and would get a strong bolt and put it om the door of her room, to yuard inst being surprised by him.” She did get the bolt and put it on a day or two afterward. Mrs. Dolan states that Bur- roughs had been sitting on the curbstone opposite tle house watching the place all night. He was, she be- | heves, expecting that his wife would make her appear- ance on the street early jn the morning, as was her cus- | tom, to procure milk at the corner grocery store for | Dreakiast. Deceased, for some reason unknown, did | not leave the house x | she was apprised of the fact thi | watching his opportunity to kill hi | Bot hear him coming into the house yesterday nor did | she overhear any quarreiling. The reports of two pistol shots were the first intimation she had of the Burroughs was up stairs The woman who lives dn the front room on the second had been out at the store coming in when she heard the re; Florence Burroughs, who is stopping at the residence of her grandmother, 348 Seventeenth | when her father entered th | to go home with him. He said several times that she | Must come with him, and she reptied that she would | not go. Then her mamma took a stick and told him to | go out of the house or she would hithim. She did | strike him, and then he shot her. Florence said she was so frightened then that she ran away into the bed | room and covered up her head, The mother of the prisoner states that ber son John has been nearly frantic lately, and on Sunday last he attempted to lake his own life, He seizod a carving | knife fromthe dinner table in the presence of his mother and was about to draw the biade across bis | throat, when she snatched the knife from him, and im | doing so was severely cut on the fingers. She said ber | Son married the deceased for her beauty, and afterward he beard stories about her which caused him to drink ‘and to quarrel with her. On Tuesday last, Mrs. Bur- Pas er states, her sou went to see his wife in company with his sister, and he entreated her to come back and live with him He took his oath on the Bible that ne | Would drink no more, but she would not listen to him. A DETERMINED CHALLENGE. Naw Yor, Nov. 13, 1875, | To Tur Kprtor ov tre Heranp:— | In your issue of yesterday I find a challenge from | Professor Bauer to wrestle any one in this country, | Greco-Roman style, for from $500 to $1,000 a side. | Professor Bauer states that @ meeting should take | place at the office of th of the Times, but as L | find no challenge tu that paper, and flod that Professor Bauer has deposited no money at the office of the Spirit, it is needless tor me to siate that nothing haa been done. | _Thave this day deposited $100 at the office of the Turf, Field and Farm to wrestie any man in the United Stalgs at this time, Greco-Roman style, for $600 a side, ! and if Professor Bauer desires a match with he can cover my deposit and appoint a meeting to suit his con- | venience, ANDRE ISTOL, Champion of France and Spain, THE NATIONAL GAME, The old Nassau nine (of 1874) played a strong feld | nine yesterday afternoon on the Prospect Park Grounds, ‘The game was well contested, there being some sharp plays on both sides, Rule’ [cheek | was effective, but | bis support was poor, Barnie, Bunce and Davis played | well m their respective positions, The following ts the | score:— PIRLD, Nassav, | Players. “RAB.PO.A.B. Players, 8.18. PO.A.Be Smita -O000 West, o1zi28 | Clare. . 0 0 1 0 0 Cassidy 32003 Metcalfe....1 0 2 1 22319 Dunn Liéas so0008 Rule. 0203 o14oag Crosby 0010 oolld Jackso 0102 10 1a Roach, 0161 oe By Davis. 0018 0 ie Pood Totals... 2 9 27 13 6 797 618 Ctuds, 1 TO, 8th, 9th. ‘ea. 0°0 Om Field af Cot y-five minates Nassau 6 times, ‘