The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1877, Page 6

“A ODAY WO DION How the Children on Randall's Island Are Taught. THE CHAMPION FOOL. The Son of Joss and His Fast Roadster. “MR. M'CARAGHER'S LITTLE BILL. One of tho most beautiful nooks in the neighbor- hood of New York is the corner of Randall's Island a Voted to the care and education of idiot children, Few people, even among those long resident 1n the metropo- dig, are aware of the work that is doing under the direc- tion of the Board of Charities and Correction for the amelioration of the condition of this class of unfortu- nates, and no one who bas not visited the asylum for idiots can have any adequate conception of the utter helplessness of the chtldren—for though some of them are past childbood's years thoy are all children in in. telicct—who are under the caro of thecity. At the samo time there cannot fail to be a deep interest among the public in whatevor concerns the welfare of these little ones, and so a HzKaLp reporter was sont to the island a few days ago to gather whatover information could be obtained im rogard to them. The day was bright and cool, and the children sported on the grass vr in the playrooms as bappy as tne day was long and as cheorful as if no cloud of intellectaal darkness cast its shadow over thom, They were poor waifs gathered up from the wreck of humanity, but no better homo or tenderer care could be procured for them than it is plain they enjoy on that partof Randall’s Isiand de- voted to the nourishment of weak minds as woll as ‘weak bodies. IN THE SCHOOL ROOMS, Two large buildings east of tho Infant Asylum and on the main thoroughfare, near Stoward Osborne’ Mee, are devoted to such of the weak-minded children as are considered capable of improvement, In theso uilaings are the play and work rooms and the school- rooms. As matter of course those were first visited, and the boys and girls were tound hard at work busily conning their lessons. Most of tho faces lacked tho intelligonce which the writer would remark in any one of our public schools, but apart from this the scene was an ordinary schoolday scene, Eager and curious e looked up at the reporter’s intrusion, but on every hand was exhibited at least some capacity for study, and the virtue of obedience was especially noteworthy. “Do these children show any marked signs of im- provement?” asked the reporter of a teachor in the giris’ school who seemed to take great pride in ber class, “Some of them have been bere only a few months,”” sho answerod, “and yet they have improved so rapidly that their friends scarcely recognize them as the wame children. When they come here few of them are ablo to speak, but now there is nota girl in this school who is unable to converse, As to ideas; they were utverly deficient in any such thing.”” “Wiat, then, is the Orst step in teaching them to think?” inquired the reporter. 3 “This,”? the teacher replied, producing a num- ber of boards in which biocks of different shapes and sizes were placed, ‘We first teach them to replace these blocks in their proper order, and 1 is astonishing how puzzitng they find the simplest ar- Yangement in the beginning. You see this board, All the biocksare round and differ only in size, and yot at first mavy of the children put the small blocks in the Jarge holes and try to put the largo ones in the small hoies, Where thero is only a spark of human intellect the simplest process is a problem, and it is only by Bonstant and persistent effort that they learn to do things which a babe might be expectod to accomplish. These others, you tee, aroa litle more complicated, the blocks differing in size and sbapo, ao that it is more difficult to fit them in thoir apertures; but it really requires very little intelligence to replace them. A blind man could do it with a touch, and yet some of ‘the children puzzie over this preliminary step of their education for months,” “What is the second stago 1m their training ?’” ‘o learn to distinguish colors, For that purpose we use painted blocks and bails. Then we teach them so couut by means of beaus, which they are required to string on wires, and then we familiarize them with objects and their names, taking great care to train them to cnunciate, Atter all this they are taught to jorm sentences, to read and write and draw, and then bur system of education 18 not dissimilar to that of the public schools,” All this was very interesting and it was rendored doubly so by curious glances from the objects of so much mterest and attention. X THE PLAYROOMS. Later in the day tho reporter visited tho playrooms, ‘where the youngsters wore gathered to work or sing or caper. The girls’ apartment was in every way tho most interesting, because their employments were iuore Varied and their disposition to please more spon- taneous, The boys, asa rule, were dull and Iistless, and disposed to amuse themselves apart and in secret, while the girls seemod to take pleasure in each other's society and to be anxious to promote the hap- Piness of one another. Seated round a large table were a dozen giris, busily engaged in sewing, and the work before them showe1 that many of thom had ad- yauced from the state of mere grinning idiocy in which they had been received to the capacity to fashion and combine the most intricate patchwork. Tho quilts were, many of them, not only exceedingly compli- cated in design, but very pretty, both 1n combination nnd color. A young girl looking forward to her wed- ding diy, and thinking of the household stuff she was to bring to the man of ber choice, coula not havea deeper interest in this work than was exhibited by these idiot girls While tne quilting wont on others sang in concert, and many of them seemed desirous of exhibiting some little accomplishment “This 1s indeed improvement,” the reporter said to the teacher who bad accompanied him, “From what see nere am I not right in in- ferring that some of these children may be prepared ior the active duties of life?” ““slapy of them,’ was the responsi them. Some !mprove so much that they by thoir parents aud placed iu the public schools, where they have been known to compete successfully with the other chilaren. There are several girls and boys here now who might be called smart children. Many of the boys we have had have taken positions in stores and offices, and one girl is now an assistant teacher in & school somewhere in the country.” ‘These encomiums were ali the more wonderful, because the lack of personal beauty, which is the re- sult of the lack of intellect, is characteristic ot ail the childron, both girls and boys. LEASE, MR, OSBORNE, G'MR A TaT.”? On the way from the Idiot Asyiam proper to the wards of the jncurables the reporter passed through the children’s hospital, ‘These children are not idiots,” said Mr, Osvorno, the steward, ‘but invalids, Most Of them are chronic or opththalmic cases,” One little fellow totally blind was pounaing ona drum, but when be beard the approach of feet he raised his Dead sadly and smiled, ‘Johnny, give mo ‘Yankee Doodle, said the steward, whereupor the littie fel- jow began to whistle tl ir with patriotic forv Avother itttie chap, a deformed dwart, vory old in face, but a mere child in sizo and figure, took up the drum and improvised a solo. At the Gret tap of the drum the children began to jather round him, and Ole Bull or Winiawski never jad a More attentive audience, So many faces so sad god #0 prematurely old are seldom seen together, Bome of the faces were exceedingly delicate and even Anielligent, and if they bad not been marred by scrot- ‘alous or kindred diseases or been wedded to a de body @ few would bave justified “What beautital child!’ The cripples were ol Dumanity can assume, aad one of them is a Chivese A great favorite with all young son of Joss, who, though Dorn in New York, has still the characteristics of the Mongolian type as fully developed as ii be had first seon the light in the Celestial Empire. This boy hasa taste for Jae) and he is the owner of eight rab- immer house in the grounds MY, he has don & the going and staying quali- dies Of bis goat, Oue or two of the boys were vare- Readed, a goed many of them had on their heads well worn well chipped straw hats, while a tew were decorated with now boad gear. Ono of the Yast a. Mr. Osborne in the may sohmoy given, the two — yr pty actual: pinnin 8 pew bat te one boys and appeared 4 of From every direction streamed each saying in bis turo, EW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, as Wass ‘*Plenco, Mr. Osborne, g’me a new hi ue todp ey thy nda’ wonderfully. AMONG THE INCURADLES. No sadder scenes can be witnessed anywhere thaw among the * idiots of Randall’s Island. front of the building '-voted to the incurables among and for a lit- sland looked up the boys were a dozen children playing ob the lawn, If i bad not Been for tho mis- shapen heads, di features and staring, Vacant countegances, the children might have been mistaken for a lot of sepool boys just un- loosed irom school. They were of ull ages, and some ol them were mea ery th! except physical and mental growth, iy all of them ure barmless, and many of the larger boys make themsclves uselul ip trimming the lawns and caring for the grounds, Amoug tho lads on the lawn every variety of plrono- Jopment, or rather the want of phrenologi- ‘ho low, receding pamlully pu- joreheads and merous, Two ot the larger boys were especially disa- greeable and distressing specimens, They walkea apart, one of them showing no animation of avy kind, not even so much as a scpse of his surroundings, and (he other mumbling an uuiotelligible jargua and making sigos with bis hands which apparently bad no ineaning. Another boy, Isaac Busch, sul on a bench banging his head, and re- tusing to look up even when spoken to, This young mag, tor be has long passed the age of Childuoou, used to make $15 u week us o cigar maker, but he sudvenly became stupid aod sunk into the mental Jechargy trom. whieh it will ve impossible over to rouse him, He hus been six years on the Island, By his side sat William Eckel, whois another example of u sudden overwhelmiug of reason without ap- parent causc. He was vot only all mght until ve was six yours old, but he was an unusuully bright and in- | worge telligent child, and what is more wonderiul still is the fact that at that early uge he went to bed and to sleep Bound 1m mind aud Woke Up an idiot. Among these lads was onc child, Who seemed too bright and cheer- ful to be claseed ag hopeless. “What 1 your pame?” ked r. “Billy.” “Billy what??? ‘our home?” “In New York.’? “ta York.” “Have “Have you any others??? “In New York,” be repeated, holding up two fingers. ‘*Have you auy sisters?!” lie shuok bis head, “Who is the best voy here?” “Billy,” he suid, saree J his Unger at bimeelf.” + Wno is the next best 1”? ily simply put bis arms round the little wuite-uaired Jellow at his side and bugged him, In answer to the question, “Which are the bad boys?” Biily pointed from one to another until he inciuded nearly all exe cept bimself and his little iriond. It was, indeed, as has been belore remarked, a sad scene, and ity sadness was iptensitied by the playtuincss aud the siniles of children wrecked in lite even belore it begun to open betore them, THE CHAMPION IDIOT, Most of these incurable idiots are unable to speak, incapable even of learning more than a fow words or, A$ most, sentences, ‘I'he champion among these 16 unquestionably Johnny Rouse, He is now thirty- eight years old, and bas been in the Idiot Asylum tf toen or twenty yours. Jonnny was boru in the Sixth Ward in this city, and it may be said that he never bad uo idea in bis lite, His only sense scoms to bo that of sensation. He has been blind for some years, but his hearing is not unpaired, and he possesses a taculty which 18 something like memory. “What time is it, Jobnoyt”’ asked Mr. Osbo: He reached out tor the steward’s watch chain, and, not flodipg lt, be seemod puzzied, When the watch was put iu bis band pluced it to big ear and, alter listening to 1 awhile, be exclaimed “Two.” With Jobnoy Rouse tt is always two o'clock, and “two” is perhaps the only word be cun utter, except *‘boom,” with which he accompanies a riflo practice in which he is constantly indulging, “His mother was here to bim last woek,’’ gad the nurse, “und she said she wished he was dead, Bus it’s way with all of them. It’s seldom they come to see their children here, and when they do come they say ‘l wish the poor thing was dead.’”? A more remarkable curiceity than Johnny Rouso cannot be iound the world over, He is minutive in size, being scarcely four feet nine inches in height, witha face of corresponding meagreness, ‘His Lead and face are of the true idiotic type, and both to-other are not much larger than an ordinary baseball, ‘There is po brow and only au excuse for u lorebeud. The top of the head measures jess than two inches in any direction, and the coal biack bair, which seems stuck on like a wig on the back part of the cranium, ouly auds to the absurdity of this pitifui ireak of nature. When the HeRatp reporter saw Jobnny Rouse he was in high spirits and seemed intent upon yoing some- where ona picnic. He trisked and capered like a child, and “boomed” away the happy inoments which to him make up the span of un aimivss existence. An eminont New York physician, the reporter was told, has made Jobnny’s organization und history the subject of a journed paper und bas had made a plaster cast of that wonuertul head, ‘Tbe only wonder 18 that every puysician and scientist in the country has hol done the same thing, To Mr. Charles Dar- win be ie especially recommended as the nearest upprouch to (bo missing lok to which kinship with the huinan family was ever allowed, As to Johnny’ history, however, 1 18, scarcely possible that such a freak Of nature could have alistory avy more th that the beast of toe fleid should have one, Ho simply the lowest conceivable grade uf humanity, and it 18 not surprising that bis koepers and attendants should call bin the champion idiot of America, HOPELESS GIRLUOOD AND WOMANHOOD. ‘The hopviess cases among the temuie idiots present more painful contrasis than are to bo found in any part of the asylum. In one corner of the wardroom sata young girl incessantly swaying her body but never uttering a word. in another corner was another young girl who kept periectly siill, not evon moving a Muscle, On a bench im the middle of the room was a young woman who looked around her apd smiled, as it she was an interested spectator ol all that was going on, while it was absoluicly certain that 10 her sight and bearing were cooly sensations, A young girl with acuriously chiselled head and face danced and sang at Mr. Osborne’s request, but always usked the permission of the keoper belore beginning. Another girl came forward, evidently ambitious to emulate ber example, and announced guished artist, Tooy Pai hot always an idiot,” gad Mr. Os! “indeed, I havo been told that she was married belore she fell into thts condition,”? it was a singular fact that to this girb idiocy should come so late in Iife, tor it was plain that she bad not sufficient intelligence to be classed as high in the scale of humanity as a lunatic, A young Jewess sat oo a bigh bench in the midst of the others, haviog lost her reason and fulien into a state vf sullen idiocy ve- stan was denied cauee her desiro to become a ber, One little girl hada above the instop, and these wo vanity and the envy of the others, lt was the coly characteristic exbibition of fomale weakness which passes for rational behavior that was witnessed aur. ing the Visit. Obedience and alfection seem to be the most pronounced traits of these unfortunate girls, and Mr. Osborue’s entrance was groeted with pleasure on every band, while “By-by, Mr. Osborne,” tollowed him from every throat as long as he was within h ivg. ‘The reporter was glad tu get away from a sc 0 6ad aod paiutul in order to pass ball an hour with t! Junatics who have been trausicrred from Blackwell's to Randail’s Island, jor among tuese, however sad their lot, there 1s always a vem of humor which re- leves the dreary picture of their weary lives with its light and shade, TWO REMARKABLE LUNATICS, Among the lunatics un Randail’s Asiand only two deserve particular mention, One ot these was a tellor in 4 Broadway bank, and is known to nearly every- body who ever had dealings with the city government, Ot the president of bis bank, not long ago a promi- nent city official, he spoke Kindly, but whimsical; “He ig. a good man,” suid tue teller, “but he knows nothing about bankiag. You see his eyes are not of a size—one 18 blind and the other as big a8 my fist. His brains are all on one side of bis head, and if you want to get on the rizht side of him you mast get on the side whero the brains are.” The teller walked away a few stops, and tuon turning back, he asked, “By the way, has the paper money’ gone out yer? 1 havent been im the city for nie years and 1 haven't heard. All the troubi ‘was caused by the currency, I am going to remain bore for a while yet, but I would like to know, because | will not go back to the vank us long as they cali nasty bi paper money.” The other Person referred tu was a stonecutter, who believes all the lunatics about bim to ve soldiers and he their ser- vant, regulariy employed by Mr. Osborne, “1 was a long’ time in the employ of Dr. McDonald, of Wara’s Island, waiting op the soldiers over there,’’ he said, “and he it was who got we my situation here. He owes me some mouey now, unless my brother col- lected it, and there is some money coming to ine from Blackwell's Island when I was employed there. leave here he 16th of March, and am going to up marble yara in New York with my money.’? This individual calls bimseli the “bread anu buawer atiendunt,”” and here is his bill, as rendered for tho Jast 61x months of his “servico”’ on Randail’s lsiand;— Sxerumann 16, 1877, Randall's Island, Dr. To Peter McUaragh To bread and butter attendant, March 16, 1877— S74x1 5 -€1,014 Ox40, 240 Per is. Rey. It will be seen from this that Mr. McCaragher first charged $13 per week for sevonty-eight weeks, but ing convinced that this was too high, a8 he was housed and fed and clothed, he consented to accept $40 per month. He never 6 ag attends faintully to tis duty and 1 business. These cases are mentioned because they aro the most noteworthy of tue lunatics in Mr, Osborne’s charge and are in such marked con- trast to the Wiccy which makes the upper part of Randall’s Island, in spite of the beauty of its sur. roundings, a sort of living tomo, CENSUS OF THK INMATES, As a fitting addenda to what bas gone belore the fol- Jowing census of the uniortanates in M orne’s charge is given :— Hopeful voys..... 99 jopetal girls ii . 112 Idiot Idiot = 207 Lasane ss... 3 Branch Charity Hospital—mnal 41 Brvrew Charity Hospital—femal ie Workhouse heip—males 12 Workhouse help—fema — 3 Total....+ 658 HiS DESTINATION. “'Scuse yourself, Jedge, I’m not drunk,’ sald Peters in the Fifty-seventn Street Court yosterday. Just.ce—The officer says you are, “Swear him,’ pointing wildly at an im: im the ceiling. “The officer 1s now sworn, Any moro requests?’’ Poters, looking puzzled at the policeman’s temerity, blurted oat;— “?S3euse me, y’onor; frst time. S’elp mo God.’’ “Heaven be you—you'’re past heiping yourself Your bair is unkempt, your face bloated, your legs useless, your min cunt and your destination six (weeks on the island’? inary Bible OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS. “Dangerous to Both Physical and Moral Health.” A PUBLIC SHAME. Ineffectual Efforts to Have the Evil of Overcrowding Remedied. petite ilar > The immense strides made in the improvement of educational methods of late would im many instances gcem to have been done at tue expense and neglect of those details which are essential both to the health and weil being of the pupil for whose benefit the Legis- lature bas condesconded to exorcise its wisdom. While the standards and tests have been elevated the sanitary surroundings hb been overlooked and allowed to retrograd and are to-day far than they have been in yenrs past, This general remark applies more particularly to the schools of Brooklyn over which the Brooklyn Board of Education have ior some time past waged a heatcd controversy, From the reports of the delib- erations of this body a few interesting tacts are gleaned. To usc the words of the Committ Heulth, many of the necessary accommodations and appurtenances of the schools are ‘“inguflicient, fithy and dangerous to both physical and moral health, re- volting to decency and a public shame.” This condition of things arises from several causes. First, increase of population; second, imbecility of tbe men generally chosen to oversee this important and delicate branch of the public business; and third, the apathy of parents, who ab initio have the matter in their own bands, and can mako these abuses und o1mis- sions election tests and place men in the Board of Eaucation who will make proper appointments, A fow yeara ago, alter the terrible school ac- cident in Boston, a diligent inspection was made of all the schools in this and other cities, Exis wore inspected, stairways widened and everything done that could suggest and insure greater safely. A little later # paper on schoo! vontilation wus read before the Soctal Science Congress, and in the turore created by the ruthlessness with which the essayist laid bare the dangers to health from too great and too little heaung. and defective ventilation and drainage, school windows were widened, an cvormous amouut of plumbing accomplished and some new tangled apparatus intro- duced, and thus another patch 1n the quilt of improve- ment was made, Then there was a long rest, aod nothing startling has lately beon done, It seoms that the model school has already been conceived and con- stractoJ, but one that will unswor the ever increasing demanas of a great city has yet to be heard of, In Brooklyn, at least, so a wing of the Board of Education preach, the accommodations are inadequate and the health otf the children is endangered by ovor- crowding. A REPORT IN PLAIN WORDS, On the 10tn of July last SMossrs, Bell, Shepard, Hunter and Berger, Commitice on Health of the Board, submitted the lollowing roport and resolutions on “the overcrowded and unsanitary condition of the Brooklyn Public Schools THE BROOKLYN BOARD OF EDUCATION, The undersigned bey leave to report on returns re- ceived from ull our public schools in reply to ques- tions regarding their sanitary condition. Ut the waole number of public schools—38 grammar, 7 prim- ary and 3 colored—32 are overcrowded 10 their primary departments im tne aggregate to the extent of 8,964 pupils, Eleven grammar schools bave seats, in excess of their average requirements, in the aggregate 1,442 Twenty-six grammar scuools, with but one singie exception of overcrowding in the primary departments, have room in the gram- mar depariments, in excess of their average require- ment, in the aggregate 3,275 seats Tho excoption has $2 sents to spare in the primary depurtmont, aud in the whole school 160 seats more than are requirod for average ationdance. MONEY WANTED, These cétimates are based on a former roport of your Committee on Healt (March 6, 1877), ixing the Senting capacity ol schoolrooms, for five hours actual occupancy, at 150 cubic icet 01 airspace, and in rooms of sixteen ject height of ceiling aud nine squaro fect of floor spaco ag the minimum seating capacity of school- rooms consistent with tbe maintenance of health in school children. It thas appears that our schoolhouscs, ag at present constructed and appointed, have waste room in the grammar departinent equivalcot to 4,717 soats, or nearly eight primary schools of 600 pupiis each, which room, if used, would seat more than balt of the excess now in the primary departments, and leave the remainder to be provided for—4,247 pupils out of the 8,944—equal only to seven rimery schools, or, with the empty schovl- ouse iu Prospect sirect, if used in the way pro- posed by the Committee on Higa Schools, six new primary schools only are needed to provide for all the childrem ig attendance at our pubic schools on a health basis, aud, in an economic point of view, a saving of ine cost of eigut primary schoolnouses, ut ub average of $30,000 each,and the dilference in the salaries of an excess of not loss than sixty teachers now em- ployed in the grammar departments at an avoruge of $400 each, 0 aggregate of not less than $264,000, ac- tually wasted by bad construction and bad appvint- ment CHILDREN SMOTHERED IN CELLARS, Of the overcrowding in the primary departments in detail it is not deemed necessary in this report to undertake # description, It is simply revolting. It will suflice to state that it sinks to tho low extremo in two rooms of fifteen cubic feet of air space and two square teet of floor spuce to each pupil. several rooms, with {from seventy-live to one bundred pupils and upward, and some of them in dark basements, have loss than twenty-ilve cubic feet of air space ana only three or four square feet of floor spuce to cach pupil, and of rooms whicn give | than filty cubic feet of air space, and less thun square feet of floor space to each pupil, there are about filty, au avorage of at least one such room to cach schoolhouse, ROOM IN THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. ‘This state of things 18 the more remarkable from the circumstance that in the same schools where this daily smothering 18 practised in the primary depart- meuts, there are rooms ia the grammar departments where the area of air spaco is from two to three hun- dred and me cases over tour hundred cubic feet, and over thirty square feet of floor space to euctl pupil—actually ten times as much room ia proportion to tbe number of the pupils in some ot tue grammar departments as there ia in the primary departments, BAD LiGHT, There is also, throughout the schools, an almost ulter disregard of the relations of ligut to the pupils, In many schoulrooms there is @ great want of light, 1D osners 1 18 in excess, and in very few is there any regard paid to the direction in which it lis upon the pupils at their desks, in some rooms it strikes glaring fuil in the faco; tn others the ivorally lighted on all sides. There is, in hort, In the construction of the schoolhouses ta th! Fogurd apparently no attention paid to the required Proportions of window light space and floor space tor schoolrooms, A HOT, DRY ATMOSPHERK, Moisiuro to the atmosphere, as a necessary append- age to the means of warming, in many of the sehvola seems nover to bave been thuught of, At any Fate lite Ue oF nO attention has been given to the subject, and there seoms to have beon no recognition of the injury to tho heulth of the enildron consequent upon its neglect HORRORS CPON HoRKoRs, Ventilation by tho ordinary pian of unheated tubes, open at the bottom only, 1n cold weather requiring the windows to be closed and when other means of Ventilation are most necessary, is frequently deticiont and in many cases wholly inoperative, Facilities for drinking water are, with but few ex- ceptions, exceedingly deficient and vetective, in sev- eral schools faucets are in the yard only, im bud weathor requiring dangerous exposure on the part of the children, Ot the privies cien healt urinals, they aro, briefly, insuffi. filthy and dangerous to both physical and moral ) Fevolting to decency and a puviic shume, SENSIBLE REBOLUTIONS, The following resolutions were submitted and their adoption asked for by the Committee on Health, a8 a basis of action for the correction of the evils maue evident by the repor Resolved, That the seating enj school and class cites of all schoolhouses, eek. hele! shail be limfved to fof hoor ouee mete cubic feet of wir space for exch occupant, nnd it of sil principals of relivols and dep Pupils on this basis wud to refuse admission to any schoul oF class room in excess of the m ax thus defined and limited, In roums of ler feet height of ceiling the rutio of floor spac portionately increased. NO MORK CRLLARS. Resolved, That no cellar or basement room, with floor below the ‘level of the contizuous street or hereafter bo used of permitted as» schwolroom, RKGULATIONS FOR LiGHT. ton and aren of windows of to be coustructed we provided Window shull be less than throo floor, exclusive ot the fra from the ceiling, yt " jens than ifs of the nrea of floor space. Andy to tue direction Irom whieh th pupils the windows and sent Tanged preterably in the followlug order Jett; second, from the back, and third, Lows: from rom th no case shall the windows nud dexks be so. arranges oF Der: maitted xs tu allow of the light striking the pupiis directly iu Lront, right: in CONSOLIDATION, Resolved, That in view of the unsul feucy of our schoulhor ch [ native, Resolved, That all warming applfances for schoothouses and sehoolrooms not_now provided with img moisture to the air shall be so pt and all eae aad a arming Se ie the ekme supplied with water ighted. UUATIONS, Te Resolved, That an acboolhouses shall be provided with facilit ai and ne faucet ws least one- King water equivalent to inking cups for every 100 pupils, und f this provision shall be under cover. RAQUISITE TO MORAL 1K Resolved, That all sct oolhouse privies and ‘wud each shal t pals, thet no privy oF ‘uriual'shall be situated in the ‘or cellar of any schoolhouse or schoolroom, and b ail those which are. now so situated shall be removed without unnecessary delay. Kesvlved, That sli janitors’ quarters within scnool build- ings hail be and bereby are abolished; this rosolutiva to co into effect ut the opening of the next school term In Sep- tember, “Kesolved, That this report be printed and made the sub- ‘ofvonsideration at tue next regular mocting of the A. N, BELL, Chairman, 4 PAD, oard Respectfully submitted, L 3. W, HUNTER, JOSEPH BURGE, submitting the above resolutions the chairman of Ce h wishes it to be distinctly wi that they are not intended, in uny respect to reflect upon any person or persons fonging to or in any manner connected with th Brooklyn Board of Edacation, now or heretoiore, 1s is simply the conuition of the Brooklyn public schools a8 (hey DOW exist, and be bus po hesitation in stating that, in bis belief, bad as they are, they are quite as good, and in some hora reo better than the public Schools in other of our large cities. TUROWN OVERBOARD. The worthy efforts of th: gentlemen and the minority supporting them {ailed of succoss, aud the Board refused to act on the suggestions offered, The matter was passed over in the luilowing inunner, a8 the official report of the meeting on tue 10th of July shows:— Mr. Burger moved that the roport be printed, and the motiun was lost. Mr. Bennett moved that it vo printed and consid- ered at the next regular mecting, which was agreed to, Mr. Dutcher moved to reconsider the action of tue Bourd to, have the report printed: uod considerod, ‘rhis motion was ugreea to, and Mr. Dutcher again moved that the repurt be banded to the secretary to ‘This motion, like the other, was carried and the report was road. Mr. Cole moved that the first resolution be adopted, and moved the previous question. ‘At this stage of the meeting the Board adjourned, ‘Yno Bourd by its action aliows children to be con- taminated both morally and physically, A. PARISIAN THICK, Dishonesty seems to be the order of theday, and | scarcely an hour passos without bringing to light some new piece of villupy. Tho worst of itis that a disposition to illdoing seems to be growing umong the members of respectable society, The following little story, showing how a woman living in San Fran- cisco was swindled by a Paris house, of much preten- si9n to decency and responsibility, shows that diston- sty 1s a weaknoss by no means conilned to the sharp. ers of New York: On August 31 rs. A. Borde, a lady whose home is in California, called upon George de Pardon- not, an emigration nt doing. business at No, 72 Boulevard. Haussmann, Paris, to purchase a ticket from that city to San Francisco. She deposited the money and recoived @ steamer ticket, wherewith she came to New York, and an order for a firat class passage from this city to San Francisco, ‘The order was in the form of a Jarge, neatly printed ticket on thin paper, signed and stumped by Goorge do Pardonnot and exchaugeable upon Joho McDonal Emigrauion Agent of the Pea vania Railroad, at No. 8 Battery placo, Upon arriviving Mrs, borde ‘wont at once to Mr. McDonaid’s ollice to have her ticket exchanged, Sho wus there told that Mr. de Pardonnet bad no authority to issuo such an order without remitting the mouey to pay for the ticket No monoy had been received, and, tberetore, the order was invalid. Mrs. Borde, believing that some mis- take had been made, remained in the city for some time, calling several times at the emigration office to at her money bad arrived. {1 failed to come, how- e don October 1 the iady procured Mr. McDon- ald’s signature on tho back of the order under the words “No good; no funds.” Mra, Borde had also received trom de Pardonnet a draft for $100 on a Wall street banking house, Sho ‘was aguin doomed to disappointment, do Pardounct having no account with the firm im question, who re- fused to credit his draft. Upon this the imjured woman called upon Josoph Arou, No. 65 Pine street, agent of Lazard Fréres, bankers, of San Francisco aud Paris, through whom the facts in the case have be- come known, and who vouches tor the truth of the story as told him by Mrs, Borde, Although a strau- or to him, Mr. Aron interested himself -in behalf of 18 fellow countrywoman, and telegraphed to the house which he represents in San Francisco to know whetner a drait drawn by Mrs, Bordo would be credited by the agent of a society in that city with which she claimed to havo an account. Mrs, Bordo had already telegraphed and written, and in reply the next day received a draft for $199 from the agent, which cashed by Mr. Aron. Ou Thursday last Mrs, Borde started for Sau Francisov, leaving the bogus draft and ticket order in this city to be for- warded to her brotner in Paris. Mr, Aronon Friday wrote to Mr. McDonald to learn what authority de Pardonnet had to issue an order on the Pennsylvania road. The roply, received the samo day, was that ho had “no more authority to sell tickots to be exchanged by me than any other person who will remit a sufll- cient amount of money to cover the requca.” Ho algo cailed upon the banking house upon woom a drait had been drawa for $100, and iearned thata eimilar trick had been played by de Pardonnot some time ago, They also that they should write at once to their agents in Paris to bave the matter investigated, Do Pardonnot has ashowy ‘agepco générale maritime,” where he claims to sell “tuckcts of all classes to New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Fraucisco and all points in the United States.’”” '¥ the ubove little job be nee tea $250. “REAL ESTATE. The only property sold on the Exchange yesterday was a parcol consisting of two lots, cach 25x100, on the East sido of Seventh avenue, 25 feet south of 127th street, for $4,000, to T. & H. Taylor. Tho sale was made by order of the Court in foreclosure by Barnard Smyth. About the middio of the woek thero will be offered at public auction by Louis Mesicr fifty-seven unim- proved lots in the Ninetcenth ward, a part of the James 1. Jones estate, which will likely test the pulso of tho murket and show whether capitalists aro dis- posed to venture in unimproved property at present prices. The lots include the entire southern front of Sixty-elghth street, from avenuo A to First avenuo, the southern front of Sixty-ninth street, between First and Seeond avonues, and tuirtcen lots on the north side of Seventicth street, boginuing at the corner of First avenno ang running West to the centre of tho block, TRANSPRIS. as . & 8 (West), No. 466; James Condic and to Agni w gnes U0. Stewart 123d wt., & &, 139-10 fe. w. of Oth ‘av., 16Ox1001 ‘Thomas Darragh and wife to Glove’ Mutual Lite Insurauco Compauy.. Prospoct av., n. #. corner of Sori JK, Blsey and wife to 0. W Prospect nv., n. w. corner of Spring st. (24th ward 36 W. rryman to Surah J, Else, «24th ward); Mary A. orotecloss to to Lorenzo Loyd. of Madison av J. Me. Houston st., Herman Pian to J. Cameron, Washinxton woRTGAGKS. n. 8. Of 1316 at, Lord, Lorenzo, ‘th av.: 1 year. Same to same, o. 8. Uth Burse, Eilon and husoand, to migrant Industiial & of sullivan st. (Nos. 107 and Lyon, Fior EB. and of 127th st., ©, of € Hecker, Jobn V. an Raters place, e, of Jefferson st. Anna, to J. Hesdorfer, at, corne! 2,000 Jouss, iN ward) j 5,500 Kenny, ? rick, Edward J. wid’ wil & & of Bist at., w of av, Aj 2 years. Same to ame, & 4. of H .w. of Same to some, 6. 8. of Slat sh, w. of av. A sty w. of ay. Aj 2 your wt, w. of av, Ay Dy Of Bist st, w. of av. Ay i 3,500 3,000 12,000 7,00 6,500 ay. i 5 yo! Zitlosen, Join 8,000 it, W, Of Greenwich 1877.-QUINTUPLE SHEET. v THE COURTS. Suit Against the Texas and Central Railroad Company. EXTRADITION OF WIEGAND. Application to Restrain the Prosecution of a Massachusetts. Suit. A suit brought by the Union Trust Company against the Houston ana Texas Central Railroad Company was before Judge Burrett yesterday, in Supreme Court, Chambers, The Trust Company is trustee for the first mortgage bondholders of the Missouri, Kansas and ‘Texas Railroad Company. Uudor that bond $1,400,000 of bonds were issued, Tho Missouri, Kaneas and Texas Railroad connected with the defendant’s, jorming ® continuous line from Hannibal to Houstos, By the torms of that mortguge the Missouri, Kansas and ‘Texas Railroad Company was authorized, in case of six mouths? delauit of payment of interest, not only to foreclose the mortgage, but to enter upon and operate the road, Doetault wa: on these bunds in 1875; foreciosure pri dings were com- mene and by consent of tue tirst and second mortgage bondholders and the unsecured cred- jvors, whose cluims wero $8,000,000, the plain- tiffs did begin to operate tho road, and there was ap arrangemeut between the Union ‘trust Company and the Missourt, Kansas and Texas Company us to the transmission of passengers, Vlainiifls claim defend- ants did not make an account und they claun $221,549 83 trom defendants, Recently John J. Cisco & Son, of this city, advertised that the coupons on the consoliauted bovds, due October 1, 1877, would be paid to the amount of $200,000, and plainufls got an Attachment against dante’ property in Mr. Cisco's hands. A retarn was made that no property of de- Jendants was in his possessiun, Juage Barrett gave an order jor tho examination of Mr. Cisco and his cashier to-morrow. THE WIEGAND EXTRADITION CASE. Thero was another hearing before United statos Commissioner Osborne yesterday in tho matter of tne extraditivn of Eberhard Wiegand, who is charged with embezzling public funds of the Grand Duchy of Heaso and of forgery of the documents while holding the po- sition of Counsellor of War of that Duchy. An argu. ment was mado before tho Commissioner yesterday by ex-Governor Solomon, on behalf of the German overnment, in Opposition to the motion made by ex- udgo Dittonhoeler tor his discharge. ‘Tbe m: of the argument were that the accused wa: the up of Counsellor of Wur in 1867, an led 20,000 florins of public funds; that bo mado 3 such officer, embezzlement, ‘This was in reply to an argument made at a previous hearing by Judge Dittenhocfer, as to whether these funds were public tunds, and the question of law as te whether the definition of iorgery should be in uc. cordance with that governing the laws of tho State of New York, tho United States or the common law. Tho argument occupicd three hours and a hall, and the case was adjourned to Saturday next, THE PROSECUTION OF SUITS. Francis B, Loomis has brought a sult against tho New York Warehouse and Security Company and others to restrain the defendants from prosecuting an action in the State of Af chusetts against bim to recover the sum of $105,333 33 and interest on acer- tain note made by the Alabama and Chattanooga Rail- road Company, on the ground that the said uction is prosecuted 1p pursuance o! a iraudulent combination and couapiracy to cheat and defraud the plaimtif, and tbat the noto was fraudulent in its inception and has been paid. Judgo Robioson, of the Court of Common Pleas, yesterday granted an order to show cau: turnatie on the 12th inst, why the temporary injunc- tion should not be continued, SUMMARY OF LAW CASES, The following defendants, who on Friday had a hoar- ing before United States Commussiouer Shields, were day discharged for want of sufficient eviden A. Hagar, D. Bruns and F, Sunson, ordinary seamen on board tho schooner W. F Burrows, and Louis Morgher, of No. 411 East Ninth street. The will of Samuel L, Le Compte, confectionor, of Greenwich street of this city, was offered for probate yosterday at the Surrogato’s office. The deceased was well known in the city as the Chairman of tho Execu- tive Committee of the General Commitice of the in- dependent republicans. He leaves ail his propert, real and personal, to his wife Ann Eliza, eatin Louisa Wotzel, committed by Coroner Flanagan for the murdor of Valentine Listerman, who was brought before the Supremo Court ona writ of habeas corpus, obtained by Mr, Edmund K. Price, her counsel, and admitted to buil in the sum of $2,500 by Judge West- brook, was yesterday ‘ased on giving bail. Mr. John Grancencur, of No, 606 East Ninth street, be- came her surety, In the case of Ida Smith against Police Officer Jonn- son, of tho Tenth precinct, for assault and battery, noticed im yesterday’s HkRaLv, the detendant was discharged from arrest by Judge Moadam. The samo Judge granted an order of arrost yesterday against Radolph Jansen for converting to his own use an American flug, belonging to Dennis W. O'Halloran, and valued at $100, Bail was fixed in double that jount, Each of the litigants seems determined to stand by the flag Thomas Whiltin, a seaman on board the American ship Dauntless, was brought before United States Commissioner Shields, yesierday, charged with mu- tiny and a deadly assanit with u sheath knife upon the first mate of the Dauntices, After a hearing be- fore the Commissiouer the prisoner was discharged, 1t appearing that he acted in self-defence, the mato hav- ing assaulted bim with a “mario spike.” Ex-Judge Curtis appeared tor the prisoner and General Foster tor the United States, Jonn Kothlesburger applied yesterday to Judge Bai rett, ia Snpromo Vuurt, Chambers, for 4 writ of babeas corpus requiring the production iu Court of bis son, Jules Victor Rothlesbuarger, He claims that this son 18 1idegitimate; that he is detained at St. Jonn’s Col- lege, Fordham by Fatner Gockelen; that he wus placed in that institution by the boy’s mother; thas he isa Protestant and does not want his son brought up in the Catholic fais, and that he Las been reinsed per- Mission to see his son. Tue writ was granted and the pe osterday, held by Judge McAdam, a judgment was entered ip favor of Danel H. Wickham, in his suit against Joseph H. Hartmann, for $354 98, boing a balance duo for tho sale of diumonds Tue plaintiff, who is a well known importer of diamonds, between July 17, 1871, aod vetober 13, 1873, sold to the defendant diamonds of the value of $11,800, Failing to get a settlement be brought this action, which, upon conseut of partics, was relerrod tu Alired H. Smith to determine the issues, ‘he reieree found in favor of the plaintiff to the amount above stuted, with interest and costs, 10 whieh the Court added five per cent extra allowauce, Mr. Benjamin F. Russell appeared for the piaauil and Messrs, Barmoro & Rivlam for the defendant, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAM! ERS, By Judge Barrett. Chubb ys, Plate Printers’ Union.—The pinintiff was duly tried aud fined. As tw the remaining question the intention to dissolve 1s fully denied, and seems to be supported by the tacts that the fund ts vory smal The suit 8 trivial and without foundation, and the Motion must be denied with $10 costs, People, &¢., v8. American Popular Life Insurance Compauy (No. 1.)—Where 18 the authority for paying the petitioner in preterence to the other creditors of the defendants, Same vs, Same (No, 2)—Same as No. 1, and if there is no authority, what necessity is there for a reter- ce, Gray va. Haight et al —Application granted, Woodhouse vs. Ferris, —Motion denied without conte and Without prejudice to « reuowal in Case the trustecs fail 19 duo season to wil as to which they express readi- ness and willing 10 their opposing affidavits, Ritch vs. lesinger,—Smith may interpose the answer anuexcd to his papers pou the payineus within two days ol the piaintifs costs of all proceed- ings bolore notice of trial, and $10 costs of opposing this motion and stipulating withio like time to name notice of trial and to proceed without any objection to trial wheu the causo 18 reached on the day calendar ot tne present Special Term, Lurtz vs. Howard.—Tbe defendant may interpose an answer upon payment of the amount admitted to b due, with interest Irom May 1, 1877, within five Aad upon the payment within tho like tune ot plai Uifl’'s costs for ail proceedings bo.ore notice of trial, the disbursements of entering judgment and $10 costs ol motion, The judgment, execution avd levy, if any, to sland as security, and defendant to stipulate tor suort notice of trial aud to place cause on short calendar, It these conditious ure vot complied with, motion de- nied, with $10 costs, Walsh vs, Berrios; Judson vs, Tho Mayor, &.— Complaint dismissed with costs and $10 cosis of mo- tion, French vs, Simonson; Holcomb va. Havemey Motion granted, with $10 costa, Siewert va, Harnei.—Receiver’s accoant passed and allowunce made to him of $35, Harris vs, Campbeil,- Leave to amend granted, but Ro costs, McClenachon va. The Mayor, &c.—Complaint dis- Missod With cosis and $10 costs ot motion, Pisgon et a! Dverteuffer,—1 am not satisfied with Mr, Walker as a surety; some one inust be substituted in bis place. . Sheehan vs, Shechan —Alimony $6 per week and $50 counsel fee awarded to defendant. Hayues vs, Downing.—Extra allowance of five por cent aud $875 grante Hills vs. Rockweik ritof inquiry ordered, Maas vs. O'Brien.—Case dirceted to be filed, Wetzel vs, Christman.—Complaint dismissed, with Costs aud $10 costs of moviou, and lis pondens va- cated. Ayres va, Bamberg. —Undertaking approved, renort couirmed and judgment granted, Robitscher vs, Stemme.—answor adjudged te bo frivolous, and judgment accordin: ly. Jaffray vs, Brown.—Motion granted and oral ques- tions permitted under section 693 Code of Civil Pro- cedure, By Judge Lawrence, ~ Union Consolidated Miring Company, Rabt, Wolle ve, Sullivan.—Memorandum tor counsel. Foley ¥a, Rathbone.—Explanation is required, Whitton vs. Masury.—Order settled, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PaRT L, By Judge Lawrence. Henlein vs. Powers.—Uase and amendments settled and ordered to be filed, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PABT 2, By Judge Lawrence, Hamlen vs, Deuglass, —Motion granted, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM, By Judge Lawronce, Charles E, Joly, &c., ve Marie J, B. Lacombe,—I cannot settio the case mado by the appellant uati! the provisions of rule 43 have been complied with, and I call attention to the memorandum beretofore filed herein and published in the Daily legister of May 2, 1877. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. By Judge Robinson, Onderdonk ys. Murtugh.—Ubjections to order for de- fendant’s examination overruled and he ordered to appear and submit to examin roe on the 12th inst, at two P, M., aud pay $5 costs of mo- tion and $3 retereo's lecs or be attached, Kom vs, Gerandet.—Order of injunction vacated and motion for continuance denied, with $10 costs. See memorandum, Lewis vs. Diskerin -leaoeedlaia dismissed, with $10 coats, to be set off againet any judgment in plain. Uil’s favor, See memorandum. ln tue matter of Ponvert, &—Order ae wil F. Briggs as assignee in place of John Alexander granted. Todd vs, Caufleld.—-Order advancing cause on calen- dar granted, Loomis vs. New York Warehouse and Security Company and others; Condy vs, Curry.—Approved. .. Roomson ve. Ma ‘Roference ordered, In the matior of ber; Wenrle vs. Schappert; Vogt vs. Herrman.—Orders granted, SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM, By Judge Freedman. Boach vs. Longsireet vt al.—Order placing cause on special calendar tor October 12, in the matter of tue position of Karr.—Order ap- jointing Michael Karr guardian ad litem of imtant ichael Karr, Jr. Conklin vs. Conklin. —Attachment allowod, Farman vs, Titus, —Discoarge denied, dicKelvey vs. Lewis; Furman vs. Titus; Katz va, Hennoyan; New York Guaranty und Indemnity Come many vs. Gicason et al.; Sbaler vs. Trenor; Marks vs. Rent; Kautman vs, Hansen et the National Butchers aod Drovers’ Bank uoeppel ot al; Maurer va. Place.—Ordors granted, By Judge Speir, Elverson vs. Vauderpocl.—Exceptions to the re- port mude by the roteree to be settied on notice for She 8th inat. at ten A AM, MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS, By Judge McAdam, Swift vs. McConnell; Smith vs. Henback; Clement vs, Ferenback (motion No, 1).—Upinions, Fuentes vs. Ailien.—biotion denied, without coats. (See 3, weekly dig., 550.) Pays vs, Duncan; Lewis va. Anthony; Le Couterbro ys, Uwen, —See indorsement on papers, Leslie vs. Movdy,—Motion to open default granted on payment witnin six days ot tne costs upon tho Jormer order and the appeal theretrom (i! vot alroady paid), aud of $10 costs of this motion; otherwise mo- tien denied, Weimurk vs, Kalish.—Motion deniod; bail reduced to $200. Same vs. Same (No. 2).—Mo:ion donied, but bail ro- ‘duced to $700; no costs in either, Davis vs. Svovens,—Motion to compel dctondant to satisty judgment denied. (See code 3, 297, 1, Weekly Digest 260). No coats, Kaight va Rosenstei—Arrest vacated without Costs On stipulating not to sue; no costa, Arrestaodt v8. Kaha.—Order settled, McKeon vs Furey; Booman vs. Quinn. Judgments, COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR, Axpayy, Oct 6, 187 The bef pl is the motion calendar for ‘fuesda October 9:—347. Joncs vs. Deiwoud; 369. In re Secu- rity Lite Insurance Company ; 367. Collins va, Colling; 351, Thompson vs. Taylor; 358. Same vs. samo; 35d, In re Merrill and another, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. DECISIONS—AFFAIRS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL — FORECLOSURE — PARTIES— PRIORITY OF IIEN, Wasnixaron, Oct. 6, 1877, No, 180. George Jerome and Fernando C, Beaman, Assignees, &&, vs. Thomas N. McCarter, Trustee— Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan.—Thero aro no less than twenty-seven assignments of error in this caso, but the subjects of real controversy are few, The biilis an ordinary one for the foreclosure of a Junior mortgage covering the canal and franchises of tho Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railroad and Iron Com. pany, and covering also two separate bodies of land, each containing 200,000 acres. ‘the mortgage waa given expressly subject to two prior mortgagos, one dated July 1, 1865, upon the canaland one of the bodies of land, and tho other dated July 1, 1868, upon the canal and tho other boay of 200,000 acres of iund. Each of these prior mortgages was made to secure the payment of the company’s bouds of even date therewith, amounting to the sum of $500,000 and all the bonag were issued und they are now outstanding, The ir. of these prior mortgages ts kuown tho Sutherla: mortgage. Default having been made in the puyment of interest upon tho bones socured - that, John L. Sutherland, the trustee, tied his bill to fureciose it, Making ail the subsequent mortgagees parties, and they ali appeared. In that case lsuac H, Knox was appointed receiver of all the property covered by the several mortgages, and subsequestiy, in order to obtain tue money necessary for cumpleting the canal, by order of the Court he was authouized to create, issue und soll certiticates of indebtedness to the amount of haa bay by a mortgage which ne was empowere 1 the property and which was to be o all other mortgages. Pursuant to this authority receiver did issue and soll such certificat and for cir security exe- the mortgage directed by the — Court. cortiticates are now ail outstanuing, Such was the condition of affairs when the prescut bill was filed, But tne company having afterward gone into bankruptcy a supplemental bill was ex- hibited, makiug the assignees in bankruptcy parties defendant, and they appeared and made uolence, and they are tbe only partics appelianw It is now cou Lara es their buuail, that the bill canaot be sus- tained because the prior mortgagees were not made parties, This position cannot be sustained. It is ua- doubtedly true there are cases to be found in which it was ruled that prior incumbrances were necessary parties to a bill for the foreciosure of a junior mori- gage but in most of theso casos the circumstances were peculiar, Where the effort of the junior mort- 1s to obtain a sale of the entire property or es. and not merely of tho equity of redemption, tbere is reasou ior making the prior incumbrancera parties, for they Lave an immediate int jb in the de. cree, And so, When there is substantial doubt respect. tho amount of the debis due prior liep creditors, there is obvious propricty in making them purties that the amount of the charge remainio; on the land after the sale may bo determined, ao that purchasers at the je may be advised of what they are purchasiag. But the bill in hand bas no such pecullaritics, ihe prior mortgages wore not due when this bill was filed, and without the consent of those mofigagees nothing more than the equity of ro. demption could be sold under any decree made in the case, or under the decree which was wocght, Nor ig there any doubt entertainadle respocting the amount due under the prior mortgages, Inuecd the company is estopped by the provisious of ite mortgage, of which the complainant is (trustee, from asserting that the entire amount of the two $500,000 mortgages, und of the recetver’s mortgage, Was NOt outstanding wuen the present mortgage was made, The full indebtedacss Was acknowledged by inaking the Junior mortgago ex- pressly eubject to it, and as there is no evidenco that avy portion of 1% has been paid, it 1s not ad- Mmissible jor the mortgagors or their ignees in bunkruptey to dony 1} now. (Bronson va The La Crosse aud Milwaukeo Railroad Uompany ; 2 Wall, 283.) Apart from the exceptional cases wo understand the general rule to bo that in a suit by a junior mortgagee tu loreciose a mortgage, prior moftgagees are not prior in rig! necessary Pans 5o it has been held in England io Rose vs, Pa; 2 Sim., 471; Richards va. Cooper, 5 Beavan, 304; Delabere vs, Norwood, 3 Swanston, 144 The rutting of the Court, that there is no merit in the objection to tho decree, because the mortgagors wei deciarod bankrupt after the bill was filed, 18 suatained, and also ov! rulings of minor questions, and touch. ing tho ascertainment o1 liens on the property a terior to the mortgage. Aflirmed, Mr. Justice Strong delivered the opinion. WHY HE WAS DISMISSED, To Tix Epitor or tHe HeRaLo:— The Heravp of yesterday complimented the Police Commissionors for having dismissed a polico officer who had used abusive language to a citizen, charac+ terizing thia particular act of the Commissioners as @ Stop in the right direction of police reform, The Po lice Commissioners should be encouraged in evory honest effort to reform the morale ot the police force; but it happons that in this particular case they have not poriormed any specially meritorious action, Patroiman Connolly, of the Fourteenth precine! was arraigned to auewer a charge of having wu abusive and Insulting language it culled at Police Headquarters last Wednesday he was 80 Much under the iviluence of liquor that Commis- sioner Erhardt was astounded at tue revelation of an Ga appearing for trial in such a oe of IDtoxica- on, “Have you been drinking to-day!’ asked the Com- Missioner of the offic “No, sit; I vever maudlin officer, On bis way to and from the de: sloady that be bad to ciutch the to steady nis course, To retain such an officer on the force would be im- possible alter such a disgraceful exhibition of himself Under the Very eyesoi the Commissioners, POLICE, rink,” audactously replied the O- his gait wa ings aud the cl