The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1879, Page 8

8 ~ DISEASED CATTLE. Further Investigation of Bliss- ville Cow Sheds, ARREST OF SWILL MILK DEALERS. Activity of New York and Brook- lyn Health Officials. ‘The cow stables at Blissville have been carefully watched by Brooklyn detectives for some time past for the purpose of learning if any of the animals were taken away to be xilled for the New York and Brooklyn markets. Their vigilance was rewarded on Monday evening last, when about eighty cows were removed from the sheds and driven in the direo- tion of Williamsburg. It was found that the Buimals were taken to the slaughter houses of Moses May, N. and M. May and N. Bernstein, on Johnson avenue, Williamsburg, near Newtown Creek. Sergeant Rogers, of the sanitary squad, visited the slaughter houses and received a promise trom the proprietors thereof that the animals would not be killed until he could notify the Board of Health of the presence of the cows in the city. He then went to the Sixth precinct station house and telegraphed to Sanitary Superintendent Raymond. ‘When the sergeant returned, however, he found that & majority of the animals had been slaughtered. A ‘watch was then kept during the night on the slaugh- ter houses and none of the butchered meat was per- Mitted to be removed, Yesterday forenoon an official visit of inspection made by Professor Law, the veterinary surgeon ap- pointed by Governor Robinson; Superintendent Raymond, of the Brooklyn Health Department, and consulting veterinary surgeons, to the Johnson ave- mne slaughter houses. Several hours were spent by these officials in examiming thecattle and the carcases that had been prepared for the market. Superin- tendent Baymond, in speaking of the examination yesterday afternoon, said that in one slaughter house they found but four lungs left, though eleven animals had been killed there, They were unable to learn what had become of the missing lungs, which may have been disposed of in order to hide the evidence of disease. At Moses May’s slaughter house sixteen lungs were found in which were evidences of the beginning of the disease, but it had not sufii- ciently developed to exclude the meat of the animals from consumption. HOW THE MEAT 18 AF¥EOTED. The reporter inquired of the Superintendent ‘whether the meat of cattle that was but incubating ‘the disease was not unfit for human food, and he re- lied, “I put that question to the veterinar; irgeons. asked them ull this meut be some They answered ‘No.’ It was good so far as ‘the internal organs were concerned, and there was nothing dele- terious in the use of the mest that we saw, that had been slaughtered.” Dr. Raymond said that an animal that was incubating pleuro-pnou- monia in an early stage of the disease might be shipped to England and might travel all over that country before the disease would develop itself, so as to become contagious and infectious. He said Pro- fessor Law had indorsed everything that the Health authorities had done. His opinion on the subject ‘was exactly the same as theirs on the existence of «rac eerie and the only question was as to hat extent it prevails. President Crane, who was present during the con- ersation with the Superintendent, remarked:—*It ‘would be well, I think, if the Governor would issue en order authorizing the killing of any cow as soon &s it is found out that the animal bus the disease. It would be cheaper in the end to get rid of such cattle promptly.” Superintendent Raymond said he Bupposed the State would have to pay for such ‘ani- tals as were slaughterea in that way. Of the dix eased cattle but about fifty per cent ever re- cover from the disease, and apart from the value of the hoofs, horns and hide, such Bnimals were worthless to the owners, When they do recover some portion of the lang remains Bolidified. The disease isa lobular pneumonia, the entire lobe of the lung being aff |, somewhat re- mnnling what isknown among human beings as catarrhal pneumonia. Professor Law has juded. Dis investigation among the Blissville, Williamsburg, drooklyn and vicinity cow stables, and yesterday afternoon he visited this city to continue his labors, At the next meeting of the on Board of Health the question of the propriety establishing an Crome yee all cattle . se tor the market officially inspected before being Killed, will be discussed, THK NEW YORK BOARD OF HEALTH. Dr. A. Liantard submitted a report of his i tion of the eleven cows which had been quurantined ‘at Morrisania on account of their alleged affection by pleuro-pneumonis at the meeting of the Health Yesterday. Dr. Day reported that the nine cows found to be diseased were killed, and a subse queut examination revealed that the survivors were Showing evidences ot pleuro-pneumonia. Dr. J. EB. Comfort, Assistant Sanitary Inspector, furnished a report based on information obtained from T. 8. Gold, Cattle Commissioner of the State ot Connecti- cut. In it was stated that the diseasc broke out in October, 1878, on the farm of Curtis Judson, et Watstown, Conn., and of the nineteen cows with ‘which the farm was stocked five died. On the 24th of january ove was killed, and ag autopsy made on the ody disclosed pathological evidences of pleuro- pneumonia. At that time, as the disease assumed evidences of a contagious or infectious nature, the remaining catUe were quarantined und the importa- tion of the milk from these cows prohibited. MORE ABOUT BLISSVILLE. Dr. Liantard informed the Board in a lengthy mes- kage that he had visited the cattle sheds at Blissville, Long Island, which he understood were connected with the establishment of Gaff, Fleisehmann & Co., on tho 25th of January, and again on the 7th inst., in company with Assistant Sanitary Inspector White and 4 number of other physicians, On his second visit the surgeon reported that he found the cows in 8 better condition and the sanitary condition of the bheds improved. He gave a detailed statement of his investigations, which corresponded and was almost the same as that made by Dr. Raymond to the Brook- lyn Health authorities last Saturday and pi in the Henan of the following day. Assistant Sanitary Inspecior J. Blake White re- ted that he had examined the cattle sheds of G: ‘leischmann & Co., at Blissville, Long Island, found that the cows were evidently kept in unsani- tary surroundings. Many of them presented un- doubted evidences of disease, and the food served thom wus such as to yield the most dangerous qual- ity of milk. ‘This fluid must be further rendered un- wholesome by the admixture of the surroundin filth, which it would be quite impossible to prevent ‘The Inspector closed his report by stating that he turned his back upon this establishment with a sense of repining that xo manifi source of divease and death should be tolerated, and above all, that the ‘very commanity upon which it chiefly depends for 6upport shouid be powerless in supprossing it. Abraham Stern, of No. 704 East Ninth street, and Jacob Hecht, of No. 105 Attorney street, dealers in milk cows, appeared before the Health Com- qissioners and made affidavits tothe fact that they had purchased the eleven cows quarantined at Mor- risania and sick with pleuro-pneumonia from Curtis Judson, proprietor of the Gramercy Park Hotel, for the sum of $18. Hecht in his affidavit swore positively that at the time the sale took place Judson new that the animals were diseased, for he had told him that the health authorities at Connecticut had refused to allow him to send the milk to this city on necount of their suffering from @diseaso which hed broken out among the herd. ‘Tho Hoard passed a resolution to tho effect that the action of the Sanitary Committee in directing the kill- risania be and is bh tory Superintendent cause the remaining cows of the herd sick with plouro-pneumonia to be killed and delivered to the offal contractor. A resolution aS. Sanitary Superintendent to cause the arrest of the persons who ht into this city, or eaused to be brought into the city, the cattle reported upon by Dr. tard, which were and are in a discased condition and unfit for use or Luman food, was adopted. ‘The following named parties wore arrested last evening for dealing in swill milk:—Dennis Griffin, twenty-one years of age, of No. 187 Groenpoint ave- nue, Greenpoint. George Groesback, of No. 191 Rose stroct, Williamsburg. ‘The police state that Groes Lack obtained milk at the Blissville cow stables, Henry Austin, eighteen years of age, residing st No, ivi Green street, Greenport. A SWILL APOLOGIST, New Youu, Feb, 10, 1879. To tre Eprron ov te Hematy:— Having been myself counected with the New York Board of Health for nearly two years as SanKary Inspector Lean readily appreciate the ongerness of the ofliwers of the brooklyn Board of Health to sup- press any so-called nuisance that may oxist within tueir jurisdiction and attack anything that may be detrimental to life aud bealth. In fact, these officials, if doing their duty faithfully and feurlessly, deserve the thauks of the community if they abate such nuisaness, even if thereby the interests of individ- vais should be injured. What ix the loss of dollars and cents compared to the lows of human lives and health? But, in my opinion, in all matters of com- plaints against parties whose trades and occupations juay be injurious those should be based on facts, and uot upon & tissue of the imugination woven together so a8 to create a mountain out of 4 little mouse, “Ze monie nasciur ridiculus mus.” 1 noticed ta the NRW York Hans.o the statement that NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.—-TRIPLK SHEET. the mils obteined from the cows stabled during the winter at Blissville, near the distillery of Gait, Fleischmann & Co., is poisonous and responsible for the high death rate occurring, chiefly among children. Ase physician and sanitarian, allow me, sir, through | the columns of the Heavp, to protest most em- phatically against this unscientific and whoily un- supported statement. On the contrary, it has been demonstrated that the liquaficd grain, as obtained from distilleries, called “distillery swill,” contains nothing injurious, but, on the contrary, the and most wholesome food cows, sheep, &¢, proof of sertion allow me to adduce the fact that in all Buropean countries it hud been in use for cen- turies past and is being use! to-day without ever having wed to be least. um myself acquainted with a number of tamilies who for years have used no other milk than such obtained from cowa fed on distillery swill and T have yet to soe a single instance where any deleteri- oe s nf Snawet i ane To test oe basapr f pr or Iw: Fee any m the sum who will hon to ae’ sciaudidcally oF practically by ocular jon of so called dis- tillery swill fed cows is in any way injurious to those using it. i te stables are not ventilated sutoienny or aro not kept as clean as a cow stable should be kept tho law of this aud Brooklyn provides a remedy for that, Not the owners, as in the case of badly constructed tenement houses, and they will un- doubtedly see to it that these defects be remedied. Mr. Bergh should give the Blissville milkmen a lecture on the beauty and the usefulness of personal cleanliness. Idoubt not his eloquent speech would have its peeger eect and his advice would be heeded. old a [ frightening children to death by telling them that they are dying by inches trom the slow poisoning caused by using ewill milk, It may be said with justice, however, that, as a rule, the milkmen of Blissville are Cheah gece of the many people following other pursuits, instead of being more affected by , a4 would be the case were it true—which it is not—that the atmosphery of these cow stables is dangerous to life or detri- mental to health, as stated by over-zealous persons making these statements, The whole story is a mere fabrication and unworthy of belief, because there is not a grain of truth in it. Neither the milk of the cows nor their meat has ever been proved nor can they be proved to be in the least injurious to health. That some cows are as liable as even men are, even Mr. Bergh not excepted, to suffer from bronchitis or pneumonia, cannot be said to be owing to the food taken, nor can it be attributed to the atmosphere of the stables; because cattle which have never seen @ stable, ranging on the plains of Texas, Colorado, Idaho, &c., are just as liable to suffer from these ail- ments, ow! to atmospheric changes outside of stables and to undue exposure. f stake my reputation as a physician and a sanite- rian upon the truth of the assertion that distillery swill milk contains not a | Saphery ap of poison, and is in no way inferior toany milk sold in our markets. It is said that Mr. Bergh would like to have every oyster chloroformed before being opened. Perhaps he will want also the United States constitution changed by the amendment, “That beasts, being created by the same Almighty as men, should enjoy the equality, liberty and the pursuit of hap- piness with their fellow beings, men.” But, to speak seriously, Mr, Bergh should not forget that there are thousands of human beings living in this city under more unfavorable circumstances than the Blissville cows. To those his attention should be directed. He would then deserve the thanks of all philanthropists, one of whom is yours. very respectfully, RUDOLF TAUSZKY, M. D., formerly Assistant Sanitary Inspector New York Board of Health. : DIVORCE MADE EASY. HOW A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER ACTED ‘‘WITH- OUT PUBLICITY”—OBTAINS A BOGUS DIVORCE AND LEAD3 A CLIENT TO COMMIT BIGAMY. PaapELruts, Feb, 11, 1879. A well known firm of lawyers recently received a letter from Providence, R.1., from a man whose name, it may be said, is Smith. The writer very earnestly asked for information concerning one O. P. ‘ravers, who claimed to be a Philadelphia lawyer of large practice, having an office at 140 South Fourth street, located iu the centre of the business quarter where the lega; fraternity of Philadelphia “most do congregate.” After s thorough seaxch of the locality, the Law Di- rectory and every other source of information, the Philadelphia legal firm were compelled to answer their anxious correspondent that Mr. Tra vers was not to be found. “His late office,” they wrote, “is Etlosed, and all be longing to it is gone, and we could find no vestige of him or his, Then we hunted up the pro. prietors of his late office, whom we found after some search, who say he was there but suddenly disap- peared afew months since, leaving his office rent unpaid, and shortly after received a letter from Bos- ton (or so postmarked) saying he was dead and to sell out the furniture or take it forthe rent. We then found another person who knew him, who assures us that he saw him long after this letter wos written, and two or threo weeks ago only, on Walnut street, in this city; that he knew him well, but that Travers declined to recog- nize him. Perhaps he is ‘wanted’ and is perdue for awhile. A search in our directories and in our lists of members of the bar fails to disclose any such m. We think he has never been adinitt here. bably he is no lawyer at all, We will follow him up and may stumble upon him at any moment. If we can discover other facts we will at once intorm you of the same.” 18 HE MARRIED, DIVORCED OB A BIGAMIST ? The cause of Mr. Smith’s auxicty to find the “ab- ’’ Travers is acurious story. It is rather interest! to the public as revesling the frauds practised by divorce lawyers, but it has a deep and personal interest to Mr. Smith, who isin the singular position of not knowing whether he is a properly married man, @ divorced husband or a biga- mist. On this point he is “mixed up” as effectively as Little Buttercup transposed the chil- dren which she ‘‘nussed.” Mr. Smith several years ago married a wite whose companionship, for some reason, may be described by the broad term “incom- patible.” It appears that he endured domestic misery for some years and then determined to seck a divorce. It is proper, however, that the present writer should explain that the lady's side of this “drama of contemporaneous human interest” ie not accessible here, so that Mr. Smith's version, as given to the Philadelphia lawyers, is the one followed by the veracious chronicler. ‘Whatever the cause of his unhappiness may be Mr. Smith fot long ago saw an advertisement in s Chicago offering to procure divorces without publicity, bos. sp pry once wrote to the advertiser asking him if he could get him a decree without the knowledge of his wife. The divorce lawyer, who called himseit O. P. Travers, of No. 140 South Fourth street, Philudel- phia, sent the following reply :— DIVORCE MADE RASY. down Saara:— ‘Dean Sin—Yours of the 19th tohand. Enclosed please wud cireulur, to which Teall your attention I cau obtain ou ® full and absolute decree of divorce on the ground of compatibility “alone,” without publicity. ‘Your pros ence will be unnecessary, all evidence in the caso Doing adduced fiom facts’ taken from the enclosed “Petitioner's Blank,” whou filled up by you. From this your potition to the is drawn up and sent to you for your sworn affidavit a1 ignature. If you desire ine to Post Office order the advance thirty G collect wi! experience ot slevou Warrants mo assertion thas if I undertake your case I shall prose- te it expeditiously and successfully. Tho law requires Dy of ihe newspaper im which the tial is advortined fo be Bd fo the last Enown Poth ofiee address of the defendant, Farther than this no von. " ey SLIVER F. TRAVERS, SMITH 18 HAPPY. Mr. Smith sent on the $30 demanded, filled up the blanks required and sent them to 7: » and in remarkably quick time, considering the usual law's roceived what purported to be the proper divorce papers, signed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Ark. Smith, rejoicing reatly, forwarded the balance due on the lawyer's (Gl, tnd, believing himedf to be o free inna, lost no time in marrying again (this time a young irl) witha haste which ks very much as though fhe designing Smith had fixed his eye upon the tair maiden vefore he was free. Tho room wrote an enthusiastic letter to his wyer ac. quainting him with the fact of his second mar- riage and expressing his satisfaction. Travers auswered briefly that he had been rather imprudent in venturing so soon a second time. The tono of this note made Smith uneasy, and, when he found that his first wite had never received the papers which the law requires to be sent, that she did not acknowledge the divorce and that he was threatened with arrest for bigamy, Smith became « very badly frightened man. He wrote again to (ravers :— SMITH 16 NOT War: to Septoraver. noties of tho bill ‘me thas you would.attend to that p: advised by counsel, as I am told legally obtained, and Tam threatened with complaints for ‘bi Can thing be , oy ut agaiunt ine? Ploase teply at your earliest convenic JOUN SMITH. Thies letter nevor reached Travers, as he could not be found, and in due time the post office people sent it back to Smith. In the meantime Smaiun's first wife only legal wife, in fact—brought suit against him for bigamy, and poor Smith found him- self in a large quantity of hot water. He had to on- gago counsel, and the first thing they set about, of course, was to find the divorce lawyer. e legal firm in this city was written to and the unfortunate rosult of their search is told in their letter given above, SMITH 18 WRETCHED, How Mr, Smith will get out of his trouble can- not be said, bat be can console himself with the re- flection that he is ouly one of many others who have been involved in very Anew ee on ; pm em lawvers who procure divorces “without my as) furious or poisonous in the | DISTRIBUTING THE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS OF j THE LAYE TOURNAMENT. Ascore of prominent billiard players assembled at the Sinclair House last evening to witness the pre- sentation of the prizes to the winners in the late J, M. Brunswick & Balke Company's tournament. When everything was in readiness Mr. M. Geary, who | acted as referee im all the games, called Jacob Schaefer, the winner of the championship emblem and the frst prize of $1,000, to the centre of the room, and said in substance:—The late tournament is without a parallel in the history of billiard playing in this country, and you are the youngest man who has ever held such a prize as this now before you. In awarding you the cnam- pionship emblem and the $1,000 in gold which goes with it the donors desire me to wish you great prosperity and success in defending it.’ In accept- ing the emblem and money prise Mr. Schaefer thanked the several officials connected with the tournament, and expressed his determination to defend the former to tho best of his ability. THR CHAMPIONSHIP EMBILEM. The emblem is of silver, and an exceedingly neat and artistic piece of workmanship. It is in the form of an urn, surmounted by a full length figure. ‘The base is about seven inches in height, with « rectangular space four and a half by two and a half inches for the inscription. The urn proper is of cir cular form, measuring eight and a half inches at its greatest diameter. At tne foot of the cover of the urn is a sphere of the size of @ regulation billiard ball. From the back of this, and projecting upward almost to the figure, is 8 leaf, not unlike a fern, meaning to representa species of palm, indicative of victory, The ball is partly covered by @ ribbon, which falls in graceful folds over the stem of the leaf. The crowning figure stands in shirt sleeves, the right hand resting on a billiard cue, and is suggestive of s player watching his opponent at a run. The emblem is nearly twenty- six inches in height. George F. Slosson, the winner of the second prize, $000 in gold, was not present, Mr. Geary announc- ing that he had called during tho afternoon and re- ceived the money. William Sexton, winner of the third prize, $300, was also absent, but was expected during the evening. Immodiately upon Schaefer taking his seat Maurice Daly, winner of the fourth prize, $200, was handed this amount in gold, who re- ceived it with a smile and the remark, “Small favor thankfully received.” BAB THE MASSE. © PontLaxp, Me., Feb, 10, 1879, To Tue Eprron or THE HERALD:— The result of the late tournament at billiards in New York is doubtless a great surprise to many, the high averages, large runs, &c., making it pleasant to look in upon. So also was it very gratifying to witness the four ball push game as played years ago by poor John McDevitt, when rans of 1,000, in both practice and match games, were the order of the day. The publio tired of the push, and this rail running ‘wil aléo suffer, my word. It is evi- dent to the players in the late tness that a change must be made, and made at once, A number of them advance the absurd theory of spotting the balls atter railing 50, while others wish to draw an imaginary line near the cushion, » performance equally absurd. 1 pro; @ game which will be strictly American, one will not failto become popular and have none of the obnoxious features of the present bugbear. is time forth bar the massé, a8 we did the push shot; allow no shot to be made with the cue at an angle above forty-five de- grees, EX-GOTHAMITE. PIGEON SHOOTING. ‘The members of the Brooklyn Gun Club, despite the disagreeable weather yesterday, assembled at Dexter Park, Jamaica road, Long Island, and took part in their monthly handicap contest for a gold ‘badge at seven pairs of birds, Twelve members came to the score, and the badge was won by Mr. Thomas Broadway after an exciting contest with Messre. Wynn, llendort and West. The following are the det = Dexten Pasx, Jamaica Road, L, L—Piaroy SHoot- 1nc—TveEspax, Feb. 11, 1879.—The monthly handi- cap contest of members of the Brooklyn Gun Club fora gold badge; shot for at seven pairs of birds; 100 yards boundary; 1% oz. shot; from four H and f plun e lag ties shot off at three pairs of birds; the Long sland rules to govern. 21 yards riee—10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 10, 11, *, 11, 11, . rise—L1, 10, 11, 11, 01, 12, 11, 11, 11, 0, 00. Killed, 21. Ellendorf, 19 yards rise—11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 00, 11, 10, 11, 11, 10, 11, 00, Killed, 20, ‘West, 21 yards rise—11, 01, 11, 11, 10, 11, 11, 11, 01, 10, Killed, 16, seal, Brey rise—O1, 01, 11, 10, 11, 11,11, Killed, 1. Eddy, 21 yards rise—Ol, 10, 11, 11, 01, 10, 1. Kulled, 10, Willard, 21 yards rise—11, 11, 11, 10, 00, 11, 10. Killed, 10. HS seca 18 yards riso—01, 10, 11, 01, 10, 11,11, Killed, Gillett, 19 yards rise—10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 20. » B rise—10, 00, 11, 11, 10, 10, 11, BO ead 19 yards rise—10, 11, 10, 10, 01, 10, 1L led, 9. Leroy, 18 yards rise—ll, U1, 10, 00, 10, 10, 1. Killed, 9. * Fell doad out of bounds. Referoo—Mr. Sidney. T. eee 4 to,31 1, 10, O1, ‘ym, 10, 10, 01, 11, 00, ‘TOURNAMENT AT SYRACUSE DRIVING PARK. A grand international tournament will be held at Syracuse Driving Park, commencing on the 20th inst. and continuing three days. The following is the list of premiums :— $200, in golds guarantocd; ‘entrance £ee, $10; to be , in gold, guaranteed; entrance fee, $10; Shot for st four paire double rise and seven single rise; birds extra. First prize, $120; second prize, $90; third prize, $60; fourth prizo, $30. ¥ No. 2—Fuimay, Feb. 21, 1879.—Purse $400; at ten single rises; entrance fee, $10; purse to fill or be vated; birds extra, First prize, $160; second prise, $12; third prize, $0; fourth prize, Cowtest No, 3 (Guass Batts)—Fiupay, Feb. 21, 1879.—Purse $200; entrance fee, $5; at twenty balls; purse to fill or be pro rated. First prize, $80; second prize, $60; third 940; fourth prize, $20; fifth prize, a gisss roiating trap (Card's the poorest score, presented by Williai . Crutten- don, of Cazenovia, general agent of Card’s patent trap. Ties for this prize to beshot off at balls thrown from the trap presented. Contest No. 4—Sarurpay, Feb. 22, 1879.—Purse $1,000; entrance fee, $20; to be shot for at five pairs double rises and fifteen singles; purse to fill or be pro rated; birds extra, First prize, $300; second atent), for rize, $250; third prize, $200; fourth prize, $160, ith prise, $1000 PEDESTRIANISM. MME. LA CHAPELLE'S WALK. Cuicaco, Feb, 11, 1879. Mme, La Chapelle at noon to-day had completed 1,600 quarter miles. She isin good physical condi- tion and is confident of success. O8CAR KIDD'S SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY. Port Jznvis, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1879. Oscar Kidd, who commeneed the task of walking 500 miles in 500 consecutive hours, successfully fin- ished to-day in an exhausted condition. nN ANOTHER HUNDBED MILER. Miss Lou Rogerson will start next Tucsday evening at the Masonic Temple, in Baltimore, to walk 100 miles in twenty-soven hours, The lady is » Balti- morean, aged twenty-six years, STILL ANOTHER HUNDRED MILES, ‘Miss Bertha Von Berg will commence this evening ‘at Oswego to walk 100 miles in 27 hours. The lady is twenty years of age and a resident of Rochester. MATCH AT FIVE HUNDRED MILES. Mme. Mozart, of Montreal, and Mr. A. P, Caffray, of Cleveland, Ohio, are matched to walk 500 miles tor $150 a wide. They commence on Monday next at Cleveland. HANLAN IN ENGLAND. ‘Toronto, Ont., Feb. 11, 1879, A special despatch by cable says Hanlan arrived at Liverpool yesterday on the steamship City of Mon- treal. Colouel Shaw met him on arrival, He goos to Newcastle on Saturday, WANT TO DISPOSSESS HIM, ‘Tho New York Life Insurance and Trust Company was complainant yesterday in Judge MeGown's Civil Court in Harlem, Something leas than a yoar ago, it appears from the papers in the caso, Mesars. Porter & Leggett, their agents, rentod to Patrick Breslin, on behalf of the company, the house and lot No, 431 East 120th strect. The agreement—ad- mitted to have been # verbal one—was by the month, and the company claim a right to dispossess the tenant at the end of any month without previous notice, Mr, Breslin demurs to this and insists there was an implied contract that he was to retain posses- sion, ou payment of the reat, until the ist of May next. ‘The case was adjourned owing to the absence of an impartent document, SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF THE ENGLISH SPRING HANDICAPS. 'The following is a comparative table of the prin- cipal spring handicaps of 1879, with the various New. trainers’ Lots :— i Shire’ lonshire’ marked Handicap, ‘Stakes, Hendionp, Nominations. 1 Mile, 2 Miles, 1g Ah T. Ansley—— Fair Rosamond, 4 years...... 6 6 C, Blanton— Colorado, 3 years.. Cromwell, 3 and 1E1ba1 eaasa l111Slalecl&é o “ 1 leolt Rob Roy, 5 years... St. Augustine, J years... BAenee 2 ea Broton Ellis 2 Bloss Brothers— Hermit, f., by Blue fore | “ 4a @ liaew «a eae i ~ aed eo ll!es » | ° - Joseph Cannon— Hesper, 6 years. Fes Hitt G. Clement— Blantyre, uged.....- ses T. Cunningham— ‘Telescope, aged.. John Dawson— e 2 3 ente leo we o Sem Briglia, 5 years. Ce rus, 6 years: Knight ‘of Burghley, Princess Mathilde; 3 years. ‘Thunderstone, 5 years ‘Typhoon, 4 years. ny Dawson— Dean, The. 3 years. oe Matthew Daws High and Mity, 3 years, Ll Gladiatore, 5 years. Lady Bruce, 3 years. J. Dover— Misenus, 4 years............ 6 5 J. Enoch—. Flotsam, 4 years..........-. 713 Fontaineblona, 5 ‘ontainebleau, 5 years...... — Sans roche, 5 yeurs...... 6 6 W. Gilbert— Chesterton, 5 years......-002 = — W. Goater— Balbriggan, aged............6 8 Knight of the Garter, g. by Saratoga, 3 years. o el a 11s! a lo @ an on a Tl mo ale ewl ry lel om 812 o ° ‘Warrior, 5 years..... ‘T. Green— Glendale, 6 years............ 7 12 H. Hall— a L -cegg eon ‘entergate, 6 years.. A. Hayhoo— Aventurier, 5 years..........7 5 ‘Adventurer, ©. by Alice, 3 Countess Murray (late Lady Palmer IL), 4 years. Duke of Parina, aged. Senator, 4 years. . Sun of York (late Miasma), 3 PaN ears. V. PAnson— Boehampton, 6 anesel sme, 1: SM ‘Trained in Ireland Woodlark, 6 years.......0.0-. 6 10 C. Jarvis— Kineton, agod.......---0000 8 0 W. A. Jarvis— Prologue, Queen of Cyprus, J. Jones— aacaaaa Swlesadl SE IlSla l sa @ eae wl salle tt ute C. Lund— Childe Harold, 4 years...... W. H. Manser— Callistos, 4years.... Cellarer, The, 3 years. Glen Arthur, 5 years. Idler, The, 4 years. Potentate, 4 years. I | Gonas @ ao lamnnco @ ee oa Slella o IB ritiit il Bonfire, 5 years... Lorna Doone, 4 years rid eas Cross, 5 years. a, umeord—- Sunburn, 3 years. ........+06 B. Newstead— Poarlina, 4 years. Osborne Bro: Carillon, 4 year it ! “= ° i Easilloll ell Helena, 5 years = Maximilian, 4 years. Morier, 5 years.. Ridotto, 4 years. Snail, aged.... Poll TItltttl @ e445 ae aa ae © @ 3 Om an pes wleoeavl Seal Ga ac eo a O27 oF os 3 3 e320 |. Porter— Antient Pistol, 4 years, Eminence, 4 years se80 leows! Histit es) Bhidorroch, 5 yeurs.......00 Private— Echo IL, 4 years.... ene lecd a = 610 Rowan, The, 4 years.........6 6 W. Saunders— Mistress of the Robes, 4 . G. Stevens— Hoya, 6 years. .....cccceseeee A. Taylor— Broad Corrie, 4 yeara,....... Cartridge, 5 years. Fiuster, 3 years ... * Pell Mell, c. by Highland Lassic, 3 years.. “ Sonsie Queen, 4 ag Toxophilite, f. by Hetty, 3 ears. saeeeseceeesece ‘toou— Lancaster, 5 years........... 6 11 T. Wadlow— Blue Ridge, 4 years. . Cradle, 6 years. . Quickstep, 5 yea Sunshade, 4 years Tower and Sword ean Fe 3 as eel e3 ao Flealac a Chitenat, 3 year 59 - - Herald, aged ° 710 -~ “a8 Bir Joseph, 4 y 713 Ca a NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, Wrpwespay, April 16.—Weights for the Newmarket Handicap of 26 sova. each, 10 forfeit, and 3 entrance only if declared, with 400 sovs, added, for threo years old and upward; winners of @ handicap after the weights are published to carry 7 Ibs., if the value Of 600 wove 10 Ibs., of two ok more 16 Ibs. extra: tho second horse to save hie stake. The last mile ands half of B.C. (88 subs.) an 8 12 Fontainebleau, 5yre. 7 1 Bound to Win, 4 yra, 8 12 Isonomy, 4 yrs. 6 13 Duke of Parma, aged. 8 7 Rylstone, 5 yrs. 6 12 Cerberus, 6 yrs. 8 7 Touchet, 5 yrs, 6 11 Paul's Cray, 4 yrs, 8 4 Flotsam, 4 yrs. € 10 Caxtonian, 3 yrs. 8 4 *Parole, 6 yrs. 6 10 Bank Ban, 4 yrs, 8 2 LGladiatore, S yrs, 6 10 Muffin Bo; RG in 7 12 Sutler, 4 yrs. 10 Broad Corrie, 4 yrs, 52 Gene or Coens; 66 $ commune jd oeg rs. 6 4 Thornfield, 3 yrs. 7 10 Clementine, 4 yrs. 6 2 Prologue, 3 yrs. 7 8 Sonsie Quecn, 4yra, 5 12 Berzeneze, 3 yrs. 7 8 Lina, 6 yrs. 5 12 Alice colt, 3 yrs, r 8 Camombert, 6 yea 5 12 Princess Mat! 3 ‘opaz, 4 yrs. 18. 7 4 Quicksilver, 4 yrs, 612 selamancafilly,3 yrs. 7 48un 4 yrs. 6 12 Bergére, 3 yrs. 1 2 Ridotto, 4 yrs, 5 10 Fluster, 3 yra. 7 2 Drumhead, 6 yra, 5 8 The Dean, 3 yrs, * Entered by telegram and not yet confirmed. (See Rule 16 of "itules of Busing.) , 16. Butrios shall be made in writ of the horse or by some persou de graph, which shall be equally . Ei ph'must, however, be conf in writing at the ear- flost ponsibic opportunity. and in. all casos before the weighing or the borse shali uot bo allowed to WESTON’S TWO THOUSAND MILES TRAMP—THE COMING BOATING SEASON, 4 Loxpon, Jan. 30, 1879. Weston has been tramping on his weary walk through mud and snow for two weeks, and he is not more than four or five hours behind, Six hundred miles have been covered and the plucky pedestrian yet gives little signe of serious fatigue. There is an unusual interest fm this walk, from the fact that it has ap air of practicability about it. It is no fair weather walk. There is no sheltered track, no band of music, no ladies before whom to exhibit a natty costume and frilled shirt front, It is a journey slong muddy roads, through slush and ice, in blinding snow storms and drizaling or slecty rains, accompanied only by an omnibus containing the judges, which sometimes fails to keep pacee with the walker and sometimes, with Weston, loses its way on the unfamiliar roads. As may be im- ‘Weston receives an ovation at every village and town he reaches, but the enthusiasm of great lusty farm lads sometimes takes a demonstrative form not pleasant to consumptives or lame, wear is. So Weston has hustle icked and trod upon by the cheering, curi- ous crowds who have on his spproach come out to meet him with music frequently aad with torches at night. In many of the large towns through which ho has passed so great have been the throngs that he has been entirely lost in them and been unable to proceed. Of course this was dan- gerous to the success of the undertaking, and so Weston asked Sir John Astley to be allowed to ride in and out of the villages and towns except when effec- tive protection was given by the police and he should make up the distance thus cove One day’s walk is like another and the record of ‘Weston’s tramp is unrelicved by incident or novelty. At last reports—six o’clock this morning—he had ar- rived at Launceton, in Devonshire, after accom- Baking agg se miles in the previous seven urs. He looked fatigued, the roads being very rough and slippery on account of the frozen snow. After breakfast and three hours’ sleep he started for Torrington. sam Compo BoKEING masta, iG Last year was an exceptionally interesting one boatMg circles, but much more is expected for the coming season. The Oxford and Cambridge boat- race, which was a hollow affair and a fore- gone conclusion from the beginning, promises More sport this year. It will take place Saturday, April 5, and the crews have begun erage already. There have been many in oth boats, and very few of the old men remain. Consequently the event is moro uncertain, but those who have seen both crews practice say there is little choce between them. America, however, is ex- pected to add most of the interest and importance to the contests. is firmly camneceee bear is Cup enley, a0 rai pearance of an American university eight on an Englis a course is anticipated. There is much disappointment over the failure of Oxford and Harvard to come to an agreement, but some of the more hopeful believe that an arrangement may yet be mado; how, it is not easy to see, unless Harvard can come betore August. 2 Sonowing CpcEens boat races are to be rowed ii yf 3 bruary 17, Hi; and Elliott, $2,000, for the (np stag on the Tyne course; April 8, Spencer and Tarryer, $2,000, Putney to Mort- lake; May 5, Hawdon and: Hanlan, $2,000, on the ‘Tyne course; March 10, Wallace Rose, of St. John, N. B., aud Prank Emmett, on the Thames champion- ship course, for $1,000. ANOTHER PRIZE FIGHT IN THE MIDLAND DISTRICT. On Tuesday morning, January 28, a very quictly conducted mill was brought off about twenty miles from Birmingham between two well-known bantams, whose prowess and cleverneds in the once popular science has before been demonstrated, One of them and the hero of Tuesday’s battle, contended with the gloves for something like aix hours a few months, ago, and is Pothaps better known than his last oppo- nent, who defeated him at Bristol at the close of 1874.’ There were but twenty-seven people presen but these included more than one live lord, strongly repre- sen’ as that connected with the hardwaro town. ‘he seconds of Griffiths, who stands half an inch over five feet, were an old Birmingham boxer and another well known sporting character, while Fowler was attended to by « cele- brated East end glove fighter and a noted Whi! are uigilist, who will be fiity-two next birthday, and in prime was reckone1 one of the most scientific mon of his weight. He contended twico with u clever Brum, since dead, as is the last “pug” with whom he entered the ring on the day that King beat Mace, ‘The referee was a Birmingham man who battled with the best of his time, and has since made himself a name in the trotting world. At the start a level fifty was laid on Fowler, who, although half an inch the shorter boxer, exhibited the most cleverness, though the other fought well at the body and was all there at close quarters. The affair was pluckily contested for an hour and forty-six minutes, and in the forty- sixth round Griffiths received an Dpper cut on the jaw which knocked him out of time. There was not the least disturbance while hostilities were on, and a better conducted affair.was ucver seen in the palmy days of the P.B. Both men were trained to perfec- tion, and hence the punishment administered on each side did not show much. The winner, in fact, hardly showed a mark about the face, though he was well punished about the lower tegions. Grif- fiths got a good: gruelling, which he took with un- flinching gameness. MOONSHINE. HOW A MOON AND A RIPPLE DISTURBED THE FORTUNES OF A THEATRICAL COMPANY—CUBRI- US ACTION AT LAW. Mr, James Steele Mackaye, author of the play called “Won at Last,” which once made some little stir at Wallack’s Theatre, appeared before Judgo Gedney, at the Sixth Judicial District Court, yester- day afternoon in the novel character of 8 moon wor- shipper. Mr. Mackaye takes artistic and esthetic delight in the moon. He believes that its rays aro es- sential to a drama, softening the pathos and human- izing the agony. He therefore ordered from Mr. Charles Kendrick, of New York, artist in crayon, water colors and seene painting, a round and shapely moon, whieh should shed its pale beams over the Blanche Meda combination, who were to play ‘Won at Last” round the Now England circuit. The artist at Wallack’s furnished # « model of the chaste luminary, » and Mackaye started blithely be his tour. He‘ waited long for the moon, and at last it came—an unsightly object, measuring seven inches by nine, and being in every way too big for the box that was to its scenic exis! Looking sadly at the six-by-seven box Mr. Mackaye burst into the words of Captain Corcoran’s immortal serenade, “Fair moon, to thee I sing, bright regent of the heavens; say, why is ea y sixcs and by sevens.” Mr. John C. Freund, his actin; manager, who is of & more prac- tical turn of mind, clippod the moon into the shape of Captain Corcoran’s three-cornered hat, and in this triangular form it was presented, to the laughter of @ Massachusetts audience. ‘The worst of the matter was that the fame of Mr. Mackaye’s moon had gone before him. In his handy the stage moon Was believed to have reached its $F tehich the beavesly body, pasting tloug the gouse yw! eavenly ly ng the gauze track on the drop, hid its eelusson aloes tebind 6 cloud and reappeared with @ silver lining, and rising still higher turned to the pale yellow of unripe corn. His heroine called general attention to these chro- matic vagaries by standing on the doorstep robe of white muslin and complaining “her life was going down as the went down.” Moreover, he had claborated, with tho help of a boy and a revolving burrel, a moonlit ripple on the sea which had taken New York by storm. Mr. Kendrick, the artist, had considered this ripple unsuited to the simple provin- cial mind, and had omittod it from his drop. So that the Ne nglaud audiences, having been invited to behold “superb moonlight effects,” and com. pelled to make shift with a triangular moon and no ripple, visited their wrath in curses so loud and deep that the Blanche Meda Combination speedily banded, “And nover before,’ said Mr. Mackaye, “have Y announced superb moonlight effects ard failed to give them.” “What, never?” asked the counsel tor the plaintiff. “Hardly ever,” res] the dramatic £ndymion. The weighty question then remained for Judge Geduey’s consideration, whether the larity of ® moon and the abseuce of a ripple justified Mr. Mac- kayo, the dramatist, in withholding the foo promised to Mr. Kendrick, the painter, "fir. Mackaye con- sidered that his reputation had suffered severely. His moon had become a byword, His oceupation as in a that moon manufacturer of ripples was gone, On the other hand the authority of Mr. Boucicault hed weight. On the first night of the Rcey 'xcopt moon burst, and the dramatist said that if the play would go at all it would go without the moon; it wont. Disturbed by this conilict of Lunar theories the Judge took the | Juavors aud reserved his decision, PRTER COOPERS BIRTHDAY. Honorary Degrees To Be Conferred on the Distinguished Citizen. REWARDS OF A BUSY LIFE, Reception at His Daughter’s House This Evening. _ Peter Cooper is eighty-cight years old. Thero is no doubt that ail to whom the beneficent tenor of his lite is known will in their hearts join in the sincera congratulations which will be poured in upon ‘him to-day. Invitations have been quietly sent sent out by Mrs. Abram 8. Hewitt for o reception in celebration of the happy day. Tho preparations for the event were unknown to Mr, Cooper until a day or two ago, and when told of them he was much surprised and at first objected quite strenuously to their consummation. Consideration for the feelings of his friends, whose wish he could not refuse without wounding, then overcame hig modesty, and he consented to be the recipient of the proffered honor. At half-past eight this evening the guests of Mrs. Hewitt will begin to arrive at the well known and capacious mansion, No, % Lexington avenue, A great many distinguished citi- zens will be present, among others three or four Catholic bishops, the prosidents of all the colleges in New York and the majority of the clergy. The fact has become known that the faculty of the University of New York have resolved to confer an honorary degree on Mr. Cooper. They will come in a body, with the Chancellor at their head, and will formally deliver the documentary evidence of his doctorship to Mr. Cooper some time during the evening.” “Ido not know,” said Mr, Cooper, yesterday, to s reporter, “what fitness I possess for the adornment of an academic degree. Ir I accept it it must be tendered as merely a recognition of my labor for the encouragement of scientific study. fag grb fae song a ES rt eee e reporter congratu him on his a proaching Dirthday. His gentle and venerable fare showed no ovidences of feoblencss, but his eye seemed perfectly clear, an index to the condition of his mind. Only on rising and crossing the room did he seem to feel the failure of his physical powers. “Yes,” he said, as he settled down on comfort able air cushion in one corner of the homelike study, “I was born on the 12th of February, 1791." THE DEAD ISSUK, “Are you as active in business as you were for- merly?” “I don't attend to my private business at all. There are constant calls upon me on public matters, T have been lay te! to do what I could to fix the atten- tion of the American people upon the absolute ne cessity of @ change in the financial pee of the | Dic gpa I have spent nights aud days in anxieus hhought over the means of saving the nation’s life, We are hastening on to scenes of hardship and devastation of which we have as yet had no ex- ample in our history. Great masses of property are becoming concentrated in the hands of a few. The finuncial question is determined azainst the poor and in favor of the rich. As I told Mr. Evarts whon I was in Waeningian some time ago, the great Ameri- can question of finance must be settled, and it must led in the interest of the common le and not of the moneyed classes. Hardly any of the finan- cial measures which have been since the war are calculated to benetit © whole country, When I think of the policy pursued by our govern- ment and rere be aoe happen shag a Euro- pean despotism to follow the same course, I can 01 wonder ut the short-sightedness of our frsreetne No monarch in Europe would have dared to issue a decree having the same effect in causing the shrink. age of values that has been caused by the return to a gold basis.” “At this point of your life, Mr. Cooper,” said the reporter, willing to change the subject, “you doubt Jess have many entertaining reminiscences?” “Yes; when I first came into this city there wor only 27,000 inhabitants here. But don’t talk about thai now. In my view the financial question is of s¢ much importance that it outweighs every other com sideration. I think that nothing but strict con formity to the constitution can save the nation from ruin, Only by the establishment of justice and by patriotic legislation can domestic welfare and tran- quillity be promoted.” 4 BUSY LIFE, “Yours has been an extremely and doubtless it has been full of practical ms that might well illustrate the principles of political economy.”” Mr. Csoper, after saying that before his twenty- first year he had learned three trades, related the cir- cumstances of a speculation in Baltimore at the time when he built the Canton Iron Works. It was‘on the 3,000 acres of land which he had purchased there that an accident occurred which came near costing him his life. A brickkiln which he owned caught fire and he entered it just as the gas which had accumulated within it exploded. He was thrown about fifteen feet. ‘Had I taken ono breath,” said he, “while I was surrounded by the flame, I should not be here to- day.” One of his enterprises at Baltimore was the lacing of the first successful Jocomotive on the Bal- more and Ohio Railroad, He laughed as he described it as ‘a little, my borage Lat pep witha boiler BO than afiour barrel.’ That was about the year 1829, “I was five years,” said Mr. Cooper, “a member of the Common Council, boing first elected fifty-one ee St oe was pi it of the jorth American ee Company; for nineteen years president of the first cabie company (and it is wonderful how we ever su in muking the enterprise a success); for twenty years a trustee of the public schools and a member of the Board of Education, and was actively engaged in promoting the building of the Croton aqueduct. I was three years in building the Cooper Union, but it took me fitty Cha to save enough money to do it, fe ee stone was laid twenty-three years ago, I “You have met many great characters in your lifetime, I suppose?” “No; my business has been more with common men. Iremember that when President Van Buren laid down bis office and cume to New York he dined with mo in my house at the corner of Siberian street, The establishment of the Sub-Treasury had prevented his election to 8 second term, and he said to me, ‘If that measure could only have four years of life it would become the most ular ono that has ever been passed in relation to New York.’ He was right. There has never been anything like it; it is one of the mainstays of the yovernment,” A NATIONAL SIN, “Have Tc ever been to Europe?” “No. used to think I would like to go, but I have over that, It has become our onal sin, I think, that our people no sooner get # little means than they run offto some foreign country to spent them. y ought to stay home and try to benefit 5 you, as you area young man, to take course which I have taken. L attribute most of war, when Mr. C! camo here and per- suaded me to go into a national bank. I swas wilting to do qngthing, to help the nation out of its trouble; but I did not remain very long connected with the bank. If 1 had trasted to the seourity of the old State banks I might have been — ms rib are it as gay pony & single weck when ploy og amount of the wages could not get from me the due them.” “You seem hale and hearty, Mr. Cooper, and I hope to congratulate you again on this same anniversary ten years hence.” “Au” was the reply, “I do not expect to live so long. I never was very strong. When I was twonty- one imy hand trembled go that I could hardly ate cup of tea to my lips. I did not think I would be- come an old man.” ‘s “Bow lives have been so useful as yours has.’ “I started out with a determination to give to the world an equivalent of what I should receive from it, “You have more than done it. MAYOR COOPER AND MR. GREEN, Ex-Comptroller Andrew H. Green was not at the City Hall yesterday to see Mayor Cooper. Tho ex- Comptrolicr was, perhaps, too a after his labors at the Charity il to pay daily visit to the Mayor, but it is oxpected that he will make his to-day, THE CONGER DIVORCE CASE, ‘Pho Supreme Court, General Term, sitting in Kings county, granted,an order reversing the judgmont of the Special Torm in the case of Mary R. Conger against Abraham B. Conger for absolute divores, ‘Tho referee, several months ago, found for the de fendaut. The General Term finds that the finding of the referee is contrary to the testimoay, and therefore sends the case back for a new trial at Cir cult, The defendant, who was a lawyer by profession, had studied inodicine and also an ‘Seance His wife, the plaintiff, was ress of Colonel Rut ers, ot New York, and had boen married to the de fendant for over She alleged that her husband had been ot Pa. conduct with the wife of the of his church. Voluminous testimony was taken before the referee, and tho ticulars of the case were atthe time, The son of the defendant, who is & counselfor at law, opposed the to the refarve’s re- port, and the, ‘pow bo }