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a a a a 1 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER. XXXV: NO. 63. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 4. TEN PAGES.

PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. -A-DOODLE-DO Gallinaceous Sport in Louisville. Enquirer Reporter Visits Tom An O'Neil's Cock-Pit. That He 1 Saw and Some Sounds Sights That He Heard While There.

reporter happened to be in LouisAn Friday night, and, while ENQUIRER there, visited one rile notable Tom O'Nell's cocklast its most The Falls City is a peculiar one in many respecta. It is a crime there punishable to stand with fine imprisonment for two or more men of its many bars and throw dice to to one of them will "stuck" for who drinks, and it is also punishable for billiard-saloon keeper to sell malt or alcoholic liquor to be drank in offense a glass of where a billiard-table is situated. Neverthe room the cock-pit flourishes there like a green theless Matches are fought in it every Tuesday evenings, with nary policeman to bay-tree. and Friday chicken-fighters or make them afraid. molest the Indeed, the sport is considered a high-toned one, Friday evening, when our representative and on he WAS surprised to learn that there, of the "handlers," or chicken-seconds, was one well-known medical practitioner of the city, maid to be worth a cool $100,000.

Mr. O' Neil's who is is situated on the lower side of establishment Fourth and Fifth streets, and is Green, between at night by a red-light beacon, which Muminated red light, by the way, is the oriflamme of "sport" all kinds in our sister The cock-pit reached through bar-room, where bibulously inclined are expected to suthin" to refresh their "innards" "take into the arena of Gallic warfare. before passing young fellow, who looks as if he could square-built boid his own in a mass with almost any thing that walka on two legs, guards the portals of the "pit," and permits none to enter it until they have deposited a half-dollar with him, little formality he all to conform to in order that he may be compels able to take the pit'e census at any moment without the trouble of losing his seat or of counting noses. Once inside the pit we find it to consist of a rickety. looking room about tweaty-five feet long and eighfeet broad, with a low ceiling, through the center teen of which is suspended a six-burner gas chandelier of very primitive design and common workmanship.

In the center of the room is the proper. This is a wooden ring about a foot high, the inner circumference of which is padded to prevent the chickens from bruising themselves against it while fighting. The floor of this ring or pit is composed of earth, rammed solid. Around the ring rough seats are arranged, three or four tiers high, in amphitheatrical fashion, and back of these are coope in which the chanticleers are kept while awaiting their turn to do battle with their desaly toes. Just back of the stand occupied by the Cerberus who guards the entrance door is a place where the feathered gladiators are trimmed and deprived of portion of their plumage before being weighed and gaffed.

On the seats spoken of were thirty or forty meu. Among them could be found the dapper -goods clerk, the man of basiness, the man without any business, the doctor, the lawyer and the horse-trader. Some of them bolt upright on their seats, decorous though in a theater witnessing a play: others were perched on the backs of the seats, and from these bad eminences obtained capital views of the pit and con tests. Others again reclined on their seats with one leg crossed over its fellow. These were the base chaps.

Many of them had never seen half-dosen of "mains" fought in their lives, yet they wished to be taken for old ones who knew it all. There were others, too, who stood up during the entire evening, and could by no persuasion be induced to sit down. Some of them had a good excuse for their partiality for standing their forked ends, for they were busily engaged in match-making, and it was necessary for them to move about a great deal in doing it. Some, how ever, bad no excuse for their standing, and they wore the subjects of almost every one's secret anathematization, especially when, as was almost always the case, they got between the combatants and the spectators' eyes. The chief offender in this respect jolly big fellow known Dr.

Kelly. We are not much given to gambling, but we will bet $5 against a second-band chew of tobacco, and give the loser his stake, if we win, that the Louisville Esculapius, Kelly, is no relation to his namesake who travels with Robinson's Circus. No, indeedy. they are not even related through Adam and Eve. He of the circus is a tumbler by profession, while be of Wattersonville wouldn't tumble if be fell off house.

Talk of boss 'cackles! Kelly of Loptsrille is the champion chin-whacker of America. For noisy, turbulent, good-natured chap who has the gift of gab gallopin', and who can talk more over a two-bit bet than John. Morrisey would over a million, commend us to Kellyof Louisville. Colonel Bob Harlan, "'Our Bob," was one of the distinguished gentlemen present, and his intimate knowledge of all that concerns cocking made him quite a favorite with all there. Anderson N.

Waddell, of Nashville, was another celebrity. Some time since he had a difficulty with bother gambler named Al Kirtland, dunng which the latter was killed. Waddell was tried for the act, bat, as it was shown that Kirtland had begun the quarrel, and that Waddell had acted in self-defense, be was acquitted of the charge, against him. Early in the past week be gave 85,000 to be invested in real estate for the benefit of Kirtland's widow and children. We doubt if Kirtland would ever have done as much for his partner and progeny; but let that pass.

For the benefit of those who have never had the felicity to witness a genuine cock-fight we give a description of how these bloody encounters are conducted. In the first place the match is made. The stakes in matches, such were fought in Louisville the other night, seldom amount to more than $25 side. When these are put up, or rather promised, for all bets and stakes in the pit are made the birds selected to contest are taken from their coops and clipped and docked of all unnecessary feathers. They are then weighed, and if both are of about equal avoirdo pois, the next thing to do is to gaff them.

The gaffs or spurs are made of steel, are about four inches long. about as thick as a shoemaker's awl, Itted at the end with a shank, which has a bole in it to enable it to be slipped over the natural spur of the bird. To this shank is fastened piece of leather about two inches square. It is almost needless to say that the points of these gaffs are as sharp as the points of needles. An attendant takes the bird and presents one of its legs to the gaffer.

Around the stump of the natural spur, which is sawed off about a half inch from the leg, thin strip of glove kid is deftly wrapped. Another strip of kid is pressed longitudinally over the stump, and then the gaff is placed in position. If the wrappings around the spur have been properly put on, the hole in the shank slides about half way up the spar. gentle pressure brings the pat firm against the cock's leg, and then the leatber appendage to the shank of the gaff wrapped light around the bird's leg, and then tied Armly in pontion with flax twine. It takes considerable skill to properly chicken, for if the steel spurs are not properly affixed they are dangerous to the wearer as to his opponent.

The having been affixed to the contestants, the handlers take the birds in their arms and advance to the center of the pit, where each exhibto the other the of his bird, in order the length of the may be comthat pared, and that it may seen that they are tree from any poisonous liquid or coating, These facts being satisfactorily ascertained, the next thing to do is to fully arouse the combatant propensities the gladiators, For this purpose they are permited to peck at each other a couple of times and then, thoroughly they are placed on the door of the pit. -It rarely takes them more than a moond to fly at each other with a fury that exceeds description, and the manner in which they beat each with their wings and and prod other with peels la enough to send the blood Eying through the veins of the most sluggish and unimpassioned. Some of the contestants are cunning as snakes and their ducks and dodges to avoid punishment would do to the cleverest pugilist that ever shied his castor into ring. The contests are generally of short duration. Often at the first "buckle," as the rounds are called, one cock succeeds in driving his gaff into the vitals of his opponent, and the fight is over.

StIll it often happens that they fight for several minutes, and it not until both of the birds are cut and hacked until they are unable almost to stand, that one, sometimes by pure accident, strikes the decisive blow, and ends the match. During the battles the faces of the spectators are a study worthy of Hogarth. As they become interested in the contests they shout and talk incessantly. The most stolid become excited, and the way money is bet in stakes of two's, fives, tens, and twenties would make a stranger imagine the era of bard times was past, never to return. The Brst match fought after our representative entered the pit WAS between "high-comb red cock" and red cock whose comb had been razeed considerably.

The high-comb was the favorite, and the result of the contest proved that his admirers were right in their estimate of his powers, though his opponent once or twice looked a winner for "all that was out." At the first jump both fought very viciously, and the was ended by the low-comb driving one of his gaffs into the left eye of the high-comb, thus half-blinding him at very outset of the fight. In the next buckle the highcomb, in fying over his contestant, ran his spur into the low-comb's neck. In this way they fought for two or three buckles, both being cut almost to pieces. In the last buckle the contestants were fought almost to standstill, and, when no longer able to strike or kick, they would peck at each other in a desultory sort of way that showed how terribly near death both were. At last the high-comb made a spasmodic effort, and drove his gaff into his opponent's breast, and'a moment later the latter was good potpie meat for some lucky darky.

A red brass buck and a white Dominique made capital fight. In the first buckle the white broke one of his legs, but not 80 badly bat that he was able to rest on it occasionally. The red cock was a strong bird, but be was cut so badly early in the fray that he was not able to fight as viciously as his backers desired and he was damned and abused by his owner, 8am O' Brien, in fearful manner. The white was the property of Bob Harlan, whose quick eye detected his superiority in a twinkling and he loudly vociferated his desire to bet "ten to one on the white rooster." "If my chicken would only fight," said Sam O' Brien, "we would lick you like blazes, Bob." "Oh, well, my bird's only got one leg," replied Harlan. "And mine hain't got any heart," retorted O' Brien.

The birds at one stage of the fight became so weak that they fell side by side, each having hold of the other with his beak. The white rooster rolled over on his. back, and with his legs in the air he presented a most pitiful sight. The heaving of his body was something dreadful. He, however, got his second wind before the time for separating them arrived, and, rolling over, be drove his gaffs into his opponent very viciously.

As the birds were being stroked and prepared for the next buckle, 0'Brien's rooster gasped piteoully for breath and some one shouted, Spit in his mouth, 8am it'll do him good." "No, I angrily replted O' Brien, a dunghill, and I wouldn't spit in his mouth to save his soul." He thought better of his rash assertion a moment later, and he put the bird's beak into his mouth and moistened it with tobacco juice. The red was a hard bird to kill, and it looked as if the white would die himself before being able to dispatch him. After about half dozen rounds, however, the red was stabbed in the neck and keeled over dead as mackerel. As O' Brien held him up by the tail he exclaimed, "He WAS hell of good bird with the gloves, but not worth a damn with the steel." Altogether there were twelve or fourteen pairs matched and fought. Of these fully one third belonged to our townsman, Bob Harlan, and the way the chickens knocked the life out of their competitors and depleted the wallets of the Louisvillians was sight to bebold.

Even Dr. Kelly lost $4, and that was exactly four times as much as he was ever known to lose in a pit before. City Personals, F. W. RICE, of the National Hotel Reporter, Chicago, is registered at the TOM D.

PARMELE and Frank M. Parrent, of Louisville, are guests of the Burnet House. GENERAL E. E. O.

HAGAN, of Sandusky, is at the St. James distinguished guest. HIRAM L. JONES, of Columbus, was yesterday admitted to practice in the United States Court at this place. CHARLES E.

FURBISH and Miss Dollie Pike, of the Fifth Avenue Company, New York, are at the Burnet House. COLONEL SELL HOWELL, General Passenger Agent of the Mobile and New Orleans Railroad, was fu the city yesterday route for Washington. His many friends were delighted to find him well and bearty. AMONG the prominent arrivals at the Burnet House yesterday were; P. B.

Pickens, A. C. Barnes, R. H. Keene, T.

G. Towne and William Phelps, of New York: Mr. and Mrs. J. W.

Pressey, of Boston; C. McCulloch, of Fort Wayne. AMONG the House arrivals yesterday were Geo. H. Jones.

Portsmouth, H. C. Talbott, Louisville, George W. HIll, Omaha: C. J.

Work, Marathon, Thos. Scott, New Oleans, George C. Bell, New York: W. Rishell, Philadelphia, J. N.

Harlan, Wilmington, 0. AT the Arlington last evening among the arrivals were: Colonel E. 8. Hopkins, Fort Leavenworth; I. B.

Rhodes, Pittsburg; R. A. Evans, Eaton, Ohio; C. D. Morton, Rushville, F.

8. Rohch, Athens; C. E. Biggs, Poughkeepsio; W. McSheeby, Indianapolis; A.

C. Montgomery, New York: W. E. McCauly, Logansport; Robert Meredith, New Haven, Conn. Axone the arrivals at the Grand Hotel yesterday were Thomas Cooper Campbell and wife, New York; H.

G. May, New York; 8. Husted, Brooklyn; H. R. Dutton and James Bolton, Chicago; H.

P. Hill, Baltimore; J. C. Steel, Parkersburg: J. G.

Holt, Louisville; H. C. Hurlbut, Masonchusetta; J. G. Hinds, Vermont; C.

M. Hamlin, Cleveland. Society Elections. THE Garrick Club at their meeting Friday evening elected the following officers for the ensuing six months: President, V. J.

Montgomery; VicePresident, John Hennegan; Secretary, James Goetz; Treasurer, Ea P. Elliott: Critic, A. Brown; Assistant Critic, H. Wallenstein. At the regular meeting of the stockholders of the Abstract Company, held at the offices of King, Thompson Maxwell, the following Board of Directors was eleeted: Samuel J.

Thompson, John F. Follett, 8. N. Maxwell, Alex. B.

Huston and J. H. Bissell. Mr. Thompson having declined a reelection, Mr.

Huston was then elected President of the Company. The Company has brought its books up to date, and is ready to do business. Ann The debate between Treat, of the Campbellite Church, and Forscutt, of the Mormon, has stirred the inhabitants of Connersville, Rushville, and up thereabouts, and Miss Ann Eliza Young, once the bosom comforter of Brigham, has been invited lecture on next Friday and Saturday evenings, explaning the manufacture of Mormon Bibles, the utility of priests, and the beauties of polygamy, a set forth originally by his departed holiness, Joe Smith. When Ann Eliza comes around, the Josephite craft is in danger, and lively times are promised on the outskirts of Israel, next Friday night, when the silver-voiced apostate declares herself "not for Joe." THE Hamilton County Teachers' Association will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Council Chamber next Saturday morning, at which time Professor Chase, of the Louisville Female High School, will deliver an address on De mands of the NICK HankY, Herman Weiss, and Otto Bart, all boys, were in arrest at Bremen- Station night, charged with stealing pipe Weber's GAS IN TWO. CITIES.

Philadelphia Accumulates $10,000,000 of Gas Property Without Taxing a Citison One Cent. Philadelphia One of the Cheapest American and Birmingham One of the Cheapest English Cities in the Selling of Gas-light. Every citizen desirous of being intelligent on the subject of the cost of making illuminating gas should send immediately to some friend in Philadelphia to secure him a copy of the report of the Trustees of the Gas- Works of that city for 1876, just published. The minutest details of every element of the cost of the manufacture and distribution of ges in that city, capital employed, profits and every thing connected with the business are explicitly set forth in that document. It is statement at first hand laid open without reserve before the whole world, and it aves every man the opportunity to see and judge for himself.

This is quite a different thing from proxy exhibition of the business by proxy which is too likely to be packed, blinded or jaundiced. This report is worthy the attention of all members of legislative and executive departments in the City Government, and a careful perusal of it would not hurt our legislators -such of them desire information. Persons in such official stations might certainly obtain it by addressing a request to the Mayor of Philadelphia. The Works in that city are ran by the city, but not directly by the City Council. The latter body elects a Board of Trustees, who manage the Works.

TEN MILLIONS CLEAR GAIN. Mr. Nathan Hilles, President of the Philadelphia Board of Gas Trustees, after enumerating the expenditures and profits, indeed, after giving brief A nancial history of the Philadelphia Gas- Works, from the beginning up to January 1st, 1877, uses the following language: "The above results show, therefore, that the Philadelphia Gas Works, under the management of the Board of Trustees, have been constructed and managed for forty-two years, supplying gas to the citizens of the city at a lower price than it is supplied in any city of equal size in the United States, cost of nothing whatever to the city; while the money now invested in them is nearly $10,000,000, subject to outstanding loans, all of which will be paid off out of the Sinking Fund in hand, alone, by the year 1905, and leave a surplus after their of about $1,500,000. The city will thus ultimately obtain works costing $10,000.000, together with the large surplus in cash above mentioned, without the payment or advance by the tax-payers of a gle dollar, but merely by loan of their credit, from time to time, while the citizens have been supplied with gas at an exceedingly low rate. These magnifcent results are largely due.

the Trustees are led to believe, to the early adoption of the system of manufacturing and supplying gas by the Trustees, thus avoiding the enormous useless outlay of capital incident to the existence of several competing Companies in the same locality." ABOUT COMPETITION. "The history of the enterprise for supplying gas to the various cities in the United States has demonstrated to all candid minds that no private Company. when subject to competition, can, in the long run, supply gas as cheaply as where it is der the control of a single Board, the managers of which have, at the same time, the privilege of supplying the whole district in which the works are situated. The manufacture of gas necessarily differs in many important particulars from any other manufacture. The sale of its production is a limited one, as it is confined to the city or district which it supplies: and as the commodity mapufactured by it is not luxury but necessity, must lay its pipes so that all who desire to use it may do so.

thus entailing an expenditure in distribution which is not perhaps repaid by the sale of gas in the particular locality for many years. very large part, therefore, of its first in vestment is material that could not give any return in case it desired to withdraw from business. Of course, where more than one Company exists, supplying the same districts, several mains in the same street must exist, instead of one, the cost of which, while borne by the Company at the time, must, of course, be paid in the end by consumers." THE LOWE PROCESS. The Philadelphia works are interesting at present on account of the experiment commenced last August at Manayunk, in the latest improved Lowe hydrocarbon process, which has not yet been thoroughly tested, but is full of magnificent promise. Professors Stevens, of Girard College, and Rogers, of the University of Pennsylvania, are preparing report on the results of this experiment, which will shortly be publisbed.

Its appearance will be awaited with intense interest. BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. The City of Birmingham, England, has for a few years been operating her own Gas-works. We are in the receipt of a letter of the date of February 15, 1877, from Mr. Henry Parry, Secretary of the Gasworks in that city, in which he gives the price of gas-coal in Birmingham, and other details of the business.

The letter says that the city sells 000,000 cubic feet of gas per year to 62,000 consumers, The price to the greater. portion of the citizens is two shillings and nine pence, and to those in sparcely-settled suburbs three shillings three pence. In green backs these rates are sixty-nipe cents and eighty- two cents per thousand feet. Gas coal at Birmingham costs from eight and three quarter cents to ten and one-balf cents per bushel greenbacks, and coke sells for about six cents per bushel. The net cost of gas in the holders, including all expenses for labor and material, and taking receipts for residuals into consideration, is one shilling five pence, or thirty-two and one-half cents greenback currency.

The remainder of the expenses consist of outlays for distribution, and' this is immense amount sold annually and for extensions and revenue. QUALITY OF THE GAS The Parliamentary standard of illuminating power of gas in Birmingham, England, is fifteen candles. In 1876 the average power, determined by inspection with the Bunsen photome ter, was nearly seventeen candles. In Philadelphia, during the year 1876, the average illuminating power of the gas was 16.93, or nearly seventeen candles. This average determined by daily observations by two expertsProfessor Rogers, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Professor Stevens, of Girard College.

Tris is an important factor in the result: The observations were made by disinterested parties, at points remote from the works, with the most reliable of all photometric the average of two observers WAS taken. Gas to give such an illuminating power at a distance from the Works must start from the Works at least two candles higher that is, to be sixteen to seventeen candle power one mile from the Works, it must leave the Works at eighteen to nineteen candle power. We commend the Philadelphis report to all who desire to investigate the subject and keep themselves abreast with the times. The Davenport Club in Richelien. For amateurs to produce acceptably a play of such breadth and scope as Bulwer's Richelieu is DO easy task, and yet the Davenports, on last Thursday night, at Robinson's Opera-house, gave a rendition of the play that is worthy of much praise, It is proverbial of all amateur organizations that they soar to heights which even the best professionals hardly dare approach, and the result is, they generally topple from the dizzy pinnacle which ambition leads them to with a crash that would totally annihilate any one--but an amateur.

But the members of this Club, from long stage experience and practice, were able to successfully produce Riche lieu. The cast was a judicious one. To Mr. James E. Sherwood was assigned the difficult role of "Richelieu," and the personation may be considered one of the best of this gentleman's efforts.

His conception of the character of the Illustrious "MinIster" differs somewhat from that of: the profes sional stage, and, we think, pleasingly 50. He in excellent voice and condition, and his reading a fine specimen of polished elocution. His dressing of the character was after the model of Booth, and was In the Curse scene he especially fine, acting with force and strength that we have seldom seen in others than those belonging to the regular stage. He is perfectly home upon "the boards" -natural, easy and graceful. The part is by no means an easy one to present satisfactorily even by and Mr.

Bherwood is entitled to great praise for his endeavors to do justice to it and for the success he achieved. He was well sustained by other members of the Club. Mr. Blinn as "De than thing we have seen him before this He has an intelligent ides of the and pure, and tull of and very graceful. The "De Baradas" of Mr.

Ambrose was good; He has rich voice, which he uses to advantage, and is a natural actor. He gave fine interpretation of the character, which is that of a grand rascal in the guise of a polished courtier. Mr. Pape's "De Beringhen" was, like every thing this gentleman undertakes, most excellent. Mr.

Pape constantly improves, and evidently studies so earnestly that even better things day be expected of Mr. Coleman was polished, and gave an admirable piece of acting. Mr. Frank Churchill "Father Joseph" was all that could be made of the character, and this is no faint praise. Mr.

Harvey as "Huguet" was good. Miss Mary Donnally took the part of "Julie" with great credit to herself. She was graceful and prepossessing in appearance. Her conception of the character was correct and carried through with anwavering intelligence and consistency. Her rendition of this part, more than any other we have seen her in, proves her unquestionable dramatic powens and ability.

Miss Hyman as "Francois" was most charming. For one so young het impersonation of the part was remarkable. Her voice is perfect, and her control of it excellent. Every word she uttered was distinctly heard all-over the house, and her acting was perfect in, paturalness and grace. She has undoubted dramatic ability, which, 1f properly cultured, will in the future give her fame.

The othet parts vere all well taken, and added much to the pleasure of the entertainment. The mounting and dressing of the play were good. The Davenport Orchestra did much to make the evening pass pleasantly, by rendering some excellent music. The audience was immense, the Opera-house being crowded from the orchestra chairs to the gallery with our best and most refined people, who gave evidence of their appreciation and enjoyment of the play by sitting three long hours to witness it, and by frequent hearty applause. Next Thursday night this Club will produce Time and The Hour.

To the Editor of the Enoutrer: If Mr, Sherwood to make a success in the character of "Richelieu" we would snggest less hasty erit in the act of the play. Display of anger before an audience is not appre ciated, and decidedly out of order on the stage. DA VENPORT CLUB. Eph Holland. The case of Eph Holland, charged with carrying concealed weapons, was called in the Police Court yesterday, and continued until next Friday.

Mr. Campbell, who appeared as Holland's counsel, claimed that the defendant had right to carry pistol, because his life had been threatened more than once lately; that he had received anonymous communications threatening him with a fate similar to that which befell Tom McGeban, of Hamilton. Yesterday afternoon Assistant Marshal Francis, in company with another officer of Covington, came over to Cincinnati, armed with a requisition for Holland, who is indicted in Kentucky for acting as Referee in the Goss-Allen prize fight. They met Holland and his attorney, Mr. Campbell, after which a conference ensued.

It was agreed that the Kentucky indictment for the present should be allowed to rest, and that when Holland had settled his affair in Ohio with the United States Court he would go over to Kentucky and answer the indictment against him there. 1t 16 intimated that in month or two every thing will be made serene in Ohio for Mr. Holland. Then he will proceed with the Kenton County Courts, which will be in the June term some time. It believed in Corington yesterday that Holland was really arrested by Detective Frank Mitchell, on Governor McCreary's requisition.

But this is probably a mistake, growing out of the fact that friend of Hollands presented himself at the Corington Circuit Clerk's office, and waited several hours for Holland's arrival that he might arrange for bail. Lectures. Dr. Elizabeth J. French ed will, by special request, give a course of four drawing-room lectures in Parlor Grand Hotel, to ladies, commencing Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.

These lectures will teach in detail the anatomy and phystology of the human body, and will be illustrated by her splendid life-size manikin, which can be taken apart, showing the size, location and appearance of the various organs of the body. At the lecture yesterday afternoon at College Hall, which was crowded, and all the aisles Alled, over one hundred ladies expressed their intention to attend such a course of special lectures. Dr. Elizabeth J. French, who, it is said, has devoted over thirty years to the subject, is to lecture Monday night at College Hall on "Electricity as Curative Agent, its Use and Abuse." Dr.

French is a woman fifty-seven years old, but looks twenty years younger. She has splendid physique, most engaging manner, and withal great force of expression and power of impression. The Foundations of Springer Hall. The foundations of Springer Hall will be made secure, even if this requires to raze them to the concrete foundations, and the probability is that it will. The work in these walls is shabby enough in all conscience, and it would seem the part of wisdom, where SO much doubt exists as to the soundness of any part of these foundation walls, to take the benefit of the doubt and tear them clear down.

In this way and no other can it be made certain that the foundations are such as they ought to be. It is not the question of tearing down which the Building Committee are holding over just now, but it is the question of tearing down wholly or only partly, which gives them pause. Life's Fitful Dream. At ten o'clock Friday morning Mrs. Martha R.

Rensselaer, wife of K. H. Rensselaer, of California, this county, died at her home in that village. She was born in New York State in 1800, and was undoubtedly at the time of her death one of the oldest ladies in the county. The fatal disease was cancer of the mouth.

Her widowed husband survives, is very feeble and old. The funeral will take place day from the California Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Henry D. Koore officiating. Murdoch's New Lecture.

PROF. JAMAS E. MURDOCH will deliver his new lecture on "The Oratory of the Stage, the Pulpit and the Bar" for the first time at the First Presbyterian Church, Fourth street, near Main, next Thursday evening, for the benefit of the Orchard-street Pres byterian Church. The lecture is said to be replete with information on the compass, uses and elo quence of the human voice in singing, public, speaking and ordinary conversation, and will be worthy of being heard by all intelligent persons. THE Post for this week says: "Hon.

H. E. Randell, of the firm of Logan Randell, is developing great strength for the Democratic nomination for City Solicitor. The fact that he has been prominent member of the Cincinnati Bar for twelve years, gives the public a large degree of coufidence in his ability to properly discharge the duties of this very important office. He has always been an active worker in his party, but has never before offered himself for any office." THE lovers of billiards have a treat in store for them greater than any experienced here for some years.

Next Wednesday and Thursday evenings William Sexton and Blosson, the two finest players in America, will cross cues in Mozart Hall, and those who wish to see how the ivory spheres can be made to act by experts would do well to be on band. Tue two colored men who tried to run away with bolt of cloth yesterday which they picked up at the tailor on Main street, just north of Hunt street, were John Henderson and Charles Jackson. They were taken to Bremen-street Station. Both of them are used to it. THE Celtic Association will celebrate 1 Patrick's Day this year at Hibernia Hall." The entertainment will consist of music, reading and songs, and promto give as much satisfaction as those given on -former occasions by the Association.

pistol with which that unknown German shot and killed himself one day last week may be seen now at the office of the Clerk of the to of French make, a self-cocker, with cartridges, vote dangerous weapon THE WORKINGMEN. What They Are Doing in Municipal War. An Interview with Their Candidate for Mayor. A reporter of the ENQUIRER yesterday interviewed Mr. Charles A.

Thompson, the caudidate of the Workingmen's party in this city for Mayor. Mr. Thompson is a young man, twenty-nine years of age. He is a pleasant, affable gentleman, an entertaining conversationalist and a most companionable person. He always dresses in good style, and may be considered a rather handsome person.

He is a member of the firm of Jeffras, Seeley having grown up with the house from boyhood. He has an intimate knowledge of the business, knows all the customers of the house, and is in many respects the mainstay and prop. He is a thorough-going business man. He bas pronounced views on social topics. The interview between ouz representative and Mr.

T. will afford the public a clear idea of the aims and methods of the organization which Mr. Thompson has the honor of leading: Reporter- What do you think of the chances of the Workingmen's ticket? Mr. Thompson -The ticket may not be elected, but that our vote will be a large one, and sufficiently large to justify the belief in our ability to carry the county next fall, as well as to encourage the party at large to make a grand charge all along the line throughout the country, I have no doubt. It should be remembered that this is not merely a local and temporary uprising to assist either of the old parties, or to further the personal aspirations of any candidate in the coming municipal contest, but that the movement has a thorough and powerful national organization, directing the agitation in nearly all the large towns and cities in the country.

-But we learn but little of the movement at other points from our exchanges? Mr. Thompson -The reason of that is quite apparent. Elsewhere, as in Cincinnati, the press have neglected to mention this agitation until it sumed the form of political action, when, as a matter of news, they can no longer ignore it. This is proven by the course of the Commercial, as well by your present visit in behalf of the ENQUIRER. Mr.

dalstead personally has always been afraid of the seople, and consequently hates this movement AS he devil does holy water. So in answer to the known desire of its readers to hear something of it, he misrepresents its aims and methods, and patronisingly talks to workingmen as 11 they were children who knew leas of the subject than be does. In what particular does the organisation known the Workingmen's Party of the United States differ from previous political efforts of and in behalf of the workingmen? Mr. -This is the first political effort ever made in this country, organized or directed in any 1 way by the people themselves, and based on clear-cut denial of the right of private title to the ownership of the means by which labor is performed. Strikes and other kindred means by which the working classes have beretofore sought to enforce their rights have proved abortive, because the wrangle between the individual employer and his employes as to the rate of wages has involved the admission on the part of the latter that labor was a commodity to be bought and sold like any other thing in the market.

Negro slavery in the South met its downfall because the people were so radical and incendiary as to reject the title by which 8 held as property his fellow-man, although the right to da so was as clearly recognized by our Constitution and laws AS is at present the title to landed estates. We follow this now generally popalar idea to its logical conclusion, and declare that there is no practical difference between the ownership of the laborer and the ownership of his means of labor-that political freedom without economic emancipation "is but an empty phrase." Reporter--But how is it practicable to free labor from the bondage of which you speak? Mr. -Theories have but little use unless they contain within themselves some idea of relief naturally suggested by the cause of the dimculty. Governmental aid in the establishment of industrial co-operation would effectually relieve the laborer from the necessity of paying a tribute to capital equal to five -sixths (or nine-tenths, as it will be at the end of another decade according to the ratio of the last fifty years) of his production, and will cost the Government much leas and will be much safer than the loans, subsidies and chartered privileges heretofore granted to great monopolies under the Titmouscan promise that they were "to do every thing for every body." Reporter -But how can your idea be carried into practice in the City Government? Mr. Thompson -As easy here as in the General Government.

Had the twenty or twenty-five millions which Southern Railroad will cost the city been expended in developing mechanical cooperation here, the returps to the people of this city in the way of substantial prosperity would be greater than can be secured from the building of a dozen such roads. True, that by the former the beneficent results would be shared in by the whole people rather than confined to the exceptional few, as will be the case in building the road -but that is no objection in my eyes. Reporter--How are the people to be protected from pubic plundering and corruption in such undertakings? Mr. Thompson-In my opinion all the corruption with which we are cursed is attributable to the absence of the principle of Socialism and the refusal to recognize economic considerations in our political methods. But little money is directly stolen from the city funds in comparison with the amount annually filched from the pockets of both rich and poor by the great monopolies in our midst, whose greed tempts and whose moneyed power enables them to corrupt the Mupicipal Government.

Need our "substantial citizens" be shocked at the contemplation of the ale of an Alderman when they know that the large dividends they have been reciving as stockholders of the Gas Company, Consolidated Street Railroad Company and other kina dred monopolies could only have been secured by bribery of persons holding off cial trusts? Need we look for an honest administration of our city affairs while a Gas Company, either old or new, exists, and the men whose pockets swell with the dividends procured by corruption and bribrry are recognized as the "better class," whose approval only is supposed to be needed by our legislative bodies? Reporter -How long do you expect your party to hold its own against the organization and money which the old parties can bring into the field? Mr. Thompson -We depend largely on the strength of the reforms contemplated. As for money we need but little-ouly for printer's ink and small expenses for public meetings. We buy no rotes, set up no kegs of beer for the boys, and do the work ourselves. The campaign fund is contributed by all the members, from ten cents up.

The candidates are not assessed, nor are they expected to contribute any thing for the distinction of being on the ticket. As for organization, that matter will be so well attended to that neither of our opponents will have reason to congratulate. themselves that we have neglected our business. All the wards are being thoroughly organized and canvassed, and a thousand intelligent, law and organized men moving to the polls on the morning of election for all-day work can hardly be ridiculed or driven from the work they have undertaken. Reporter- Will the Workingmen's party contest the State election noxt fall? Mr.

Thompson -After the city election next month, no -matter what the result, the party will be rapidly organised throughout the State, and doubtless an early campaign will be inaugurated. Reporter--How came you, merchant and a manufacturer, to be so largely identified with this movement? Mr. Thompson- -Because it is not so much a class movement is the rather inappropriate name given to the party would indicate. The movement and, like our young brother in Germany, must Anally bring to its thoughtful and just men without regard to The dally Increasing of ness are but the inevitable result of the unnatural pauperism of the producers, who must also be the consumers. I would times wood by securing to the people who work a decent proportion of the product of their industry and skill, that they use more, and thus prevent the melancholy spectacle now before us of country literally choked up with the abundance of life's comforts perishing for want of use, while the toilers who ereated it and their families suffer as though the plague and famine had devastated the earth, The Saburbs of Cincinnati.

The village of Bend Hill, but one half-hour's ride from the city on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, is only five years -the first house having been bailt in the spring of 1872. This village was built by the Co-operative Land and Buflding Association No. 1, of Hamilton County, and numbers at present about three hundred inhabitants. The houses are of two classes, single stories and double stories, the first having four rooms and kitchen, the second seven rooms and kitchen. They are built on the center of the lots, and fifteen feet back from the sidewalk, making the width from house to house ninety feet.

As the houses are all of brick, the place has quite an imposing appearance. Many. of the residents have beautifed their grounds, and nearly all have planted shade trees of maple. Of public buildings they can boast of a school-house of sixty-three pupils in daily attendance, Mr. Nelson, principal; a Presbyterian Church, Rev.

L. A. Aldrich, pastor; a town hall, grocery and meat store. The village is situated on high ground, about five hundred yards north of the Railroad Station, and about the same distance west from the Five-mile Honse on the Lebanon pike. They have voting precinct, aud expect a Post-office within few weeks, as the necessary papers have been returned to the Department at Washington for that purpose.

The cleanliness and health of the place is unquestioned, and its inhabitants socially are in advance of what goes to make up villages of the same Dumber of inbabitants. The following are a few of the many well and favorably known persons in this city who have residences the village: C. P. Wilstach, Oaro J. Dodds, M.

W. Smith, Wm. 8. Munson, James Chas. A.

Partridge, J. H. Murray, A. Bepler, J. M.

Champlin, L. T. Anderson, E. D. Marsball, Richard and James Kelly, Thomas Fleishner, Harry Jenny, Dr.

James G. Hunt, James Pummill, John Magill, Adam B. Wilson, J. M. Schnitker, Edward Humphreys, George B.

Denny, G. W. Gale, E. L. Agin; Daniel Maule and T.

Z. Riley. On our return to the city we could not avoid drawing a comparison between the city and country and wonder why more of our citizens do not avail themselves of cheap and desirable homes, away from the turmoil, smoke and confusion of city life, to the pure air, the quiet of home life and the absence of business strife and cares that belong only to the country. The old adage is most applicable to Bond Hill, "Man makos the city, but God makes the country." Educational. There was A meeting yesterday at the Second Intermediate School Building of the Principals and teachers in our Intermediate Schools to consider the coarse of study laid down for those grades, and particularly to a change in the study of geography and arithmetic.

Superintendent Peaslee stated that there was a disposition among certain teachers to neglect those branches in which there was no written examination for transfer, such as history, composition and physics. In Arst and last of these, the lessons, in view of the written examinations, had been recited almost entirely. This took the life out of these subjects, and for this reaBOD. as well as to diminish the tasks of the pupils, the Superintendent had favored abolishing written examinations; but if he found that teachers were determined to neglect these branches, he would lay the subject before the Board of Education and ask them to take action in the matter. In changing the course of study in arithmetic of the and grades, the object has been to make the course more practical; hence ratio and proportion are cast aside as being of slight practical use, and percentage with interest, which so, largely.

into the common transactions of every business, put in their place. No definite action, how- ever, was taken on the subject. Isn't It Rather Early? The Republicans of Colerain Township are preparing to jollify over the success of the great national fraud by holding a barbecue at Bevis' Grove, on the Colerain pike, next Saturday. There is 1 mistake in the day. We move to amend by making it Friday.

Bevis' Grove is appropriate for the occasion, as beeves are always roasted at barbecues. But isn't this pushing the picnic season somewhat? All the joy an average Republican can squeeze out of the situation can not atone for the cold he or she may catch sitting on the grass in the deep shade of a leafless -tree on a damp, cloudy day in March. advise to all well-disposed Republicans is, Don't be tempted; don't go. If you must celebrate, wait three or four months, and maybe, when you hare had time to think it over, you will feel ashamed of it. But if you must get relief right away, go down to the river and take swim.

It will be just as seasonable as a barbecue. Suicide at St. Bernard. Between six and seven o'clock last evening Armand Herbolsheimer, a gardener, who lived in St. Bernard, shot himself through the head, at a point on the Carthage pike about 200 yards back of the German Catholic Cemetery.

Herbolsheimer. WAS 8 married man, with a wife and three children, and domestic difficulty is said to have caused him to commit the rash deed. The Coroner has been notified and will hold an inquest on the remains to-day. A PETITION was filed in the Common Pleas yes: terday by Emma Stratz to recover $5,000 damages from Ignatz Muller, a suburban saloon-keeper, for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff alleges that on the 23d of February the defendant promised to marry her on next day, and obtained the marriage license, after she had prethen pared herself for the wedding he refused to perform his contract.

THE cases of Buckley and Jones, the two elderly colored men arrested a month ago on charge of dealing in counterfeit money, were called before the Commissioner yesterday for final disposal. Further defense was waived in both cases and each defendant was bound over to the Grand Jury in $5,000 bail. Jones went jail and Buckley was given till tomorrow to procure bail. Meanwhile his old bond will hold him. CurrieR's fine band gives a splendid programme of music at the Bellevue House to-day.

One of the principal features is a massive march from the pen of Franz Kucken, called the "Turkish March," and is produced for the second time in this country-the first occasion being last Sunday, when it was rendered at the Bellevue with immense suo cess. THE Shakespeare Club will give their semimonthly play and reception on Tuesday evening next, at Melodeon Hall. The play is The Maid of Croissey. with Mr. Poblman, Mr.

Craven, Mr. Wight, Mrs. Ebersole and Miss Woolwine in the cast. Mvaic the Cincinnati Orchestra and danoing are, as usual, in the delightful programme. LAND-SLIDES are hardly in order now, yet these ever shifting fills, costly monuments to stupid engineering in the past history of this city, have already -become restless and begun to forestall the.

sliding season which begins with them in the spring, about two months after sliding-time with the boys is over. THE Board of Public Works yesterday resolved to appropriate the sum of $10,000 to pay G. W. Barger for the construction of the division wall of the Garden of Eden. The bill of the Cincinnati Gas light and Coke Company for the month of February, amounting to $15,754 52, was ordered paid.

WE were mistaken yesterday in announcing that the Amateur Base-Ball League would, meet at 158 McMicken avenue to-day. The meeting will be held at ten o'clock this morning at the Elm Street Club Room, Tue Trustees of the Southern Railroad bave let the contract for building the iron superstructure of the Tennessee River Bridge to Claris, Reeves of Philadelphia, ep bid of ABE ROTHSCHILD. As to the Hearing Under the Requisition. The Testimony to His Condition. In this matter yosterday, Mr.

Baker, the Prosecutor, called the attention of Judge Avery to the fact that the case had been specially set for hearing at two o'clock as to when the examination of the case under the requisition should be had: He stated that the prisoner was not in Court. Dr. 0. E. Davis, who is his attendant physician, was preeent, and informed him that the condition of Rothschild was such that it would not be proper oF safe to have him brought into Court at that time.

If the Court desired to question the Doctor touching the man's condition, the Doctor was present to respond for himself. The prisoner not being in Court, it would simply be necessary to continue the case until such day as ho could be brought in. Of course, it would be advisable and expedient to have that day as early as it was convenient to have him brought here. The -I presume there can be no objection to hearing him orally, although the usual course is to receive medical certificates in writing, and not to call upon medical witnesses to come into Court and be examined orally. Necessarily, if he is examined, he may be cross-examined: and.

as I am sitting here for information simply, such examinetion or cross-examination could not be conducted by me. The examination of the Doctor can be made by the counsel for the prisoner, who has sug gested that he is unable to be here, and the cross examination can follow. Major Blackburn Doctor is in attendance, in accordance with the wishes of the counsel on both sides. The -Let him be examined. Major Blackburn -And he is here to do as to Your Honor seemeth best.

The Court--The certificate in writing would be all that I desire. Major Blackburn-The Doctor can write it in a few minutes. The Court- might be proper to examine the Doctor. Dr. Davis I would be pleased if the Court would examine me.

Major Blackburn -The Prosecutor from Texas, Mr. Guthridge, present. Perhaps he would like to examine the doctor. Mr. -No, sir; have conferred with the doctor, and don't wish to ask any questions.

Mr. Davis then sat down and drew up the following certificate, which he subsequently read to the Court: 0. E. Davis, physician and surgeon, attendant physician upon Abe Rothschild, certify that his present condition is such that he could not, without endangering his life, be removed from the Hospital, and will not be able to be removed for some days, under the most favorable circumstances. E.

DAVIS, M. Dr. Davis was then examined by Major Black-, burn, as tollows; Q. What is Mr. Rothschild suffering from? A.

From suppuration in behind the eye, discharging from the eye. What is the condition of his pulse? A. His pulse is vacillating, being sometimes down as low as two and forty -eight. It has never been as high as sixty. Mr.

Baker -Would his condition be such that he could be removed here for a short time on Monday? A. That I am not able to state. There are changes going on in behind the eye where this pus and blood comes from, and I can not tell what will be his condition on Monday. I simply judge of his condition by the temperature of his body, by the pulse, by the charactor and the amount of the discharge coming from behind the eye. At the point of entrance of the ball, where I cut it out, there has never been any discharge.

The discharge has been all from the eye. The eye is totally destroyed and gone. I he profavorably, he may be able to be brought. out on Monday or Tuesday; but I would not wish to state positively, because something might take. place, as the formation of an abscess at the base of: the brain, which would prevent it.

He was removed two or three days after the injury, but I think 18 made him worse for the time being. Major Blackburn -What is the present condition of his pulse? To-day it is fifty-Ave; last night it was forty -two and Q. What is the ordinary state of his pulse when in a normal condition? A A young man of his babit, full, ought to be from seventy to seventy. It varies during the course of a minute. You may count it a quarter of a minute and it will I do not know what to attribute it to unless it be change going on at head-quarters, of which, bowever, I am not advised.

Major Blackburn -Have you ever made an amination to determine whether it is pus matter or brain tissue that is being discharged? A. I have not. I have concluded to let well epough alone. I have not the wound, and could not say whether the action that is going on bas injured the brain. I have concluded to let nature operate in her own behalf.

It would not be good surgery to go in there now and examine when nature is doing well enough. Major Blackburn -The better condition for the' patient under such circumstances is quiet, is 16 not A. Quietude. Quietude is every thing, and I have strictly forbidden any one to see him. He answers my questions intelligently, but complains of a has very dilation severe of pain the on well the right side of his head.

He eye. Major Black burn- -What does that indicate? That indicates compression at the base of the brain. Major Black there any indications paralysis? A. Paralysis is produced by clots of blood, or formation of water at the base ol the brain. I simply judge of his condition by the condition of his pulse, which is onnatural.

May it please the Court, in order to satisfy myself, I had the resident physician go in to see Rothschild last night, and called his attention to the peculiarity of Rothsobiid's pulse. Mr. Guthridge -When he was removed from his house to the hospital was he not in a worse condition than now A. He was in a condition then before inflammation and suppuration had set in. Mr.

Guthridge-Do you really think his being removed injured him? A. That I am not able to state. I think likely it did him injury. I am satis fed that his pulse sank down, and we had to him stimulants to produce reaction. Mr.

-Do you think, as a medical man, that it would really retard him to move him here on Monday? A. I do. I would not have made that statement if I had not thought so. Mr. Guthridge-Did you not make a statement to me a little while ago that he could be removed Monday? A.

I think I said that if his condition continued favorable he could be removed. I'm stated to the Judge. To the Court--Taking the case is is, and unless nothing unforeseen intervenes, he may be able to come by Monday, or Tuesday at the furthest, The Court--The case can be postponed until Monday at two o'clock, and if he is not in a condition to be removed the case can be again postponed, Dr. Davis stated to the Court that if the Court desired any physician in the case'it would afford him pleasure to meet any gentleman in the profession. The Court-It is not a matter of that kind.

The gentlemen are pressing the ease, and you will afford them every opportunity. Dr. Davis -I have but one duty, and that is to my patient. The case was accordingly postponed. Weber's Celebrated Lager Beer, The manufacturing firm that conducts Its bustness with a view to making the very best article that can be put on the market is bound to achieve success.

This is the spirit that governs the administration of affairs at Jackson Brewery, and hence the superior article of lager beer that is brewed there, Its popularity, and tts rapidly increasing sales in the city and elsewhere. The capacity of the brewery is taxed to its utmost to meet the heavy demand that is made for its celebrated brand, which is drank with so much comby erary lover of the foaming lager. W. O. is lying quite Ill at his coni detice in Glendale..