The Buffalo Sunday Morning News from Buffalo, New York • 1

1ft A NEWS; TIE 1L AJu ALiL-J r. BUFFALO, N. JANUARY 28, 1877. VOL. 9.

PRICE 5 CENTS ESTABLISHED 1873. the prominent citizens of the Flour Citv. an elderly thin-faced woman, evidently his housekeeoer. The rfitiortflr the TELEGRAPHIC DlSGRiMFOL COHDOCT. TAKE NOTICE.

Parties deeltuliiar homA.kml SHE WANTS S20, THE TWO Bull, of Aurora, of this County, it seems had more trouble than he could bear. The question with htm was to be, or not to be," He decided not to be. On Wednesday Pacific" Line out it the way by legitimate business competition, has reaorted to thu destruction of the lines belonging to the latter. See our telegraphic C. P.

We Inow nothing about that party. T. CIT17.KN have referrci the matter to the Poor Level. Fifth Ward Elector You evidently have to rrind and we will not grind it. evening last while the village bells was caning worshippers to tneir respective sanctuaries, Mr.

Bull went to the barn, and with a pistol shot himself in toe beau ana of the world. His wife thinking he had gone to hitch up to take tne lamuy to Westerly, and wondering at his long delay, went out to uiscover mat sne was a wiuow, that her children were fatherless. The dead body of Mr. Bull lay upon the barn floor, with the blood trickling from one side of his head, showing where the fatal had sped its way to the seat of life. jhuii was one or Aurora's respected ftnnf mini III till fffJltlTTTt ts tWTt)iTt Tte party woutd not be saved as you think, bv- its publication.

THJ3 GS MONOPOLY. I And now aaala the people are making I citizens, and engaged in the insurance busl- Tho ReieCtiOII Of Ward StaieS-ness up to the time of bis self-destruction. I wa? upon the gas companies, and we be- coming, being near at hand. Well, it is liete this time the. tormer mean bust- time, for we have heard the cry of bard nei.

They have resolved to no longer times long encugh, though never has submit to fbe extortionate demands of that cry been bo unWeraal, and perhaps these combinations which are without so well founded, as during the past year, exception supplyta the city with the Yet at the same time many were giving poorest gas ever manufactured. The price utterance to complaints who were in no of coal fallen just one half within wise affected by the prevaling depression, the? past year, but the gas monopolies Clerks, book-keepers and others who which urged the high price of coal one were 'n receipt of stated salaries, enjoy-year ago, as their only reason then for ing almost, if not quite, as large incomes not reducing the price of gas, seem to be as ever, became infected and cried out wholly unaware of this subsequent reduc- with the tradesmen "hard time And Uon. -At best this gas question is a knotty this was made a pretext for the non-one and tlure are many different opinions payment of little debts. The tailor, the In regard to the best course to pursue un- grocer, the butcher, in fact all the small der the circumstances to prevent these dealers, were put off with the plea of companies from robbing the people. hard times.

With the revival of trade, It is our opinion thaf each city should however, which must follow the setae-lay and own the mains, and this would of the political difficulties, there do awav with the trouble and dUsatis- will be no longer any cause for this cry, actios now existing. The manufacture mliiht be open to as many companies a3 I wanted to bid for the privilege connecting therewith, and this.would invite competition and prevent these companies from consolidating, or combining, as they now do, against the interests of the people. One set of mains sufficient for every city and with them In its own hands the city is always master of the situation. However, as this cannot be in a city like Buffalo, where these companies have everything their own way, the next be thing should be done In that respect. Ech company should be campelled by law to permtt the inspection of books by the proper city authorities, and when they realize more than two hundred per I cent.

1 saey ao 'are-true they Should be compelled to reduce the price of as to figure whereon they might make as fair a profit as other mannf ACtnrers with a like cap- I ltd Invested, and no more. NEW YORK EDITORS 1NO THE DULL9. correspondent writes: The last challenge prior to the Bennett and May I affair that was sent by a New Yoik editor grew out of the Forrest esse. It was delivered bv X. P- Willi to John Van Bureo, who was Forrest's attorney.

Van Buren treated the matter as a capi tal joke, and replied by printing the TT mu tu I challenge ia tne HaralJ. This settled the affiir without bloodshed. Prior to thi, even when the lawa of honor were in acknowledged force, there were but two editorlil duels In this city. One was the Coleman affair, in which the latter killed his man, and the other was when was shot. W.

1.. Graham, the talrnted editor of the New York Courier, was of au am- bitious, but unbalanced mind. He was challenged by the man whom he had struck (Barton by name), and had he taken a right view of the affiir, he would have apolagizad. A proper apology belittles no mari. This he could not do, and the penalty was bis life.

He left a statement, in which he said: 'It Is opt of the question for me to explain, retract or apologize, and he closes with aa. atl ques ion: What can a pocr fellow do bat bow to the supremacy of custom fn Within a week from the penning of this statement Graham was in his grave, reminding us of KaUUfTs question: Who hath honor? He tht died yeerday? We think FaJstaflTa query was the most sensible of the two, Thk ne Insurance Company's 47th eeml-aunual statement shown assets on Jauuary lst, of over $6,000,000. After miking requisite provision for reinsurance, una ljuUed losses and all other liabilities, the company has a net surplu of over an above ita cash capital of $3 000,000. This is certainly a remarkably-strong financial exhibit and A. M.

Cobleigh will iresidc, and our famous i oppeiioorg win lurmsn tne music, un tuc Honorary Committee are our well-known townsmen, Tbad. C. Davis. E. D.

Tuthill. r. o. i)uu anu (jpnn r. oage.

i THE BOARD OF POLICE. Commissioner Pierce's Term will Soon Expire and the Applicants for His Position are Nu merous. Among Them are Hon. F. A.

Alberger, Frank A. Sears, John MoNally, Ham Best and Others, Iutorvi ewi aud Gossip with llr. Pier; ee and Oilier Prominent Republicans Upon the Probabilities. The Police Department is one of the most important and essential branches of our city government. Though comparatively a new thing under the present system of administration, there is no other eity in the union that can boast of a more efficient and successful police department, or of pne that better disciplined and handled.

I On April 26, 1871, an act "was passed by both branches of the Legislature, making Baflalo to constitute a separate police dis- rt'i. .1 s.f.. i Police to consist of the Maver ex-oKcio. IDl. The said act provided for a Board of and besides of two other Ipersons to be appointed by him and confirmed by the Common Council.

The Hon. Alexander Brush being Mayor the tlimc nominated Messrs. John Pierce and Jacob Beyer to constitute with himself Buffalo's first Board of Police. Whether to these two latter gentlemen the good management and successful operation of the police force of the city are due, is a question the public to decide. May next oneTof tfhe commissioners will have served the time for which he wib appointed.

Mr. Picrce.l the acting of the Board, if" not re-appointed and re-contirmed goes otjt of office at that time. From present indications, however, the office will not have to go begging (or applicants. Already the candidates have begun to develope from different quarters the city and their friends are preparing urge and argue theii respective claims upon His Honor and the Council. The (office of Police Commissioner Is quite a cut.cn.

Though cf considerable rc-spoiibibility. the duties and labors are com paratively easy, and the salary is twenty- nve nunurea uoiiars a year, Desiues the -wback up." private slices, There are hundreds of our public minded citizens who could be induced to giVe up the comforts anu sweets oi a re urea private uie anu ud-come a Commissioner for the honbr of the thing, and the wages thrown in: Humor and gossip have been busy as usual, and floating anound in the current of political conversation have been iecn the names of not a few of our prominent wire pullers and politicians, all steering toward the police department, in the hopcB of pushing Mr. Pierce from his bold aud getting on board the Board of Cc mmissionera themselves. The present Mr. Piercei Frank A.

Sear t. Hon. F. A. Al berger, John McXally, Ham Best and one two others have been mentioned among) the ambitious aspirants of Jthe soon D6 vacatea omce, Meeting a well known, politician on the street some few davs ago, a reporter of the Sunday Nkws asked Ih i who, in bin opinion, among the'probUble candidates, had the inside track for Police Commissioner He said that he was not sure and that no one else could be.

The Mayor would, no doubt keep his own counsel in the matter, and atUhe right time name the right man, and the Council would confirm him. "But have not some of the candidates stronger claims to back their demands for the position than others. don't know. Several of the seekers have their eye and heart both tixed upon the high calling, and wi ill neglect no means arguments to mate But who is the best tncir election sure. an.

or who has the best rlirbt to the office it is not for me to sav. That man whom the Mayor nami adl and the Council contirms has the best ai only right to the "Hei'll probably get ty, too." 'Te: more than likely." The reporter being Satisfied that It was melons numo at a ury iue dou- view.j Thd gentleman was found in hts office at No. One, engaged in conversation with the Superintendent of Police, while his associ ate, ir. ueyer, was lingering a pacK oi greenbacks and preparing to deal a handful eat: member oi thej force. Mr.

Pierce subm ted to the inuufoitorial ordeal with- out nchintr. and it did not take lonif to ami qui wuat uc anew conccrniuir me out look. i bur term-of oflicefas Police Ccmmii Kioner will soon exu es, Aiay, i ueiuuve. ould you oolite me with the names oi the gentlemen who have sprung up as aspi rants Ior the uommiwsioncrs chair pm a candidate myself." uAlud Ibe others you know off" "Are Frank A. Sears, and Mr.

John McNally, ani as I have heard it rumored, Hon F. A. Alberger, iilthough.of the latter gentleman it would be bet to make inqiiry ue tore Kivmg the Latcaent with any hhad of authority' Vi'bat are the prospects of your being rc-ai ipoiuieu dout know." nat are tne cnances in iayor oi any of the others pushing you from your chair Mi don Know that. jur. ears is an active and bnergctic politician, aud Mr, Albergor a gentleman, and a man of influence, but what their chances are is for you to find outjnot for me to attain pt to say?" "Who is tms jonn aicAaiiy I know nothin'f of him except that he lives somewhere In Hydraulics." 'food day, sir." uie vicinity oi tne Mtiood day, refpon led Mr.

Pierce, with 'iiptlu tliat was chiit: tlii reporter iratherin; ike and bland, while tinned hi- chae lor i On the way up Mnin strict iivcriook a who walk tl il r.e hiiuv poviet made a draft an he proved to a I Iditir. The i him ivr news, but aiikrupt homeopathic Council Committee doi tor in froarcti oi in on IsalitDes, he was liuvved to go on his aioi inil'ull ini-r-ioti unmolested. ailing to lind Mr. Alberaerlafter several iittfcnipls the reporlt-r upon other unju in the shape pioiiiiucut Demo- poltiiun and 'Vho win ueournext route comuiission- er?" 'Some Republican, for us Democrats ex- pect no show. iue Mayor Kt publicuu, alsb the Council sialhti'" which settles us out of Have you heard any nuineii mentioned a lew.

1'Whor" Frank Sears for lene and Alberger for continue to another. Mr. Pit- would! bear the burdens ot heard John Oreiuer the otlice, and I have snoken of ay a citizen well qualified for the) seat, liut tnina ine contest will be between Sears, aud Alberger if the latter goes into the tight." Will 1 i I hear he will, but can't pav for sure. Ypu bad better interview He knows more than any other nlan in the city oh the subject." (The Keporter struck a bee line for Mr. omce, anu iuuiiu uuu wwaiy wuu hard dav's laboi vaWninsr iu bis arm chair.

Hie is a Mtuunch Ueuublicuu and occupies a place in centre, near tbe point about Which the party circle revolves. How are you, Mr. V' How are vou. Jlrr" "Who will the Mayor nominate for Mr. Pierce's successor in the Police Commis sion Too soon to fcay Can't tell anything about it yet." I Who do the naftv want Oh! any good Hcpublicau will satisfy, the party." Wrbo is vour man Y- "I have my choice, but will not name; him, as I am willing to sacrifice my own preference to the hiore general choice?" i Who do vou think will: be the happy ikian?" "Nouse thinkimr.

There are a variety Of influences at work, and it is impossible to tell who it wi(i bring to the, top of tbe faean. It mav be tone of those who are al ready spoken ofj and it may be neither of tnem. iou can it always sometimes icui, vou know. At the eleventh hour anew compromise' man may be brought up aud larry on tne prize." some 'weat L.nKnqwn 'xactiv. Some one not 'vet ppoken Derhans not thought i "Any use to interview tne juayor on tne subject r' No: hetl nut a veto on vou at once and tell tou n.r.

Mav is umc time distant yet, and his honor will know as little about tne certainties oi tne matter as mysen. iNothing sure mi ttunaio, notnig at UU. "Nothing but tax.es, And aeatU," I 'Both hard to submit to, true." "But both inevitable "Yes." I It was getting late, and as a little philos ophy does not go far toward satisfying the cravings oi an empty siomacn, jur. said he wouluVgo to supper'L leaving the re- bortei- todicesl and nut In shane the above bits of information on tbe coining Police Commlssionerj which he cleaned from tbe various sources mentioned, ami which the Sunday JN wis. with Hs accustomed enter prize, pte8enta the reading; public in ad vunte qi an oiuer to vis ton Matket.

allv on the moniiiijm of refftilar market days. n.verymmK ts Kept in apinc-pie oruer nni ai clean as a newimn. All the solid wants of man' kind may be Batlsiled here, and good livers mav hAVe thmir enietirian tastes for frame and all delicacies of tlie season saiistiod by patron 121ns; uie 1 uium oiaraei. 1 old gentleman reading a twenty -four paged tract sent to him by the New York Society for the suppression of Vice and treating on subieets which do not look well in print. The gentleman was rigged out a pair of pantaloons, a little the worse ior wear, and a dressing gown Of oniaue Eatteru.

His housekeeper hovreil over im protect him, from 3he reporter. She answered ali questions fiut to Mr. Prosser in a business-ike manner, showing her to be thoroughly familiar with his private affairs. Upon being informed of the nature of tit reports he said, by proxy, that he did not care a about them; he would not deny them. RUMOR HAD IT yesterday afternoon, and it was la.

the mouth of almost everybody in thetrfty, that the matter bad already been compromised, and, as a matter of course, a Sunday Km reporter investigated thiB report 5d found it to be without foundation. The junior member of the firm of Lewis -Ouruey, the plaintiff's present attornies said no such offer had been made up to six o'clock last evening. None of the firm df Lantng Willet, defendant's attornies'; had anything to say in regard to tut matter. Another rumor had.it that Mr. jf' rouse offered $10, 00 to settle the case, aiid for the gentle Annie to leave the city and never more show up; while still another gave bat that he was to marry Miss Hickey and give her $5,000 in United States bond in her own name.

Iu this connection it won la perhaps be well to say that it is bo more than right that Miss Hfckey should want to share the comforts and luxuries of Prosser's mansion. She is poorly' eff in th world's goods, and the sympathy of th public is with her. The trial wiU probably come off to-morrow morning unless Prosser succeeds in putting it over the term. Miss Hickey did not seem extra anxious to have the trial come off, and hoped tha matter could be compromised, I THE SCHOOL WAR AGAIN, A Sharp Letter Upon This Subject from Two Tax-payer? Editor JSunday News: The prospects of a change In text books UBeu in our puuuc scuoois seem io agitate the editor of the Commercial very much. The motives which might invite tho Superintendent of Education to recommend any change in the books which have been used for twenty years are not cuken fca consider ation, but evident danger of loosing a cer tain share of the book patronage causes the economical Washington street concern to cry out loudly against the "outrage" From wuat we are aoie to ascertain (110- iacjts ot this matter are not iuatlv renresented bv either tbe Commercial or its contemporary.

Tbe gentlemen comprising the school committee of iSttt had under consideration the same proposi tion iroxu oupt. 1 xvice wniuu is now being discussed by tbe present School Committee. So: reasonable- necessary and economical seemed their recom mended change of text books that nearly all of the members of last year'-School Committee avowed themselves emphatically in its favor. So strongly were the majority of the Committee convinced of the propriety of this change, tha four out of the seven went so far as to sign their names to the recommendation of the Superintendent of Education; but through in fluences with which the proprietors of the Commercial and Martin Taylor are better acquainted than ourselves, thO'Oaairmaii oi the Committee was prevailed upon to avoid holding any full; meetings of the School Committee last year. One of the proprietors of the Commercial, we were informed, asserted that the 'proposed change of books was irointf to hurt Martin Taylor, and as they (the Commercial) did the greater part of Martin Taylors printing, they proposed to stand by Martin.

The question or the necessities of the scholars was uot for a moment considered. 1 A Her the appointment of th School Committee this year teupt. Kice, by and! with the advice and wishus of a large number of our most intelligent school principals, re newed his proposition for a judicious change oi tne texi uooKspseu in tuc puotic scuools. The books which he recommemted are published by the eminently reepatjtabie houses of D. Appteton Co.

and Iveson, Blake- man. Taylor Co. ot Jaew lork. Tbov are all new books of the most Improved system and ouatitv. and have the paramount recommendation of being in use in most of the city school department thre-jghout the country.

The books which are used he BuQ'tlo schools and of whose sale Marti Taylor has naa the local monopoly ior years, are considered out of date and worse than worthless by all conscientious and progress ive teachers. We leave your intelligent readers to ju-Jcre how much a book can be worth ior xuuduru education when it is printed from plates -ers old. The conditions imposed by bupt.Ti tee upon the tirms who publish thu books which I he re commends are such that every scholar will be able to buy his or her books at une-hulf price for the next year, and no radical changes ot books arc to occur; the new tiooks being introduced only as tho fechoims pass out of one grade into aiK-ther when Itaey would have to buy different sets ol books anyway. It will, therefore, he seen tbat the proposed change of books will give the scholar who parses from the fourth into tho third grade, new set of books of the Improved style for less thn one-half of what he would have to pay for a new set oi iue ones now in use. in auuiium to all this, the firm have agreed to supply the scholars as long as their books shall be in use in iiuSaio at rate 20 per cent, less than the prices now paid.

Instead of there being anv additional' expense saddled upon the patrons of the schools by this change, it will, without question, cause a net saving of over $20,000 a year. Besides this, the use of the new books our schools will give to every book-seller iu Buffalo equal rights in the local school Kven Martin Taylor, who has so selfishly sucked the whole orange, wiJLbe able to coinje in tor his proportionate share with the rest of the local dealers. It seems to us with these facts iu view and with others which we might present had we tbe time to go into the matter in detail, that there cuii be no reasonable oppositiou to tbe proposed necessary change of text books in our schools. The opposition coining from Martin Taylor and the Commercial iB actuated as every one can see from purely selfish motives. Martin Taylor, the monopolist, has all of his printing, including some: of the books that, are propo-ed to be abolished, done at the Commercial office.

This ex plains it. Two Tay-Paykks, Sensible Parties declining; housc-keeniusri having furniture or general merchandize jto sell, will do 4-ell to call on Mr. llenrv English, Auctioneer of the City Auction House, Washington where they can always i sell the samti at auction or sale to tbe best advantage for ca.s-ti. Goods sol4 at auction are settled for on the day of sale. Goods bought are pa.d for and moved, saving the party disposing of tbe same alt trouble and annoyance.

The regular auction sales every Weduesday and Saturday, are the largest and most popular in West- ern New York. Twenty years of aqunro dealing with the public of Jtuli'alo and vicinity has stamped the bouse undoubtedly popular, reliable and rssponible. i artic6 having outside sales to make or any auction or conimistion business to transact will lind it to their interest to give this old established house iht-ir patronage. Walking h. Nkw Vokk Jan.

27. A twenty-five mile walking match took place at the Hiding Academy, in this city, to-night, open lor amateurs. Nine started, but only two completed the distance, G. B. Gillie, of the Scottish American Club, aud V.

Brace, of the same club. Gillie won the race in 4 hours 26 miniates fi secoadd, Brace taking second prise. Telegraph War. i Pittsburg, Jan. Saturday woruing information was received, at the Atlantic Jc Pacific Telegraph office in this citv that the West' rn Vnion Oomuany hud organized a large force of men in the oil regions for the purpose of destroying the wires and poles of tbe Merchants "National Telegraph Company, which wfere being operated by the Western Union under a' lease acuuired bv the consolidation of the old P.

aud A. line ii4, 1 his icae iemg about to expire, and the wife, which extend through the oil rc.lou, would iev't Lto tbe control of tbe Ail untie Jis Paciiic C'ompitny, which has lately purchased a controlling interest iu the stock of tho Merchants National Coin- tutny. Toi iii-lit waxes warm, and tbe Western Union attempted tour down the lines, leaving the, A 'dan tic tjo Pacific voui pany to briiiaj or drainages as their reiiietiy. The annronriation bills, for the tniiitary aciKtemy ana for tortiticauons, yewf passeu oy uoiu riouses yesienmy. The pardon of Gen.

McDonald, of the whisky rinij notoriety, will shortly be ist iu-d. ckinntors KttnuinciB. Morton. ConLlmir. Ravanl and Tlmrman, will represent tto Semite in the iriuuuiti 10 couni eieciorat nics.

imiaiuo oi Mr. trayne, it is not wno will represent New ovk. is jroinir to hold a Marde Uras fes tival. The Police Commissioners of Now York citv applied to Comptroller Kelly yesterday for more money ior incir ucpariiaent, uut an sum mere was no money ior A 0111 is novr Before tne-TSUiie iegisiaiurc ror the erection ot a new anuory for the 47 di llt gi- uientof Brooklvn. and it is said that uiuess ine bill becomes a law, the ot the regiment will resign on Monuay, iSs, Several members of the Keturmnjr Board of the State of Louisiana was lnoiiKht before the House yeHterday to answer the charge of failure appeal uuiuru uie uuuiiuiiiue.

rilOBABll.lTILS. For Lake Region, fallin barometer after temporary of Lake to southerly winds, warmer, partly cloudy ant lie and possibly occasionivl rain or snow except lower temperature than on In the Ltower Lake Kt'ffion, Mitldlc atd iLt- ern suices, riBinir aim uua, mtiowen ny miiins barometer, easterly to nortberly wimlw, colder, i i tfornSTr ZtSSf'tS'inrX 1 poasiniy the southern portion ra lv wimlH anil rain, area. mvI nf fnrnllure or nerchandls to fli at private aalo will cod-nit tli eir own interest liv raiiinr at lite Cltr Auction Homo. S03 Wmablngton St. CasU paid and loodi mnred.

4CaDEay or mtjsic. The event of the season I Knparement of the iAtWi. celebrated authoress and ncii-ess Miss Anna Who will apprar Monday and ovorv evening during the week. AUo at the SATURDAY MATIN; ia.her latest success entitled a "CROWN OF THORNS." Supported by an excellent cast. In rehersal IUR TRUE HERSRIF.

International Poultry AsEiation. SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION AT THE Skating Rink on Pearl Street Commencing Tlturaday, Feb. laC mnd Cloaluff Feb. 8, 1877, at 10 o'clock P.im. $5,000 in Cash Premiums Offered.

OPEN TO I THE- WORLD FOR COMPETITION. Immense dfeplayof nil known varieties of Sure brad Poultry, Pigeons, Water Fowl, fancy iirds, KahbiU Cats, and other minor pets. Live Finh, Brook trout, Halmun, balmon Trout, Calilomla Tront, White fih, Gold rmh and every varitity of freh Water rh exhibited in attractive Aquaria bv Selh (irccn, pro-. unit will be shown in every stave ol develo uitiiit inim mo proccsb oi liaielitng years growth makiug a splendid aud iiK up to four uu iustructiv VAUIUlHUIli CATS! CATS III m.At.?,c ftnd Boston Poultry KxhlblUona the diplay of cats proved such an interesnna ana BuccetsBful foul tire that the nociety bavu added tide feature to their show and are oouu dent will prove novel and attractive. The celebrated BOHEMIAN GLASS-BLOWERS will be re sent exhibiting the manufacture of every variety of Fancy lima ware.

Among other curiosities ou exhibition will be ii luetic liOMcn l'lieabania, California Uauil territs snd the Automatic Vouder or the lilackumith's dreuin. Everybody Should See Thia Great Know. Admission, Adults iinunen under J2 Con jon Ticket. tvt iiniuin. To see Bohemian i ia-Ulo we rWad Jiilonai -2t AUCTlUAS," ETAUIJSHKD HENRY POPULAE! RELIABLE RKSPONaiBLKf At O.

IKISIL CITY AUCTION HOUSE, Wanhlocton Street, WEDNESDAY, JAN. SlBt, AT 9.30 A. Will be sold without reserve, attractive Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Oil Cloth, House-furnishings and Miscellaneous Goods. Also, Watches, Clothing-. Jewelry and other unredeemed pledges.

tioods at Private Sale. ir-Cash paid for any amount of Second-hand Furniture. city Loan of'ick. good storagic. St, James Auction House, Undku Sr.

Jamks IIael, iU FiXUA.Y...Auctiooeer A Prop'r To be boM on WEDSF.SBAY next all kinds of tiHctiil Furniiiiru new and second-haml. Larg8t Stock in Die citv to select frunt. Woods elegantly arranged on view, and everyone invited to walk through and examine ihe entrances, one on Eagle atrcet undone on Washington. rKlVATE SALES DAILY. Also one olepant ponv, com Ing three rears old for sale, trained for children to ride or drive: over 1 hands IiIkIi.

"Thar Liniment. GOOD FOIt MAN OR BEAST. A I RF. WARRANTED In ensp of TU RNr. and 8CAI.DS, it will relieve the imfn and cure without a scab.

Ct-TS. Wot'NDS and BltK IKS, it will relieve the laln, you ean jro to worlc, and a cure will be perfected iu from 4 to 10 days. APPED HANDS, SORE THROAT, EARACHE AND PAINS relieved at once. Apply "THAT" 1MNIITIENT, In all cases of wonndftor injuries 10 Babes, Grown Persons, Hordes or Cattle, ami the benefit 111 be In' the name of hnmnn'tv, nnplv "IT, In cases of. WOUNDS, Bl UNS snd MjALUh.

AUDEN SUAOK, PiopM. llchnoiit, WI A. H. TUTTLEBEE'S STABLES, 71 Edward Buffalo, N. And likewise he baa "Thar Pile Cure.

Insiant Belief, and Cuic Warranted. The altove nnnoMncrmcnt Is no delusion to m'telc snfiVriiitf iho cxcrur.iattnfr torments of PILES, it im fact, the relief is immediate, and cure AUU AN TkD. It has never fullod it cures by absorption. PltOl.APM ANI of vears standing re licved, and comfort insured in discharging the duties of nature: NO 'PAIN, NO DISTRESS or Inconvenience. Perfectly SOOTHING.

GARDEN OB, Proprietors, 13: Imonf, Wig. Mr.A. H.Tuttlobee, of Buffalo, Is the Wholrttaln Arcnt, nnd tn all thnne who are aill icted he nays, "No eure, no pay. EVERtTT II. DECKEK, Attornev Counsellor Law, Over Bank of Attlon.) CORNER SENECA AND PEARL.

BTRKKTS BI FFALO, Y. Notice. OFFICE OF POOR 1KP.KTMKNT, liUKPAUt, Jan. lUih, IB77. AH bills the Poor Department trr tha voir 1870 should bo mmli) a'- onue and ura.

seated io-the Poor JOilN LEVEL, O. In this Case Allusion is reverently Made to St John and Mark of Maine. I he Gentlemen Who Furnished the City Hall Granite, as as the Big Bill for the Same, What the Back Bowenofthe Com mission Has to Say Regarding the Claim. Charge that the Contractor Bring In BUI for Large Amount Hoping to Get Part of It through Compromise. Nevral Other Hcraps of Inform ation Drawn Oat fcV a Hu day News Xtiortr.

Any sort of an explanation is better than at all, and for this reason we publish answers of Mr. Dennis Bowen to the interrogatories of a Sunday Nkws reporter concerning the big Miit brought against the and county by Measrsj Mark tit. John. It will be observed that Mr. Bowen attempts to score a point either on the cupidity of the plaiutitfs or the credulity of Board of Supervisors, when he suggests the reason Mark and St.

John refused $12,000 was, that in bringing a suit for a large amount a compromise would ba efl'ect-ed and then the plaintiifs would recover ten twelye thousand dollars more than was really owing them. This Is placing Messrs. Mark St. John in an unenviable light, to the least; and suggests the idea that if Commissioners knew the character of men that furnished the granite, they should have washed their hands of them before this. If that is the way Mark au John do business, there is no accounting for many a dollar given to other contractors who have sworn to a bill of twenty dollars iu order to'rsoover ten.

Mr. Bowen asserts that the $12,000 due Messrs. Mark St. John is not the result of discovery. Perhaps we were misinformed, our authority comes front the lips of a gentleman who received it direct from one the Commissioners.

We know the statement, was never submitted to the Board of supervisors yet perhaps the Commission not think it worth their while to enlighten that scrutinizing body. But this week we are willing to let the Commission have the best of the argument, and the benent of the doubt, and soj proceed to the INTERVIEW WITH MR BOWE2fJ Our reporter called at Mri Bowen's office found him -engaged in conversation with a gentleman in hist private room. After a liule delay he became at leisure, observing the reporter sitting patiently a chair, he approached, and in a short gruff tone said 'Well, what do you Reporter I am a reporter of the Sunday Nkws and have been sntj to get some in formation lor tne puonc concerning me which is being brought by Messrs. Mark St. John against the City of Buffalo Erie County to recover $87,816.60 for granite furnished and for cutting done on City and Couty Hall, Mr.

Bowen What do you want to about it? Reporter Anything and, if possible, everything that would he of interest to the tax-navinir nublic 1 Mr. Boweu-t-You can tell the public that suit has been brought, and that the Commissioners on uie pare oi me city, auu buiervisoro on the parti of the county. have taken alt necessary steps to defend, to nee that Mears, Mark St. John get more than they are legally entitled to. ceporcer -Are uiey icgaiiy enutieu io lytuiug? i Mr.

Bowen Yea. We owe them about $12,000. Reporter un wnai Mr. Bowen On Itenorter When did the Commissioners discover that this balance was still due the tractors Mr. Bowen They never discovered it, since they were never in ignorance of the fact.

It was a balance due Messrs. Mark and St. John on their contract, and we (the commissioners) never denied it. Reporter Why was it not paiar Mr. Bowen vlhe money.

$12,090. was offered to them long ago, but they would not take it and balance up their accounts. Reporter why did they reiuse ur Mr. KO Wen 1 SUPUOSe lUCV tUUUUUt IUHI I 1 I refusing the money and bringing suit against the city aud county for a large amount, there would be a compromise struck, and they get ten or twelve thousand dollars more than is due them. Keporter Are there any grounds for the cuui uiuub i Mr.

Bowen rone toa a wurc or jury will regard substantial enouguwg ve luern anything on, excepting their $12,000, and that amount we have ready for them at any tma wiinmir. a 111111 i. iuw. I uujd ncrr.mintH which irovem the work? .....1.1 IF tl.A.. but Mr.

Humphrey, the counsel for the Supervisorn, has them in hand, preparing his defence. i Kenorter Is there a shadow or a reason for Messrs. Mark St. John to bring in a bill for much granite If it did not go into the building i Mr. Bowen There is a shadow or a rea son, and a poor shadow at that.

Mr. Bowen "I will explain. If you have noticed the new hall io passing, you will remember that over all the windows and the entrances, there are arches standing in ndinf from the The blocks for which these arches were cut. had to be blasted from the ouarv. as other olocks are In large square masses.

The outside corners and ad tne material luriuiug iuo 1 1 ocuum vi vue arch, hid to be knocked off and thrown awav as useless scraps, un tow one iact Messrs. Uark and St. John rest their el aim Messrs. Kara: anu l. jonn rest tneir eiaim for the part of their big bill eharged with fot warhi i io many cubic feet of marble.

Instead of taking pay for the cubical contents of the arches as they are in the finished building, they make in each case a cnarge tor a otoca as large as would be required to cut the arch out or, or mown wi iimes more they should, io maae piuow you, an uriMi nnr iiiih iii iiim wiiiuuwh iu Aiic building as finished contains six aubic feet of granite, it is cnargeu at aoout iweive feet more or less, the amount of rough granite it was necessary to dig from the ntmrv to eut the arch from." Keporter "Is this legal and according to contract Mr. Bowen In this State it Is not legal, and such a construction is specially provided against it in the contract itself. The contract was drawn up by Judge Smith. Heaknew that down East contractors counted in the granite wasted by the arch cutting process, and he inserted a safety clause In the document he was DrenariDK. which said that the granite as it measured in the buiiuing wnen compieteu, was to ue cnarg-tA in the bill, and not a foot more.

Keporter Is there a clause of that kind In the contract? Mr. Bowen There is, and as distinct as anv other clause in the document. Keuorter ny men, i sucn is tne case, were Mark John so imprudent as to make claim tor additional compensation Mr. Bowen The only reason I can imag ine 1 have aireaay suggesteu. i saia tney pro bab I thought that during the course of r.

i a VlSOrS WUU1U CVU1U1VUIIBD IUC UlBblCl BIIU -iirtr ti.nm a fnur thmind dollars to with- draw, ltenorter Will they do this? Mr. Bowen There is no need of it. Tbe court and jury will only give them what thev are leirallv entitled to and there is plenty of money remaining in the Building J) una to ao tuat. iue people neea not tear that another appropriation will be required to settle the whole business. Kenorter But there is another Item in the bill of Mear.

Mirk and at. John. How about that? Mr. Bowen That is for work. HeDorter Will it not have to be paid? Mr.

Bowen No. sir. never. The con tractors make tbat charge in the bill on tbe erounu tnat toev uiu me vuxiini? ana otner work on the frranite, much better than the contract ctuieu ior. Itenorter How will that stand in lawr Mr.

Bow'enr-It will not stand at all. The taw will sav tbat if Messrs. Mark bu John did their work better than the con tract demanded it was very kind and char itablein them; but at the same time tbe Commissioners, supervisors anu tax-pay ers need (five them nothinar for it except ing their hearty thanks, and not even that much unless they feel so disposed. Keporter men you tmnk tne suit wilt be decided In favor of the city Mr. Bowen It cannot be otherwise; and the taxpayers need haye no fear that the contractors will get one dollar more than tbe $12,000 due, and which they might nave i i i i i oau ii vuey uau accep The big event Anna Dickinson to-mor row evening at tne Acauemy or juusic Tln4 ol life.

out and ball Mr. this the of in as To we cue the tan anrt Biiu the an a a all ail be ai to it If it I I i I i 1 1 I SEAR AT HAND The outlook lathe East would Indi- cate a revival of: trade and the prospect of Lhoe good times, which are alwayp and the country will agitfu enjoy that proaptrhy that otce made the United States a peaceful aud happy cation Thb blue nonsense is not yet played out la France. French lad'es are spending the winter In Madrid in honor of the Spanish-Bourbon descent of the boy-king, Alphonso. Foolish people wil' probably survive the Day of Judgment. JOURNALISTIC.

The Trov Observcris a lively journal and when its publishers get fairly to work in their harness they will make some money, not before. Down in Batavia there is a anrinhtlv littie paper called the Hoy's Herald. It entered uuon Us fifth Year last week and circulation of 3,000 copies. It i an amateur sheet and the mo popular of TrlSi Times, and are determined not to iet the overgrown Hi step on their toe without reinitiation, wen, tao neruu is amusing if nothing else. The San Francisco Golden Era, gossipy, gh spi ey ori in al au 1 and ever thing else good that has ever been said of anv paper may truthfully be said of tuts.

The Era is twenty-ore years old and while being as dignitied as desirably one would think the pens dipped in ink the most modern so well up to the times It keeps. It is under new management and the editors know just how to make ifc a paper lor everybody. Bv the way, we would like to hear its opinion of Judge Wheeler's injunction business. What baa it to fcy to such work as Wheeler has been doing. lie Cincinnati r-nquirer uas vuc mi clrcuiatioD of any io that city, and The Cincinnati Enquirer baa the largest deserves it.

Formerly we used i5 see the Cincinnati Commercial quoted by the leading papers of the country and iu editorial utterances aopeared to nave considerable weight. All this is changed now. The Enquirer has stepped te the front rank until ft has become the recoiruized editorial authority of that city upon matters political and otherwise. We like the Commercial, but we tike the Enquirer better, and we guets that's the case with Cincinnatians and the of its having a more extensive circulation than its contemporary, AT IT AGAIN. Another Scandal In High Llfe-: vs.

BemU -Bemis Our readers doubtless remember the cele brated divorce suit of proline oeovni Bemts, vs. E. St. John Beinis. which was tried about four or live years since in the buuerior Court, in which the defendant was triumphantly vindicated by the jury.

The tables are now turned, another action naving oeexi com wieuccu iuia nw, which E. St. John Bemis is the plaintiff, and Mrs. Bemis the defendant, wherein the plaintiff prays for an absolute divorce. The summons was served on the 24th inst.

the complainant has not yet been served, but will be within the twenty davs allowed after notice of appearance. rom what we ean learn som racy developments mar be expected. The next Circuit of the Supreme Court at which the ease will probablv be moved, will commence on the first Monday in April. Charles W. Hiuson, is Attorney for the plaiutiff, and it is presumed that Hiram C.

Day will appear for the defendant. They are both good lawyers, anil there'll be some sharp work. THE OLD SETTLERS. They Gathered Force the fast IWeeic WMinoufRT afternoon the annual fes tival civen in honor of the Old Settlers of this city was inaugurated at St James Hall a tea party and reception. The.

recep tion took place in me louug jjicu Mrs. J. F. Fargo, of the tmliPri' recerttiou committee, and Mr. Silas Kinsley, of the gentlemen's, received the (riiMtR.

amon; whom were over one hundred and fifty of the "ancients." A pleasant con versation was carrieu on uy me om peopie until tive o'clock, when a procession was formed beaded by Dr. Sanford E. Uunt and Mrs. Fargo, to the ball, where au elegant collation was spread. The seven long tables easily accommodated 400 persons, anu were filled twice.

At seven o'clock the tables were cleared away and the evenings enter tainment was commenceu. cwi'o au exhibition of general training, in which twenty-five City Guard Cadets, under the nd of Lieut. Washburn, drilled with ancient weapons. This partoi tne periorm-ita nrlv three-ouartersof an hour and oroved very mirth-provoking. Next came Doozenbury Inn, where a country tavern was reproduced in all the original ttimniPtMt nr nna hundred vears ago.

Ten Saw Enelish nighteugales lended their i.h.rmB rr thft eccain. and favored the au dience with "Old Dos "Old Grimes and other solid old hymns. HANS AND GKETKL THURSDAY KVEN1SG. rn Thnradan evening St. James Hall was crowded with Jthe elite of the city, who went there to see "Hans and Wretel," Eretty little operetta in four acts, written Mrs.

K. D. Ford. The scene is laid in a -nn I rv town, and abounds in lovers, gvpies and Dutchmen. The characters were, without exception, well acted, while the stage properties and the mounting of the play were something unheard of a in imitnr nerformances in this city.

Wahle's orchestra, under the direction of Kmil Wahte. slaved some fine and tne autjience retired at a late hour well K.tidtjAsi with tliA entertainment, in this connection we would suggest the reproduction of the piece, at feoiue future lime, tor tha Hanetir. nt the noor. The festivities finished up with the young people's bail last ev nmg. Bottled Laser Beer.

ta.t ih rivoWiMtnnt of Charles Bath, ss Suruce street, who is now selling bottled lajrer livered to any pari of the city- Those who like Ustr with their riim-tay dinner and cannot get it by the keg. should be sure to drop a note to Mr. Bath and he will supply them with a very fljie article. Gone to New York John Schoeflel, of the Academy of HustCf left for 'ew York last night to witness the tii-iit production of the new American drama, written by J-eonard Grover, entitled "Our Boarding House." It is to be played at the Park Theatre, tTbnt" Lininv-nt advertised tiic SrsDAT News works wonders. e-terday a $700 horse was hurt at feast Buffalo- Tne owner, uiinKing imu nunea, sotu 1 n- i.

n.m'.h!ur made a. few aimh 1 cations ot "That" Xmimenl on the. wounded mm ior nu-r The tITPCt Wfti illittanUUl- lous, aud the purchaser was odered 4500 on his bargain, wnicn ne rciueeoj mu uwon pvtu as good us ever. To the Golden City, rantain P. J.

Hanour shipped a consiffnment wbjdky to Sara FraiioLbCO yusieruay. That's enujrprtaa. Cosway St Flprian, Attention Is callert to the advert tseraent of I other column. Thev are the successorsoi J. P.

I -f-mM-and hrin to the biuincss thoroueh ex- iha niukiTA nammi rm wnicn itiuear lij nu- I pcrieae, bb business tact and indomitable I Iruv iM.rwvB.-ncw?. At -their store. No. -over Brtreel, Uie pi ean always and choice and complete Btock of problems, pork and gb. They also make a specialty or curing hm.

-hnnMerw. bacon ami dried beef. XLhaaya. rvnwav vtnrljn will undoubtedly roUtin the bmunea of the old Krc and we begp4.uk Ior thm a large patronage in auuiHon. BOKTLAHV.

RUPPERSBEItY In Uiis eit- after a long and I n.in(..i iLim I.panura Van Kluck. wife ea Vurs. months and 25 days. Her remains were taken to Forest Lawn Cemetery for interment. Duchess, Orange I county, aiul Brooklyn, N.

V.f papers; please wpy- TtffJH ItS Diet. Jsn. Ulh. cf tVnnA nnon roonia, at aid Alrtbanja trpet, Charles May 1 He none the city the that the or say the the long A i but of did and and in suit and the the the anct no con by oi hew iu. Cm That Gr6W (Jilt Oi Tne rdC- tion's Fights in the Eighth man Underlying Assemblyman Crowley's Bill.

What Mr. Wischerath Has to Say About the Weston BuII-dozingJ Attempt to Intimidate a County Official into Making a Sine- cure Appointmsnt. 4 Coats Pulled off, Sleeves KoUed up and Wischerath Tlirea.t- Interview That Let a Lota or Dayllgnt lnrto tne Doing" Artful Dodgers. A communication In our last issue over signature of Veritas" would indicate that the new Superintendent of the Erie County Almshouse had launched his politi boat upon a sea of trouble. It appears that he has incurred the displeasure ana enmity of a certain clique of politicians, and our corresponueui.

wrw iuhi. -uc party went so far as to use a little huU-rinzinir Natural lv frank and confiding. Mr. Wischerath entered the political arcua ignorant of the tricks of politics, and this weakness the more artful dodgers imagined would render hun au easy prey to their jobbery. To be Bure th-iy were surprised mai a novice ID piiiui auuuiuvvii; vu Louis Knell and Dr.

Pettit; but you will never hear your professional admitting that ever bet on uie wrong turn oi tue caru. tu cast Stones in luew UBr.umc iucj accoidingly besieged VVischeratn witn con- rru.i.nlH.Liniis and aDDlications. AOW it IS out) Ul mcbu ajjiiiuuiuicum iunt new Keeper maue wDicD nas causeo au this tempest in a tea pot, and lays at the verv bottom of the bill introduced br the young representative of the First District Albany. Determined on ascertaining to what extent Jtr. lHcueratu uau couuuiitcu in sell in incurring the wrath of the demi- gous oi a tw euB? obtained an interview witn mat geiiueinan dav last Week Keuorter Mr.

Wischerath, I see' that rrf.wUv hum intrMliiral matfn vnnr nffim lPtivi one. and legislating you out ucxt uauuaiy. ul nnrarK to be the trouble? Mr. Wischerath The trouble is I did not appoint Jerry Sweeney to some place out here. I Keporter And who, pray, is jerry Sweenevr Mr.

Wischerath He is a man that be longs to one of the factions in the Kiirhth Ward the Weston faction. His claims were urged by Mr. Weston, while Supervisor Lyons crowded "me with his brother tne piaee mat. awecney souguu i woum wil line: to take one Or the other, or any good man from the Eighth Ward provided tnev couiu an unite on one iuau. nut, il was like the story of the dog in the manger.

Elliott's faction were determined that if thtv could nut iret their man they would satisfied il Sweenev did not receive the bounder tho circumstances 1 polll tea ArmuruHwr uuui iuu i.vm Ward. Keporter Well, what happened after- wardsr I Mr. WUcherath Weil, Weston got on high horse, and finding me one day in Keller's store, attempted to force me into taking Sweeney. I reasoned with him, and showed him that 1 could not make a new nni-fi for his sake alone. The work tbat I could offer Sweeney, I kpew hewouji be willing to taite ami i woum nou nuii.

three months, where all tbat I could pay would not exceed ten dollurs per month. Sweeney wanted to tako charge oi the boiler. Now the boiler has been taken out the building. It 1 appointed au en gineer, it would be creating a sinecure oi- .,1.1 in lice, besiues uetraying tuc nuau icuwu by the. people.

kenorter Weil, did this explanation feat- isi'y theSuier.thtendentof the Penitentiary? Mr. Wischerath No. He called me a fooL 'and used otbor opprobrious epithet. even coat, anu threnreneu ra Wlliu iue. mr.

uuuyvbih, my deputy, was present, aud can con hi this. Sir, Woodward, who was a listener, nodded his head in assent, romarkiug to the reporter that Mr. weston conuuut astonished him. He could not account for such vigorous on the part oi the Eighth Ward champion. Keporter Did you suggest to Mr, Westoa probably he might find enough to attend to at the Penitentiary without iuten- feriiiK in the buaiuess oi otuer county om- cialsf Mr.

Wischerath iso. i saia noiuing man; would further excite him. My plan is always to conciliate a man if I can, by calm, eoinmoir-senae reasoning. 1 -Reporter 1 suouiu tnina mat Jir. ycb- ton's prolcsscd iriendsuip ior ftweency would induce tha gentleman to lind a place for him- in his own county building the Penitentiary.

Did you suggest such solution of the difficulty Mr. Wischerath No; but Mr. iWeston could as easily have given him a place as I In Tact, 1 have more msumea lu.my OTnnlov than he has. Jveportei I UCU conj vuwm, fV'Uchersth, that it is Sweeney's rejection and not Mr. Tuckei's reappointment that has causcd-this breeze at Aibany i Mr.

Wischerath 1 am ure or it. uy, let me see (pausing) it was one week, after nine o'clock, that a home and cutter drove up to the door taking us all by surprise. Out of it jumped Johnnie Wylie andMr. Crowley the Asisemblymau. Mr.

Crowley told me he was urged toi present such a bill as you caw in print and t-aid that he did not IlKe io lULrouuce it uul tuey wvuiu kill him ih the Kiirkth Ward if he-did not. They begged and coaxed nie to; appoint if i the matter' would Sweney, and il eud then anu mere, i rcpucu uiuiiy could not. ind told Mr. Crowley to do his duty, and so he introduced the bill a few days after. Further inquiry on tne part oi tne pu-DAY JSKW8 representative developed the fact that Mr.

Westojl-iB not alone in ms hnytilitv to WisTHJcrath. Charlie McCom- ber is credited with drawing up tlie bill, and Johnnie "Wylie has promised the assistance of the Black Horse Cavalry In wor rying it through the Assembly, Lon Courier and Lyman B. Smith complete the ring, the former looking after the! interests of a relative whom be Imagined would be taken care of as soon as the Alms-llouae leu into Democratic nands. Claud Bann ii of the Alps Anions: the most exquisite set ne which delight the eye ot the Europeun truvelcr are those wonderful rose-colored cloud-ban ners, floating from the Alpine ciuis. isui it isoulv iu the sunlight that Nature hangs out these beautiful tokens.

So it is only in the clow ot health the sunngnt oi our iuner being that nature reveals thoae physical- cloud-banners, the Tosy check" and cherry lip, to praise which every poet on the earth has invoked the Muse to aid him. But they are as rare as the cymciu iood conceived Christian chaiity to bcl Women, ommr in retain this charm, resorts to French art and rouffe. The effect is si mi- Mar to that wmcn woum ce P'ulw oy ttnhstitutiniT aucuoneers1 nacs tor the deii- cjttft ulowiiii? cloud-banners of the Alps, it a i woman would aid Nature instead or adopt- uialr lioalt mulHurl rI VHllilv iug trying to mask disease, she would not only win thn greatest charm of womanhood health but she would avert much misery both from herself and others. l)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has received the highest praise from thousands of pale, deli cate, sunenng womcu.

uiib uutviu atiiirrta more rcuei tuan montus oi treat ment by caustics and other medicines. It is harmjess in any condition of the system, and Its use oiten rentiers me modest luvauu e-einpt from that most trying of ordeals consultation With a physician. It is the duty of every woman to become fa nit liar witn tue causes anu symptoms oi the many discuses to which her peculiar or- renders her liable, and also to earn the proper means of preventing these maladies. The People's Medical Adviser contains an extensive treatise upon Woman and her Diseases." The author also advises courses of domestic treatment, which wiU often render the services oi a physician unnecessary. Kvery woman gu0'ua read it, a.

copy oi tne Auviscr cau be obtained by addressing the author, Dr. It. V. Pierce, at liullaio, x. i' rice i.ou (postage prepaid), avonte I'rescription is sold by druggists.

More Bulldozing Editor Sunday News; BUlv Weston declares that Assemblyman Lanirnor will "have to support Crowley's PooH Doul we inn IB saying a greai ucu i jor iiuty, or very uuie ior i-anpner. I -a liVKMw vhtfu. Buffalo, Jan. 37, 1877. At the Brackelt House A big time will take place' at the above hotel, in Koch eater, on WednGwi.iv even in tj.

is Li at for of to or or to in a That's the Sum which Anna A UlAlf All rlnMAMflA mAm niuncj uciiiaiiuo ii uui Erastus S. Prosser of Delaware Ave. For Impairing Her rfealth, Shock ing Her Nervous System and Refusing to Marry Her. The Complaint and Answer Which Form the Basis for the Big Trial that will Commence To-morrow. As Well as an Interesting; Inter view With Anna and Eras tns by a Sunday News Reporter I For the past two weeks the social firma ment oi tne city nas Deen greatly uisturoea by the suit for breach of promise brought in the Superior Court by Anna A.

Hickey, a Erastus S. Prosser, one of the solid men of our city and a resident of that aristocratic tuorougniare, ueiaware avenue. The case has been the sroesiD of everv tea nartv. sewing circle, Shakespearean reading, Ger man, in jaut everytning neia ior ine past two weeks, and has oroved a delicious mor- ceau for the delectation of those who know tbe defendant. But it is not our intention to dilate upon the matter, nor to discuss the merits pro or eon mac tne aitornies will attend to.

and it is whisnered that thev have made great preparation of their respective points in anticipation of a very lartre auuicnce oeintr i resent, hue now comes the documents and we give them veroatim: THB COMF1. A sttpehior Court of Buffalo Anna A. liickey, plain till, agu Krastus a. Frosacr, defendant. Til above namm nlaintiflr unnonrq thin fur.

tion uy aiat-snail. Clinton Wilson, her attor- nicvand for her cause of action against the defendant. First That on or about the 4th dav of Term- hAH IWTt m4 Hin. Jtitrr a( Unir.l. I I 1 tnat me niainun.

wno was men 'unmarried. would at the reonest of the defendant marrv him, on the request the defendant promised to marry the plaintiff within a reasonable tune. Mai'nml 'rViut- Ilia i.UUliff H. I i i B.tVI wvxvxu aiiui nic miuiiu, uuiiliuiug iu oaiu promise, has always since remained, and now ia ready and willing to marry tbe defendant. Third That the defendant refuses to marrv the plaintiff, although a reasonable time elapsed before this action.

rourth That bv reason of aaid rnfunal the uchiiii ui mm pminiiu nas oecn seriously impaired, her nervous svstem shocked and Allur ed, and she is and will necessarily for a long tune to cume suncr irnin Lne enects tnereoi. ruth That the amtin has sustained dam ages oy reason oi ine premises in me sum oi twenty uouars. wnoroiore, tne piaintur demands liutirnicnt atrainst the defendant for $20,000 and the costs oi mm scr.ion. MA1WH1LL, CLINTON WII-SOX, lain tt IT' Attornies. State of New York, Kris cochtv.

Anna A. TTirkrtV bAino rlnl iwnm aava ltio.1 she is the DiaintilT in the sltova action and that hid iviiT-Kuiukt gvuiuibu Nil re in irne nr nor own anowisuze, except as to mo matters there in stated upon information and belief and as to luoso matters sne believes tne in to uc true. ANNA A. HK KEY. Sworn to bafora me thia 26tb dav nf Auril.

1870. JAMEl'. Ql'ilENAN, I Notary Public The following Is Erastus 8. Prosset's AN8WKK TO THE COMPLAINT: 1 Flint The defendant denip each Anil svrv allcfHtiun contained in the First Clause of the com plaint except that defendant admits that planum yrus unmarried as in irst Clause. Second The defendant denies that the alleKCd promise in Uie Ssoond Clatias of the oom plaint mentioned was ever made, and lie tuereiore acnies tnai piatniin ever oonmiea in said prorauo, and he deniss that in pursuaaoe of or as connected with the alleged promise fHamtiff ever was willing marry ths d-end Hilt.

Defendant ailmiu than a short, timn before the commuiK'cment of this action plaintiff was ready and willinir to marrv the de fendant. Third The defendant admits that before this action he refused to marry plaintiff. Defendant denies that alleged promise in complaint mentioned ever was made, and he therefore denies that a reasonable or any auy tim ima sImimmki aitegeu utaas't? UT CCnTfTtHfrft. uui in iiu uuuikh UUOU Villi BTCry allegation contained in Clause Fourth of com- Fifth Tha defnndmil tlnnia nmli nml airarn aUefration in Clause Fifth, i Defendaid denies that he any knowledge of any allegation contained) in said complaint, not heretofore admitted in this answer or denied sulucient to form a belief and he there fore denies and demands proof of each and very aueiraiioii in the complaint. The defense is as 1 ii at hcfrn'o this action it was acreed lictwAan the ulainliffund defendant as fulluwa: The plaintiff agreed with the defendant that if he, the defendant, would agree to pay tho plaintiff SI, loo.

Ujo amount of a cerutin mortKajco, iii.kiv: ii imiiurui uie (huiiiuii iu a oavillK" liand in Kuffiilo, on propeity nf the plaintiff, when the same should I to. reonired tin hmk. and tho interest unpaid, tliereafter to become due, until the principal was paid and woutd de liver me ltiamtin certain lunmure in the olllce of the defendant, that the plaintiff would rcicase ine uuicnuaiit irom an claims, demands the causes of action if there were anv, found by the plaintiff against tho de fend ant, "that defendant agmcd tu pay pluintiff $1,100 and interest logctlier with tho furniture. About the time of making- the agreement he paid plaintiff to for an amount of interest anil dclic-ii-oil furniture, about une 1st, lW7t, in part performance of agreement; paid said plaintiff the further sum of $40 on account of interest, ami ever since making of agreement has been willing to perform his part ami has performed it so far as it has been required, and that neither bank nor plaintiff has required payment of principal; thai if any demand of damaees in the comnlaint ever existed or were caused before agreement was uiuue; mat tuc uemami oi uuuiajfCB on account of agreement in settling up mutters in this defenna and that defendant was discharged and released therefrom. believes this action cannot ba maintained.

Defendant further says: lie fore commencement of this action the lleiccd claim of damage mentioned, if anv ever existed, or was caused, was released by me planum ior yuoa ana vautaote considerations: and defendant ullages that this uction cannot be maintained. And defendant demands liulu'iiient asrainst the plaintiff for the cost of tBTs action. Icfundant's Attorney. State ok Nkw Yokk, a. KIK COUNTY.

Erastus 3. Prosser beina: du'v sworn denoeea thai the answer to the above named complaint is true to the best of his knowledge, except such as arc stated on information and these lie be lieves to he true. fcliASTLai 8. FROSiSKR. sworn before me this zoth aav of August, 1376, KOllKKT UlvfiN.

I Notary Public The Slniay News, ever anxious to aive its readers ihe latct and most impOrtaut news, despatched reporter. to inteiview MISS ANNA A. HICKKY, the complainant in this big bonanza, witn tiiu following reeuu: rie iuuiiu her ia an one und-a-half story trauie house, ou Jagle street, a few doors be tow cedar, biie is ot medium height. rather stout, of a dark complexion, and uot far from being prepossessing in her manners. nor oiacK nair anu eysiirows set on her lace very admirably.

The reporter was ushered mtp the front as a bed-room as well. iparlor, which served She secured quite reticent about the mat ter, and when askedl about her relations with Mr. Presser, she hesitated, and huallv declined to give any information, saying that such as her relations were, they were STltlCTLY PRIVATE. Sbe said, in fuel, that she could not give any thing worth publishing aud was sorry anything had gut into tho papers; a certain twe or turee line item in a morning con temporary am not convey a correct luea 01 the case, and did all parties too much justice; her lawyer had said that Mr. Provser wrote to the judue that he was sick in bed on Friday, aud our reporter happened to can up, pim iue ame 1 aiteruuou anu luunu him AS 81'UIGIITIiY A3 A LAMB.

When we said we had seen and talked with him, and ccrtibed to his spriirhtliness, she indulged in a short little laugh, antt said she should not leei very sorry he should be sick. Mr. Prosser was going to try to have the case piit over for the term, if he could, and endeavor to compromise; in the meantime she sincerely hoped the affair would go no. further, and that it would be amicably settled. The reporter said that there was a rumor about town that the old gentleman had offered a compromise, and that she had refused it and would fight him right through 0 the highest in reply iq tuts, Biie saiu mat suyti an offer had been made she had not heard of it yeti she remembered nothing about the change 01 her atioruies; biie saia she WAS KRADY TO MAKUY JflM NOW; would not give anv account of herrclation with Prosaer, and furthermore, had nothing else to say.

uur reporter aiu ner good day. The reporter next proceedeu to the palatial mansion of Krastus S. Prosser, No. 785, Delaware 1 The structure was a substantial-looking tbree-story buff-brisk house, etirrouhded by large grounds. which ape perhaps tastefully lai I out in summer, but are covered up with snow at present.

The old gentleman is probably fifty-live years of age, very tall and daunt, and when the reporter's name was mentionea, ne looaeq nua a iamb aoout b. to. lue sUdgbter of the interview, fle 8111 sham red nose, and large, flowing white be aid. while hia wealth of white locks was combed hack over his bead a la Pompadour, tbe prevailing style of the young nobs on Delaware avenue. He looked just like the man report savs he is.

Friday afternoon was the date of this interview, and Mr. Prosser replied to our reporter's inquiries in a eeneral wav. He thought the trial would 20 off the same as any other would not say anything concern-his promise to marry her. tn view of other and more etprtllii: reooYts circulated ve- terday morning, a Sunday Nicws reporter luiuuy uiuimtiK. ouuai kwh reporter was gain sentto obtain a statement from Mr.

Prosser. He was met at the door by in The Bill for Counting the Elec toral Vote Signed by the Speaker. Ship Owners Ask for Division of the Balance of the Geneva Award Spoils. An Extended Discussion on the Oregon Election Matter by the Committee, but No Definite Aotion Taken. it Gladstone fflJilcea a speech ou tlie Easter a Quests on The Foreign Situation Vncbsnted.

WASHINGTON. HOUSE OF BKPRK8BNTATIVE8. Washington, Jan. 27. The speaker laid before the House the enrolled bill for tbe count of the electoral vote, and he then signed It.

1 Air. New Tork, presented a memmorial of the Chamber of Commerce. of New York, and from a large number of oanKers, asxtng ior tne repeal of all taxes on National banks. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr.

Knott, of Kentucky, from the Judiciary Committee, submitted a report and offered resolutions in relation to the claim of James B. lie 1 lord, for a seat as 1 Repre sentative irom uoioraao, anu gave notice thatjie would call the case up on Tuesday and tall for a vote. After three hours debate! the house went into Committee of the Whole on tbe Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Hatcher, ot Missouri, in the chair, and the reading of the bill for the amend-ment continued.

j. COMMITTEE CONSULTATION. The committee on Powers and Privileges ot the House on counting the Electoral vote had a seoret consultation this morning concerning the refusal of the witnesses, De berry and Brush, to answer questions, but reached no conclusion. The doors were then opened and De berry recalled, i He testified tbat he took no oath or any kind not to divulge the contents of any niesage to any one. Louis M.

Kenncr, a member of the Louisiana Returning Board, was next examined, and testified that the reason for not appointing the nith member of the board was that they could not agree npon any person. The election returns, he said, were turned over to the Secretary of State. UNITKD BTATK8 Me Wright called up the bill to extend the term of Southern claim commission for two years and it was passed. Mr. Hamlin presented a netltion from various ship-owners in Maine asking a distribution of the balance of the Geneva award.

Referred to tbe Judiciary Commit tee. 1 While the consideration of the Indian treaty bill was being considered, the clerk of the House appeared in tbe senate with the engrossed copy of the electoral count bill and announced that the Speaker of the House had signed. It was taken to the President's desk, and at 12.25 he alllxed his signature to tbe engrossed bill and was announced to tbe Senate by the chief-clerk. Tbe Senate went into an executive session at l.SU P. M.

and adjourned till Monday. TUB OREGON ELECTION MATT Kit. The Bub-Committee of the Senate Coin mi tee on Privileges and Elections this morn in 2 laid tbe tetimouv elicited regard- ing the Oregon electoral matter before the full committee. An extended discussion took place, but no de Unite action as to the nature of tbe report to be submitted was taaen. KKPUPLICAN CAUCUS, i The Republican membegs of the House held a caucus in the room ot the Judiciarv Committee this morning, tor the purpose of Bciuuiiug bwu uiviiiuciB ui tu uuuie portion of the Commission to whom, uuder the recently adopted bill for counting the elec toral voics, ait disputed questions pre to be referred.

Hon. J. A. Garfield and G. T.

Hoar were the ehbTeeTtTiB rbrmerB trtoctton being unanimous. The nomination of Mr. Hoar was closely contested by Mr. Hale, and upon the last ballot the Vote stood, II l.t -Wk uuni Ai.ii iv op. 1 THE FRKBiIKNT.

President Grant left hero on tho 1.40 r. M. train for Baltimore. Ho will return to Washington to-night. The compromise bill had not reached the Executive Mansion previous to the departure of the President, euiiaetfueiibiy 11 win uui ue Signeu lO-Uiy p- THE 11 EG ATT A.

PouuiiKEicrsiE, Jan. 37. The long an- lcipiueu regalia oi luc roueuKeebsiu ice Bout Association for the Club lVnuunt which was held by tbe Icicle 'belonging to a. ltooseveit lOOK place to-aay aud proved an affair of great interest. The 1 wind, thou if not as favorable as could hp desired, promised fair for the sport and neiu out.

wiin only here and there a skip, fhe boats started at 12 o'clock thev worked ot" stowlv, but vheu opposite the Poueh- keepsic rolling mill a perfect calm over- tooa them and they lay there for lull ten minutes unable to stir. The several contestants loft their anchorages, in the foltow- ng order: Ella, V. Johnson, master; Hail, E. bin uh, muster: Restless, O. H.

Booth. master; Icicle, J. A. Roosevelt. Maste: Grade, J.

Buckhout, master: Haze. R. Knight, master. At about one o'clock thev showed tmnn their return from Milton, tbe extent ol the down course; the Hail was first to cross the score, but lifteen minutes time cave the victory to tbe Restless, which wti close behind. The other Imats came iu in the fol- owing order: Icicle, liiize, Uracie.

Ella. A irood thaw followed bv onld urui fmx. ing weather will put the ice in irood condU ion. Since the ice boat ine thn snow spots hav interfered with the sport. the judges wero Messrs.

Hudson Taylor. ivum iuhi auu inuAniuiu, THIEVES AND FUKGKRS. New Yokk. Jan. 87.

A man nnmnl lleuri reported to the nolicu to-tlav iht. being In need of a large sum of money and he atplted to a pretended broker be met down town for the loan. The broker took him to the Belmont Hotel on Fulton street, went up stairs for the alleged pur pose oj navtng vne mamomis examined by an expert and decamped, leaving tbe victim standing at the bar. i The examination in the case of George W. Chadwick, charged with complicity in the receut forgery oi a check tor on tne Union Trust Company, was continued today before Justice Pu'ffv.

After the exam ination of several witnesses Chadwick was committed tor trial in detautt of SuOv'OU bail, i The examination of (Jeo. E. Maxwell, also intplicaled iu the forgery, takes place next Thursdav. i It was reported late this aveninc that A. It.

Adams fc flour merchants. 4H5 Greenwich street, iud made an assignment. MA KINK The follow In a steamers' 'sailed for Elver- pool to-dav Etbeopia'iand Caledonia, for Glasgow; Amuiicau, fur Breuicu: Spain and City of Berlin, for Liverpool; France, ior tiavre: iieruee, ior iiamourg. Tbe steamers Abystnia, from Spain, and Ohio, from Bremen, arrived, i The Ubiohad a stormy nineteen nays passage with bold, westerly gales, ine sea washed tho deck a great deal, white snow and hail were transformed into a layer of ice six inches thick lrom uow to one brought uo passen ger. All out-g'ung steamers to-day car- icu large ircigui anu iew pitssnger lists.

rOUKlGN, Finr.cc. Pakis, Jan. 27. M. Max Outrv.

the re cently appointed Krcnch Aliuitcr to the uiieu states, wilt leave ior wabmuciou this week. i Great Brittalr. v. GLADSTONE ON TIIU KASTEUN London. Jan.

27. Mr. Gladstone made a sneccli al Londou to-dv. In tho course of 1 niir. 1.

1 1 I his reiuai'Ks ne fcaiu: -ivu ouul iu mum our own buttiness, and why we should mind the Eastern iuestion is because we have choaeu to make our own question, it was made our business under circumBtancett, which no true-hearted KnglULmuQ will disown. 1 have bad within few days the honor of a letter from Mr. Schuyler, Secre tary 01 negation ana uouiisei-iTeuerai at Constautinonle. in which he iavs he is about to make a further report on the trials and execution in, aud ou the State of Bulgaria. 1 think you will nml in it, be writes abundanta confirmation ot the remarks at which Sclima KtTrndi took tie nee.

1 tjuote thin because those who wish to call the people of England into ignoble slumter are fond of Haying there has been cxage ration on the subject. There has been exafrffcrntlon execj-t the exaKtreratiou that the Turks had iu the capaaiky and desire of reform "'Do not listen to that for a moment;" but as to the black deeds done in Bulgaria, tho whole vocabulary of human, lunniiiitfe is iUsulli-cient to paint theiu as they deserve Tnrke) Const Jaa, 27 3 en. Tgna-tiff, the KijTtsiBn Auibasadfor, le.t here Secure for Crowu of Thorns Fortunately for his bereaved family, the deceased on the 11th of this month became I member of Lodee No. 9, A. O.

TJ. W. of I city, which timely move secures for I them $2,000 on a beneficiary policy held by mm in tnai oruer. 0. G.

STEELE AND GAS. The Former Talks About the Latter Before the Common Council. Xbe Points He Tried so make and How Poorly He Succeeded. "Let there be Ught and thore was (no) light," The nresente of Mr. O.

Steele. Secre tary, etc, or toe uunaio tras jbignt com pany, in the Council Chamber at an early hour on Monday afternoon, betokened that Qas Company were about to fire their nrsc gun. under tne proper neau or business A COMMUNICATION, signed O. G. Steele, was read by the Clerk the Council.

The communication recog- mzea tne points maue ny tne u.day ews its issue of last week against the Gas Company, and tried to explain the charges awav. The communication is given in full. out of their own mouths and by their own words the Gas are to be con demned. 1 COMMUNICATION. the Honorable' the Common Council I beg to snbmit a communication in regard to condition oi ine puonc mnipa oi we cuy: The uumbcr now iu service exceeds VJOO, gas lor which is suppiieu uy uirue companies of the city.

The contract is with Uie com-oanv which I represent, but the proceeds are divided pro rata with the other companies. The lighting is done by this company under provisions of an existing contract. Thu unusual hard winter, liuu far, lias rendered it very uiuivu i tv fteeii lug in un in uciacob uiuur nt nil I times, out neeuort uaa ucen spareu to eucct i thatobjecL By the terms of the contract lamps that may I uuui wuw i wiLhin fnrtv-Aifrht hours after notice is riven. I tl.i hi- l5.n wuhn.it rtelav. Vt sometimes happens that lamps thus repaired are t-ht 1 uie hum) nweB8 uu ruettwii.

i iiiia cuiu)auy ia uviug i intvwvr io exuenee. The labor of lifhtinor while there such a mass of snow and ice must cause some ir regularities of lighting and exlingiustimg.and is unavoidable under such unusual circume Unices. The scneral dittonptni xatiou of ail out-door work is felt in the lamp departmcnWn common wnn an ouiers. Noeomnlaint of damage has been made bv temporary failure of individual lamps nan nf the c.it.vl Th nnmtier of luraiia di- I bled beina rarely over two per cent, of the 1 whole, and so distributed about the eiiv that no 1 accident or serious discomfort has It is the intention of the companies to furnish I (rood quality of liKht to all consumers and at times, and no effort will be spared to do so under all circumstances. I would respectfully ask that the subject be referred to the proper committee for investigation, to the end that full justice shall be done to parties, uespeuiiuuy suumtucu, O.

G. STEELE, Secretary Buffalo Uas Light Co. This communication, when read carefully. discloses its own weakness. The fourth Daraicranh savs: "Bv the terms of contract.

lamps which may fail from any caue are to placed in order within forty-eight hours be nonce is given. inis is tne nrst false representation the communication contains. It is false because only a part of the contract on this point is given, and that part is most decidedly favorable to the in terests of the Gas Company. MB. STEELE, according to his Interpretation of the contract, gives the company forty-eight hours put a lamp in oruer wnicn is reporteu unlit on account of being out of repairs.

This gives the company three nights to leave a iaiup, or a hundred lamps, unlight-ed, and yet collect full pay for each. It is unlit the nfght for which it is reported, and may remain unlit for the two succeeding nights included in the forty-eight hours. this true reading of the contract, then it is evident that it was framed for no other purpose than to defraud thw tnt to a heavv amount. "The farugraph quoted from the communication false strain, because it gives the impres sion that it is contained in the contract for supplying the city with gas, when in fact has been taken from the contract for lighting, cleaning and keepingio repair the street lamps. i 1 Tlmtirnt and genuine contract forsuimlv- insr the eas.

and the one which must decide this matter one way or the other, contains LUH 101 UW1UZ UrUTISiUU. "AUU It ID iuuiu- allv atrreed that in case anv lamp from hitch water or any other cause, than a failure, to light it, shaft fail to be supplied with gas for twenty-four hours alter notice has been received, men tne amount 01 gassam lamps would have consumed shall be deducted 1. Kill tf Utaiiln iliil tint ineai-t 11U1U Will. kJVHJIU uiv. uv uuv tn Ui mmnn nn cause ne was ashamed, or had not tbe courage to acknowledge in public that tfa 6 provision in the contract for 8Upp)vinif lhle city of ButTalo-with gas throw th tax-navera at the mercv the Gaa Company and licensed that Cor- ooration to roo tne c-ity treasury 10 amounU to suit their convenience.

Read the cUuse ad see that in plain terms it Btute8 woen Jamp consume no gas through neKiect to light them, no deduction is to be mill a An me i. 11 one uiuusnuu mini u. i were neglected by the lighters each night of the week, according to contract not one cent of deduction would be mad by the Gas Company for the It seems tnat tne men wuo on tne part oi iue city made and endorsed such a contract must be criminally euiltv of more tliun it would be proper to name in a newspaper aruciv ou the subject. The rc The readers of the Sunday fticwti can see how the THING WORKS to the advantage of the Gas Com anv and against the public, by looking over theIol- lowing figurative paragrapn: Tint communication savs near Its' close, "The number of lamos disabled (unlit at nizht) being rarely over two per cent, oi the whole." Accepting two per cent, as a fair average, it is easy to discern how much monev the city threw away on this one item alone last vear. For 1876 the city paid $144,802.48 for gas, lighting, Ac.

Deduct from this amount i the $44,802.48 for ngnung ana ior teas useu iu uuuuu ouim- ings and departments, and there "maini cnut ittu aiinn nv th at.rAAt Ismna $100,000 for supplying the Street lamps with gas. Two per cent, of tms is a.uw, or just the ameunt given to the uas torn pauy ior noimng. KO remedy ifl for this crvine evil. It is too the 8ia in Coun- 1 ih.t iha xnnrrflpc whm huh ior I nu benent of the Gas Company alone, and the public were at their mercy, to be bled at leisure. ISUt woat is worse, mr eccuib iu be no diBoosition on the part or the Council to remedy it.

On last Monday afternoon Aju. Aen onereu tue lonowmg icwiumwu. prefixed with a PRBAHBLR OF CEN8URK. WhowM. The Buffalo Gas T.iirht Cftmpanv and repair the nublic lamoa in accordance with their contract, said lamps be ing in a con in lion unnt give tne necessary llKht, Uierefore, JttWUCt'UUi Uttii iue junu wan "a hu iu v- a rn i.

am it a hn unit ha ia herebv instructed to cHiiRfi the contract with the Buffalo Iras Liiirht Company for the cleaning, lighting and repttir- lng oi tne puotic uuaps ue Binuuj cuwh-ku. Aid. Simons made the point tbat Mr. Steele was a eood honefet man. and moved tbat tne preamble oi censure ue stricken on.

Aid- White was in fayor ot censure, and said some of the lamps io his Ward re- mained out of repair and unlit for: twfo a ttmn a iri Tri I stswl ii atmn or- iw fnr ihe fiaa i "omnanv. showinz that even a soulless corporation has firm friends in the tr iivu th nrnahmiHP.whfch nkuu unnint f-r K(a tnminir a rhimmon UIBJ sum 1" ef the company. After a long andgasey de- I. i 4 v. l.

Date tne communication uevuet wim preamble and resolution were referred to rkan.nmit An pi.hiii.T.imni. Anri t.hiiH moment are cast aside and finally ignored. The irreat hit of the season Anna Dick inson at the Academy oi music. RINKALETS. Notes from the Pearl Street Kink.

Charles Jones is the boss skater. Fine skating on Buffalo Creek now. The ice is in a prime condition. Bertie Chapin is the boy that likes the crirls. who is the best "sculler" ot tne central School? Poor Frank Barker! lie is ruled out all races.

The Poultry Show will open at the Kink pext i nursuay, No. 4 and 3L received complimentaries last Wednesday evening. t- Harrv Williams will take the laurels from Frank Barker, If he liyes to be a Cen- tenmarian. i a nail mue nurute race, iice iui mi, ooritested Thursdar evening. The prise, a ailvr'eun' Was" won bv Master P.

rrna- wnn si itr burn. -f T-r-- burn. i Yesterdav was the last dav of the Kina. The srreat International Poultry Show will ooen reoruarv 1st. ana ine crows ot me roosters win taae tne pi ace oi tne crows tne winners ot tne races.

of ''Crown of of the season. An An the cal he Or me at hi one a K.n i ior be I be a his I I I un of me I I I I I I I i I I of oi the dramatic 1 i i i la times like these, it gives the public assurance of unquestionable indemnity if insured in the Home. The assets, moreover, are Invested in the very be3t securities, and it Is obvious that both financial and the underwriting administration of this Company is simply admfrable. The stockholders of the Buffilo Street Kail road Company are circulating a petition praying the Legislature to amend the charter of the corporation aj that they may be enabled to raise the fire to war rates. Among the signers we fail to find a single person who does not own his coich and four, and who feels tht the accommodation afforded by street cars is an absolute necessity.

It ti ample time for our legislators at Aibany to take acdaa ia this matter when the people who drop the nickles Into the palms of the stockholders, subscribe to this petition In another column will be found an Interview, with Mr. Wiieherath, Keeper of the Erie County Aims-House, which will throw some light upon Assemblr- mn Crowley nnd his Eighth Ward henchmen. It Is such bulldozing acts those told our reporter by Mr. Wls- cherach, that have politically damned better and abller represenatives than Crowley ever was or could be- If we mistake not, he, too, will find that the bouest votes cf will not again eend Co AlbaDy a man who has not the moral courage to say no to a pack of pCrty leeches- Do. Gioaus M.

Bkard recently -lectured before the New Tork Liberal Club on the delusions occasioned by plrituaHftn, clairvoyanca and magnetism, and woke up a fierce fire of attack rroavtfee friends of -these systems. The basis of the doctor particular delation appear to have been an Idea that he could make such an assault la that lo eality without subjecting himself to a lively are from all quarters. Thk Shah ot has become a student In earnest. He is now studying English and French with a view to visiting western Europe next Spring. That gr Eastern potentate will never be a kin rual nroacioat Unless ne naa COPies t.M,kMn wnM Vim of Tohflrin.

simMKt Our Anglo-American tongue Is an im provement on the English. Iffew York's favori: aon, Riscee Conk ing. has won a place la the hearts of the American people that none save Washington and the las3eated Lincoln evet before occupied, ilia speech before rrinfM is evervwhere regarded as the every ucio itRaiutu jrraaieat oratories! tfluulpjl Of the and will nve long in tne memory oi iius cation After he who Ottered it la called to higher sphere. A review oi this able effort will be found on oar second page. MiCET Tennessee, earrie3 ihe hymeneal banner la triumph.

During Ka dlr vari rtft therfl haVd Deen mardige. There is a good chance good girls in Maury. by I I I OX ge, ior LaDSTOtTs's pamphlet on the Bul-gjurltia outrages netted him $60,060. A profitable grist carried to tbat mill. Tea Wtt era Unon Telegraph Company unbie toet tha Atitiptic The fact that so many men and women nrhfer death bv their own hands to a MARSH In this oity, the th at her residence, Mo, 490 Ferry street, Mra.

Mary sensa- I Feb. 7th. A complimentary will be troublesome lite, helps to rob the King given to the proprietors oi the Brackctt by Pittsburgh papers please copy. A errors oi uis suarpesv stiu. jur.

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