The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-25
CITY MTELLgGEygE.

EQUITABLE OHOwDER CLUB. Thomas Goowerd
President, composed OF prominent citizens Of tn
| Seventeenth ward, went on their first annua
| chowder excursion on Wednesday and returned las
night after having splendid time and lots OF fun
UNION LEAGUE CLUB-An adjourned meeting o
the club was held last evening, which was verl
| numerOusly attended Speaker COlfax, who is al
present IN the city, invited to meet the club but
at late hour he nad not presented himself, and on
| inquiry 1t was ascertained he was prevented from
| accepting the invitation by prior engagement fol-
| the evening.
| SUICIDE BY observation-disclosures Schrmer yester-
! day held an inquest ut the Morgue on the body O
| Mrs. Catharine Scheller, q German woman, forty
years Of age, who is supposed to have committed
! suicide by jumping from q ferrybOat she having
been found in the water the foot OF Grand street
| East river. Deceased, who lived In East New York
was sunStruck last July, which so affected her mind
that she often threatened to drown herself She left
home last Tuesday morning and was not seen after
wards alive by her friends The jury found that de-
ceased came to her death by drowning herself while
laboring under temporary alteration VI mind from
sunstfOke.
ELECTION OF SOCIETY OFFICERs.-The Mechanics
and Tradesmen's Permanent Benefit Building Asso-
citation held their first meeting at their Offices, 80
Nassau street. on the 18th inst, and elected the fol-
lowing officers as q Board OF Management:-JOhn r.
william Mes enrx seeTs
tary; William II. Duryea Counsel and six trustees.
Ar the semi annual election held by the Young
w,
Char les Speyer was chosen Presidents Myer God
smith, Vice President; Nathan Stern, Recording
Secretary; Moses s. Wyman, Financial Secretary,
and Myer Kalman, Treasurer. Isaac Ritter, eX-Pre.
sident was appointed Librarian.
FIRE MARsHAL's REPoRTs.-Fire Marshal Bracket
has submitted to the Police Commissioners reports
giving the result Of his inquiries into the origin
recent fires, follows:-August 81 halfpast two A.
M No. 24l East Forty sixth street. accidental origi-
mating In the carelessness OF the occupants thirty
seven minutes past three A. NJ, No. 172 RIvngtOn
street. caused by the ignting of some dry wood lying
upon the top OF the boiler. september 4, fifteen min
! utes TO seven Z. M steamer Cleopatra, resulting
from carelessness on the part OF some one employed
| in the engine room. September 49, ten minutes to
four A. NJ, Higgins Co., carpet factory foot Of
East Fory-third street. spontaneous combustion Of
refuse particles OF wool in the dusiing machine.
| Septen -, eight L. NJ, No 6jS Eighth avenue,
| undoubtedly the work OF an ncendilry.
| SALE OF UNCLAIMED PRoPERrY-A VIOLATION or
THE EXCISE LAw.-The 1fy-second auction sale OF
unclaimed property was held yesterday forenoon at
| Police Headquarters a catalogue OF two hundred
and forty-eight lots, comprising miscellaneous as
sortmcnt of articles OF various SIZE quality aud USE
| from teaspoon to natboat, being offered. Mems
| clothing. dry goods, watches and jewelry, arms OF
many descriptions, hardware, boots aud shoes,
trunks travelling bags, boots, &C, the geanings of
street and river--artcles lost or abandoned, that
have been In the custody OF the property clerk
six months-were brought under the hammer, real.
izing except IN some Instances, such prices as
| they would probably have brought II put up
at auction in any other locality. The attend
| ance was fair and bidding spirited. Among
| the lots sold was "demohn Of brandy, one and q
quarter gallonsv which, considering that the Excise
law prohibits the sale OF liquor quantities less than
i've gallons unless under special license IL q VIOLA
ton Of q statutory enactment one would scarcely ex-
| pect TO find committed by one OF Superintendent
kennedy's subOrdinates. ''demijOhn OF wine, four
gallons" was likewise disposed Of contrary to the
statute In such case made and provided Here Is an
| opportunity for those efficient Commissioners who
have such strict regard for the requirements OF the
law, where constitutional plea Is to be put in In de-
| fence, to exhibit their independence by strict
enforcement Of the excise regulations In directing
the necessary proceedings in this ~ In Of more
ignorant criminals.