Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-16
New York.

New YORK, March tJ-An exhibit of the re- |
ceiOts and expenditures OF the Eric railway, |
from 1865 to 1872, shows deficit OF S51 900 600. |
Since Jay Gould had an interest in the road the |
contingencies have increased from S32O GOO to |
nearly 100000. The expenses of general SUI
perintendeuce have increased from $4,000 to |
$4,000, The issue of stock has increased from |
s35,OOO,0OO to Ss6,O00,000, of Which sum $751; |
600 900 is covered up in some unknown way on |
tne books The expenses for agents and clerks
have increased from 5000 900 to 81 100000, and
so Oh.
1t is stated that a statement OF the financial
condition of the Erie railway company was made
to the new board of directors, but was promptly
suppressed
The Erie directors yesterday appointed Bis
chOftSheim 4 GOldschmidt of London financial
agents in Europe aud referred the subject OF
contracts with the Southern improvement conf
pany for the transportation Of oil to committee
Mr.. d. Williams, agent for the American
stockholders of Erie, says they viii wait until
the next July meeting to act in the election of
new directors.
The executive committee Of the Erie road re.
pert Its liabilities as follows: Common stOck,
S7S,000,0O0, preferred stock, 1856 900; funded
debt, 26,45s, 300; consolidated mortgages, is
sued hut not sold, SO, 1856 600; total, Sl1G,3Sl,-
ZIG. The company owes, i'm addition, for sup
plies, labor and loans, S5,G9SG14. 1t holds
leases of other roads, the annual rents of which
are ST iii 900, and the income from which cX-
loans, ETC., securities of various roads and coni-
panicS TO the amount of SS,S06 400.
JAY GOULD RESIGNS HIS nIRECToRsHIP.
Jay Gould has resigned as director Of the Erie
railroad and the resignation has been accepted.
The official report of the new directors state that
the earnings of the company from November,
1871, to date were S21 100000, against 7,000,
900 the previous year.
THE CASE OF MAYOR HALL.
NEW YORK, March 15-1.30 =. M.-The case
Nf Han lsr. In
To-day, did not attrac' as large a crowd rs usual
The chair ofthe late juryman Clark was draped
The counsel are discussing the eXtenSlOp Of the
term Of the court, prior TO dscharging the
eleven Jurors, it being held that if the Judge dis
CHARGES them before extending the term il will
in effect discharge the cause iually. The judge
extended them to Tuesday next for a discussion
OF the power of the judge to extend the term to
finish the trial.
MISCELLANEOUS.
John Alderman and family, eight persons in
all, OF White Plains, having been dangerously
III from unknown causes, Investigations showed
that the well was poisoned by unknown parties.
1t is reported that one OF his children died yes
terday.
The ninth regiment propose on the 2Sth of
March to elect Col. Blanchard to the position
vacated by the death of James Fisk
large meeting Of paint and color mauufaC-
turerS was held here yesterday, at which pro
test was made against the proposed alteration in
the tariff, and the free list was condemned. A
permanent organization was formed, with J. w.
Fremsnn, president; Henry Wood of Boston,
vice president; and c. d. Hubbard of Boston,
corresponding secretary.
The tug boat K. S. Carter was sunk by being
caught by the rising tide under pier in North
river early this morning. Loss $4,000.
VIM. Jones, four years old, residing with his
parents at No $50 Spencer street, Brooklyn, died
last night from that dreadful maludy, hydro
phObia. This is the second victim from the bite
0 the rabid dog that attacked number of chill
dreu at the corner of Spencer and Walworth
streets about three weeks since. He was bitten
on the hand, but as the wound healed up in Il
day or two and he manifested no symptoms of
hydrophobia, his parents had hopes that he
would escape.
The depositors' committee of the Bowling
| Green savings bank say that they have been try
| ing to bring Walter Roche to terms for the last
| few days, but that his offers for compromise
| are small. If he does not settle in few days,
| they will commence civil and criminal proceed
| ings against him.
The delay in appointing an assignee in bank
| ruptcy for the Market savings bank has caused
| considerable excitement among the depOsitOrs.
| The receiver says such delay prevents him from
| calling in loans, and the dividend of twenty-five
per cent expected to be paid on the 18th of April
| will have TO be postponed.
| This afternoon an Incorporate woman named
| mdrgaret Hoar was found burned to death in
miserable shanty on Centre street, Brooklyn.
| She is supposed to have fallen on Il hot stove
| while intoxicated
| The examination of the Brussels murder and
| robbery case was continued to-day. Petry, pro-
| prietor of the hotel in Philadelphia, where Vogt
! stopped when he first came to this country, was
placed on the stand, and corrObOrated the teSti-
| mony before given The district attorney asked
for a postDonement OF the case for a week. until
the arrival Of an important witness from Bel
GUM, which was granted
The jury in the case of Reno Nelson VS.. VIM.
Freeman, Wall street broker, to-day rendered
verdict for the defendant for $4,000.
Deputy Sheriff Bebocher still has the West
held in charge but will not interfere with
her trips for the present.
meeting of the producers Exchange will
probably be held shortly to take action in regard
to the present differences of opinion in relation
to the management of the exchange.
1t is still currently reported among the oil men
OF tins city that the largest oil retiner in Jersey
City had sold out to the southern improvement
company.
John Segel and Jacob Chase, real estate
| brokers, were arrested to-day on Il bench war;
rant. They are charged with obtaining some
| thousand dollars worth of saddlery from b. T.
| Nichols, saddler, on a pretext of conveying a
farm to him worth $4,000, on which there was
no incumbrance but small mortgage, when a
subsequent investigation showed that the farm
was encountered beyond its value.
By a statement of Grand Treasurer Russel if
have contributed over $4,000 to the relief of
western sufferers.
Testimony in the suit of widow Cheneviere VS..
the Staten Island railroad company, for the loss
of her husband, was concluded to-day. A mo-
ton OF the counsel for the company to dismiss
the case on the ground of the inadequacy of evil
dence, was denied
The horse Of DR.. Knapp was frightened to-day
at New Haven train on Fourth avenue, and
ran away. The doctor and his wife leaned from
tho parriaun hp laIu ;,;.,
which she shortly alter died. The doctor was
slightly wounded.
Sergeant Craft DESTROYED 1900 gallons of ile-
gal whlskey in the fifth ward distlleries in
Brooklyn, to-day.
James Donohue was convicted of arson to-day,
in firing the house of widow in Brooklyn, and
sentenced to twenty years at Sing Sing.
AT the examination into the charges against
judges, which was resumed by the judiciary
committee to day, the evidence this morning
related to charges against Barnard of granting
eXorbuant allowances 10 counsel and receivers
Among the witnesses summoned for to-day was
Jay Gould.
Burglars were found in the unoccupied house
of Francis Tillon last night, at Nyack. A party
of young men entered the house and Attended
10 capture the burglars. Two escaped, and
third was chased out on the roof and shot dead
on refusing to surrender.
An exceptionally large sale of stocks took
place to day. The regular report shows GA 700
shares Erie, / 700 Northwestern is 600 Union
Pacific ETC.
Another argument for the postponement Of
the trial of Fanny Hyde, for the murder of Wat
son, was made to-day; decision reserved
Sixteen new cases of small poX were reported
to-day, and three deaths.
The sale of the efTecGs of the Central savings
bank has been indefinitely postponed, at the re-
quest of the directors
IL is reported that the coming strike of the
trades unions is an April fools day hoax.
In the Jumel will case, the counsel for the
plaintiff summed up to-day. He commended that
the evidence proved that the plaintiff was natu-
raj son Of Madame Jume
Another boat OF the Staten Island ferry COM
pany was seized to-day bya deputy sheriff, for
judgments against the company. The deputy
sheriff will lay the boats up or collect passenger
fares, unless the judgments ATE shortly paid.
Mexico.