The Portland daily press., 1873-02-06
NEW YORK.

Legislative Action on the City Charter.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5-The Times thinks Mayor
Havemeyer has been misinfor med as to what the
Legislature proposes to do with the city chaf-
ter, and lays too much stress on some loosely,
drawn clauses in the original draft, which will
probably be explained. An Albany special re-
ports that an entirely new eherter will be intro
duced.
Prof Tyudall.
VIM. NJ. Evarts presided at the farewell din
ner last night to Prof. Tyndall Speeches were
made by Evarts, Tyndall. Beecher, God"in'
Prof. Hitchcock and others.
Still Under Arrest.
Jas. Movers. who was arrested on the charge
thewidow of Moses Beachlfor misapproprIating
$35, 900, is still in Ludlow street JAIL not having
obtained the $4,000 bail demanded. Meyers
asserts that instead OF owing or swlndllng the
sum. She lost over $4,000 in speculation, and
has not paid them their commission.
Fish Culture.
Rudolph Hesseith, agent of the German
government, has arrived with 100000 salmon
eggs, 100000 of which are present from the
German to the American government, and all
packed in sixty large boxes. But small per-
centage was found to be dead ON unpacking
the eggs: They are to be distributed at once to
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Connecti-
cut, New York and other States
Another Packed Jury.
The verdict of the coroner's jury in the case
OF Dnryea, the murdered lottery policy dealer,
is that he came to his death from tabs inf1ict-
ed by John E. Simmons, and the jury believed
from the evidence ELECTED, it was not premedi-
tated, and that the prisoner, from previous
threats made by deceased towards him, may
have considered his life threatened A motion
to admit the prisoner to bail will be argued to-
day. The papers denOunce as extraordinary
the verdict, hint at packed jury, and say that
only three names of the jurors are in the DIRE
tory. 9f4
A Tragedy.
VIM. Schefurs, who last night killed his wife
in the house OF assignaton, No. 10 Becker
street. and then cut his own throat died this
afternoon in the Bellevue Hospital.
The Bankruptcy Law.
The importers and grocer board of trade to-
day adopted resolution opposing the repeal of
the bankruptcy law and returned a report of
the committee on trade and statistics t. be pre-
pared 10 the form OF memorial to Congress.
On Trial for Murder.
| Frederick Weir was placed on trial to-day in
the court of Oyer and Terminer in Brooklyn, on
| a charge of murder of Henry Seigler on the 23d
| of December last.
A Dog Feeds ON a Human Body.
A few weeks ago Jacob Knoop, proprietor of
liquor saloon in the basement at the corner of
Commercial and INLAY streets, Brooklyn, gave
up business and rented his saloon. The place
was locked up and Knoop has not since been
seen. This evening the new proprietor went
to take possession. Inside was the dead body
of Knoop, and teside it his dog feeding on one
of his legs. The flesh had been eaten from the
rest of his body.
Great Excitement Among the Wall Street
Operators.
A crowd of Wall street operators were in til e
Fifth Avenue Hotel tonight and great excite
ment existed in regard to the alleged corner in
Western Union telegraph stock, for which 94I
was freely hid A rumor was afoat and gener-
ally credited that Jay Gould is short of stock
and has neen badly cornered by combination
| consisting of Commodore Vanderbilt, Henry N.
| Smith and Daniel Drew.
various Matters.
| Alfred A. Clifford, the oldest member of the
| stock exchange, died to day.
| Seven prisoners were arraigned to-day in the
court of Oyer and Termner on charges of mur-
der. Each pleaded not guilty.
The joint committee of the Legislature has
selected Chas. Francis Adams as the orator on
| the occasion of the celebration by the Legsla-
tare in honor of the memory Of VIM. Fl. Sew
ard
| The Maritime Association Exchanges of the
port of New York, 81 Beaver street, was for
maly opened to-day. President Ball made an
| address.
John j. White, cashier of the banking house
of J. U. Painter. Cleveland, made a complaint
| at the banks to-day against VIM Ellis alias
! Loren White, charging him with swindlino
plaintiff out of $4,000 by selling the lattei
forged Union Pacific income bonds to that
amount Ellis says it is case of mistaken
| identity.