The sun., 1878-08-31
RUSHING INTO BANKRUPTCY
ONLY ONE DAY MORE FOR THOSE VINO
ARE SEEKING RELIEF
One Hundred and Thirty.nve Petitions In
this city. and More than Thirty FILED In
Brookiyn-Mnny with only Nominal Assets.

One Hundred and Thirty.hve Petitions In
this city. and More than Thirty Filed In
Brookiyn-Many with only Nominal Assets.
One hundred and thirty-nve petitions In
bankruptcy were filed yesterday Among them
were: Ex-Colcctor Thomas Murphy, who has
liabilities amounting to s72G,O00. OF which
s690,OOO Is secured. No assets were given
Among the creditors are the Mutual Life Insur-
anco Company. s62. 5O0 estate Of Daniel T.
Devln. sS35O0; estate Of Mr.. Bird, $4,000 :
MUTUAL Trust Company. tij 900 Seventeen
creditors filed II petition against Bryce 4 Smith
liquor dealers ut 80 Front street. Those who
filed petitions were Bayaud Perrenoud
liquors. co New street liabilities, 1882 900 (;
assets nominally. fG7 600. Tarrytown Heights
Land Company. liabilities. si39.iiG: assets NOM
inally $4,000. John l.. Regina. President OF
the Tarrytown Heights Land Company. liza
bilitcs. s1lj.000; assets nominal. David
son & Jones' bankers 80 Wall street.
liabilities sl3GOOO; nominal assets. $40 900.
James v. Cohurn. builder liabilities. sji5.0O0;
assets normally $4,000 Morit2 Pinmcr. liabili-
ties. sl7i.313 no assets. Joseph A. Scnvcr
liabilities 1887 900: no assets. Arthur r. HALT
day. son Of parson Halliday. and formerly pro-
rrlctor Of the National Hotel. liabilities 81 200;
nominal assets. J. l.. Colby n Co.. skirts
Broomc and Crosby streets. liabilities. s2j. .OoO; ;
assets. $4,000. Christopher Keys. builder
liabilities. $4,000: no assets. Charles j. Me-
Carte. Liabilities. sl7 700 assets 5000. Mich
arl Purcell, liqunrs, liabilities, $GOGl2: assets
nominal. si4j. Ellis ~ Crow" livery stable
271 spring street. liabilities. si3G07. Win. NJ
Hoes hwy"r. 2gl Broadway liabilities. s27 .j72 f:
sS' rsnt 22 @ Br"nawsS @ S''i atas .5sIr rgs,% gdm
nal ass T.. t37.6 .6i9. Julius G. Schlaetre. liahli-
tics. i9s,07s no assets. John J. llrrb"rt. 3l2
nominal assets $1,000. Garrit II. shepard
liabilities, $4,000; 10 assets. John ". Bock-
ham. liabilities sl2OuU: assets nominnly
sl1en0. ludolph 4 Dunstnn. confer TONERS
Joseph y. Crosby lnbtlities si2 900: no nsscis
assets nominal. si 500. John b. Davis builder
liabilities, sli7ooo. John H.. YoumHns. La
hiitios $3.50; no assets. Patrick Mahor
liquors. 7lG Third avenue. liabilities $1,000: no
assets. John J. Koirst x John Dumsiadt huill-
er1, ,l.m.6iitI,s,s. $4,000. John Carver. but.lcr
Eynns. broker. l25 Pearl street Liabilities
tls3oO; assets nominally s6.ooo. Joseph W.
Foster. cotton broker. liabilities. al .s2S. no
assets. Hugh A. knowles. liabilities. si2.hm :
assets nominal! Frictmnn Il Wise. liabilities.
$4,000 no assets. Luther. G; Ngwhan. linbi-
ltles, sl9.MO no assets. W. II. Dcckrr. lum-
br. West Fourteenth street, liabilities. sji 4s3.
Samuel Il. Young. coal. III Broadway. ltabi-
lilies, $4,000; nominal assets. Chns. ID. l.ak"y.
puhlishcrof imericdH Buihisr. liabilities 81 600.
| Henry often. liabilities. tlu9OOO; no assets.
| Nathaniel Wise. Liabilities. s1i32. nominal 49,
ist-: s1wn: Jonathan G., Day.npgrt. l29
Bust Tenth street, habilti"- tf5.OOO: as-
sets none. j. Gilbert Marshall, liabili-
ties, sl6ooo:, no assets. LAZARUS ,schlang.
Benjamn GGodnan. Ioj Broomc % street.
Liabilities, 1000; assets. s3,sO. VIM. Y.
s25oo , EdwarG Mars s5 r"riamdt rr"nn efr'i sr"Si
| liabilities. fs3.7i5; usscts. 81 300 Charles II.
| Reilly l65 East SiNty-ninih street. liabilities.
| t2l 900 assets, 5000 Charles Il. Smith uf Now
| ark Liabilities $4,000; assets u 900. Lew IL.
| Baker. liabilities. 5000; no assets. Henry
! Fih,l. liabilities 80 2gG: nominal assets WIN.
l.. DlUSmgrp % N ~
assets. Charles II. odell, lonkers. liabilities.
| ,9snn: no assets. David 5. Wallace Yonkers.
| liabilities. $50 900; no assets. Charles &. Or
| cutt. liquor dealer. liabilities ss5 OG3 nominal
as,ts. s77 100. Wilfred T. Purdy Portchester.
| liabilities 81 100; no assets. John &. 4 George
| X. Cooley Sing Sing. liabilities s2OOOO
| W. Ricd Gould. the law statloner. in TuE SUS
building. has sold an average Of two hundred
sets Of bankruptcy blanks day in the past ten
| days. In some cases firms going into bank.
| ruptcy want three sets and others require only
| law will remain in effect. and Mr. Gould ex-
| poets to sell at least three hundred blank
city. sold about the same number.
The petition In bankruptcy Of \, s. Wheeler
a well-known buyer At taX sales in BROOKLYN
| BROOKLYN. yesterday HIS assets amount 10 slOt
worth oi M,arlng apparel and his liabilities t.
| of notes given n guarantees 10 investors in tHA
| ccrtiilrat's. who purchased them al his request
! IN" tltN u' brooklyn Il among his creditors fOi
! fW,W" n thr tohi Ni, isaac Bad"au. the de-
| iaulung Tax Collector. H. was also on the bond
81 \. ". ~. hlli luf flNlWN 10 Isaac Budeau aud
| Iemurl Burroughs. lie WAS never di-chnrerd
| Is Ullfs houdsmun because OF the latter. ir
| rrguinriir-. Another creditor is the Reformed
| Dutch church of Brooklyn. to which he is linhl,
| lut s.uuOl dct lency Judgment on a mortgng,
| for slnuuon which WIS for''loscd
EN-Ah!rrmnu G.. +. Trowhridge. the Repuhlt
can candidate last tali tor state Prison nsprtor
| nl"d "A petition M Bro kBn. showing siOO as
| 5 r. and 81 loo liabilities
| Ih"ro were over thirty new application,
| tld ln the BanAruItoy Court in BROOKLYN
| tho rolls coming IN so fast that the clerks coult
| not make "a digest of them. Among the princi
| pal pCuuons Wcr" the following: Oliver B. In
| g"reuI. 81 j rf"r-uu street paints assets = 800
| liabilities ii0odu; Nuca y rlson. assets nominal
| liabilities S.jWm, Go" Adams. ~onp manufac
| turrr, liH Hicks street. assets nominal, hahIi
| ties flt un:- Horace \. Miller. builder New
| Lots. Liabilities sl2VnO assets SlGO 900. n
shares ot silver mining companies Morton 7
| Hutchinson. broker. assets nothing liabilities
| S73.7ii.s2 J hin q. Mead. true kman, Of 7lg Pa
| .ir street liabilities $4,000. assets 81 jIS. 30
| l.ob"r Johnston, assets nominal. Liabilities
| s7l .upO.
Tho United States District Court oflre il
| Brppklyn j. To 10" Kept open until midnight to
| night To accommodate petitioners who may de-
sir" o. tax advantage of this the last.layoi III,
| existence OF tn" Bankrupt law.