The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-06
NEW YORK.
IRE Vanderbilt Case 'Ended-New YeTk'a
Debt-Em Mctfs birthday etc

gre Vanderbilt Case 'Ended-New YeTk's
Debt-Emnct's Birthday. etc.
NEW YORK, March S---Attempts are being
made by President Gewen, OF the Phiiadel-
sphia and Reading II ilroad, to advance the
price OF coal by limiting production.
Additional cases OF cattle disease found in
Jersey City and Long Island.
Douglass Campbell maintained before the
York, and not to Virginia, was due the credit
OF ceding to the Union the North western ter
ritory of the Six Ms tions.
The committee OF award of prizes for plans
for model tenement houses made report,
and have given the first prize to Julius Ware.
architect, Of this city.
The Vanderbilt case came to sn abrupt
close after the testimony had been given by
Judge Rapello and w. III. Vanderbilt. 1t is
said that compromise has been made by
which Mrs. Berger and Cornelius Vanderbilt
will get SL0O00G0 each for abandoning their
suits.
E. j. M9rphy, a young man from Chicago.
obtained $4,000 liz bonds from Henry Clews T.
Co. Monday by means OF q cheek for $3.50,
which had been changed to $2500.
G, W. Atkinson, referee and stakeholder in
the six days walking match, arrived here
yesterday.
Iron Company against the Elevated Railroad
Company has begun.
The assignee OF Oiphant & Go. is seeking. to
eRjoin Drexel, Morgan d Co, VIM Trace and
others from completing the transaction In
soda nitrate, which was under way when Oil
phant IL Co. failed. A million or 50 liz in
volved.
Mary Williams, aged "a, was walking In the
middle OF Canal street yesterday without a
stitch Of clothing When the policeman took
hold of her she fell dead In his arms, She had
been drinking to excess OF late.
The aldermen have accepted the Irish Soci-
ety's invitation to review their procession on
st. Patrick's day.
Controller Kelly reports that on the TWEEN
ty-eighth of February last the net bonded
debt OF the city was s167, ,9O3.
The commissioners OF charities and corrsc-
tion reported to the sinking fund commission
that q gentleman OF wealth has offered to
build for the use Of the city, at his own OK
pense, maternity hospital If the city will
give the necessary land. the communication
was referred 10 the controller
Mary Smith, who, when pursued by the
jantor OF an apartment house, on the afSer-
noon OF the twentieth ultimo, after she had
robbed bis rooms or money and clothing, slid
down the rope of dumb waiter from the
FIFTH story and ran into the street. has just
been sentenced to prison for four years. She
sobbed and her cheeks were fiery red Her
hands were thickly handaged, for the wounds
made by the rope had not healed. The as
sistant district attorney says that he has
proof that Mary had com mitted fourteen
burglaries since the twenty-seventh of Janu-
ary last.
The one hundred and first anniversary of
the birthday OF Robert Emmett was cele-
brated last evening at Cooper Institute.
Fifteen trustees of the Widows and Or
phans' Life Insurance Company have been
summoned by the court in order to answer for
neglect OF duty in connection with the man
agement Of the company. They have asked
to explain the alleged Irregularities.
Freeman is still quartered In a hotel under
guard OF the deputy sheriff, McGonigal not
having furnished 100000 bail.