New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-08
NEW-NORK CIrY.

NETWORK CITY.
The cicar-makcrs in this city trying 10 ala tho
! striking cigar-nakers iii IT. Louis.
Hannah Logan age fifty years: was fognd dead IN
her bed yesterday AT her house, No lOo MuIoeIrys'
The sale is reporfed OF the sevOu-5tory bnlldlng'
known NJ Nos 657 and 600 Broadway 4OxZoo'
running through to Mercer-st for S2SO'OOo casn.
meeting vi the members of the New York Bar
has been called for October TO- TO rake appTopIiae
action in regard to the DEAN oi iii"o'n' D"'s"'
| PetOn.
There was no quorum Mt the meeting OF the
! Board Of Aldermen Yesterday. Mayor cooper hau
prepared list OF nominations, put WAS no' ""io w
| send them in
| A new story of brick is being added TO the Sew
enth-st end of Cooper Institute Ii VIII cover apout
one-third of the building, and VIII be htied up
with rooms for classes
The Rev j. A. Spurgeon, OF London, who will
return to England by tie steamer OF the loth, has
accepted invitation to lecture In Association
Dall on Friday evening,
The United States Grand Jury yesterday handed
in II number of indictments. and was discharged.
Judge Benedict VIII preside in the Circuit Court
to-day for The trial of criminal cascs.
A truck ran into n cab at Futon-st. and Broad
way yesterday afternoon. The pole of the truck
broke In the back of the cab but lady and gentle
man who were in IL ~ tho time were not injured.
Johannes Lienan made an assignment YESTERDAY
to William +. nooraem. JACQUES Levy and MAYER
Ullman, of The firm of Levy q Ulman, also made
$s,744 90.
John Morkin, age forty years, homeless tramp
was locked mp IN the West fortyIstv entn HlIt1ID
very drunk 4 few hours later he was found dead
in his cell. Death was due to excuses ana e1-
posurc
disp1tch was received ut the Post Oflico ycster-
day from Pitislurg announcing the arrest of an
employee % the Post Office of that city named mar
per on a charge of stealing letters Over 500 lot
ters from the East, which have been reported HISS
ing, have been traced 70 him.
The number of letters and postal cards delivered
and collected by the letter-carriers OF me New
York Post ONCE In september exceeds by l,453, lS9
the number handled by them In the corresponding
month in 1873. Postmaster James looks upon tins
fact as of the indications OF the revival VI Dus
ness.
Tho Collender preliminary billiard tournament
was begun Monday evening at the Union square Bill
Pndoinbe Ueser and Alonzo Norris both Of Boston,
and Eugene Carter, of Cleveland. The game last
night was between Heiser and Morris, and was won
by the former.
Among the other indications of the rapid growth
of the electric light business II Is stated that Tour
electric lights To bc sent from ArnouX AZ HOcll-
hansen, No. Howard-st this city, TO Savannah
Ga 60 be used on the centennial celebration of SER
geant Jaspers death. In the defence OF the fort III
battle against the British III l119.
The following Is a comparative statement Of cases
Of contagious diseases reported TO me B9ard oil
Health for the two weeks ended october h. lo'9i
enGSg fever lever fever ings aeass tnsria.
e SsP "a. :: Il "a Il 30 "
The full amount received AT the Post Office for
the yellow fever sufferers TO October z. is Ss97 20.
he boxes put ont for contributions IN June.
Postmaster James desired 10 yet II 900 before tax
ing the boxes in. but he states that much trouble
is caused by persons dropping letters INTO them
that they will probably be removed very soon
The Worlds Fair Committee met Monday night at
the Westminster Hotel The merits OF proposed
sites discussed. l.. n. Fuller proposed POT
of grodnd extending from One hundred-and-thirty,
Gftl-st. to observation-disclosures rty-iitll-si and
from Ienth-ave. TO. the Harlem River. Mr. DE
GRAFT spoke favorabv of the Port Morris site, anu
Nh. Byrne of the Dyckman estate, near ln"ood.
The schedule of Alonzo Carr in tie matter Of his
i'm tie Court of Common Pleas Liabilities,
1907, 737 ~: nominal assets 29a2 33 :; real
assets, $27.275 80. The schedule OF Edward ana
Charles Iraubc IN their ASST ument to Henry Ash,
was also filed. Their liab,tles amounted TO
SOS, 746 %; nominal assets, S22O0O 10; real
assets, 1920 81.
At the opening Of the brcadstuffs market yester-
dav wheat was of from 2l2 to 3 cents a bushel,
from the closing prices of Mondays but 1t rallied
before the close, until II nearly overcame the de-
cline. There was better demand. which was
chiefly speculative. and the market closed steady.
Corn declined from 10 10 - of a cent, closing steady
with moderate business. Oats were from l. to
cent lower with fair business and free offerings
w. Blackstone, John 2. Cumming and Thomas
r. Tappan, of the Comfy Court House Com
missioners have flied with Mayor Cooper an answer
to the charges preferred against the commission by
the Taxpayers Central COMMITTEES several weeks
ago Inc commissioners claim that the charges are
false and frivolous. and ask The Mayor To dismiss
tIcm. Franc, blessing, one Of the commissioners,
aid moi Sign the answer because. II Is SAID lie does
not agree with his associates
Edward Schell, Captain Byrnes and Detective
Dorsev returned last uight To Philadelphia To at
tend the trial # Jack Cannon who was recently
arrested while cndeavorng to pass some of the
stolen Manhattan Savings Bank bonds, the num-
beis IF which had peen changed. Detective Dor
>ev has fully identified Cannon a. wcll-known
agent for bank thieves. who under the name of
Williamson was sentenced in Boston to eight years
! Imprisonment Tor forgery.
George Dauua, lad nine wears of age arrived
among the immigrants on the steamship Nam at
! Castle Garden on MONDAY, bearing a letter from
! the United states Consular Agent al BIemerhnven,
saving tina! the boy WAS born III the Unl.cd States,
that MS mother was dead, and that his father. he
ing "A cripple, was unable Ia support llln lie lad
| has made three VOYAGES across the Atlantic. He
was sent 10 Wards Island by superintendent Jack
son. When funds are received from an uncle at
! Dubuque. Iowa. h. Will be sent there.
Alcohol poured ont in too close proximity To a
burning cigar III f. Hellwies inanuiactory of artl-
fetal Cove rs and eatn.rs on The third n"oT of No.
/ 5G4 Broadway, caused I'm explosion yesterday al
teIn0on which set lire 10 and partly DESTROYED the
stock In his efforts 10 save Mrs. ltelwg VINO X i'm
I delicate health. an employee named Di;man was
| burned about the face. Two Young women who
! were on the floor were rescued 10y the police with
| some difficulty. The stock Was damaged 81 900
! aud the uulldng 5000. Kaufman Brothers On The
second floor, suffered "a slight loss from water
At the meeting of the directors of the National
! Rihr Association yesterday the i'rze Committee
reuortcd thai te pr!z presented 10 the National
| and The New Jersey Rifle Associations by j. II
Steward, of Lomd ln. were held Tor the payment of
! dutles at the Custom House Major Fulton re-
| oncsted the memb rs of the International Match
/ Committee 10 meet at the Board rooms on FRIDAY
| at 2 d. IN. Permission gwen 70 the American
| Rin, Association shoot for the De PeV.fcr 1900
| Qold badge and other prizes at CreedmOOr the
| competI ions TO he open to National Guardsmen
! ONLY under the rules If the association.
! Alta meeting oi the Commissioners of the De-
! partncnt of Public Charities and Correction June
/ j. 4 resolution NiS adopted creating Board Of
Physicians and Surce rs for the insane under the