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PRICES OF COAL.

AUCTION SALES BY THE SCRANTON COMPANY AT AD-
VANCED RATES-CIRCULAR PRICES OF THE LEAD
ING COMPANIES TO BE LOWER IHAN FOR JULY.
There was a fair attendance yesterday at the auc-
ton sale of Scranton coal, but the bidding was Ian
guild and ifeess. The prices realized were cOnsd-
erably higher than those obtained at the June SALE
the average price showing advance of lol8 cents
Prominent operators without dissent, expressed the
opinion that the prices were not far indication OF
the state of the market. The president OF leading
coal company exclaimed with great eanestness that
Wall Street had more to do with making prices than
producers or consumers had. Another officer said
that the same person who at the sale bought stove
coal at So rs had himself sold the size on the
previous day at 81 56 "a Ton. The general sales
agent of another company said that the market for
coal was more unsettled than at the present
time, and that the auction sale had added merely
to he uncertainty. he prices made on paper"
he said " are one thing those made to cash Gus
toner in want of few thousand tons of coal are
another and-well, slightly different thjng.D
The leading coal COMPANIES viii Issue to-day,
probably. their circulars for August. it Is under
stood that prices will be considerably below those
made Yesterday at the sale, and far below those
given in July circulars of some or the same COM
panics. The prices will be nearly identical with
those of the same companies in their May circular
II is understood that the prices OF the pennsylvania
Coal Company Will be nearly as follows: Crate,
So 10; egg - 90; stove, - 10; chestnut, - 10
ton delivered at Newburg. Those of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company will be, II Is said, 10
cents higher on all than those of the Pennsyl-
vania Company; its coal is delivered at Rondout.
At tile sale yesterday 10000 tons, of which one
half was stove SIZE, were Sold Tho lots Of crate
and egl disposed of az one price stove opened
at 50 70, at which about 10000 IONS were sold,
and broke to - 72l2, at winch the balance was
taken chestnut opened at - % and advanced to
81 SLY, Following are the average prices, COM
pared with those OF the last sale by the same COM
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GAZING For TIE DESTITUTE.

The wife of a veteran, who was severely
wounded during the late wal, made application for
relief at the headquarters Of the Sick Cmdren's
Mission, No. 700 East Eleventh-st., yesterday She
has three children-the Oldest ten years, the young
est ten months old. The infant is very sick with
inflammation Of the lungs. Their mother has been
Obliged 10 give up the little work she had secured
I'm order To nurse her babe; her husband, disabled
bv sickness the result Of his wounds obtained adj
mittauce a few months since into the Soldiers
Home at Bath, n. Y HIS poor wife is now alone
with her children and is entirely destitute. She is
in need of sympathy and assistance. The Sick Chill
food. . 80
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MARINE INTELLIGEYOE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

sun rises 4.56 7:l7 ClockfiJt 8m. %.
Moon ses 249 Moon souths. l107 Moons age. days IL
WATER rO-OAr-A n
Sandy Hook. 600 Island 626 Hell Gate S:l5
BIGH WATER rO-DAT-p. u.
sandy Hook G23 Gov. Island GAG Hell Gate $3.50
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TAXATION IN NEWARK.

The Newark Tax COmmssiOnersIuetin conference
at the City Hall Monday evening with the Controller
Auditor, Treasurer and Finance Committee of the
Common Council, TO fix upon the city rate Of taxa
ton for 1879. The sum to be raised for city pur-
poses, is $1,144,550, and for county pur-
poses $54S, 1910. A question arose as to
the Legality of the Boards using some $4,000 of
funds on hand III abatement of the amount to be
raised. pending the determination of which the
BOARD adjourned until Tuesday evening The rebate
from the County for Over-aSscssmcnt of interest
road board bonds for 1S77-'7S. amounting 10 Sf7-
754 81, and the sum of S2S,74S received rs pre-
MUM last Spring bonds sold by the
Controller at that time, make up the amount
which the Finance Committee asked to be placed at
the disposal of the Tax Commissioners, At 8
o'clock, tuesday evening, quOrIm Of the Common
Couucil not being present, recess was taken, and
messengers were sent in search Of some
of the abSentees Half an hour later q
quorum was secured, with but one Democratic
Alderman present. 1t appears that the Demo
cratic minority, hoping that the tax rate might be
Increased for political effect absented themselves
from the meeting with the view of defeating
ouoruu ard consequently prevent the passage of
The proposed ordinance. In this, however, they
were unsuccessful, the new ordinance being passed
ly vote Of II to o. The rate IS - O6 on the 800.
against 81 0S last year but this near, while the
rate has been advanced, the valuation has been re-
duced 3 per cent, which will make the tax upon
real estate less than il last year by % cents
the 81 900. The result of the meeting is looked
upon as "a triumph for the Republican administra-
ton.
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ATELEGRAPH OFFICER RESIGNS.

At the regular quarterly meeting of the Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph Company Tuesday liamil-
ton Nick TwomOly resigned his position as wee
president of that company after which the by
laws of the company were amended 50 a. 10 permit
the election OF two Ycc-prcsldents instead OF one,
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PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

Hoffman HOuse-SenatOr Matthew H. Carpenter,
ofWisconslu; Buckingham Hoe-Fel'pe Mendez de 20,
Spanish Minister nt Washington EreTeu H0uee
Ltts Italian Charge d. Ahaires at Washington Bretoort
HOussMiltOn :. Latham, OF California. GHssb Hottse
Senator John r. McPherson OF New.Jersey HtndsoI
Ho'tAssistant Postmaster General Thomas Brady a1d
skinner OF Chicago Hotels tn e.
fan Chang Ofthe Chinese Legation at London SteUdnt
HOuseProfessOr f. " Hayden. United states Geologist
Fnh Aueaue Hoe-Ex gresham D. j. MOrrel, Of Penn
sylyania
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Au lr,-h harristor, who was ready 10 take
sinI lee uut mo va, ready dune with any on. VINO
invited MIN, SAID IOupUusly, ia cause: d" appear
fOr ihc ti'"n ly Lord" OttoBer Tor the Aalcruwu"
rpereu q wag
AT the French Bazaar in the Albert Hall n
lady Wa, dispensing lea. A SOLEMN gentleman au-
preached and asked the ptirr ui cup. " Ono shiug"
replied the lazy, ANA lac put down shll iuL. Before
handing him the cup the lady ras-d 10 to her ps ana
observed that the price nov sovereign The sol
emn gentleman graEcly replaced MS shilling with a
soyere su uud said " BE good enough 10 give me "a
clean cup.'-lLOndOn Truth
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MARRIED DESPITE HIS INTENTION.

The suit of Barbara Rau, charging Jacob
Meinzcr, lawyer OF brooklyn, with abandonment, In
which it was erroneously reported that the jury had
disagreed decided Tuesday by Justice semler Of
Sixth District Court Brooky n, IN favor of the
planaut Ii appears from the decision that the young
woman became intimate with McInzer IN 1876 To
avoid gossip they agreed to cali each other husband and
wife, and FEBRUARY %. 1877 they went to resuu-
rant and declared that they had been married
Dy the Mayor. Unt the september following they lis ed
man anJ wio, the defendant Introducing woman
his VIE, ana addressing letters t. her us Mrs.
Meuzer child war born on june H. 1877, aud bap-
tiLc a. Ca oluC Ne. H. hy tAC Row Jacob NeauGar.
An agreement was soon after made between tue pair
separate II gave her al the bou-euOld furniture until
she should many, aud ctsrd Inn rom all lanili-
ties Aner that, and uuti April 1873 he paid her SO
B cause OF the chd suit brought IN her name
against him by the Cumniss Charities IN April,
lr.r ANA -el,tcu IuT 800.
TIC Defendant contends that he did not marry Bar
bare Rfu ~ he agreement not Ia the presence OF
Witnesses. Jasiic' Ssh holds that the marriage was
n cgaI uug, the proof tho intimacy aud the gen
eIa reputation. MvuZtI Nds found guilty oi abau-
doumcnt, aud adluiged 10 pa, - week mis- wio 1or
Que year
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VISITING MRS. SMI III AND BENNETT.
IIss EMMA ABBOTT CALLS UPON THEM IN IHEI


VISITING MRS. SMI III AND BENNETT.
MISS EMMA ABBOTT CALLS UPON THEM IN THEIR
CELLS
II had been expected for some time that Miss
Emma Abbott. who takes a great deal Of interest in
the case of Mrs. Jennie X. Smith and Covert d.
Bennett, the alleged murderers, would pay visit
jersey City Heights On Tuesday night Miss
Abbatt was visited by the Rev. Dr. Rice. the
clerical adviser of Mrs. Smith and Bennett. who
took her a letter from James Fleming one of the
latteI's counsellors which informed Miss Abbott
that she could now visit the prisoners without any
danger of having the object of her visit miscou-
strued. The visit was made yesterday noon. Miss
A hbott ,yas ACCOMPANIED bV MIR. Wethrre1 Lor
husband the Rev. Dr. Rice and Sheriff Toffcv On
arriving ut the Jail the party was taken at once to
Mrs. Smiths cell.
Mrs. Smith had been told of the proposed visit
and she was awaiting the arrival of Mss Abbott
the cell Mrs. Smith rushed forward without waiting
for an introduction, and seIz.ng her by the hands
EXPRESSED in language broken by emotion the
pleasure she felt In meeting one who had taken
made tour Of inspection through the jail, leaving
Miss Abbott and MIS-. smith alone. When
tnev returned the two women parted
with a hearty embrace aud atfectonate kisses
Duriug the conversation 40 reference was made 10
The murder Of MIS-. Smiths husband Mrs. Smith
was very proguse ia her thanks To Miss Abbott for
her kindness IN raising toe amount Necessary To
carry her case before the higher courts
Miss Abbott next visited Bennett aud talked Will,
him for some time. The Rev. Dr. Rice stated last
evening that Miss Abbott anu her husband mad re-
uUcstrG hIm not 10 repeat the conversations that
took place III tine prison. tie said that ~ general
way Miss Abbott cOnYcised with Tie Two prisouers
about their religious hopes, and gave them much
puul advice.
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DRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.

PRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.
Use WINCHESTER'S HYPOPHOSPHIrE OF LINZ
and SODA, which is REAL Brain and AcTte fgvS
an unriyalled NiIaZug Tonic and lnYlsofa or ad oIE
CIFIC i'm An ;orms Of General Debility Mental or Nervous
Fxhauston Prostitution Of the Vital Forces and fONeiH
Dyspepsia, ImpOvershment OF the Blood, &c
Prices 81 and ~ per bottle Prepared Only by
WINCHESTER & Co. Chemists,
sold by druggists. No 80 John-s@. NeN-l@SS-
G,TRICTURE. Impotence and Diseases Oh tns
y Geperative organs radically and speedily cured hous
TO and to HENRY ADANIELSA D.. tAeAlhgtonA',
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OWNERSHIP OF LAND UNDER WATER.


At the meeting of the Dock Commissioners yester-
day, Communication was received from Corpora
ton Co{lsel Whitney, giving ms opinion as to the
rights aah powers of the city, the Dock Department
and the, East RIVER Ferry Company. in respect
TO the ptr at the foot of Seventh-st, East River,
and the ENDS under water between Seventh and
Eighth.als Mr.. Whitney decides that while the
land unler water may kelong to the private
owners HAT under naviGable waters is held subject
to the tower of the State TO prescribe what the
nature OF the improvements of such property shall
be to meet the requirements of commerce aud that
the plab of the city does not contemplate that any
OF this properly should be either for purposes
of PIERS or ferry slips. BY establishing permanent
bulkLead line further out than than the proposed
improvements Of the ferry company the State
thereby determines that 1t does NOT reserve tins
port on of the soil under water for purposes OF com
merce. This gives Ia private owners the right 10
fill in and become absolute owners and DESTROYS all
wharfage rights On such premises but the streets
nust remain open and unObstructed. The ferry
company having "a franchise from the clty has a
night 10 run ferry from the point mentioned, but
acquires no night to the perpetual maintenance OF
The structures II may build, aud the Dock Depart
mcut may at any time proceed 10 construct,
require the construction or the new buIhhcad and
cut off access over and through the water TO the
proposed Improvements
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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS.


COMMISSIONER CONOYFRs RESIGNATION OF THE
OFFICE OF TREASURER.
At Yesterdays meeting of the Board of Park Com
nissioners, Commissioner s. j. ConOver offered his
resignation as treasurer Of the Board and chairman
of the Auditing Committee. The reasons assigned
are the following: Up TO the Sd of last January the
power of purchasing materials had been vested in
the president and treasurer of the Board At that
time It was transferred by resolution to President
Wyman; consequently bills came in tor lumber and
other supplies, which were charged at a rate much
higher than the market value of the goods at the
time of the purchases. The Auditing Committee
refused to audit these bills and had them sent back
for alteration. Commissioners Lane and COnOYeT
argued in favor of restoring to the treasurer the
power of making all purchases, subject 10 the APP
DTOVal of the president. A resolution was offered
by Commissioners Lane, sustained by Commissioner
ConOVer, setting forth that the public interests re-
quITe that the meetings of the Board and all their
proceedings be made public and that the secretary
be instructed at the close Of each meeting to give
full particulars of the proceedings TO the press.
This protested against by the rest OF the Board
and the resolution was not adopted
A resolution was offered and adopted for the re-
mOval of irst Assistant Engineer of Construction
in the Twenty-thlrd and Twenty -fonrth Wards,
sufficient to retain his services. The disagreement
between the Park Commissioners and the hackmen
has been amicaby settled, as the latter have sub
United to the dictates of the Board. An ordinance
governing the hackmen along FIity-niDth-St and
Central Park was ordered to be prepared. A TeSO-
spectOr of Leases and Licenses. resolution was
offered by Commissioner Lane protesting against
the mode IN which the contract of the riverside
Drive was being carried out, but 1t was voted down.
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Announcements,

All on board but one used the HOLMAN PAD
thirty days All but he escaped yellow lever
CANT o. g. MooRg. Brig Shann0n
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and persops having more of that article than they
reouire for their own use will confer favor by
sending 1t to the headquarters Of the Mission, No.
700 East Eleyenth-st.
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NEW STEAMSHIP FOR THE PACIFIC.

Within few weeks past the Oregon Steamship
Company, and the Oregon Steam Navigation Com
panv. both located on the Pacific Coast, have con-
sohdaied. and by The purchase of the Walla Walla
and Columbia River Railroad, aud the Daas aud
"The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
with property valued AT about SGOOO,O0O. y con-
tact has been awarded 10 John Roach n sons,
within the past few days, for tie construction of
new iron steamship which j. Ia be the largest AMI
fastest vessel on the Pacific Coast Her dimensions
are 90 be $50 feet length keel Is feet beam, %
feet depth of hold. . 500 tons carrying capacity
aud with accommodations Tor 300 hrsJ-class pas
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THE BROOKLYN BOARD OF CITY WORKS.

The Board of City Works held an executive ses-
SION lasting for two hours and half yesterday,
and it was expected that many important changes
in the employees would be made. Even the veneer
able Secretary NorthruD was excluded from the
meeting, and this gave rise to rumor that no was
TO be removed after thirty years service. The only
business transacted by the Board was the dismissal
of James Dillon General Inspector of Street Re-
pairs, and the appointment of Michael j. Hannah IN
lis place. Dillon has been connected with the de-
parfmeut for ten years. He ives in the Eleventh
Ward, and WAS formerly regular Democrat. He
subsequently joined the independent Democratic
organization, of which eX-CommissOner Flaherty
is one of the leading members Hannah lives IN the
Fourth Ward, and Is a member of the regular Demo
cratic General Committee. Tho Board also directed
the Chief Engineer to report to-day the names
of 1856 men to be employed in thirteen gangs
for repairing the streets. Dllon's removal and
made by unanimous votes. The General Inspector
receives 80 day.
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HOME NEWS.
HUDNUTs NO
THERMOMETER

YESTERDAY AT HUDNUTs NO
21S BROADWAY.
a. m 79'. Noon. go. %. ~. 800. Midnight 76S
Highest during the day So. Lowest. 7O'.
Average, 79l9N same day. 1875. 6os'
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songers The vessel is to be completed by February
DIED TO ESCAPE BEGGARY.

srtc1DF OF AN OLD MAN IN CENTRAL PARK.
Officer Michael Foley of tho Central Park police.
was passpg the restaurant near the arsenal in Cen
trail Park &C p. m. yesterday, when he heard tne
report of a pistol In the rear OF the restaurant.
Passing behind the building. he found In clump OF
bushes the body of German about sixty years old'
The man had prepared bod by laying some news
papers on the turf. He had then hln down. ana
with both his hands had pressed tho muzzle of n
large, od-fashioned horse-pistol against his fore
head. and had discharged the weapon. The top OF
his head had been blown away by the explosion
and death had ensued instantly. On the body were
fouDd a note book and some letters in the German
language which explained his suicide and furnished
a cIew to his identity. One of the letters was adj
dressed to Michael Heidi, and read as follows
FRIEND HEIDT-When Won hear Of my death let
nv body be burned IN some corner of church-yard
and do not allow any wicked presence to follow me
to my grave. JACOB oCHAOh"MAHN.
On \ mage of the note book was written; Heldt
nv old schoOlmate. please forgive me for making
Won trouble" There also a sealed letter ad-
dressed to Mrs. Schlunde, No. 81 fifth-st. ana
An almost illegbe hand: " | have been sick hfteen
years with rheumatism and L fear That
will have. to beg in my Ola age. My
prlde would keep me from doing that. Therefore
In nv old age | will kill myself" In the notebook
was photograph of Young man who was believed
to he Mr.. Scbauermann's'son.
Michael 1elul, WHO keeps pdnhCb otoio III t"O
basement of No. 20 FOuTth-ave., said last evening
that Schauermann had lived with him for year or
two and had done n few errands now and then IN
mart payment of his board. lie had been
TOO i'll with rheumatism most of the time to do any
work. Schauermann came to this country from
Germany twenty-one years ago and worked IN
brewery in Sixth-st. His wife died aud his only
son went West to seek his fortune. For several
montbs he had threatened to commit suicide. Some
weeks ago he placed $40 in Mr. Heidts hands, say
ing that the money should be used to pay his
funeral expenses when he was dead. His body was
at the Morgue last night
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A PRIVATE DETECTIVE ARRESTED.

a
Detective Robert A. PlDkertOn went to Della
wanna, near Paterson, NJ j., on Tuesday, to arrest
Henry A. Hudson proprietor of the village hotel,
and got into trouble. He was accompanied
by one of his assistants and representative of
ex Sheriff Conner. Hudson was TO be arrested for
having once forfeited bonds which he had given to
Sheriff Conner. In 1866 he Endorsed a note for
n person in this city, which in due time was pro-
tested and Judgment was obtained against the
drawer of the note and the indOrser. Hudson gave
bonds for the payment of the note but afterward,
It is said, forfeited them and wont to Ncw-Jersey
TO live. From time to time efforts have been made
10 arrest him. but he has carefully staid away from
tins city, Arrested once by the Ncw-YOrk detec-
tives, the New-Jerscy Courts decided that Hudson
could not be arrested in New-Jegsey for forfeiture
of those bonds
As the ex- Sheriff was bound to produce Hudson
early next week to pay the bonds,
ON Tuesday Robert P!nkerton and repre-
wanna to arrest him, but his friends interfered.
Hudson appeared with a revolver and threatened
to shoot Detective Pnkerton. Finally il WAS de-
cded TO 90 to Paterson and have the matter OF urs-
dictiOu settled.
The possible prisoner aud the officers called on
Hudsons lawyer, ex-State Senator Hopper The
LAWYER decided that Hnkerton had no authority to
make the arrest. Another dispute occurred in Mr..
HOppeI's office, aud the detective seized Hudson,
and refused 10 let him 90. messenger was sent
aud Hudson were arrested by tue City Police, and
taken before Recorder Warren. The circumstances
of the case being stated. the Recorder discharged
Hudson from custody, and held Pinkerton on
charge Of false arrest and attempted abduction.
the detective released on bail Iate Tuesday
night after spending several hours in the County
jail He will institute IA suit Tor damages Tor false
imprisonment he says.
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A SOCIAL SENSATION IN BROOKLYN.


Something Of a sensation has been caused in the
Eastern Distinct of Brooklyn, by the elOpement on
Monday of William II. Guild. pump manufac-
turer of FIrst-st who lives at No. 90 Diyison-ave
and who is said TO be atleast sixty years of age with
Miss Rosetta NJ. Stillman, age eighteen, the daugh
ter of Amos b. Shllmsn, of No. 70 Ross-st On
Monday afternoon Miss Stillman accompanied her
father to the Roosevelt Street Ferry. He came to
this city, and she, he supposed. returned home. On
his return, however, he learned that nothing had
been seen of his daughter. Inquiries were at once
made for her, and the Fourth street Police were
informed and exerted themselves 10 discover some
traces of the missing young woman. Ii was learned
that she had made some purchases on Broadway,
although she told her father that she had money
At length il was learned that Mr. Guild mad hired
carriage that evening, and that two young women
entered il on Broadway. IL was then driven To 81.
Barnabass Church, in Bushwck-aye., near Kossuth-
place. here a marriage ceremony was performed.
On Tuesday the marriage of MIR. Guild and Miss
Sullman was advertised, and It was added that
they had sailed for Europe. Miss Stillnan was the
eldest Of eight children Mr.. Guild is wldower,
his wife having died about year ago. and he has
number OF grOwn-up children. lie had frequently
visited Mr. Stillmans house. but there had been no
suspicion Of an attachment between him aud Miss
6ullman. although ne had gwen her presents.