The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-29
NEW YORK NOTES..
New York and the Mining Dis
tricts of the West.
Some Police Items-A. Z. Stewards
Body-Imitators of Cox-The Hull
Murderer's Supply Of Cigars
to be Cut Off

known jOufna and now secretary OF Gne Bui-
lion Club OF this city, recently returned from a
visit to the Pacific coast, In conversation with
q reporter to-day gives bis views % to the
present condition and prospects Of the Com
stock lode, the Bodie district the Black Hills
mines, the Arizona mineral regions ana other p
are found. He believes speculation and invest
ment in mining securities will Increase i'm
mensely in New York at an early day, and
that In time the production Of the principal
mining districts will be controlled here.
CAPT. EADs AND THE PANAMA CANAL.
structed the jetties at the mouth OF the Mis-
gtsejppi, proposes In q letter to the Tribune to
substitute for the contemplated ship canal at
Panama. q railroad by which the largest YES
sels may be aeaso across the n haas
with road bed forty feet wide and eight or
ten rails. Eads claims that the project is en-
tirely practicable; that 1t would be only one
profitable, and that the road may be COM
pleted in three or four years.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
The bank statement is favorable. The fol-
lowing are the changes Loans decreased
| $2. 1926, 100; specie increased $3695OO; legal
tenders increased S3,o43,2oo; depos1gs a ,ne ne-
creased 500, 400: circulation Increased S1lo,loV'
| reserve increased S3, 428,550
A. T. STEWARDS BODY.
| Superintendent Walling to-day, in speak
ing OF various reports published from time to
time concerning the tlnding 81 the Dody O.
A. +. Stewart, said: 4 tell you know the
body has not been found. ! don't say that
don't know of It's having been found, but
know 1t has not been, and know now the re, ,.
porters got their story. Some OF them nall
heard a private conversation between Two
men whom they thought were , 10 10 ~, Mr I'll IL
| that were wanting from their own lnge-
nuity.' n,
| A PARALLEL TO THE HULL ROBBERY.
Wednesday night negro man named Geo.
| Phillips entered the house OF Mrs. Marion
Greags, q wealthy lady living in Morrisania,
and stole 5000. q watch and other jeWery
| He was formerly q servant Of Mrs. ireggs,
and entered her house through the window
and stole the iewelry from her bedroom. 20,
Mrs. Greugs was not at home. Phillips is
now in jail. This might have been parallel
to the Hull case.
A BRAVE WOMAN.
Jeremiah Dayton has Just been sentenced
to ak years imprisonment. Mrs. Helena
1 Alexander caught and held him by the halr
III her room, which he entered Tor thelt.
A Fo1LED BURGLAR.
George Brand is now In prison. Mrs. Mary
Hoffman found him investigating the con-
tents Of her bureau She jumped from the
bed and seized him. He escaped from the
house and was captured in the street by the
police. ,r,
. A
The steamer City of Columbus arrived from
Sauannah last night, and on reaching heI
dock collided with the City OF Berlin, sl1gnt-
lv damaging the latter vessel and necessita-
ting the postponement Of her departure fol
Liverpool from this afternoon untal oo-nol-
row. ,-,,-rr
Chevert0n Pierre, Frenchman, sutcided
last night by cutting an artery OF the lee
with razor. He arrived from Havre on the
twenty-sixth and attempted to smuggle
$1,000 worth Of iewery etc, put Ihlea III
confiscation Of his property leo 20 his suicide
MRS. JENNIE SMITH SECURES AN APPEAL.
NEW YORK. June GA dispatch from New
ark, n j., says that Chancellor Rnnyon mas ne
! to-day allowed writ of error In the Smlth
Bennett case, returnable the first OF July
next.
The events Of the week In financial circles
; were comparatively unimportant.. Inc money
market WAS easy. capital having Deen u
ample supply at 211ac0t per cent for call loans
Foreign exchange was dull and weak anc
Government bonds were strong both here anc
f London. new 4s and 411aas being In particu
larlv brisk demand at advancing figures
, Railroad and miscellaneous. speculation, al
though o,liet and at times dull, was charac
except e. sh911 business vas ~ aranae
shares. the Trunk Lines and canal stocks
which advanced from y to 8 per cent; west
ern Union. after dropping 81 per cent undel
sharn rear attack, closed at a recovery OF
ner cent. Cleveland, Columbus and lndlani ahu
rentral psI rose per cent. AT tie close ther'
was q firm feeling.
chastine Cox will be brought down from tn %
Tomhs 1n Monday to plead to the indictment TO o
Ia,,rdar in the first degree. Cox. is TO o.
ailnWed n, wed fe wer visitors and fewer cigars, tna
htioma, ha may realize be Is murderer and ~
nero; ox anpears to be the reigning attraction
a. IN tha @TTb TTpmbs. Nearly every visitor asks g
be she shown bis cell Immediately upon lent enter
Cox exhibits himself with evlde11 ap pfldde doe
InIotoriety. moi He smokes considerably anu o''es