The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-04-01
NEW YORK NOTES.

NEW YORK NOTES.
Events In Fashionable Life, Police Circles,
the Business World and otherwise
In Gotham Yesterday.
NEW YORK, April Miss Carrie Hall, a
fashionable young lady, residing In proml-
ried Bernard Mcdonald, a street car driver.
The Academy OF Music was crowded last
evening when the Mapleson Opera Company
gave concert in aid OF the survivors OF the
recent disastrous floods In Hungary.
Four men were found dead yesterday In
various directions-one Chinaman from
opium eating.
The police have searched In vain thus far
for Fraz Voongorn, an aged Belgian with
50O,0 900 francs.
A special from Washington says Represen-
tative Garfield expresses the opinion that the
session OF Congress will last all summer. He
Is making his arrangements with that ex-
pectation: He and other Republicans have
received from President Hayes q most posi-
tive assurance that the army bill will be
vetoed II it passes with the rider now pending
In the House.
A very sharp storm is raging at the present
coming in this direction, although it is ex-
pected to pass somewhat east OF this city, Sc
that its fury will not be felt here. The wind
has been blowing at the rate OF eighty miles
an hour off B,a,negat, seventy mi miles "a at Cape
city about thirty miles 1t is believed the
tail-end of the storm only will be felt here.
1t is believed that vessels some distance from
shore will feel the full extent OF the storm,
which Is very likely to strike the New Eng
land coast with great severity during the
night
4 dispatch from Long Branch, N. j., says
the New Jersey Southern Railway and
branches was sold at auction this afternoon
20 nnxy tn fhn infn ~ fhn Grok
mortgage bondholders and j.. Gould, for
$752,OOO Included in the sale Is the East End
Hotel at Long Branch and the grounds on
which 1t stands, and also the steamer Jesse
together with all the rolling stock, shops,
equipments, fuel and material for running,
repairing, constructing and replacing said
road and branches. The sale was ordered by
the master In chancery.
Rowell, the pedestrian, and his party will
return to England Wednesday.
Mayor Howell, OF Brooklyn, sent in long
veto message this afternoon on the resolution
OF the Board OF Aldermen awarding to the
contract for lighting the city with naphtha
during the present year. The resolution,
which was adopted two weeks ago, has met
with strenuous opposition from the gas COM
panies, and also from the board OF fire under
writer's.
Capt. Williams. who Is to be tried by the
police commissioners on Thursday. for club
bing citizen during the recent pedestrian
contest at Gilmores Garden. says the per-
ceed In securing his removal from his precinct
or ousting him from the force He Is fully
aware Of everything connected with the case
and says the charges are instituted by malice.
He says people talk much about the use OF
his club and forget It's effect on certain trying
occasions, when by its prompt use lives were
saved. This gold badge displaying hand
some gold shield) was presented to me forusing
my club, and was given by consent OF the
com mmissioners for saving the lives of two OF
my men who were In jeopardy while battling
with a crowd. He says: The public had no
fault to find when / arrested the Communi-
paw pirates at the risk OF my llfe They had
no fault to fad when arrested .nd the murderer
hand grenades from the communists four
years ago, or my action during the riot OF
1871, when | held three shields In one day
meaning when he was advanced from patrol-
then, but they find plenty now, simply be-
cause am cried down and villifed for doing
my duty. 1t will require another riot before
they will find out that the police are OF any
service. have been on the police force thir-
teen years, seven OF which ! have been cap
tain, and never was fined but two days pay. |
People have no fault to find because have
made over four hundred arrests personally
in one year. There are no robberies In my
precinct, nor any favoritism shown gamblers
and others"
During the three months OF the present |
year there has been gradual increase In Inn |
migration. The influx Of foreigners during |
March Is 1900 In excess OF that Of last month.
pearance. The rotunda was well filled with
men, women and children. who are making |
their first acquaintance with America. There |
were $40 arrivals yesterday -210 by the City |
Of Chester, from LIVERPOOL, and ui.s sos by the
brought $50 Bohemians, who have already
started for Nebraska. The following figures |
show the immigration for the present year
and for the corresponding months last year:
January 1879, 1902; January 187s 219oi Feb
1875 1858; March, 1879, 6O51; total. 1873, 8448;
1879, 1O,S5s. Excess over last year 1880.
Inspectors jackson and Nevins, customs
officers, while down the bay last evening, saw |
steamer Niagara, into rowboat alongside
the steamer. The officers who were on q
steamtug, gave chase and captured the small
boat, containing two men named Joe Coulter
and Pat .Ginnity, and $4,000 OF the finest
Havana cigars The prisoners were to-day |
held In $4,000 bail.
Forty failures were reported in this city |
during the month Of March, in which the |
total liabilities amounted to $480, ,449, and the
assets to $211 ,754. Compared with the pre-
cedlng month the present shows decrease In |
number OF eight, and $4,000 in the amount OF
liabilities During the month OF March, 1878, |
eighty-fye failures were reported, in which |
the liabilities amounted to S848, sos.
A very large number OF ladies and gentle !
men assembled this evening In the rooms of
The National Academy OF Design to avail
themselves OF private view Of the fifty
fourth annual exhibition. The rooms were
SO that it was with difficulty a |
glimpse could be obtained of the pictures.
The works which appeared to attract the
greatest attention were those by McEntee, |
[nnes, J. F. Weir, Coleman, Dehaas, Sargent, |
v. II. Beard, Huntington, Bunner, Leclear,
and j. G.. Brown. So far as the general
opinion could be ascertained it was to the
Effect that the present is far In advance OF
my past display In solid. honest and artistic
work, and that the task OF the hanging conf I