New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
RJrsINEss COMPLICATIONS.

Mr. Morrison, who took the testimony, VIII Iecom-
mend that the auctioneers license 20 reVoheo'
BUSINESS COMPLICA TIONS.
| rHE REPORTED FLIGHT OF n. q. HAkwooD-ARREs'
or A SERGEANT FOR ALLnGEDvALsE PRKTENCEs
The reported fight OF N G. Harwood, bankrupt
drygoOds merchant OF Minneapolis was the nam
oplc yesterday in drygoOds circles mere ana occa-
stoned much comment The creditors were sur
pnsed at the report, but few, 1t Is said' had re-
eivrd intimation of such course IN casa the
creditors refused last Thursday TO accept his 0Hr TO
compromise at 80 cents on the dollar. Some OF the
creditors were of the opinion that he would go to
| Europe All the creditors are now working To- Sc
| cure their individual interests, ana III was
| st,,ed Yesterday that several large attaching
in ipment creditor for 500 600 sold out his claim
YES erday to another CREDITOR but the amount OBJ
| AIMED was not stafed Several OF the unsecured
rreditors have sold their claims AT 20 and 20
cent. the dollar. One Of the largest creditor':
| who went to Minneapolis. said that they looked
| upon the failure as a swlndle. ana after rtceivne
the reiort of the experts refused to accept tao 0O
| cen offered by Harwood, although IT was NOR
tnan they could get any otner way, believing tna'
| Victor Brown of the firm OF Brown o. Brother,
| wholesale dry-goods dealers IN Vicksbnrg MISS,
| with an office at No. 50 Walker-st was recently
arrested by the Sheriff on warrant issued by Judge
Dauiels of the Supreme Cont, on Charge OF OBJ
Caning goods on credit from IL B. C!afiin o. Co. oE
in $50, 800 and has gone to vcksbnrg. The Ilabili-
| ties Of the firm amount to about 500. OOO; Claim
& Co.. in their aft iavit allege that on February
| 90 1879 Victor Brown applied to them for goods
ON crrdit for the firm. giving them written state
| ment showing that bls firm was entirely solvent,
,bihtes which did not exceed $50 900. The state
ment was repeated August 2, 1880, aud between
July and December 1882 So goods were o s0G bc ne
has been paid. 1t Is alleged that Mr. Brown falsely
aud fraudulentIy represented the conutimn OF us
| firm which, instead OF having surplus OF $oo,oOo,
was absolutely insolveDt aud that he recently III
this city eDdeavored to gel compromise at on Genus
on the dollar, claiming that the nm bad been H.
E.. and hat hn
produce a greater sum than that whereas IN the
meantime the firm has sustained no losses by PAD
/ debis ~ 80
| The Kings Mountain Mining Company, Of No. so
Broadway mas been placed in the hands OF re-
ceiver. Jonathan Browneli. by Judge Sedgwlck. OF
the Superior Court, the application OF Chauncey
| i. Bowen, one If the creditors. The company was
| Incorporated september 10, 1877, with q capital
| stock of 81 100000 1t had 900 acres OF mineral
m nn ON Which, were valued az 5000 600 Ex-Goy
| ernor Andrew g. Curtin was the pres dent VIM r.
Buckley, vce-presldent. ana spencer iaasK, vpeas
| the New-York Mining Stock Exchange was Decen-
| Der %, 800 shares beng sold at 60 cents a share
| Foe Empire State Brick Company's property, at
| No. 16j Broadway and at Huntington, H. l., VIII be
sold at auction by the Receiver, j. W. CUM, hurs-
day. The prospects for the creditors are very poor.
| Several judgments have been entered against the
| coupapy The company was started about two
| wears ago with nominal capital sock oil S5oo,ooo,
ID. NJ. Monjo beng the president. IL leased iaipe
bed of clay at Huntington and expended cohsideIa
| bic money in machinery ana hXtufes. n
| In the matter OF the assignment OF Theodore r.
| Allen aud Clarence l.. Allen, tobacco dealers, at
| ChsnLers and Greenwich-sts., I. Mortimer Seaver.
the ass gnee ed yesterday tho following schedule:
a 9s safna sss 49, 4sos S% 49, A%s s
| tho iabuItes are debts to the amount OF Yi4 Uo9
! for tobacco; S23 005 30 to McApin aud Co.,
| 81. 419 81 to T.. Lorilard d Co. ana ABOUT
| So 794 80 20 SutrO Newmark.
| r. Mortimer Seaver, as assignee of Samuel A.
McNair and Theodore i. Allen, flied the following
schedue: Liabilities. $42O72 SO nomnai asSets'
| $24 800 90 actual assets, plo,ooz 20.
NEARLY BLOCKADED BY MAIL MATTER.
| The amount of mail matter in the New-York Post
| Office yesterday morning at O'Clock was greater
than had ever accumulated at any one time IN the
| history of the Office 1t had been collecting since
| o'clock on Friday afternoon Added to the genera
| Sims two of which should have been in before FIJI
day There were also two very heavy extra
mails from San Francisco sod two thr2 VaI1 n fIe
| matter was delivered on Saturday, business men
having closed their offices more generally IMAM Is
| usual on Christmas DaV. I1en lew persons VINO
hold boxes in the Office called for their letters. he
b xes became so full that 1t became necessary 10
make bundles of the mater ana TO pu Gdrus I'D t tne
| windows Tor packages There were forty bushels
| of these packages taken ont of the boxes.
The result of the accumu alton yesterday morning
was thai the carriers had for Their first delivery NJ
| o'cock for he district below Canal-st' IOoooo
| letters, besides very large quantity OF newspaper
| and circular matter. The weight OF the contents OF
| the bags averaged so pounds: one man took OUT
l76 pounds of matter ana It filled seven large COL
lection bags. He went about IN hack. me letleIs
| taken ont by one carrier, when placed on edge on
/ sorting table, measured n teet. MISUNDERSTANDING
the grea: amount of matter 1t was all delivered ana
| the carriers were back in the office at ~ O'CLOCK.
NEW RULES FOR THE GRAIN TRADE.
The grain trade OF the Produce Exchange yester-
| day adopted several amendments TO me DV-la"s
and also I'D led so,ne rules to govern transac-
tons in Crain Two calls of gram each day are pro-
vided Tor; brokers making transactions for account
! of nprsons not members OF the Exchange, or for
firms or corporations having no repIe'entative nein-
| Der of the Exchange authorized and empowered 10
bind them in contracts under the rules must make
| contracts their own name no ilhe OF optloh
trade IN grain IS TO be made by members OF the TX
change before 10 a. IN. or after 4 p ~, nor on any
day part of day on which Tue EXcHal ~ nous
| no business session. Contracts made IN violation
of the rules will not be enforced or recognized Dy
| the Exchange - :,
| Manson composing the irm oI lienhaln i1ckeIing
| & Co. were Indefinitely suspended IRON the pFlV-
ege8 of the Produce EXchangS ygier rTr
| of trade. he complaint was made by Soaihnhel
| Brothers. ., ,t -
ballot to decide whether tine bOndsmen OF tie iate
treasurer. b. &. Bogert who detauedln 'he amount
OF $4,000 and afterward commltted sqlclde should
| be released from their Liabilities. Much interest
| was taken III the ballot.
BREAKING AN OFFICERS LEG.
| Edward MCGUIRE a tailor. OF No. 262 West Tenth
n was arr1lanrd before Justice ;. Il. smith at th
Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday bv Captain
Hedden, of the Ninth Precinct, who charged uial
| with being drunk aud disOrdcrlY aud with assault
and batefy on Officer Frederick H. Fieldi g, VINO,
in consequence Of mis- injuries, unable TO appear
in conf CAPTAIN Hedden said that about O'Clock
Sunday afternoon lie saw Mcclure endeavorlng to
kick opan the door of liquor store at Hudson ana
Charles-sts., aud he attempted 10 take nun lnio
custody. Mcclure resisted the captain, whorapped.
| and Officer Fielding who was duty In Hudson
| st. came to his assist ance, but WAS knockou uoWn
| nv the desperate man, and was unable TO rise. lie
complained of severe pain IN his lett leg, ana upon