New-York tribune., 1880-02-14
NEW YORK CITY.


Tho lor library of Recorder Hackett was sold at
No. 73O Broadway. The prices were not note
worthy.
The Fire Commissioners ordered yesterday that
all teegrapb-poles with hre-aiailn ooAes shouiu NC
painted red.
Erancis Seyin. a child Of twelve years. was re-
ported Yesterday to the police as missing from NO.
80 Sprng-st. and Henry Book, age nine years, from
No. 80 CannOn-st.
Thenext lecture IN the Cooper Union Free COnrse
will be delivered this evening by Professor ). D
Newberry, of Co umbia College. on Inc Uolu ana
Silver Mines Of the West" with illustrations.
Antoine Erhart, laborer living at No. W Ave
nns-C. who had been missing for some time; was
found drowned in the East RIVER Yesterday at our
teenth-st His body was taken to the Morgue
The officers of the Old Gentlemen's Unsectarian
Home" Yesterday reelected tne KEY; TSopSg W
president of the Board. -Four new members were
also added to the Board The institution Is greatly
in need of funds.
East River front. on Monday, were scattered along
South-st. Yesterday, hoping that the stevedores
would meet their demands; but in this they were
disappointed. The new men are at Work at the re-
duced wages and give satisfaction.
Accidental poisoning was assigned by corO-
ner's Jury yesterday as the cause OF Mrs caroline
Mcchtod's death at No. 127 West FIfty-third-st;
Mrs Mechtod was the young wife of druggist and
took chora 10 find relief from attacks OF bysterla
She swallowed an overdose by mistake on Jan
nary 27.
evidence last evening in reference 70 thc primary
election held February 2, in the AlAth Assembly
District, irregularities being alleged by the CON
testants of the regular ticket. Evidence VIII ne
taken Monday evening regarding the result III the
XXIid Assembly District
In the parlor of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Building at Twenty-third-st. and Fourth
ave- last evening, Professor L. A. Bucterfeld, of
Boston. addressed an audience, which hilcd Lhe
room on the subject of Visible Speech" The
characters used to represent universal sound were
illustrated upon the blackboard,
Ann Weyer was found dead in her room at No. II
.James-st, on February by her daughter VINO re-
turned from wake to which she had gone against
the commands of her mother. Parls green was
scattered over her pillow. coroncrs jury decided
Yesterday that Mrs. Wcyer had committed sulcidc.
but failed to find ont why she ddit
As the schooner Sarah A. Burr was going TO
Yesterday she struck n sunIsen wreck near Romer
Shoals which mace hole IN her hull. The schooner
drfted upon the shoals and sank III fifteen minutes
aftcIwaId. The seas are breaking violently over
her and she viii probably become a total wreck.
The tug Ida l.. Iebo rescued the captain and the
crew.
permit for the interment in Greenwood of the
body of Henry Augustus Blbbitt. artist who
died i'm Manchester. England, on January %. was
granted Yesterday by Dr. Naglc, Register of Vital
Statistics The body was brought to tins city IN
the steamer CITY OF Brussels and was given over Ia
the dca3 mans uncle, r. W. Eiting, OF No 10
State-st., BrOokiyn
Nicholas Jagol, n rggcr of 3G7 East Eighth-st.,
went 10 work on the schooner Comet lying IN the
DAYS ago and returned. His son reported YES
terlay to the police that when ne sought HIM at
thc pier he was nfOrmcd that he had accidentally
fallen overheard aud been drowned. The matter
had not been reported % the police.
Jane. Moore was arrested yesterday on bench
warrant charged with swindlmg a number Of mcr
chants ont of sums varying from $500 To 500 III
plan was 10 buy goods on credit have them de-
yrrei sell for cash ald appropriate the proceeds.
He was arrested in Baltimore and brought to this
city. The Grand jury Yesterday found an ndict-
lp ed IN he
TomJs.
In response to an application Of the merchants
connected with the several commercial OrganiZ1-
tinn. of fms citv and of the canal boatmen To set
apart portion of the water front exclusively FOR
the use of caual-bDate. State Engineer lOrltio ScY
rnour ir.. and Assemblyman llur1. chairman of the
Committee on Canals. will VISIT this city to-day and
make official tour of insucction 81 The river
fronts. 4 steamer viii be furnished by the Produce
Exchange.
Martin and Michael McIncrncy were committed
Ic,ul o the injuries OF Patrick Crimes. of No. SIC
Fr.-avc. who on "Wednesday night. II - sad, was
assaulted aud shot b. them. certificate from llr.
Field. OF Bellevue, was presented stating that the
bullet had entered Crimes side causing peutonliis
Tho chances are that the wounded man will dlt,
and the coroner has been asked u take hle ante
mortcm statement
Officer Herman took before Justice Smith at the
Essex Market Police Court yesterday morning
woman about forty named Margaret Cooke, whom
Thomas Cooke. her husband. charged with marry
inc him wncn she had already two bu9bands Inv
ing. The prisoner had with her rather c0mcly
Ioonp gIrl Of sixteen whom size said was hcTdaugl-
tcI,by her first husband. She dnot know where the
other men were. Mrs. Cooke freely acknowledged
her crime and said that she would marry again ls
soon a. she got chance. She was held for eXomin-
alton.
Ruuor. were current on the Produce Exchange
vcitcrday that john Allen the business manager II
David Dows a Co. at Baltimore. who has been
missing for several days had cmbc2Zled between
$50. 900 and 100000. and that ne had fled ~
south America. member Of thc finn IN this city
stated Yesterday that he did not think that Nh.
Allen was in default 10 any amount. aud that
nothing had been discovered up 10 this time 10 give
Tie frm any apprehension. Mr. Allen was to have
become a member of the firm on May /.
" = Prentice, q well-Lnown member Of the
Stock Exchange, yesterday announced his inability
TO meet his contracts. six Thousand shares Of
stock were bought in for his account; of these
. 200 were Ere common, 300 Delaware, Iacl.a-
wanna and Western / 600 Missouri. Kansas aud
Texas 500 jersey Central. aud 100 ST. Paul
common. The differences are probably more than
covered by the price realized for the seat in the
Exchange which was sold Thursday for SlG5GO
The failure of Mr.. Prentice was without perceptblc
effect on the market
AT the recent annual meeting of the business
Mems Society for the encouragement of Modcra-
ton officers were elected for the year T. r. Thur
her declined TO be "A candidate for reelection as
president on account Of pressing duties resoiu-
ton of regret, and thanking Mr.. Thurbcr for his
services and libcrality was unanimously passed.
The following officers were then elected President,
Ferdinand u. Earle: treasurer Co0ne, f. H. Kent.
SECRETARY H. II. Hadley. Vce-prcsidcnts-Ibnr,
low Weed f. Is. Thurber, Noah Davis. Thomas l.
James, WIN. A. Booth JAS :. Barron II. b. Clafin.
l.. NJ. Bate stewart l.. Woodford. John +. IIar-
tranft, d. 7. Eells. W. f. laift. d. X. Colburn. W.
H. Folwell Jas. Mcleer. Francis a. Palmer 1hos
X Lees, DR.. Geo ". Holmes. d. &. Smith. b. ".
Arnold. Samuel Lindheim, General Charles Roomc
James Pool, Benz. A. Willis, Ilenry W. BALDWIN, g.
w. Crowcll, w. IL. Lee, Is. f. Neswcndcr, John T.
Faure. General Clinton B. Fisk, Jas. Buell. b. f.
Butler, Thos. J. Durant. n. A. Hopkins.
BROOKLYN.
The Republican primaries will be held February
Il To elect delegates to the Assembly District ON
ventIops which will meet February 20 aud ~ TO