, 1881-12-06
'lrcn, while during the corresponding period
0f 1sN) tho mortality from this cause Was
| only 1171
ITEMS.


Spttsa, i1iapaseh to 1ht Uaic4sa Trstuns.
NEw YoluK, nec. s.---No us,swor has bcen
.nnslo by William II. Vanderbilt TO tic suit
brought by lsaoc s. Waterman and Henry
A Tnylor, the contractors ard .hutldurs Of
the Rochester & Stn.e-I.tMo Railroad, whO
aro sucking 10 recover St,000,000 dam.
ngHs alleged to have bech sustained
by thon by reason ut tho dofendnnt's
breach Of contract The explanation Of
tho failure to put III mn answer Is, however,
IL very simple one. It seems that u m0tloN
Ind been nn.lo to strlku ont parts Of the coMI-
platnt rs Irrelevant md tmportthent, arll rs
soon ns this mutton Is decided md the cohl-
p!aInt Is stripped of Its surplnsage. the
answer will be put IN. Fhe counsel fnr
Vanderbilt say tho answer will be a complete
one.
A VERDICT IN THE Ur,1MAN-MEfER CASE.
The ]ury in tho Ullnan-A[eyer brcact of
promise CAs9 brought In n verdict this Gvcll-
ing. It WIS sealed, a1ld its exact findings nrc
not known, but 1t Is stated Tint the verdict is
for inoro thar 81 900 for tho plaintiff.
TilE tsjST-0TFtCt:.
II tht 1Ftstern A,soetate1 I'rs5t.
NEw Yn1lK, Dec. 5.-'rllo ercutess nm0il,,t
Of business ever transacted by tho New TUfk
l'ost-Ofice III one week was tlol,e during tho
week ending Saturday night, In that
time ass, 800 pustage stamps, valued
at sGa750, wcru sud. III addition
to tf,nt, 51s 900 pnstnl-cards, 1C6.TO stamped
envelopes, $4,000 rDwspaper-wrappors. alMt
100000 "req,test" envelopes were sold. The
newspaper postage amounted to $500;
the wasto paper sa[es to StNs0
atad tho unpaid postaEo collected to Si,449.51.
Tile total income was SS9, ,S59.5s. In tho
same week 70,GA registered letters md
packages were dealt with. The money
order business amounted to S40S,a ,aa3o03
The weight OF newspaper circulars md
uthor lower+class matter handled was :GI
TONS ard 1t was composed Of FAST, 40 pieces.
Tlleso latter figures do not il,cutle letters or
nny matter originating for delivery within
tAe city.
MICHIGAN 1,ETIEF.
New TonK. Dec. h-The Michigan relief
fund now amounts to S14l, ,7G}.
4 LIFE.1SsUl.ANCE COMPANY SIZED.
The widow Of Jolin N. Armstrong COM
Circuit Court n Brnoklyn agninss the New
York Mutual Llfe-lusaTnnco Company to re-
cover SM,o0D Of policies Oil tho life Of ller
husband, who was murdered by 15enjamlll
ago. Hunter obtained tho policies, ai,d then
expected to ket the money through tic ucall,
OF Armstrong. This dofensB claims tllnt
Armstrong never Ind any Interest In the
policies.
A room MAHKsMAN.
A wcll-know' gambler was arrested to-
night suspected Of being one Of the gnng
wlIo Saturday hight lntrutlucetl Il menlt,er Of
the Ohio Editorial Association to butko
gnnle. The gambler whllu Oil the way to
L,ollce headqnarters broke nway from the Of
Of thu mark. One of the shots n6rasel the
neck Of q car-conduetOr.
TIE nRooKLyN nR1nGE-
Up to the uresent time there has been ex-
pentled OIL tho llro0klyM britf9G $l3, ,3ES}, Us.
Tile President ot the board Of Trustees snlsl
Fl s sEp te plXs' suY.r SHa koeCSR Re ECsSMrs s t.
q report, \! which he SAIL the
Iron structure, anil that tho chang.
for steel wis fnrcca through, IN such haste
md that the theory tllat II Iuss weight nf steel
than uf iron would bB llcedet proved fniIu.
clO>s. Two hundred tons more WIS needed
10 nllotv Pulllnan paluce-cars to pass over
THE strK TRADE,
A private dispatch from ,Iapun states tint
the deadlock hi tie silk trade has been re-
n1ovctl by the practical submission Ut the
American and European merchants to .the
Japanese tluNntMlS. AbDlit 81, ,000, 600 worth
Of silk held by the Jnpauesu fur SIX. weeks
hns now been tlISp0sctt Ut, and Is on the way
to the Western markets.
DEATH OF A DnuNIsARD.
August Gilsoe entered o ANlonn Mt No. 215
AIerpOr streot md asked for 4 drink. 1t WIS
refused Him, M l,e was shlyerlng under tAo
effect pf 4 rneent prosDllgel debancII, ard q
eup q golIee Eiyen him 'instt:a'I: While
X reporter who vlsftud the saloon fOunn the
dead man, where lB llnd fallen butwgun