New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-06
zL(yCAL MISCELLANY.
THE FIRST DAY IN IT'S NEW QUARTERS
THE UNION LRAGuE CLUB HOUSE MUCH 'iSi'hp

ryYr FIRST DAY In IT'S NEW QUARTERS.
THE UNION LRAauE CLUB HOUSE. MUCH 'i'i'hp
AND GREATLY ADMIRED.
Yesterday was Q general ipspecton day at the
new quarters OF the Union asaeao ocSunx tbs
hre ~ kfasf.rconss. The general room and private
roo M were taxed to their utmost capacity, and
tn servants were continually running 70 anu a 1v
fhe day q multitude Of members aud thei[
friends examined the building. Upon the advice OF
the chairman of the house committee, Joseph =.
Cav. most of them assembled in an elevator TO the
cuiinary department on the top floor, aug aiter
giving ntterance to their hearty appreEa o. .n n;n
rooms on the floor below. and 30 Oh down 10 the nrst
flor. Great numbers luDched In tn spacious Ioons
~ the afternoon ana so M , To"ms was nsuf
fielent and not o few were oDligeu 10 wall ioi
yacaht table. Many had ordered their dinner s sew
eral days before in ANTICIPATION Oh ING soou ''No
There was no formal reception. of guests ana no
speeches were made. IL was gaia DAY Ior TUG he.
hers W no showed themselves in the evening 10 nn-
expected numbers Ii was noticeable that some OI
the oldest members who live In the neignoOInoou,
and whose faces had not been familiar q. Tue
old clubhouse for years. were present. many
Of these expressed the intention OF dropping III
daily, whereas the club was formerly TOO ,s1
moved from them There are rev Oh sr0 ere mem
bers of the old Union Defence Comnlttee. tne oig
nal organization from which the G1ion were
oceuuied during the afternoon by the younger mem
bers who received many bows and smiles OF recog-
milton from ladies on the sidewSks Inc .be eveo
ing All the. lights were burning; d ds
library, billiard hall and numerous reading ana
sittin S.rooms were much admired and closely IN
spected. The portraits of distinguished GenefaIs
aud Of different Presidents OF the United Staesi
together with ether PAINTINGS wn o tastsfuy hun
in the new picture gallery Seversi VI sno t hafore
rooms we're occupied last night and the
and they are pronounced oo"p'e'0 ~ o." '-'-- "T
poiutments.
ENDING LIFE OF THEIR OWN WILL. -
The facts connected with the F,tS OF
secnnd.st seem TO indicate that he hes commiited
euicide He was reported missing last FrlusN, Gnu
it found that he had been last seen Rrod%av anS
feminist In his room were found MS watcn . unu
chain enclosed in ON envelope and note requesting
that they should De sent 10 nls wrtten TO
cousin showed that he was IN q despohdent moou;
Mr.. Schmallbach was about thirty-ohe years VI
age, and unmarried. He came to this country ABOUT
eight wears ago. and has been engaged IN the cotIoh
business with Lehman Brothers, IN Water-st. ne
recently visited Germany, ana wnen ne ntton
broker In Pearl-st 1t Is supposed ny ms llenu nus
chat unsuccessful business ventures led HIM 70 put
nm end to his lite, although they had no Suspicion
that he was financially embarrassed;
Salvador Laudio, an Italian boarding mouse
keeper, attempted to kin hnself YESTERDAY at No;
I32 ThiId-aye. He shot himself in" the ear, ana
was taken to Bellevue Hospital dangerously
wonnded Iaudio had for some time exhibited
symptoms Of insanity and threatened 70 Kill h'-
se so,o M ' HaIIet native Of England, twenty
four years OF age, living with his family az bue
Point. L. l.. while lab0ring under temporary aoer-
ration Of mind Friday morning, cut his throat nom
ear to ear with a razor, and then ieaped rom
second-story window TO tho ground, ana 9ieu III
twenty minutes. Coroner Edwards. OF PatchOgue,
held the inquest.
NEW FERRIES AND NEW LEASES.
ho1I
The Commissioners OF the sinking rund , hela
their first meeting toI this year Yesterday Aiaer
man McAvoy, chairman OF the finance C0mm.tte91
of the Aldermen, was present Controller CanpOel
submitted q report providing Tor leasing various
buildings and parts of buildings for the use ot the
Police Department as stations, the Park depart
ment the Excise Commssione,s and t te rennrt
authorizing the leasing OF the second h0or anu
part of the third floor of the German Exchange
bank at Bond st. and the Bowery. for the use OF
the Excise Board, at yearly rental OF SZlOU, leu
to some opposition, but it was adopted.
The event of the day, however was the proposition
to lease tho building as Third-ave. ana r one
and fifty eighth-st for the use OF the Ientn
District Civil Court aud the Sixth Dlstrict romeo
Ccurt. at yearly rental OF $2,OOO. ihere was q
considerable number of residents OF the annexed
district present most of whom were anxious 10
have the two Courts removed from thelr pIesens
or the bn,iiinq where the Courts held. does
not like the 81 ange. The Controller was exl lln-
ing that lie had made a personal lnvestlgstioii Ei
the matter, when he was interrupted w NIL
Haskn with the assertion: ,. ..,a
II know what money is involved to put TINS
: What do YOU mean by thatw demanded the
Controller in an indignant tone. :. ~, WITH.
al dout mean you, sir" replied MT. hasKul.
sbat know the to s SS tS,s thHs through
The Mayor said that the Board could not go INTO
flat and finally the matter ended with the Board
snthorizing the Controller to make a lease OF the
nromises at One-hundred- and ffty-eighth-st. The
Controller was also authorized to nave leases Inade
for ferries, from Pine-St. TO Hunters Point, from
Forty-second.st to Weehawken, and from one
hundred and thrtieth-st TO Fort Lee, preparatory
70 their sale at Public auction protest was also
ordered TO be sent to the Legislature against inc
passage of the Brooklyn City Ferry blll, estaD-
fishing ferries between this city and Brooklyn on
the ground that the right to establish ferries from
any part of Manhattan Island rested only Win tDe
Mayor, Aldermen and COmmonalty OF the CITY OF
from the foot of Market-st. to Brdge-st Brooklyn,
Was referred to the Controller.
HOGS DECLARED FREE FROM DISEASE.
The British Consul at Philadelphia recently re-
ported to the home Government that in the aggre-
cate 700 600 Ohio hogs had died OF cholera the pres
cnt season. The trade in hog products has been
seriously affected in England by the report made
Inv the Consul and President Parker. of the New
York Produce Exchange, has endeavored 10 ascer-
tain the truth of the report He received dispatches
Yesterday from the Commissioner OF AgrlcU lture
and the president of the Cincinnati Chamber OF
Columerce who pronounced the report entire ly
without foundation. The latter said In his dis
match that there is less disease among hogs at pres
emit than at any time for many years. Commas
soner lie Duc said that hog cholera is not prevailing
alno 10 American hogs nearly to the extent that 1t
.i;d two wears ago aud that there has teen no