New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-30

holiday.
ASSIGNMENT or PLoUGH-MAKERS
| TAYLOR 81 Mayher manufacturers of ploughs at
No 237 Water-st.. made an assignment YESTERDAY ~
Thomas W. Harris, of No. Warren-st, giving pref.
ereucrs for 50 400 The liabilities are reported AT
| from $4,000 to $4,000, and the assets IL Is
| thought, will amount Ia SlO,OoO.
STILL ON THE ROCKS.
The steamer C. H. Nor. ham was still on the ROCKS
south Of Blackwcl's Bland yesterday afternoon.
She is in good condition and not STAINED az an All
effort was &c made last gt a. g e .,aT IONS
were favorable. Ii not TINS Will DC aItchP'ou 'n
morning
A DEPUTY CORONER APPOINTED.
Coroncr-elt,ct Mcrl g Yesterday appointed as ms
deputy Dr. Juius llocpfner, o. No. G37 LeXihgloh-
ave. Or. llOcpn Is gradual" OF the He i
University. and Tor years held an appolh1H'mo as
County Physician at his home in the Grahd Duchy
OF Baden.
POSTAGE ON NEW YEARS CARDS.
Postmaster Pearson said yes erday that many
New Years cards were beng received ~ lhs osV
Oca with only one cent lnstea OF lhfee ceHS Po9u
age paid them. The cards can be sent at VIC rate
OF one cent for two If the envelopes are not
sealed but hcrwsn they are subject TO lctter rates.
SCHEDULES OF LIABILITIES.
In connection with the "fslgnntht OF 2 },P,
Campbell to Peter +. Collier The following schelu.e
was Med yesterday. Liabilities, ISL 10; h0m-
nal assets, aj,573 "a &C ual assets 9ZoV9 Oh me
schedule in the assignment of Eyena NJ. Bilss 10
Charles J. yOns. j., SHOWS Liabilities, @oo'o-o Oo'
actual assets, $50 %.
REWARD TO STIMULATE DETECTIVES.
4 dcsCTi ptlOn OF the nine trunks S.orn ioH
Dodd's express wagon IN front OF No. 81 flih-aFe'
while the driver delivering trunk on Nedhes-
day, was given 10 the police YESTERDAY IL Is not
| yet known what they contained Inc police round
| 10 ccw TO The thieves or TO the missing properly,
llr Dodl has increased the reward for the recovery
| OF the trunks 10 $1,000, and promises 5000 more
| for the arrest OF the thieves
RoBBING BLIND NEwsMAN.
John Block. an Inspector employed by the lWen-
ty-third-st Railroad Company, was arrested yeser-
day morning ny Policeman Nclhoh, OF the twenty
| ninth Precinct for stealing papers from IIIbeIt
| HAYES a blind neWsman who sells papcrs at lwcn-
ty-third-st. and Broadway. Al the Jefferson Market
| Police Court justice Ouerbonrg committed BLOCK
| Tor tIIai IN default OF $500 bali.
| PROPOSED AMENDMENTS DEFEATED.
| At the Maritime Exchange yesterday the amend
ment to increase the trans or fees of memberships
from - to 30 was defeated by vote of 3Ol to I'D;
that To resi- riot certificates of memberships 10 the
| use Of thc member only, instead of member and
his clerk or agent by3i3 to 200; that defining
| mode Oi procedure III cases before the uIlcNdhce
| Committee 10y 2l3 10 1873.
TRUNKS LOST WITHOUT CLUE.
The trunks stolen from IN express wagon OF the
Ncw.York Express Company in FI,th-avr., on We'd
| ne,day have not yet been found and 10 clue has
| been Obtained A. To where they are; mere were
eight trunks and "a small valisc or DON. None Oh
! these were trunks containing Jcwc.ry or samples,
and the contents of none, II is thought, were of
especial value. 4 coward OF 5000 has been offered
Tor their return upon the CONVICTION OF the lhlel OF
! thieves.
| CALLING HIMSELF A. 7. STEWARDS BROTHER
| Gustav krait, age eighteen, crazy tramp en-,
tered Police Headquarters last cyenlngand informed
! Superintendent Waling that he was a. J. stewart
brother and desired u be- put IN possession OF the
stewart house at 1hirty-fourth--t. and FIth-ayc.
| lie could not explain the fact that his name was
not Stewart but REGARDED tins ~ OF no consequence
lyv order OF the Superintendent nc was locked up III
a cell.
wcl,-drcsscd tibet. on the prctruce of examining
some sIlveTware IN the store OF Louis - Hhl al 10.
| q Maidcn-lanc yesterday stole number 9I spoons
and forks lie arrested BY Policeman Nc Ndaihs
! and taken 10 the Tombs Police Court The stolen
| nj vas %
| ccssfuy 10 throw away gold chain ia lh' street
| H.. ,,1ys his name a, Daniel Williams age twenty
| one conpOsItor. and was rcInandcd untn the po-
| ice succeeded m finding the owner ~ the chdHl'
SENT To rnE TONES TO AwAjr TRIAL
! Uorati, A. Wright, who was arrested on Ncdhr.-
| dov ui,bt by Hcalqu rcr detectives, was ar
ro,,,c i'm the Court OF General session, yesterday.
| The prisoner VAS employed last summer az DOOR
keeper by the Allen Iaper Gar IIci S1n ry ."
and admitted to bail, but when called Tor tri2 IN
! October failed to appear. julia J.. Mead, oi last
TbIrtecDth-.t. was MS surely. and on Nedncsday
NOM Le was found al her house. Recorder Smy Ia
Yesterday committed Wright to the IohDs TO await
trial. ...,., ,,,,,...,
| Detective Oates OF the First Precinct, took John
| Davis age twenty-ouc, of No 20 Last Thirty srv-
enth-st., before justice BNDy Yesterday al VI, me
liams of No. 30 Wall-st., cashier of the German
American Exchange Bank, for uttering forged
check for $500 purpOrtug 10 be signed by BrnhcIin
| 4 >touteuborough OF No 272 Pcarl-,t. DAVIS made
a small purchase at the store OF B"nhcIm ~ stout
enboroueh, and got a small check IN change from
son OF one OF the members oil the lGn lie thch I'M
itated the signature. lie was rcm4ndcd.
HEAVY REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Stephen II. Tnaycr has bought for 500 300 con-
siderable property on Second and Fourlh-aycs and
in One One-hundred and ninth,
One hundred and-cnth, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tcenth and rcd-and-twcnlleth-ss, from
| Stephen Mcchan and his WIG. Tho real estate,
which is Principally IN parcels OF four lots each,
consists of twenty eight city lots, on some of which
dw,Iiu,, housc4 are rrcctcd Deeds of the transfer
| yaI Inc ,tag
There was also recorded the conveyance OF four lots
on the south side OF litythlrd-st, 900 feet west OF
Fifth-ave., to Ben amn Dlukcl-plc, and another by
Benjamin Stephens and other persons, ~ consdcra-
ton o. $llS,OOO the purchasers OF the property
gave 10 ITS l0rmor pOssessors mortgage on IT Tor
| loan OF II 200 on two years cftdli.
WORK or THE BUREAU or BUILDINGS.
The Buildings Bureau mas condemned the build
ings Nos. II to "A South-st., No. lG2 MaIden-lanc
and No. 30 Depeystcr-st., where the destructive
fire occurred on saturday night The walls that
get stand will be torn down. The following build
Ings were reported unsafe yesterday: Nos. - and
12l2 W. Iugton-st., 81 Biccckerst., II Crosby-st,
G3 Yves, yIOurth-st. front and rear, 2lS aud
80 East Onc-hundred-and twenty~rst-st., 1919 and
| lGl Orchard-st, 342 Scycnth-ayc., 30 IhOmps IL
ST.. 33l Canal-st 43G East EIghtccnth-st., and "A
building on the south sIle OF Ono-hundrci-and-
forty -nmth-st. near COurlland-ave. William l..
Draper of No. Is North fltlcG-st., filed plan az
the uldng Department yesterday for the erection
OF iOuT-SOry brick dwelling at No. GO2 flth-aye.
1t is to cost $4,000. jackson > schultz will erect
n fvc-stOry building for business purposes, at No
| $50 Pcarl-st.. at a cost of $4,000.
BROOKLYN.
Judge Pratt has been sick and unable to perform
his judicial functions Tor ten days
Leave was granted in the County Court ycstcr
dav To several persons TO change their name from
Raunschlsscl 10 liemsen.
The club House Of the John Delmar Association
at Fourh-avc. and Nnth-st, is to be sold by ia,
, ! sherif under foreclosure of mortgage.
The new bridge over the Newton Creek has beer
) thrown o zen Tor use It, vas tested by drawing
boiler weighing eight tons over 1t yesterday.
{ Erhardt Schneider Of No. 594 Grand-st. has beer
held for the Grand jury upon HE charge OF causing
the death of Jacob jaeger. OF No. lG9 ThroOp-aye
l,y stabblng him in the thigh on December 10
jaeger dIeu sunday last.
A sealed package, entitled Emma II. Gaynor vs.