New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-16
circumstances, both upon the purchase and sale OF
contracts for fnfnrn delivery

The report of the Five Points House OF lpdustry
for the year ending March ISL SHOWS no Sn AZ
penditu1es were $44 $50 50. The actual gXpenses'
not including repairs, were S230iZ ~. 1ne p z7I
Der of inmates in the house IN the year VIZ 20
The Board of IncOrporators has elected the I0owing
trusteea: Morris X. Jesup president hTEn ~,
Camp treasurer; George F. Belts, secretary CnaTlSs
Elv ID. Lydig Suydam. Charles Lanler, DaVld %
Egeston, William w. Aston and Oliver Hartman
GRATIFIED AT THE DEFEAT OF BILL.
The Board of Managers of the Produce Exchange
yesterday passed resolutions, winch were =, Ieie
graphed to the Legislature denoqncing the DilI an-
thorzing the construction of railway on tne Oanks
of the Erie and Oswego Canals: There was RIeaC
when if was reported that the bill had been defeated
Similar qualification was expressed among Ine nen
bers of the Board Of Trade and transportation anu
of the Canal Boat.Owners Association when hSd
passed resolutions against apprOpriatng any portion
of the canal for railroad purposes.
THREATENING THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS ~.
Three storekeepers In Leonard-st.-Jaeob Is halk,
of No. 149, A. II. Hartman, OF No. lol, anu JOIN
Off, of No. 162-WTote to the Board OF fOlce yes
terday that unless the street in when tney 90 9us
and w9IS fhy SSdaT sy WOULD 20 before
the Grand Jury and procure tho indictment Vi , Ehe
Police Commissioners for neglect OF duty' Inc
Board ordered Captain Williams to clean tue stteet
fortbwitb. A Thonas-st merchant wrote an lndlg-
nant letter on the topic but 1t 1alied 70 pro
duce the same efeet-no mention beng made Vi Ine
Grand Jury.
DISCUSSING THE SALE OF A HOUSE. ,,.,
The Board of Trustees of the College Of the City
of New-York met yesterday and discussed the
propriety OF selling the house No. West Sixteth-st.l
owned by Thomas o. Callaghan. In 1873 the Board
loaned VCallaghan $4,000 OF the Gr0sVenOr Iuhd
for a mortgage on the house. Judgmen5 agu n5
OCallaghan was afterward obtained for lT,S4O 90:
which he finally agreed 10 pay IN lnstalments Oh
SS7 80 monthly. He paid in that way $I ~ Inc
Judgment now amounts TO ABOUT Slo'OOO: Inc
matter was referred TO the Executive Committee Tor
action Yesterday with the recommendation tnat the
property be bought by the Board under foreclosure
sale o,.,,,,,
The number Of prisoners in Raymond Street Jail
is 101.
Minnie Loretta Proget Undcr-the-Snov sypher is
the remarkable name of young c0lOred woman III
this city.
is believed that the Board Of Assessors will
principal thOrougafarcs.
At the annual meeting of the Atlantic Yacht Club
Monday evening l.. a. Fish was reelected COmmO-
dore II was decided 10 hold the annual regatta
June H. the start to be from the clubhouse at Bay
Ridge"
While painting the side Of the bark Sarah rs she
lay at anchor in the lower bay. Monday WllIlam
Caude fell overheard lie was rescued but died
yesterday from the effects OF his Immersion IN the
water.
The old stone building at ThiId-st. and Ffth-avc,
reported To have have been the Long Island mead
quarters of Washington, Is fast crumbllug INTO runs
The roof has fallen in and only aportlon Of the walls
remain standing.
monument to Fireman Baldwin, who lost his
N
be unveiled III the Eycrgrcens Cemetery May l,Wlln
appropriate ceremonies. Tho address VIII Do &c
llvered by Fire Commissioner Jacob Worth.
Alta meeting OF the Rapid Transit Commission
Yesterday il Uaa suggested that an elevated road IN
FOurth~ayc could DO extended to pay hldBe,
from which point short ferry across the NarrOWs
10 Staten Island would furnish quick route 10
New-York from Staten Island, avoiding the long,
trip on the Bay.
In the suit of Excise Commissioner W. L, b.
Stears to recover $4,000 and interest on tnat
amount which he was induced by alleged fraudu-
lent representations to invest III the Blees sewing
Machine Company, the jury YESTERDAY returned
verdict for the plaintiff Of @I2;55oO Inc ueIeu-
ants were G. L. Studwell and j. NJ. Avery,
Cornelius Carey. of Cedar Grove, N. j. sought
the aid OF the police yesterday to secure the
return Of bis wife, Who he declared. had eloPed on
SATURDAY. with William Shaw, one OF his neigibors,
and was now living at Adams and CoucOrd-sts.,
BrooKlyn. A detective was sent 10 see the woman.
Carey is about forty-iye years Old and his wife
IN thirty The she eloped with IL Older tLan her
husband Both the mon arc brushmakeIs'
NEWARK.
Thu ueat inspector seized several cOnsign-
monts Of bob veal at the Erie Railroad depot yes
terday.
20 open a Home for Women afflicted with incurable
diseases especially those who have been cependent
on their own cSerCons for support, and who have
neither homo friends. Persons suffering from
lncuTabe disease. 70 not received at tho hospitals
well-dressed man entered the jawelry store Of
Emil Alter, No. 10 Market-st., Monday night ana
porting 70 be drawn by Y. J. Garrgan, druggist.
Mr. Altor declined. Suspectlng that the oheck was
bogns Mr. Alter called an officer, who followed tho
man and arrested hum in a dry-goods store. In the
street the man broke away. Later Mr.. Garrgan in-
formed the Polics that some person was trying 70
pass checks with his name forged 10 them. About
midnight the alleged forger was discovered con-
cealed In Cedar-alley. He gave his name as Albert
Ii. Kelly. of No 81 Ihirteenth-st, NeT-fork. lie
was committed on q charge of forgery.
LONG ISLAND.
To,-1 To, a, yD Crry -Tbe police Commissioners of
Long Island City have instructed Captain Woods to
nut a atop to all musical performances sacred con-
corts aud dancing on Sunday within the city limits.
MouNr VERNON.-A public meeting was held In
TEMPERANCE Hall at Mount Vernon Monday evening,
10 take some actiOn in regard TO tho proposed erec
tion of village hall. committee of five, of which
Ibomrs NJ. TAYLOR Is chairman, was appointed to as
certain tho cost of an eligible site, the cost OF suit
allie building, tho probable revenue 10 be derived
from It, and the expense of running 1t.