New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
.aap, VIZ ALDERMEN TO GO TO JAIL.

nRooKLYN ALDERMEN TO GO TO JAIL.
Information was sent to Brooklyn yesterday from
Albany 70 the effect that the Court OF Appeals hau
Affirmed tho decision OF the supreme Coals aeoa,
no certain members Of the Board OF Abdomen OF
1Ssi in contempt These officials dehed an inlunc-
Ton of the Supreme Court and voted to oyeirIe
s s0 e. M rosS The board met on December g.
1851 while the injunction was pending ana pa. me
sob" through. those voting IN favor OIL ~ nelas
nell Casey, Donovan, lie Pine. Doyle, ALISON
Echmitt, Waters Bowers. Roberts, seaman. Kelly
and Armitase. Aldermen Dmon,a Jones' ana ,o
Black voted IN the negative The "lop was W
slte, the route of the Brooklyn Elevated road anu
give il a large number Of streets In which IL MAS
offsnding Aldermen were proceeded againt before
Judge Gilbert Oh January IA, lSoZ except h a1nd
man Roberts, OF the Twentieth Ward, who pleaded
the baby act and was purged OF contempt. ANU
Alderman OiConnel, of the Ninth Ward VINO was was
sick The others adjudged guilty OF coh,en,ps
and were sentenced oy ydase m', os
in the common Jail were imposed; fatrlca .:
Kelly Phillp Casey and James Kane twen W, aSyS
II Watts BENJAMIN b. Seaman, each twenty-five
DAYS: John Mccarthy, and William Dwyer' d fn'rW
Says. PniIlip Schn,itt, Thomas Bowers, and Thomas
r. Armituge ten DAYS They we're placed 10 tue
Raymond-st JAIL but were released IN r lew Tht
decided against them, and an appeal 10 the VI
last resort was taken 80
mt in the hands of Sheriff SteLman. they VIII og
icaIrested. OF the Aldermen who were sen'enceu
all except Dwyer Bowers, and Kelly are nov ns ;o
beers of the Board and their arrest VIII deprive
the body of twelve of its members, Leaving Just
quorum for the next few meetings, Inc ontnn1i i1
Aldermen hoping that some legal tennca sf,eyr
Thanksgiving at least. When they ne . Tue
news yesterday they said II was what tneS eA-
peted but their looks Oelied 'heir "oi"''
MRS. CRosBY's ALLEGED AssAILANT'
Private Georee Allen, of Battery X, 5Sh Arti,.
lefy stationed at Fort Schuyle mo is suspeeteu o
hang The assalant OF Mrs. Margaret A. Crosby, at
ThrCggs Neck On Friday night, was surrenueteu
TO Constable Bradley by the military authorizes
Yesterday at noon, on warrant charging MN WIN
InrgIaTy and fc,Onious assault. He was taken be-
fore Justice Bible at West chester and pleaded not
guilty. lie was then remanaeu 10 .ho n"d the
nurse could DO brought 10 identity hlhl' lnis
will be done this mUrnlng; IT.. h,od
vouur inap not uupTepossessiBg IN appearance.
He is TWENTY-FIVE years OF age. his almost enooon
face Is slightly dscolored under the eye }; patcll
Of skin has been scraped from Ills nose; under
his left ear Is IL scratch and along tue elt size VI
his neck is a marx Two and one-halt ihches Iong
with numerous little points where the SKID -
bcoken This is considered by Mrs. Crosby anu
the nurse as strong evidence against the man. w
the Other hand hi, shoulders are neither ol s.
nor discolOred, as they naturally would De alter
blow across them which broke the stock OF gun.
To a TRIBUNE reporter the prisoner declares us
innocence. "On Friday night" he salu', goC
DRINK with several cvmI ani"ns, and after leaving
Throvq,s Neck. remember nothing until found
myself at two o'clock in the morning lying hatless
IN, the wharf at UnunpOrt. One OF my compan-
ions said alterward that he had fougnt WIN tne.
Tie hat found is certainly not mine nor was ia
citizens clothing. Private William Brown, OF
company X deserted OIL Friday night. and II Is
kuogn that he did something similar 10 TINS on
July 18th at Fort Schuyler Why has not suspicion ,
fallen on him? When Mrs. CROSBY the Other
day she was in doubt as TO whether was the
man and she asked NE II spoke frehch-why
do not know The nurse thought was Inc man w.
mad n
YOU can see that l have no mustache OF wnlsA-
ers There isn't a man in the company that De-
. lieyes me guilty"
FAILURE OF TWO WELLKNOWN FIRMS.
Graham & Aitkin, wholesale dealers IN dry goods
a. No 392 Broadway made an assignment yeSIer-
day TO Alexander G.. Fndley, giving preferences 10
the amount of $4,000. All the preferences are ior
borrowed money, and the last two are Parualy
secured by eoilaIerals. The firm have held gOOd
position IN the dry goods trade. and have been III
business for about forty years. Ihey were re-
parded rs careful aud shrewd merchants, ana OF
nudonbted IN egrity. They retired from the dry;
gools bus ess in 1853 but never really dissolved
partnership, as they owned considerable red eS'a.e
jointly. For some years thereafter they nad an
Office in Wall street, doing brokerage business III
commercial paper. In January, 1876 they entered
the dry-goods business again, with capital Oh
about $l25 900. They owned considerable real es-
tate in Paterson and Brooklyn, subject
10 mortgages They have been paying promptly
for purchases in thirty and sixty days and nave
shown no weakness. Mr. Graham yesterday attilD-
ulei the failure to poor collections, on "Hleh tnGy
dcneuded to meet maturing obligations. tie thought
that the liabilities would not exceed $4,000.
He could give 40 estimate OF the value OF the assets
In the trade the stock is estimated at from pSOouo
10 s 100 600 besides which there are accounts re-
cciyabe and equity IN real estate.
Dodge x Sinclair, wholesale dealers In ruDDer
goods at No. II Park place made an assignment
Yesterday 10 Leopold LithaueT. giving preferences
10 the amount Of $i4,473. The assign
ment was brought about by the firm be-
ing involved with the Globe Rubber Com
many having Endorsed It's paper to the
extrnt of SIS, 900 When this became known, the
pressure of creditors to get their Obligations DIS
counted before they became due was very great.
The firm found great difficulty III ascertaining the
holacrs of this paper to ask indulgence. note Tor
1000 fell due Yesterday which they were unpre-
pared TO meet They were AFRAID OF proceedings
which ware threatened IN case OF non-paynent, ana
10 protect the estate, which 1T IS claimed IL amply
sufficient TO pay AL debts they made an assignment
The total liabilities are about S2OOOoO, ana are
scattered ali the country, manly to banks and
large financial institutions. They do not owe any
thinp i'm this city for rubber. The present firm be-
Gan business on December l. 1881, both partners
having had extensive experience III the rubber Dusi-
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Property TO the amount OF 1929, 200 was sold at
auctl0p YESTERDAY at the Exchange SalesrOom by
Richard v Harnett. The prices realized were con-
sidered fair by the sellers Nos. 1O4 and lO2 West
Forty-seventfs ST.. and Nos S21 and $40 Sixth-ave..
were sold t. William Arras for Sl4S,OOO Philip
Brady bought No. 500 SiXth-ave Tor $4,000 w.
s. Hobart bought for $4,000 No. 81 West Twen-
fv-fn William NJ Thomas paid