New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-08
NETWORK CITY.

LITTLE BUSINESS AT TILE COTTON EXCHANGE.
| II was said to be of the quletest days LOT
| many years at the Cotton Exchange yesterday,
which was due TO its being the bank holiday III
| Liverpool.
| IEsUMING THE DELIVERY OF GRAIN.
THE rcnairs to The broken shaft of grain elevator
of the New-York Central Railroad at Slxty-ifth-
st.. North-RIver were completed yesterday, and the
| elevator resumed the delivery OF graip.
THE AUGUST GRAND JURY.
The August term of the Court OF General Sessions
was opened yesterday by Judge Gidersleeye. a
| Grand jury was impanelled and William "
Church, Editor of Tie Irmy and Nary Journal, was
! appointed foreman. he usual charge was uei'crou
| by the Judge.
JACOB WE'LL REMANDED FOR TRIAL; Gland
Jacob WCil who was e1tradited from England
for forgery and brought to this country by Detec-
tive Won Gerichten recently was aIrn neg Dcdono
| Yesterday. He pleaded not guilty and was re-
| manded for trial on Monday.
AN ITALIAN on TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
John Briganu an Italian, who IS accused OF xii
eleventh-st, in last January. was placed on trlai
yesterday IN the Court of General Sessions TOT nl4r
der in the first degree After impaneung jury INC
| Court adjourned Tor the day.
| A cuAMBERAAfD HELD FOR THEFT.
| Sarah Bradley, of No. 100 ThomPson-st a cham
| bermaid employed in the hotel ut 80. Isl wooster
ST.. held IN 5000 III the Jefferson Market follco
Court yesterday to answer charge OF stealing Jew
elry valued AZ 1900 from the room OF Getano FRAN
| cisO.
AN INSANE WOMAN JUMPS INTO THE NORTH RIVER.
Mrs. Ample Burns, age torty-twO, OF No. IA west
Tmrtieth-st., attempted to drown herself yesterday
| by jumping INTO the North River al the iooI OF
Twenty -ninth-st. Thomas Sheridan. OF West sixty,
fourth-st., plunged in and rescued her. 1t was Said
| that Mrs. Burns was insane
| REPAIRS AT CASTLE GARDEN.
| Robert CHRISTIAN. the master-mechanic at Castle
Garden, yesterday began tearing up the flooring IN
the rotunda PRIOR 70 laying new floor The beams
were found 10 he IN bad condition from dry rOt,
and the flooring some places had settled several
inches. This flooring has not been renewed e!nce
| Castle Garden was burned SIX years ago
W. T.. SAWYER BAIIED PENDING AN APPEAL.
William E.Sawyer, the electrician who was recen
ly sentenced to four years Imprisonment Tor leio-
! NOUS assault on DR. Iheophus Steele was allowed
| 10 give bail yesterday pending an appeal to the
Court OF Appeals The General Term OF tne
Supreme Court has already affirmed the conviction
| The bonds were placed at 5000, and FREDERICK
| Hagcmeyer of No. 421 East Nneteenth-st, be-
came surety
NOT To GO TO WASHINGTON.
The Commissioners OF Emigration Yesterday de-
| cided not to go TO Washington to confer with TIE
Secretary of the Treasury with regard to heconIol
| of imm grafton at tins port under The Heaa- lax
law Secretary jackson. ot the Emigration Board.re
ceIvod letter from Assistant Secretary French to
| The effect that Secretary FOlger would be IN New
! York in the course OF this week, and would etAthe
| Commissioners know when they could meet him
| THE FIRST NEW HOPS IN THE MARKET.
The frat bale of the new crop OF hops, grown at
! Oriskany Fails, Oneida County, New-l ork, was re-
ceIved and exhibited at the Produce Exchange by
5. & +. Uhlmann, yesterday. 1t was aflerward
sold b. George Ehret, the brewer. The exhibit WAS
pronounced of remarkably fine quality, consider
Ing that the hops are OF an early variety, having
been shirped on August > which Is ii we days earlier
| than in 1850, and ten days earlier than last year.
RECEPTION 40 AN ACTRESS.
Miss Marion ElmOTe, the English actress, who is
TO open her starring tour IN tlis city, has arrived
| from London on the steamer City OF Rlch Inond III
| the parlorS of tho Hoffman House yesterday alter
noon j. II. Hayerly, BARLEY Campbell John A.
| Mel Jauil, y. e.. Goodwin, Daniel FrOhman, Edwin
Tborue Harry Mann, J. w. Collier. David BidW ell
! John Norton Thomas Keene John Rckaby and
many other professional people OF prominence ten
| A inf /
| accompanied by her sister, Miss Lima MeTVIle.
her PROPELLER DISABLED by A CABLE.
| The Havana steamship city Of Puebla, which mad
her propeller disabled on Wednesday last by foul
ING with one OF the buoy cables stretched across
| Swash Channel from the wreck or the Steamship
Nankin came to her pier yesterday alter dlScharg-
| ing cargo. Captain Deaken nad "A diver examine
| the stern OF the vessel and he found that a5ont
! thirty eet of "A large chain cable had been wound
around the hub OF the propeller On one end OF the
cable was = spar buoy. The vessel did lot sustain
! the slightest dAllrtgc-
| EXONERATED BY 4 CORONERS JURY.
| John Iuoncy received injuries ut Spring and
| Mott-,ts on July 13 from winch he died llls skull
had been fractured As it was known that he had
| been In company with Thomas Sullivan. with whom
| he had som. words and As two men were seen TO
| tight on the corner, one oil whom was luomey suS-
melon sullivan. Learning OF this, ne gave
himself up. Coroner Brady held an inquest yester-
day and examined over twenty-five witnesses. inc
| Jury rendered verdict that eAOnerated SULLIVAN
TWO MEN HELD FOR ROBBERY.
| John Kelley. alias Boston," ot No. lo3 Chat-
H.,
rearralgned before Justice Gardner yesterday at tho
| Iombs Police Court for the larceny OF 81 ,S6l III
United states bills from llenry OBnen, OF No. 50
Cherry 81, the night of July 10 at liquor store
| &C No. ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he was nndcI the
influence OF liquor: he money was IN belt. They
| we're arrested In Worcester Mass, and 800 OF the
stolen money was found IN the possession vi Kelley.
| They committed without ball.
! ABUSING HIS REsCUERs.
Henry DOYLE age nineteen, of No 90 Gouverneur-
St, was found struggling IN the water OIL Black
| wells Island, on sunday night, and was rescued Oy
| Keeper John Mason and two Others tor which kind
ness ne abused them until they were Obliged TO lock
him up. Yesterday morning, alter landing at East
Seventy -hfth-st., Doyle broke away from the keep
| eIs, Jut recaptured. In the Iorkyllle Police
| Court he was committed TO the Island for SIX
months by Justice BIXby, III default OF 5000 bonds
for good behavior. Ii is thought that he was
| endeavorlng to aid prisoner 30 escape.
A woMAN's REASONS FOR SEEKING DEATH.
| short, thIck-set woman, about forty years OF
age dressed III PLAN clothes, and with mass OF
thick brown falling IN disorder about her face,
| was placed before Justice Ford, III the Jeii ersOn
Police Court YESTERDAY, To answer charge OF at
tempting to commit suicide. The officer stated that
she sprang into the North kyer, ana wneh RESCUED
| accomplish her object. When asked why she
wished to commit suicide, tears sprang Into her
| eyes and sne SAID III voice broken by sObs: L
| nave no home 10 relatives friends, aud no ties
Ia bind NE 10 tins world" She refused to say any
thing further, and cOmmrted To the care OF the
Commissioners OF Charities and Correction.
! ARREST OF PRECOCIOUs BOY.
Edward Nugen, age ten, was arrested by Oticer
Wilson OF the society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Children, Yesterday afternoon, and arralgned IN
Jefferson Market Ponce Court before Justice Ford.
| Ii Was stated that Nugent Tor some time mad becn
| peddling small books on the I~enty-thrd-st cars
| and that he was persistent beggar and had been
! arrested several times Tor picking pockets. week
| ago Officer brennan of the Special Service squad
VINO had been looking iOr Nugent Tor SIX months
saw hun enter of the bObtIll cars OF the lweh
ty-thIrd-st. line and started alter HIM. Nugent
saw him coming and sprang mead hrst out OF one
OF tie front WINDOWS and o.caped. Justice Ford
sent hun to the Catholic ProtectOry.