New-York tribune., 1882-02-28


Spiekcr was promptly indicted by the Grand jury
A NEW CHEMICAL COMPOUND.
The annual meeting of the New-York Academy, ,9 OF
Sciences was held last night in tae socletys b"ip
ing No. II West ThIrty-iirst-st. Professor n. N,
Leeds illustrated by diagrams, the pl9luctioi VI Ia
new compound. "di-dipheny lamine-allylene,. hid d
its bromide the composition of when nc h'iu
worked ont theoretically before he sncceeded IN
actually producing the compound. Ihe I%oiioWlns % M
officers were elected for the coming year ). ,: New
berry president; b. n. Martin, first vlce-pTesIdeht
A. A. Julien second vice-prcsident; A. X. Leeds,
corresponding secretary o. 7. Hubbard, rccordihg
secretary j. III. Hinton, treasurer, ana LOUIS LIS
berg, Librarian.
BOY CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY. , -,
"Yes. this is The Australian Electric Boy,- saiu M
the Snowman at Bunnells Museum YESTERDAY, poluIi
ing TO youth of twenty years wn4 Mas bc bmllinr
The visitor touched the hand OF the noy anu lihu .
diately dropped it, as he felt tinglng sensation
permeating his entire body. Contact with any part
of the boy'S body gave the same scnNatlon One eA-
planation offered for this phenomenon Is tnit to -
tricty. which exists to greater OF TIs Inncd 81
nearly everybody has been abnoTmaiIy deVei3peip pi
in This boy His name is John Naughton, ana az
though called the Australian Electro boF thS ,s
birthpi ce is given as Ireland. In addition to me
regular price of admission, five cents Is chaiscu W
see and feel the lates curiosity
BROOKLYN.
Blucbird, were singingin in the suburbs of Brook
lyn yesterday morning.
Corporation- Counsel Taylor yesterday reap
pointed Richard B. Greenwood chief clerk III MS
Office.
In honor of the Garfield memorial services the
flags on the public buildings were displayed nj nan
mast YESTERDAY.
The new eirht-story builling at Court and Rem
Sen-StS. has been named Inc Uarlclu OJ l'S
owner A. \. Low.
The entire number Of days of skating in Prospect
Park thi, winter has been three. Last winter mere
were over sixty The winter before there were
none
The American Primitive Methodist Society has
been authorized by the Supreme Court to borrow
$4,000 upon It's property mGlndlng c"u'cn
Apcrformance of the 1.-Two Orphans in German
at Turn Halo. in Mcscrolc-st., near Lcon1fd,.t.,
was stopped by the po'cc on sunday eyehlns'i T lHe
audience was entertained WIN hl!o!c un'Il ih'u-
night. when dancing began.
Gas in the sewer in Graz am-avc., near Rlchard-
son-si.. exploded with report Ike heaNy gun
YESTERDAY tearing mp the cover OF the nanhoie ana
paving blocks near ny ana SeR ,mei m o;cIns j,1Jns
twenty feet. There were no persons or veillci35S lci35S
near enough to be hurt. Some plncs oi glass IN ad-
Joining houses were broken.
Mayor Low filed with the City Clerk yesterday
the 0Dpoiutncnt of Charles II. Cotton as member
of the Board of Elections, to sue 'ccd John ~ I1V-
lor recently made Corpor1ion-C Counsel. The
salary is II 900. MIR. Cotton Is about tMrtX-nVe
years of age, 4 member OF the seventh Ward EC-
publican Association and member OF the Repubh-
can General Committee.
The debt Of S2S 900 on the New-England Congra
pational Church. in South ntl-St., was fully pro-
vdcd for on sunday. and jubilee service was hCld
i'm the evening shared in by the congregation oi the
Ross street Presbyterian Church, winch raised ITS
debt a week ago. -Four Brooklyn churches nave
succeeded IN raising money enough TO pay their
debts within fortnight.
An application was made to Judge Pratt ycstcr-
day for mandanus 10 compel the Siate t"htfo.er
to credit 70 the Kings County treasurer the
amount of taxes assessed upon The owners OF
property along the Ocean Parkway for the cost ot
that highway. which remain unpaid. Ii Is claimed
that tn County Treasurer Is bound 10 make returns
10 the Controller of all collectlblc assessments,
which should be credited 10 the county as cash.
Judge Pratt reserved decision.
Dr.. Barley, of the Long Island College Hospital,
who is engaged in anayziug the stomach OF Eliza
b. Thaycr, age eleven, of No l37 -. JameS-place,
who died after eating some candy, reports Ihat Ho
the girls stomach THIS has given rise to the sus-
picion tha the glrl took the poison Purposeiy, but
40 reason for this is known. Her cousin also ate OF
the candy, which the girls got on their way from
school, and was made i'll, but she recovered.
JERSEY CITY.
Asa truck. laden with furniture was being driven
in Grand-st ahout noon YESTERDAY, iI1mca suddenly
burst forth from it whom near Atlanl1c-st. In
short time the entire load insisting OF seven ne"
paIlor suites. WAS destroyed, together with Ihe
truck The horses were cut loose and escaped. The
truck and furniture belonged TO CroSSmau * Son,
Nos. 2ll and 213 Canal-st., New-York CITY, The
loss Is $500.
Jacob II. CadmuS. receiving teller of the Second
National Bank has been discovered to be dctaulter
to the extent of $4.700 Cadmus has been IN the
employ oi the bank Tor fourteen years, and was
promoted from junior cIcrIShlp to the position ol
fast lie. bat as he was supposed to have private
means il did not excite much comment Inc money
was taken III small sum5at various tunes extending
over period OF about twoyearS. Cadmus Is plan "aS
10 alter deposit tickets and appropriate portion or
the money. When first accuse! OF his dlShoncS Y Inc
ind gnanjly deni the charge, but when confronted
by the president with positive proofs n iilS gll ne
broke down aud made a full confession. lie Is
married man and lived with his family at Rnth"r-
ford Park. Bergen Comfy. President Hogencamp
told TRIBUNE reporter yesterday thai CadinuS
bondsncu would make good the amount ot tle
loss. lie dId not know whether Cadmus woula be
arrested not the directors had not yet decided
what to 90 IN the matter
NEWARK.
Robert Martin. sentenced TO be- hanged on Thurs
day morniug in the jail al Newark, has been hope
full since the Court OF PardonS refused 10 Interfere
in his case, hat the Governor would grant HIM
respite until March 10, when the COurr VIII again
meet He has hopes that II can he induced 10 again
consider his case Martins spiritual adviser, the
kcv. Mr.. Goodwin. q Protestant Episcopal clergy
man, has Interested himself 20 procure ~ least an
extension OF time Oh the plea tIat Martin Is not
prepared to die. EX-Judgc Ellsworth Martins
counsel, recently procured cyldcnc" showing that
Martins bI0thcr was for some years an inmate ol
the County lunatIc Asylum in Yorkshire. England,
and was released only 10 90 home and die. new
witness has also been brought forward in tl person
OF a boy named BIiucs who says that he SAW Mar
Tin Immediately before the shooting and that he
staggered, and dld not appear 10 know what he was
about AidavItS setting forth these facts We're pre-
pared, and las evening c3-Juage, Iitsworth went
10 Trenton TO see the Governor and lay these alda-
Wits before hlm with an appeal Tor respite.
NEW-JERSEY.
RIDGEwOOD.-The Rev. Thomas :. Cartwright Of
Long Island, has accepted the unanimous call ca
tended to HIM by the vcstry Of Christ Church,
RIdgrwood 10 assume the rectOrsLip OF that parish
Oh May /.
HAWKEN.-Jmcs Mclaughlin. a 'iongshorc-
man employed at the OIL docks, climbed the rigging
OF vessel Yesterday 70 make tas. some hosting
tackle in descending his feet slipped .d he fell to
the deck Ills size struck some logs of wood and
ne sustained fracture OF three ribs besides inter-
Al ittIu ID Ia
was removed 10 lis home ia Brooklyn.
HoBOKIN.- sheriff Cronan created commotIol
in the City Hall yesterday when he walked in and
exhibited to CIy Clerk Albcrts an execution for