New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-14
NETWORK CITY.

Flying dust-clOudS made lie Dufueh yesec'u"S'
FOur European steamships arrived yesterday WIN
1874 immigrants.
Buildings reported unsafe yesterday NOS. oo|'
$50 and 661 E1eventh-ave., and 1,77O Broadway.
The steamship Assyrian Monarch will sail for
London tomorrow with a full cargo OF nelght anu
$40 head of live cattle.
Carcature advertising on the sidewalk is on the
increase. Some of these caricatures are very coin
cal and attract large crowds.
Police detectives are thick in Wall-st. Five OF
them were seen at one time yesterday sbah'uhs III
front of the Sub-Ireasury.
The new Staten Island Railway ferryboat South
field began running to this city yesterday. She
cost ST. / 8 600 and will accommodate 1000 passen-
gers.
INJURED IN AN ELEVATOR.
Emil Butzner, a young man employed in Her
rings safe mandatory in Ninth-ave. was seriously
injured yesterday while riding in tue elevator He
was taken to st. Vincents Hospital.
SUBSCRIBING TO LIFE INSURANCE.
The life insurance scheme at the Produce Ex-
change is more popular than was anucipated,
LIPS certificates having been taken In the last
week.
DYING ON THE WAY TO POLICE STATION.
A homeless woman, known to the police as ANNE
Lee, was found insensible in Spring,st. yesterday
and she died on the way to the police stalan IN IN
Prince-st. 1t was supposed that she died from the
effects of drunkenness.
CHANGING HER MIND.
coored woman, who gave her name as Lavinia
Clayton, told policeman in Sullivan-st yesterday
that she had taken five cents worth of audanum to
kill herself but after swallowing the poison she had
made up her mind she wanted to live, AS she ap.
Eeared 10 be both i'll and frightened she was sent
to st. Vincents Hospital
PROPERTY CONVEYED TO CHURCHES.
The New-York City Mission and Tract Society
has sold the property at No. 20 Columba-st TO tle
First Hungarian Congregation Ohab for $6,sOO.
William III. Adams and wife have conveyed, LOT
nominal consderation, piece of property 10 fe ct
by 100 feet, in Fifty-thTd1st near Ienth-aVe'' 10
the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
AcRrpc A NpW TRIAL FOR sINDRAM
The counsel for William Sindram has served on
Distrct-Attorney McKeon notice that he WI
rett, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, for new
trial for the condemned murderer, on the ground OF
newly discovered evidence in regard TO the cause OF
the death of Mrs. Crave, who was shot by Sindram.
VOTING TO SELL THEIR CHURCH.
The Sixteenth Street Babtst Church held
meeting on Wednesday evening to consider the
cdvisability of selling their present house OF
worship with the view of building church further
uptown. S. p. White was elected moderator; j.
L. HASTE and w. D. Dgyckinck were elected y,
spectOrs On ballot SO voted In favor ana 81
against selling the property.
FUNERAL OF EDWARD II. BIRDsALL.
Funeral services in memory of the late Edward
HI. Birdsall who died of apoplexy at his house In
West Fifty-ninth-st on Monday last were held yes
muuiOn in Sxth-ave Mr.. Birdsall was formerly an
official of the United States Sub-Ireasury in this
city. and was well known among bankers III Wall
Street
FREE TRADE MEETING.
Under the auspices of the New-Yorl1 Free Trade
Club, meeting will be held this evening at Chick
ering Hall to consider the necessity of an imme-
date reform in the unjust unequal and ubiquitous
system of taxation called protective tariff" Adj
dresses will be made by Senator Zebulon b. Vance,
of North Carolina, Professor William G. Sumner, of
Yale College, and Everett p. Wheeler, the pres
dent of the club.
FAILURE OF HAT MANUFACTURERS.
The failure of Sealy IL Co., manufacturers of hats
at No. rs Greene-st. and at Newark, n. j. is report
ed and the firm have sent letter to their creditors
calling meeting to take action in regard to their
embarrassment on April IL Their liabilities are re-
ported to be about $780, 900; the assets are norni-
nally about the same but il is thought their actual
value will not exceed $4,000 The business was
started many years ago. but the present firm sue
ceeded Il. Sealy, Jr., about two years ago.
THE CHINESE CARGO swINDLE.
Ambrose Snow, of Snow d Burgess, agents of the
ship Richard Robinson, which brought from Hong
Kong he fraudulent cargo shipped by Vogel IL Co.,
said yesterday that the swindling would be con-
fined to hemp and silks, A shipment OF trecrackers
unloaded yesterday was found to be as represented
John L. Walker. Son q Co., the consIgnees of the
fraudulent silk packages, paid the freight yester-
day. II Is an open question whether the importers
bankers will meet the losses; both declare that
they are not responsible.
THE CLUB OF THIRTEEN.
The Thirteen Club had one of their characteristic
dinners at the KnickeIbocker Cottage last evening
Thirteen sat down the table and they ate thirteen
dishes by the light of thirteen candles-and chan
delier. 1t was resolved TO send letters to all the
Judges and Governors in the United States, asking
ceived from the Rev. DR.. Deems. the Rev. Heber
Newton, Roswell b. Flower and Z. Henry Dugro
accepting honorary elections to the club: Roscoe
knew whether he declined or accepted an election
to the club.
swINDLING AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT.
Detective Groden has been detailed by the Com
OF Emigration to search for Charles
Schmidt, who is charged with swmdling Ferrars
Francesca, an Italian immigrant. Francesca says
he was met the Battery by Schmidt about a
month ago, who represented himself as keeper of a
boarding house at No. 10 Greenwich-st. lie prom
ised Francesca employment by his brother in a res
taurant at Austin Texas. Francesca gave Schmidt
81 D to keep for him. lie also raised some money by
pawnng watch and jewelry, part of which he
used to purchase railroad ticket giving the rest to
Schmidt Upon arriving at Austin, Francesca dis
covered he had been swmdled.
BOOKS AND ENGRAvINGS SOLD.
The sale of the library and engravings of James
Vroom, of Newark, begun last night i'll the
Clinton Hall salesrooms in Astor-place. Among the
books which were sold for the highest prices
John Heneage Jesse's Memoirs of Richard the