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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-10
NOTES on REAL ESTITE.

The nearer the holidays approach the duller
grows the market for real estate Until next wear
II IS not probable that there Will be much activity,
rs regards either purchases or the starring Of
building improvements. Nevertheless tiie market
IN real estate continues firm. Considering the
season ana the fact that buOyant feeling Is lack
Ing OF the part OF many Dealers said well-kn0gD
Finest. broker yesterday, " the market hight, u.s.
described as strong. There i no furry. Of Course,
about It, and Just present the disposition of people
/ not 10 make active opeationsin property 1et -
worth noting that no property Is being pressed
upon the market. and what sales are made are dis-
appointing III the rcalZttIOus from them only be-
cause a higher range OF values i looked TOR b.
Tcal-estat6 dealers as the natural result OF the
healthy condition of the market, than is conceded
ny the WOuld-De buyers The prices realized a. he
recent sale this week OF tity'wO lots OF the June
estate naturally were lower than the original
prices. / never knew resale 10 bring a. good
prices as the figures Of the first sale tut the dii-
ference was small that speaks favOraby of the
uldeItone OF the market. 1t 10 also significant ihat
upon the advertisement Of the intended resale so
many purchasers hastcned TO comply with the
terms OF the original sale"
There continues 20 be a good inquiry for property
III the lower part OF Harlem. Landowners hold her
property ut strong prices Among the private sales
this week are the transfer OF No. 300 MadtsOn-aye.
to Z. o. MOer for Sj6 900. and Of No g, Eifthave.,
with stable attached, TO William w. Iompkns
i0r = 1000. The auction sales coming oil tl5 We X
viii present some good properties fornvestmeut ana
Improvement. Richard V. HaTaett will offer on " ed
nesday eighteen lots belonging 10 the estate OF DE-
israel Randolph, IN the vicinity OF One-huudred-
and-siXtceLth and One Observation-Disclosures $.
and Fifth and Sixth-ayes. The block on the west
side OF Seyenth-ayc cX ending from one hundred
and-twenty- thiId-st. 10 Observation-Disclosures MY
fOurtl-st Will also be offered AT auction on Tuesday
by Bernard Smyth.
Ulysses ). Grant jr., and his wife, Fannie G.
Grant. have sold to jerome b. Chatiee their house
az No. 20 West Fitty-eighth-st tor @o5, 900, ac-
c0rdlug to q deed recorded yesterday. Incy con-
tIacteo last month TO sell the same property TO
Daniel q. Amber for 70 800 IN money ard 10000
acres OF land in Baker County. Florida. Mr..
Chanee owned the property IN 1870, when he con-
vcycd il 70 his daughter
Ih properly on the ems, lie o, Seventh-ayc., ex-
tending from Northumberland twenty -itth-st. TO
Olc-hundrcd-and-t wen y-s4 tn st. wtlea frontage
Of 1JO feet each street. was vest rday purchased
from Leonard scott and wife for The sum OF
$4,000 by Hamilton A. Weed. of brooklyn.
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rsrMATrs DIFFERING WIDELY.

III nae a diversity Of opinions yesterday re-
.o-'I,,,g The losses by fire at Nos 3Ol and 500
taTai-st on Friday afternoon. The hreinen who
,reot fbrough the building after tho names were
,xtinruished made very low esViMa G. a report
,Iadc h. the Gremen yesterday gave the losses as
80 400 on stock and $1,000 on the build Nc. IL
Sros helieveI bv the owners that the building was
damaged s. 600 at least. a member OF The urn oI
WIifheld Powers & Co.. VINO occupy the iirsi lioor
Cd b9seIneut said that the damage 10 Their stock
Swonld amount 20 500 900. No part OF the stock
had been damaged by fire, but mauy
hexes OF gloves laces. ribbons, etc, had Oeeh
soaked so BADLY as TO be nearly IUIncd. Other
goods had Suffered from damPness; me ehH Te
stock vas insured Tor $4,000 and was worth
about 5000 e..
Stockhoiders Of the Manhattan Cloak and Suit
Comuany said that Their loss would amount TO
nearly 81 90 900 They claimed that the destruc-
non of fur-Iued clOaks ON the .tth uoor eutallcd
greater losses than tie fremen had imagined. As
Tie stock IN he store Was changing constantly, Il
vas difficult 10 Tx the exact amount Of damage
without gong over all the books in the office.
committee appointed by the Board OF IlrH hoeL-
writers were al work IN the building yesterday al
teruOOn, making up inyenloTIes
HE flames were caused, IL was sal1
nv q lighted match which was cropped by
accident In room whore scv raj women were AT
work quilting clo8ks. The women and girls had
time 10 get down stairs before The building WaG
filled with smoke
FRIDAY evening Edward +. Mclean, OF Engine 10.
l3 was arrested for having In his possession hne
CLOAK which he had taken from the building. hS
SAID that a member of the Fire Patrol had asked
him TO take charge Of IT, \ stOckhoIicr Of the
Manhattan Cloak ana Suit Company afterWaId re-
fused 10 make a complaint and he was discharged.
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ASKING FOR ANEW POLICE STATION.

The Police Commissioners received yesterday
petition signed by prominent residents OF IN.
Twenty-eiglth Police Precinct, Capital" GUuHers
asking for an appropriation for new station. 10 he
cree eli on property owned by the city n sky
nrecirct includes the district between fifty-ninth
and Seventy-ninth-ss and between FIfh-ave; aud
the last River. lie present station Is II Fifty
ninth-st east Of ThIrd-ave The petitioners u.gc
that he station shJuld lie more centrally situated
especially as the population III the district has more
than quadrupled within ten years lie Board OF
Health have twice condemned the present
structure as unfit for occupancy, and a coroner S
urv have taken similar action. Deaths from sewe I
eas and noxiOus odOrs have occurred in the prison
have acknowledged the disability OF "a new
station, vet have taken no action regarding l.
Among the large number Of signers of the petition
are General u. :. Grant, judges, Larre!nore ana
Uonohue. Henry Clausen, john Kelly, Morris Inv
ingston and Martin Is, Brown,
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DELTA PHI ANNUIL CONTENTION

The fifty-sixth annual convention Of the Delta
PHI College fraternity was held OH Friday in the
rooms OF the Delta Chapter Of olumbia College, at
No. 92J Broa way. Representations were present
from the following chapters Ofthe society: Alpha,
Union college Beta. Brown University Gamma.
University OF the City OF New-York; Delta. Colnm-
bia College; EP, on, Fingers C1idege Eta Eta;
PoIyicchnic Institut, In the evening the
annual dinner Of the society took place az
the Hotel Brunswick. About seventy-fve persons
W, r. present among whom were Halsey lIaght
Jona SmedGerg. Oliver Cromwell Martin Van
Buren, Ro EFT e. Livingston. r. l.. Cutting jr.,
Herbert Pell. W. o. Kcrnochln Wesley Harper,
LonIs ~ Cheesman I. j. q. Rhiuelander aud James
+. liorn. The principal toasts OF the evening we're
"The Mother Chapter" Delta Phi Fraternity"
and Delta Chapter"
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APPEALING ~ BhHALF or TIE POOR

The Chil3ren's Aid Society appeals to all persons
VINO N the habit OF dispensing charity during
tie HOLIDAYS Tor a Christmas Offering, 40 m II how
great SIN ali. o. assist Ii caring Tor TIE homeless
and lrendlrss children OF this cty For thirty years
IL. society has furni~ ed God, clothing and homes
e. those who are unable 10 Aelp themselves. Three
homeless children can be placed IN a good home for
goo, and hi.y bdrrIOOted children can be made
happy wi h now shoes ior 100. For 500 hos dinners
can be given Tor month to 100 hurry children.
IN the las year the society sheltered 14,l2Z boys
AID gr3 in six lodIlGg-lOu> - 1897 were sent TO
homes IN the West 2,34O were aided with medical
assistance and 4, O33 enjoyed the benefits OF sum
lncr hOm'. To continue Ile work money Is needed.
which may be zen, 10 " IIllIm A. Booth president,
No. 20 Nas-au-st George :. COe. treasurer, No. rs
Broadway; or &. L.. Brace secretary. No. 10 East
Fourth 81.
Tn Ncw-York Association for Improving the COu-
dtion Of the Poor mas accomplished large amount
OF good in behalf OF the poor peopl, OF this city
Assistance IN uauy has been gwen by the he
lie Department TO families where the head OF the
mouse 10 sick or unable ID md employment In sep
tom 80 publications. were received from persons
having families am 176 from single persons and In
October 17J appuca lOns were received from per
sons having families and 233 from sit gle persons.
These cases were all attended To. ii - expected
that the winter will be ii severe one, and III order
tO cOltiuue he work money is needed which may
be sent to the oiics, No. - FOurth-aye.
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i COLoRED INPOSTOR ABROAD.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 9.-Ihe Mayor of West
Minister Carroll County, Nd, has received letter
from England asking information concerning negro.
Lewis Charlton who is travelling IN that country ask
Ing for assistance build church and school for col
Ored Bapsts IN Westminster. The writer ~ the letter.
after expressing wish to assist hlm II deserN.hG,
sucn cause and inquiries into the truth or asty OF MS
statements. lnclo-ec III the etier was NAHUM ~
Which Cllrton announced himself preac or OF the
Gospel Ia his race IN United states The Westminster
According to the statement OF those acquainted with
CharOn's career he 20 Westminster either durns
the war iust close from Prince Georges ouh-
IT, Md He first started out 10 beg money 70 bulld he
cOlOred Methodist church UnOu-st, IN TINS pace
and at first made Return Of the money collected Az
ter travelling all Pennsy lyania he returned WIN
statement that he had been robbed Charlton mas
in the meantime roaming from place TO place III
this country aud has returned one cent oi money
collected"
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4 REMARKABLE CAREER or CRIME.

PoRT JERvIs, n. Y, Dec. 9.-John p. G..
Smith OF this village, tried for forgery in New-York
city and sente ICED in June 1850, to State Prison for
five years In April last cfort was made TO procure
n pardon from Governor Cornell. paper drawn by the
Dr. soner was presented by A c. Butts, OF Monticello
together with letters from many prominent persons ex
pressing the belief that Smith the victim OF con-
sprary Official inves cation, however, shows that he
had convicted Of the murder Of Miss stenecke az
Carlisle Penn 1877, and sentenced 70 be hanged
but that a trial ne was acquitted. ~ thai time
H. was known Paul schOepge He aiterward went 10
Chicago aud became boOkAeepcr he committed frauds
ana lcd to Baltimore In that city he was arrested Tor
obtaining on false prctenccs. Upon the chicago
authorities being informed, req Lsti1u was procured
and smith was taken 10 thaf ety. where lie was con
vIced ant served his term OF three years at joliet
Prison. SmItl at period claimed 10 DC Count Schu
lenberg lie Is still ia sing sing Prison
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LOCAL MISCELLANY.
M, VIRGO or A puIIADEIpUIA THIEF.


A vell-dressed man approached an expreSsman ct
his stand near the Market street PcnisNiNana
EaiIroad Station in Newark on Friday aud asked
him II he could engage 10 haul several loads OF iron
sxuressnan after getting the services of two
helpers, directed to the yard OF tbe beaI21Ia
Manufacturing Company IN Commerclal-st me
factory has been closed for some time, ana there
man arrived there with his employer. Inc latier
poiated out large pile OF boiler IRON anu H ~
aooIs aud rs they were too heayy ,lor Ilo
men 20 lift they procured siedge-n au i
on the two trucks in waiting. Ire
stranger watched the work and gave dreSt .oas
md when the trucks were loaded ne 0rleIeu 'uei
,a he driven 10 Maher. Robinson * Flockhart IRON
foundry, in Pokst Here the ron was s,,sn of
and weighed and the stranger. receiving a sum u
1norey for It. paid the cxpressiuan anu as hqiPA p
Yesterday morning the stranger apPe@1c5 - e ~
,,oTj with another truck and ordered iV"u Oh "
;emptcd TO place a large eog-whee' On lie lI;on'
Int found il too heavy, and tie truck VS. % 10
"a soon afterwaFd the superintendent OF VIC
Hgdfori Mandatory visited the premises auu VIZ
surprised to fnd that the iron haa dsapptaiSu' 49,
;mmediafelv informed the police authoitleS 'La'
an oudacloIis robbery had been peTpetateu. a u
1nctive was detailed 10 look into the hatteI ouu
snceeeded In tracing the iron 70 me iouhoIy 49,
IN haa been sold. Yesterday afternoon INC 49,
rive sauntered into the yard and found severn
YnaehinstS engaged IN breaking up me coz. Nleclf
A mon who answered 20 the DESCRIPTION BtNch %
rho stranger stood by giving dlFeetons; NC W.
fectiye took him in custody. lie tOOA ms tiICS.
cooilv and at Police Headquarters gave the H5Ilt
oS Holm Homes IL was ascertaned, however may
he ives DAVID L. Anderson, PmladeIpnla 'LoA;
lie acknowledged taking the lron ana I91l"i ~
that ii he had had the opportunity ne WoulG HSa
SSglned III So 900 II was sold as oid scrap u9h az
soveT.v-f &c cent? a hundred pounds. IL mas peeA
In litigation for some Tine past
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POLICY DEALERS ARRESTED.

Inspector Byrnes aud number OF detectives OF
the Central Office made descent on a large num-
Der of policy shops downtown Yesterday. They ar
rested the propretors and clerks, who were ali
taken to the Tombs Police Court aud arraigned be
fore Justice White for violating the lottery policy
law The following persons were required TO fur
nish bonds. each in 500 to appear for thai +:
James smith, No. SO Pike-st; John Backer. No.
393Io Bowery; Louis Linden, No. 81 Fourth-ayc.;
" IIlfam Ross No 27S Monroe-st.; Francis Cody,
No 70 Crosby-st.; Adolph Barkendene, 493 Pearl
St; Charles Mallisen, \ o. 549 Grald-sta john V an
Gouverneur-slip; Augustus Otto, No. Attoney-st;
Thomas Lowell, No. 1l5 Chatham; Cnarle,
Centre-st.. and james Murray, No. ZIG HesteT-st.
Most of the prisoners prepared to furnish bail
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PAINTINGS BRMGIYG BETTER PRICES.

Tie sale of the collection OF oil and water color
paintings at Klrbys auction rooms, No. Sij Broad
way,was enGei ON FrIiay night The attendance was
pictuies brought better prices The sale OF the en-
TIRE collection, consist of 30 paintings, reai zed
$500. Among the pictures sold last 4ht were,
the Pontne 1lar-h S, 'B GALORE, S2lO; The u ath
Of a MoneneeTiu Chief :. Va. II, .$ll0; "A Visit
to the Oyst Dredgcrs," p. Gabr.ni, $40; by the
L4ke,"C Filosa, 1892 80; Driving Horses to Mar
ket,' Gabani, $l2O; 9TH. Grand Reception Room
in tie Palace Of Colouna," u. simoai, Yl05; " The
son Of the Bey," \. a. Riyas 500; the Sultan's
Marotu, 800, and The Little Shepherds" ID. De
AnPeilS. 30.
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APPEAL TO AMERICAN RIFLEMEM
The National Rifle Association has sent the

The National Rifle Association has sent the
following circular to the various States:
Inspectors OF rife practice and members of the Ma
tionai 1,uard Interested the return mach at Nlmbe
don are respectfully solicited aud urged 10 induce long
ran &c mill airy mar ksmeu II their respective commands
and regiments 10 pete for places III the American
team for 1883 The Acknowledgements OF the various
states will undoubtedly be pleased to recognize tue
rcIurn match In the manner they did the FIRST
con petition at CreedmOOr By offering National Guards
men State trophy in case they succeed In winning
nace on the team IL absolutely requisite 10 offer
every inducemeDt 10 long range military marksmen 10
eomp.te for places In the return match.
es and regulations referring 10 the conditions for
tie selection vi Will be Issued early IN January
TIE seectIOn will be made Dy general competition al
CTeeernoor due notice Of which will DO given. The
sueai on Tides viii oaly recommend
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EFFORTS TO GET MONEY FROM MRS. RICH
THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST c. f. PoUcHER.

Charles L. PoucAer ir., young lawyer, VINO
formerly had an Office al No 2Gl Broadway ana
against gLon il Is a legged there are number of
charges Tor fraudulent practices was rearrsign3d
before Justice White yes erday at the Tonbs Police
Court bg ID teciycs Haley aHd Rulaud, 81 ne Cen
ira! Olice =. BALDWIN. OF Baldwin N Co., cloth
iers at Broadway ana CGna-st., appeared to prefer
ch9rgr against him OF having detrauded that ill1n
by means OF 70 worthless draft Tor SOl 30, gwen IN
payment for bll o. october .. 4 representative
OF Theodore &. S,srr joweiicr, at No. zoo flfth-
ave- uqde a charge OF a similar nature against the
prisoner in having -ented draft Tor 80 IN paw
Ieut fOr good purcAas Of that hrm on Noye4 Der -
Botn charges we're dismissed On technical grounds
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DRINKING GIN BOUGHT FOR HIS MOTHER.

Timothy Rafferty,, go eleven, OF No. 66 LeroJ-st.
was found under the influence of liquor IN HUI SON
st. on Friday night. lie was taken 10 the Ninth
Precinct Police Station, where bottle which
had contained gin was f1undin his possession. he
seemed TO be suffering from the cold and was S ut
q ST. Vincents Hospital. where at one time IN,
physicians thought he was dead, his pulse being
imperceptible. lie was taken 10 the Jefferson
thai he hal been sent for gin by his mother lie
procured it at Skelly's dlstillery at Hudson and
West HOuston-sts., and feeling cold on ms way
home drank it, he said that his mother had fire.
ouently sent him on the same Grand Justice Ford
Consigned him to the of Officer Wilson, Of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children
and ordered the arrest OF the man who sold the boy
the liquor.
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pp1cFs OF coAI. 10 BE ADVANCED

The p ennsylyanla Coal Company VIII issue a
new schedule of prices for coal on next TUESDAY.
The nrces have not been fixed absolutely, but they
will be probably from 20 TO 90 cents higher than
they were last year al the close OF navigation.
6otne of the coal companies understood to nave
25 cents higher but President Hoyt said yesterday
that his company intended 10 make prices at when
coal could be sold. De said also that nothing nad
been done toward suspension OF mining tins
mouth No work would he done on christmas,
wbIch was always observed holiday by the
Pennsylvania Company, but whether anlnIg wouI n
know
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rife to competitors but viii also issue instructions and
observations on ammunition.
The conditions demand a Is tho National Rife Asso-
citation OF America ard allowed b. thc British Rife
Association In the return match at Wimbledon are ~
follows: First: The OF the Americ military wind
gauge Second: The tlmc Of e1i5 neuts 20 JauuATy !.
1888. Therefore, with these conditions, and i'm
proved rifle ANA ammunition. there H every opportunity
Afforded American military sharPsLootcrs 10 reverse the
defeat Of the nrst competition
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ing majority of the appointing power, desire that
the responsibility Of the appointment shal estngon
them and ask TO be excused from voting As Mayor
of Broo,y for four years Mr.. Howell was n MEM
Der Of the Board TO which he i now yed Me
old and has lived in BROOKLYN for many years. lie
established the iron firm of Howell. saXtsn q Co,
and has taken an active interest IN politics. IN
1877 he was elected Mayor, and again III 1870 Dut
Ia ,rns defeated by MaYor Low last wear.
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UNWILLING TO ENCOURAGE DISHONESTY.

Ex-Judge Hoffman made an application Yesterday
in the Court OF Common Pleas, jersey City. Tor
reconsideration of she sentence passed upon Edward
A Reilly ex-treasureT of the town OF Harrison.
Reilly was sentenced to three years and SIX mon las
IN the State Prison for embezzilng about $1,000 OF
the towns funds. A petition to reconsider
the sentence signed by nearly every tax
payer In Harrison, was presented 10
the Court After a brief consultation with
his associates judge GarretsOn announced that the
sentence would not be reconsidered. lie SAID that
ii the Court granted the application il would be
saving in effect to public officers: you can go on
stealing the public moneys until caught, and then
YOU eau make u compromise and go scot free" This
would be placing premium on dishonesty, and the
Court cannot interfere with tine sentence.
Reilly and his friends We're much depressed by the
deeigiOu
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auction 5ales of Real estate,
ADRIAN II. MULLER, Auctioneer.
FxFcuTOK,s SALE or

VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY.
no ~ West 2sh-s. No 2ll Water ST. and on Nsod0ugA
aud Miuetta-sfs.. and Aineua Lane
ADRIAN IL, MULLER q SON VIII sell az aneusni on
tc-T)AY December at II Exchange
saesto0m III Broadway by oer OF the executors OF estate
OF fsiLsbeth A. LOuderD9ck, deceased
West 2sth st-The extra wif tstory high soop brown
s,ons fou honse and lot q 26th south sice
between Broadw as 6thsve Lot 20xvs9 with as fK
and mirrors -. ~, 49,.
q, south side Beeknan and Fulton ss Lot H. Tx
sI.lO. 49,
Msodou cal and Minetta and Minetta Zane Ihe story
brick honses aud l3 Aaed0ugl A. so y Alnotta
81 and SOS l. and Ainetta Lane, having frontage ~
2l6 on Macdouga st. 6i6 Oh M.neita st. and 1919 On al
Maps &C.. AZ Office Of auetioneor. Pinsst
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HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

GiLseV HOuse7James n. Tyner. of Indiana
Hoic Bru.sniek-George Stephen Duncan Mcintyre
AID A. Il. Argue. u tno Canadian Pacific Railway Com.
pany Grand IO'ei-General Lewis Merr, OF Indiana
-. Si-ferGEf Hoas.-Judge d. n Cooley OF Iowa
BeStpinster IiOei-Ex-5enator 5 H. Wendover OF Stuy
esant, n. Y.
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EZRA II. HAYWOOD INDICTED.

BOsTON, Dec. 9.-The Grand Jury OF the
United States District Court this morning reported
an indictment against Ezra H. Haywood There are two
counts, OF which alleges the sending through the
mails AZ cOntraband matter OF extracts from wait
Leaves
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MARINE LNTELLIGENCE

MINIArURG ALMANAC-TO-DAY.
sunrses 7l3 sets433 rs 705 Moons age DAYS 80
HIGH TArER rs-pAE.
AN-Sandy HOOK ia. Gov. Islant TAI ie Gate. 9:3C
PA.-sa1iy HOOK. 1911 GOV Island SOL Hell Gate $50