New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-03
TOWN TALK.
PERSONAL, LEGAL AND PRACTICAL


| Mr.. ORRs DEcLINArIoN.-Tbs declination by AexsAs
der Orr Of the proered Controership h regretted by
those who recall he the real practical worker
Of the commission which investigated AMI exposed the
operations of the Canal Ring But Mr. Ors experience
during the year lie engaged on this work to the
neglect Of his business s probably what inclined
him to refuse the Controllership
The PRODUCE EXCHANGE TowER.-Persons who see
the tower Of the Produce Exchange rising far above m
roof wonder why IL built the Broadway front
instead OF at the Of tie building IL is really sep.
arae structure the OF the main building and nos
tower In the usual sense 1t will accommodate noo
only elevators and Offices but will be observatory
The several fast freight lines running over the Pennsyl
yania Railroad have already established their offices In
the northwest quarter of the and unfinished build
ng
IMPROVED DETECTIVE SERyIcE.-The capture and idenr
LITIGATION of John Nugcnt highwayman
will inevitably increase Inspector Byrness grow.
ing reputation detective. Commissioners
Nichols once said, ia explanation Of his
advocacy Of Byrnes his present position that he
naturaborn detective and could De nothing else" 10
will be remembered that Byrnes insisted. in the
absence Of sufficient evidence to convict that both Nu-
gent aud Emerson yed In the Manhattan Bank
robbery. The theory will now probably fad confirmai
ton in the confession of the two under arrest of
the attempted robbery OF the Orange bank cashier.
improved with that of the detective force since Byres
took charge of 1T and there Ia little question that II he
Is given and does not get bitten with the fever to-
be superintendent, he will still further improve IL
Ia the few years the private detective service Of
this city has also greatly improved
FAILURE OF A FAvoRITE-The dispatch announcing
that Miss Lillian Russell had been restrained from
singing IN London in violation OF contract with an
American manager sing in this country was the sub
ect of general talk among the professional people and
the dudes the Casino last evening The former were
NOT sorry as rule 10 hear &c and the been
shocked AT devotion to that horrible ignorant cad,
Ned solomon that they rather reoiced at their former
IDOLS III suceess It is safe assume" said manager
present at either she has failed that Virginia mas
fallen nat there it did here II either had been
success the London manager would have arranged Tor
her continued lie could afford TO forfeit rather
than stop q success at this 1t is than prob
able that opera failure. IL was stupid imitA
lion Of Gilbert and suvan's peculiar satires and had
no particular meaning either to American London
audiences It olunder OF Colonel McCaul to produce
II at the Blou The only thing to regret In its failure In
London Is the tendency it may have to send Stephens
Solomon back 10 this city," This view Of Miss Rus.
sells legal restraint in large confirmed By
tue letter OF &c. W. s." published Monday In which
the Ilsuccess OF Miss Russell attributed to her own
Vugarity and the scandal In connection with Solomon
QUICK DISPATCH OF COURT BUSINESS Judge Edgar
NJ Cullen who has been holding Chambers for month
past in Now.YOrk and Kings, has made considerable
reputation for his dispatch Of business He is said 10 be
remarkable In this respect the late Judge George
G. Barnard as the present Judge Charles Donohue
lie has MOI the grim of the first the smiling
patience OF the second lawyers say he gets at
meat Of a complicated matter quite readily and os-
cally and correctly either. At the recent
term when he held Chambers he had an
unusual number of divorce suits to dispose OF
Three OF the divorce suits which Judge Cullen acted
OF professional stage people, aud IN two OF
them his decisions though just His eTcori
alton OF osmond Tearle to whose wife he gave almony
the amount of 81 900 year probably intensified
by the knowledge which he had that rearle was the
bottom Of the trouble between oornetpayer
Levy and his wife. Minnie Conway. Among profession
ais the effect OF this decision against Teare is much
discussed Few believe that he will play another season
In TINS country, any not Wallacks for the
patrons that theatre will be more likely 10 resent
scandal created by its leading man than those OF any
other IN the city with the exception OF he Madisor
Sauare.