Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-30
A APeremptory Sale of Cass1meres.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-A peremptory sale of seven thousand pieces of 3-4 cassimeres and five hundred GA pieces took place to- day at the auction rooms, 64 White street. About one hundred persons representing prominent houses in all parts of the country attended the sale. Arlington mills 3-4 fancy cassimeres sold at 56 and 60 cents per yard and the seconds at 51 and 52 cents. The Harris Mill company 3-4 fancy cassimeres brought 56a61 1-2 cents. Hyde mills fancy cassimeres sold at 36 Halo cents. The D. s. Brown, jr., & Go. fancy cassimeres sold at 36 1-4a4O 1-2. forty weight cases being sold at 35 cents to close out the lot. Sher- bourne mills 3-4 fancy cassimeres sold at 24 1-2a25 cents. Hampshire fancy sassi- meres 21 1-2a23 1-2 cents. The Stenton mills 3 4 fancy cassimeres were knocked down at 12 1-2a13 1-2 cents. The W. R. Strand & Son 4 fancy cassimeres sold at 13 1-2a13 cents. The Hyderson mills fancy overcoatings sold at prices ranging from $1.2O to $1.3O per yard. The Ogden mills 6-4 fancy overcoatings sold at 7Oa75 cents The Columbus mills 6-4 fancy over coatings sold at 72 1-2a8O cents. The Aisop Manufacturing company 6-4 blue serge sold at 7Oa77 1-2 and the 4 fancy cassimeres of the same make brought prices ranging from 60 to 80 cents. Black beavers thirty-one ounces of the Alsop Manufacturing com pany' make sold for 75 cents per yard.
 Clubbed to Death - Shoe king Brutality by New York Policeman.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-A terrible case of police brutality occurred in this city this evening. John Smith, a deck hand on the schooner Ellen Rosbrook, now lying at her dock in Philadelphia, was brutally clubbed to death by Officer McNamara of the Null berry street police station at the corner of Canal and Mulberry streets. Smith had been visiting the second mate of the same vessel When they parted Smith was the worse for liquor, but started for his home at the corner of Sixty third street and Third avenue He had not gone far when he entered the doorway of 121 Mul- berry street and fell asleep. Mrs. Hughes, who resides in the house, called Officer McNamara to get the man out. The officer entered the hallway and at once began to club Smith in a most brutal man. ner. Smith got up and proceeded up the street, followed by the officer, who kept clubbing him about the head and arms
 Smith remonstrated with the officer, who became greatly excited and on reaching Canal street he struck the unfortunate | sailor two murderous blows with his club. Smith fell dead on the l sidewalk. A stretcher was sent for and the | dead sailor was removed to the station house where the officer reported him sick and as is | in all such cases he was treated with indiffer- | ence. The excitement in the neighborhood | became great and such 8 demonstration
 was made by the crowd that the body | of Smith was finally examined and then it
 was claimed that he had been badly bruised
 and his neck broken. Several respectable ! citizens called at the station and left their | names as witnesses. McNamara was arrested | at 8 late hour tonight and will be held to await the result of the coroner's inquest.
 A Mysterious Suicide at COney Island.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-A mysterious case
 of drowning took place at Coney Island, op- posite the Brighton Hotel, to-day It ap | pears that Charles Hazleton and his wife
 went to the island for days enjoyment and
 during the day both fmbibed too freely. h
 the midst of the drinking bouts at Wander
 neer's the woman suddenly sjumped up and
 tearing off her bracelets announced her de
 termination of drowning himself. She then
 made her way to the wooden pier opposite
 Engeman's Hotel and either jumped or fell
 of the spring piece. The shouts of the tWenty-three spectators attracted the atten
 tion of George W. Morgan, who instantly
 plunged into the water and after much diff
 culty succeeded in bringing the woman
 ashore, still breathing. She was carried into
 the parlor of the Brighton Hotel and at-
 tempts made to resuscitate her, but after
 working an hour at the suicide they were abandoned Her husband refused to tall about the matter and acted as though he did l not taka much intarest in the affair.