New-York tribune., 1883-06-17
nrAI. EsrArE olnEr BuT FIRM.

Another week passed with the real estate market
characterized By extreme dnineSs. NO important
auction safes were made and the private transac-
tons were neither numerous nor sgnibcant as re-
CARDS prices Ii auy feature could be selected IN 80
staguant "a market. II might be That OF increased
slowness sales of country property III the vicinity
OF the city slightly increased activity was noted
building operations, probably because OF the re-
But as the market for these articles has recovered
frner tone dealers do not cOk for any considerable
stimulus 20 new construction because of pro-
spectiYe chsapening of materials for builders.
West Side property continues TO bring low prices
when forced upon the market The great con-
seryator of the real estate market however is the
confidence IN the future which possesses most
owners and dealers dull season appears 20 be
inevitable but prices fail to show any weakness on
accoun; of the geucral suspension of operations
Four lots an EIgGtieth-st east OF flftf-aye., have
been sold for 100000 10 c. n. d. n. A. Williams,
F5nr lot. n sev@nty,irst. st.. west Of Eighth-ave
have been sod fer 100000 by X. e. Ferguson TO
Anderson Fowler In seventy-secOnd-st., west of
Secora-ayc. tive lots bave been bought for 900
by james FetrecE from Morris Sieinhardt. No IS
East Seventy -secOud-st. has been sold
for $4,000 to Indwig Roth. The -. Adams
apartment house, Nos $40 aud 35l West Fifty
eighth-st has passed from Hugh Blossom to X. W.
Martin for Sl35 900. The RecOrd and Guide says
that he Lighthouse Farm, an extensive piece OF
property near Ncw-Oorp, Staten Island has been
bought from j. G.. Seguine for $4,000 by CathO.
lic society," winch intends b. found an educa iUnal
institution Au iuvestmentof 81 600 is ex pccted
10 be made there.
SMITHS FUTILE EFFORTS FOR RELEASE.
Police mau John w. Smith. who shot ana killed
Patrick Reagan last Sunday. was taken Yesterday
before Justice Douohue in the Supreme Court.
Chambers. on a writ OF babeas corpus. with n view
OF getting him released on bail Justice Donobue
said the application should be made in tho first
stance to police mag gstraie. and dismissed the
writ. ThereupOn ne was taken before Justice
White. of the Tombs Police Court, who aduitted
biIo 10 bail in the SUN of 5000, pending an ex-
animation TO be held next week. Subsequently
Smith again brodgbt TO the Iombs Police
Court where Justice Power was pTeslde& He was
accompanied by Superintendent WallIDg. and Ser
eeant Mccullough OF the rwenty-eighth Precinct.
The former offered himself as bondsman for the
policeman, wheIeuDon Clerk McCabe pointed out 10
him section OF the statute which prohibits police
or prison officials from becoming surety for a
prisoner. The superintendent accordingly with
drew, and aiteIward James Sullivan, "a liquor
dealer. who. besides other city property OF
clerk was about to make out the bail bond MIR Sui
lIvan inquired as to the nature of the case and
being informed of the killing OF Reagan ny Smith
declined TO go the bond. The policeman is still
in the Tombs Prison.
AN IliPUDENT SWINDLER ARRESTED.
Detective james X. Price, of the Twenty-ninth
Precinct brought 10 the bar OF the Jefferson Market
Police Conrt yesterday afternoon TALL weldresscd
yol1g fellow named Ferdinand A. Wfite. who de-
scrloed himself as being twenty-three years OF age
and resident OF Cincinnati W hen asked his bnsi-
ness he said he interested in banking and
brokerage enterprises. About three months ago.
Henry sottong, s'xtysix years of age. living at No.
AN East Fifth-st., reported that ON or about
May 10, 1882, Wnte called on him and produced
several letters Of introduction which he SAID he
had received from friends and relatives OF Mr.
Sottone's la Cincinnati The two men became init
mate and Witto informed Mr. Sottong that be had
about 10000 deposited in the Stuyvesant Safe
Deposit Company, at Third-aye. and Seventh-et
In proof OF this assertion he displayed receipt for
certain properties cared for by the company He
then told sottoag that he had 10 go 10 Washington
70 have certain bonds which were In his grand