New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-12
NEW-YORK CITY.

The annual parade Of the police will take place
on May IS.
Police alarm boxes. which have been adopted in
Chicago and other Western cities, are TO be tired III
the Fifteenth Precinct.
While Deputy Coroner Messenger was driving
down IhiId-aye. last evening III buggy ms over
coat aud a case vi surgical instruments were siOieh
from the back OF the conveyance.
SHORT SUMMER BUSINESS HOURS.
The Board OF Managers of TIC Produce Exchange
Yesterday decided that during June, July Angus
and September the Exchange would lie closed at 3
D. m on SATURDAYS and at .: 80 p III. on other daYs
of the week A pc itIon asking Tor the change was
signed by 800 members OF the Exchange.
MARRIOTT TO BE TRIED on MONDAY.
Justice DonOhuc yesterday IN the supreme
Court, Chambers, dismissed the writ OF habeaS
corpus which had been obtained by James II:
Marriott on the or und that an indictment had
been found agaih5; hun by the Grand jury. IN the
Court of General Sessions ne pleaded not guilty
and his trial wa, set down for Monday.
THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Superintendent IOucey. OF the New-YOrk Central
Railroad said yesterday that additional particulars
OF tho accident near Duchess Junction on Thursday
lost their lives through their fault. They were
sitting in the look out box Of caboosc car, where
they had no right to be, and that part OF the car
| the only part which was seriously damaged
The FUNERAL OF MRS. HENRY L. ABBEY.
The body OF Mis-. Kate Kingsley Abbey, wife of
| manager Henry l.. Abbey, Yesterday taken to
Northampton, Mass, for lntermcnt. Until a. IN.
the body lay IN the parl. Of Mr. Abb"ys house.
No 10 West Thirty clghth-St Among those present
were Or. and Mrs. Charles Phelps MI and Mrs
A. j. DAM j. b. SchOeilcl, Mr.. AODcyS partner; f.
g. Gilmore J. II. Palmer, Colonel A. +. y Bnen and
III. L, French.
DEALING LENIENTLY WITH HER HUSBAND
The indictment against Charles A Brown Tor
stealing IL manuscript book from bis WIFE, iran ccs
r. Brown was dismisscd yesterday in the Court of
General Sessions. Mrs. Brown consented 10 with
! DIR. ~ the charge against her husband, from whom
she Is separated The value placed by DlrS. brown
| on the books, which contained notes ana stores
written for publication, was pl 900.
THE DISMISSAL OF MIR. ROBERTS.
District Attorney MCk~On was asked yesterday
in reference to the letter of John ID. Townsend piO-
testing against the dismissal OF Randall Roberts.
tiS y. hI ,aJe conrerning fine fonr indict
ments missed from tine safe OF the Chief Clerk. Mr.
McKeOn sand Ron, rts was dismissed " because he
did not want him around" lie SAID there might be
| other dlslulssas.
| UNSAFE BUILDINGS.
Notice was given TO the police by Inspector
EsteTbrOok yesterday that the tenement house NO.
Ala West Sxttcuth-st. unsafe. Examiner
Cuhack had reported that the building was likely
to ial and ought 10 be torn down. The police will
warn the tenants of the danger. The buildings Nos
79WdlhtrSt., - PedTi-St.. - Cdhdl-St ana 10y
East -fOurtccnth-St. were reported
as needing repairs.
THE GRAND JURY AND The POLICE CAPTAINS
The BOaru OF Police yesterday received letter
from District Attorney MCkeOn stating that the
Grand jury made the pTesentments against Cap
talns Allalre and Williams on the testimony OF
Anthony COmstOck. D. j. Whitney, +. I. Cooper
and ID. r. Killings. Chief Clerk Hawley was Ill
rected TO reply that before charges could he made
against the two captains the testimony on which
the preseutmcuts were based was needed by the
Board. The names of the witnesses were not SUM-
Gent,
CLOSE OF THE CATTLE SALE.
| The sale OF Jersey cattle by Peter &. Kellogg u
Co.. which has been going on for three days AT the
| American Institute building closed yesterday.
| One hundred and seventy animals have beon sold,
| and the total amount realized was $S3, $50. The
Breeders Cup, subscribed annually by several
| members of the Cattle Club for the best average
price obtained for any five animals, was awarded
to ). NJ. Burnham, Of Saugatuck, Conn.,. whose best