New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-24
FOCAL MISCELLANY
uo,,,,cN,rNT or sLING-sHOTS.

A
xvhiIa freight was being unloaded from steamer
.s"he baltimore Transportation Company al fi i!
No T. North River. Yesterday, Doh was oy
falling and sung- shot rolled ONT "a anu Lane
sdnwsd that the box contained Zoo new sieng-
shofs There we're five similar boxes TAKEN from
The steamer all marked, " II. U. Naerger. new
York. The bill of lading; gwen wneb the seeaio 90
iaft baltimore on Saturday, was Tor SIX boxes Vi
Chocolate" Captain Gastlin. of the STEAMBOAT
Squad as informed of the discovery and he selzea
the sung shots cOntraband goods and had thein
removed 10 the Property Clerks office at Ponce
Headquarters. Sections 4O9 ana 4lo oi 'ne
Penal Code make It misdemeanor lot peISonh III; 10
manufacture or sell sung shots In tins state, WINE
the CARRYING of a slung-shot concealed ABOUT tne
person is made felony. In the afternoon Uel-
man. who said he was Herman y. Nasreei En-, T Tn
facturcr of whips OH a small scale at No4Oi2 fawn-
ST. Baltimore, went to the pier where the Sung
shots had been seized and made inquiries 1or them.
He was arrested By Detective Mallon, ana taken
before Superintendent Walling, at Police Head
quarters His arrest seemed to surprise nun very
much. and be said that he dld not Know ,na. ne II.
was violating the law by bringing slung-shots 10
New-York for sale When asked why the Diii OF
Iading was made out for chocolate" instead OF
for slungshots he said that he tod the aeen,
the boxes contained "joggerheadsD lie tnouguV
the agent must have mistaken the word: WIN ap
parent frankness he went on to tell the Superoen-
dent that he had manufactured the sungIs19Pts ion
George G. Moore of No. 302 Broadway ana CnarIes
Folsom, of No. 10G Chambers-st, both dealers Ia
guns The dealers had ordered tne eoous &c hn
Le said aud he had come TO New-fora WIN theul
because he wanted to the money he received Ior
them to a creditor at No. q Ann,st. ABOUT tnreo
iitv of slung shots. lie believed that they Kept
them their stores for SALE. IL.
Mr. Folsom said TO a TRIBUNE reporter that
Naerger bad called on him and said that he bad Two
varieties Of sluu gshOts, nine gross OF one and hee
dozen of the other. He had no knowledge OF Naer,
ger or of The goods offered for sale MI. Moore sala
that Naergef had called twice on him but mad not
succeeded in dspOsing OF his slung snots. III was
illegal to sell slung shots at retail although III was
done all over the country Both Messrs. Folsom "
Co. and Moore & Sons contradcted the report that
the goods had been cons ghed to them. Naerger was
locked up at Police Headquarters last night.
END OF THE LARYNGOLOGISTS' MEETING.
The Laryngolgsts met for the closing. day of
the session of 1883 Yesterday morning. j. SOILS
Cohen, n: d., of philadelphia; read paper on "A
Case of ThyrOtomy for Morbid Growth; with Sub
sequent Development of Epithelloma i'll the Cuta-
necus Cicatrix, but without Involvement OF TIE N
Hooper, H. d., Of Boston, ON Experimental Re-
searches on the Tension OF the Vocal Bands"
paper "Aural Complications OF lnfiammatory
Conditions of the Nose and Throat " was read by
Beverley Robinson, NJ. d., of New-fork, and the
closing paper of the morning session was read by
the secretary of the association, ID. BrysOn DeIa-
van NJ. D.. of this city, upon the "LacuD@ Ton
George W. Major, NJ D., Of Montreal, upon The
Diagnosis in Tub,rcaar Disease, and by +. c.
Morgan, NJ. d., - of Washington, upon
the case Of ENORMOUS Tuner Nor Re, Removed
but one was read by Morris J. Asch. NJ. d., of this
city upon "A Case of sudden Death Occurring after
IrdcneOtOny,, ana Tue tWehty -ScColu tno SCI
aud last of the session was read by Andrew II.
Smith. NJ d., of this city, upon the subject of Adj
hesion of the Velum to the Walls OF the Pharynx.'
Then followed the ballot for officers for the conf
ing season. which resulted as follows: President, f.
H. Bosworth of New-York; first vice -presldent, >
W Langmaid. of Boston; second vice. president, S.
Johnston, OF Baltimore; librarian, f. X. French NJ
d. of Brooklyn. DIR. Bryson Delavan. NJ. d., OF this
city, reelected secretary and treasurer TO inc
council Beverley Robinson, NJ d.. of this city,
was elected in place of DR.. Rufus Lincoln. retired.
Alter a few words from the outgoing president
the association adjourned until the third Monday
in Nav. 1854. when contrary to precedentl the
meeting VIII again take place IN this city.