New-York tribune., 1884-03-07
Np,v-vonK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, MARCH z, 1884,

Tho evidence for the prosecution was strong, and
| when the Jury announced it's verdict Recorder
| Smyth said: 1.-THE evidence in this case against
| the prisoner seemed to me so overwhelmngly cear
that am compelled 10 dissent from the hndlng OF
| the jury. 1 cannot sec how twelve sensible lnen
could arrive at such verdict" The prisoner was
discharged however.
TIE STRIKING CTGARMAKERs.
Ludwig Jabnousky presided at meetng 0i the
striking cigarmakers at Bohemian Hall, III ifth-
1 efeTday at II w 5 S} moncy r% was Te
ceved from the Progressive Union OF Chicago.
Straiton & Storms shop IL still plcketed; ana Us
protected by the police. The wOrkmen that they
have employed are doing we'll and the firm has no
fear to the result of the strike. AZ the once on
the Progressive Union, No. 156 East Fourth-st, me
work of paying the benefit Ol % week 10 the
strikers goes steadily on.
SERVANT GIRLS ALARMED.
A slight fire occurred before a. M: Yesterday IN IN
Columbus Flats, Nos. 66 and GS Madlson-ave.
Eleven families in the six-story building were
aroused and made preparations for escape, but me
firemen extnguished the fialnes SO quickly tlat
there was no danger. There was llttle eXclteDeht
except on the top floor, whence numDcr OF ser
yant girls climbed to the roof and screamed iPr
help. Mary Ryan. who had provided herself with
a rope, let herself down to the roof ot an ADJOINING
house, causing no little amusement to the fremen'
Tie damage by the fire was about $ZoO
PRODUCE EXCHANGE NOTES.
President Herrick of the Produce Exchange, yes
terday presented Robert p. Clapp. of Patterson,
Clapp Co., n solid silver gold plated, smokers set
offices in the new building. The Board of Man
ayers suspended from privileges for nonpayment OF
TTalm9ity m potn 3 a. = Begshf oc H Re5er
St0bO & Co.. provision commission merchants at
No. 80 Broadway, announced their lnaelhty 10
meet their mercantile engagements. The Liabilities
are said TO be under 50 900 and the firm expects to
resume business IN few days, There were posted
ont Of condition 10000 bushels OF NO. red
wheat" in DOwss stores, Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN.
No mora woman cnn he accommodated i'm the
County Asylum, which now has 52G female pa
tients,
The total loss by the fire at Van Brunt and Sum.
nit SITS, last Thursday, was only $4,000. All the
valuable patterns were saved.
John Irving, one Of the burglars arrested at
Lawrence, Mass, on Wednesday. escaped from
prisoner there for burglary. He dug hole through
the wall and lowered himself byarope made OF bed
clothes. He was not recaptured
resolution providing that no Supervisor be
Above to charge more than $40 day when IN
Albany business for the county unless ne goes
and returns the same an day w ne WI % bS Ue RooTS eS o
Supervisors yesterday. Supervisor Iholnas sald
that when he was IN Albany he wanted to stay at
the hest hotel drink what he wished. and treat the
members of the Legislature as a gentleman should.
The concluding final double of the recent lawn
tennis tournament was played yesterday at the
Armory of the 23d Regiment The match was be-
tween Mr. Hough and Miss Hanly. and DR.. Spen-
Ger and Miss n. Hanly. The first set fell TO Dr.
Spencer and his partner Cd but then their play
fell OIL, ana the second set was won DS tueH Oppo-
nents 90, who the third set also and the
match G.
The various Baptist churches united in a dona-
ton visit yesterday to the Baptist Home for the
Aged at Greene and Throop aves. Committees were
III attendance from 10 a. III. 10 10 p. III. to receive
contributions in the way of money, provisions or
house hold articles. The Home is dependent on
voluntary contributions. The ages of the inmates
range from sxtyeght to eighty nine and there are
thirty six in the Home at present: Among them Is
aFrenchman who was at the battle OF Waterloo.
He is eighty-nine years old.
District Alderman Mccarthy has applied to the
Excise Commissioners for license TO sell liquor at
No. 721 Fulton-st. The expensively fitted DRAM
shop there was kept by Thomas +. O'Brien, whose |
applica tion for a license opposed by the men,
@ of dr. 6e @d m %
fully 10 observe the law. but evidence OF his VIOLA
ton of it was secured aud his license was revoked
Mccarthy claims to have purchased the place; The
Excise Commissioners require proof OF the sale.
Justice Walsh yesterday put Philip H. Hawes |
under $500 bonds to provide support for his wife.
Mrs. Halves, who is daughter of George Wood |
ward formerly president of the Brooklyn Driving |
Park Association, testified that she and Mr., Hawes |
were married on June 10, 1882, W hen she was |
eighteen years old. Since then her husband had |
given her five dollars in money and few presents
She had lived with her father since their marriage
Her husband earned eight dollars week.
One of the consequences Of the failnre of Lyman |
d Curtiss, importers of toys, Is the failure OF
Sohwabach & Obrig, manufacturers OF baby car |
riages etc. of No l3l Ftrst-st, who have made an
assignment to James ID. Bell with preferences of
50 800. They have also given chattel mortgage !
on fixtures etc, in their factory to Lyman ~ Cur
tiss for ST., 800. The business was established in
September, 1882, By Alexander Schwalbach who, !
in April, 1853, took Theodore Obrg as partner: |
MANY of the carriages which they manufactured |
were purchased by Lyman N CuTtiss, who usually |.
gave their notes in settlement of the account and
when they failed they preferred the holders OF their
notes Endorsed by Schwabach & Obng for ST. 300.
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