Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-06


town jewelry establishments have been
visited within the last few days by a
tall, handsomely dressed young man,
who claimed to be E. c. Churchill, of
the Brooklyn sand and coal company.
His purchases were confined to
watches and diamonds, which he paid
for with checks on Watkins Bros. s.
Co., stock brokers, No. 20 Broadway.
His respectable appearance and man
ners of the office on which the checks
were drawn gave them ready accep-
lance with merchants. Clerks
who afterwards took the checks
down to Watkins Brothers &
Co. for payment, found the firms
office on the third floor of a building
in charge Of a IA year old boy, P. j..
Brady, who would certify the checks
and then inform the holders that Mr..
Watkins was out and they would have
to wait until he returned to get the
money. No one was fortunate enough
ever to find Mr.. Watkins in his Office.
Churchill, alias Watkins, was arrested
yesterday by detectives, when it de-
veloped that many firms had been
swindled out of amounts ranging
from $65 to 5000.
Krehhiel, in the Tribune, says of
the opening at the Academy last night,
when Carmen was produced: 1t
was the same old performance to
all intents and purposes. except land
many will think this a world of diff
%ference) that the representatives of
Don Jose was not Signor Campanini,
and that Minnie Hauk, while she gave
the same pleasure to the eye as of yore,
gave much less satisfaction to the ear.
The audience was numerous and for a
first night ittingly brilliant, and gave
a crescendo of glad greetings to the
principal performers. An unusual
incident occurred during the evening.
Numerous bouquets, wreaths, flower
baskets and other floral offerings
were handed to the different artists.
When several immense baskets were
handed over to Minnie Hauk, she de-
clined to take them and requested them
sent to her room. She said after the
performance !: II think it is time to
put a stop to the flower nuisance and
many people agree with me. A little
applause from a pleased audience is to
me of far greater value than a noun
tain of flowers. l have written to
my friends that l will be glad to accept
attentions at my room, but l will not
have them handed over to me on the
open stage"
A report was published yesterday
that warrants were out for Mayor
Grace and others, accusing them of
completely in the frauds of Ward and
Fish. United States District Attorney
Dorsheimer said the story is a
fabrication and absolutely false.
There are no indictments and none
could be found before Thursday, as the
United States grand jury will not be
in session until that day. Warrants
need not wait for indictments, but so
far as l know, and so far a proceed
ings in the United States courts are
concerned, there are no warrants now
out. OF course l can say nothing as
to what warrants will be issued, or
against what persons. AS to Mayor
Grace, no evidence has been offered
to me to convict him in any
criminal way with proceedings
with Ward or show him guilty
of anything that might compel
MI to proceed against him. No such
warrants are out in any proceedings
by the State of New York.
Yesterday the staging around the
obelisk in Central Park was finished
and now everything is in readiness to
give it a coating Of paratfine, which is
expected will prevent its damage by
the climate. 1t is already injured
more than is generally supposed.
Crumbling pieces are easily removed
with the fingers. and with a chisel
fragments are detached weighing a
pound or more. The paraffine to be
used is made especially for this
work, being distilled from crude
petroleum under an enormous pres
sure, and is as nearly pure as it can
possibly be. After the work is com.
pleted the stone will look slightly
darker in color than it does now.
Samuel Chase, a bright youth of
10, office boy in the employ of Henry
L. Hobert. No. II Front street, was
stabbed to the heart and almost in
stantly killed yesterday while skylark-
ing with one of the clerks in the
store. jeremiah Cunningham, II
years old, had an eraser in his hand.
which Chase fell against, the tiny
blade piercing his heart. The lads
were friends and the killing was acct
dental. Cunningham's REF was ter
rible. He was held to await the action
of the coroner's jury.
The naval stores and tobacco ex-
change, which was established two
years ago, has had hard times. Its
business has fallen away until the
rooms on Beaver street are almost
deserted. There are four hundred
members of the exchange and the dues
are only $40 a year, but large num-.
bers of the members feel so little in.
terest in the exchange that yesterday
they appointed a committee to consider
the advisability of winding up its
affairs and divide the assets amnng thu