New-York tribune., 1885-07-14
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

LOCAL MISCELLANY.
DAMAGES ASSESSED AGAINST Mr.. SHOOK
MIS- ATTACK ON MAYOR AND KENDALL IN THE MoK-
TON HOUSE.
Sheriff Davidson and Jury sas 10 Tue assss, vyer be
DANA ces in two suits brought by Benjamin A.
Mayor and Charles Kendall respectively against
the ALLEGATION that on March 2, 1885, at the Nor
ton House. they were assaulted aud beaten BY the
defendant, bruised and injured and placed IN
answer to the complaint. Judgment had been taken
for the plaintiff in the Superior Court With aireS
t to Rs ssrV as & Sy Myo is
man afflicted with consumption and lives on ms
money in stoneridge, Ulster County. N. Y, and by
BBnaa T0o Of the TDssd States % Army
that they entered the bar-room OF tne M9ftod aod
House on the afternoon of the day mentioned ahd
Mayor told Ks.sa thas ne nao pSf Sei M Kendss
possikstbooS si I The bar-kespsr resented this and
called Mayer liar and he LATTER ntsGa taSr m .n5 nad
from behind the counter land pursuing the two
yonng mcn INTO the hall struck Mayor several
''sSsi Sheridan Shook, General George A.: Sheridan,
Commissioner Jacob Hess, Brent Goode ana
Justice Solsn b. Smith were drinking together at
Shsok arose, saying that he would not have dis
turbancc in the house and sought to separate the
combatants The plaintiffs sw3re that ne STUCK
into the street through tho Feurteenth-st. en-;
trance. Mr.. Shook and several witnesses dep0sed
sst s GsasIa Esuaa shsTdans ns hat ana and
the latter used no unnecessary violence IN nelPlng
to cxpel the young men, There was eohn'c1 o. o.
the latter had taken. but they, maintained tnat
they were sober though they took one drink at the
bar and Mayor BY dsp ff s that
day. Kendall had lost a pocketbook containing
500 few days before Ia the Morton House par;
npon by Mayor who told him that he had seen the
barkeeper pick it up. c. ID. Briggs appeared for
the plaintiffs and ex-Judge A. ). Dittennosien LOT
assessed the damages at 800 each on eaoh COM
plant.
HOP-GROwERS FEELING "BLUE."
oygR-pRoDUCnON BRINGS DOWN THE PRICES
GLOOMY PROSPECTS.
Hons have not been quoted so low in ten years as
they are at present The following prices are IRON
cash New-Yorks. best, to II cents per pound
Medium 10 to II; Low, 8 to 9; Eastern, to 10;
%ss.nslP o. EearnS crop 1883 1e SeSuS 10 S
nal. 70 20 .; to l?E and i0 Bchsmlsns IS to y:
ably bring IA cents in New-York just now but not
more than that. TO say that the market Is stag.
naut feeb IT. Inc Iecess a0r ate 10
Europc amounted TO 156 bales. The total exports
for the season at this time last year were |s,lZ3
bales. While only a little over a third
Of that number has been sent this year.
The outlook for higher prices is not encouraging.
Favorable crop advices come from all parts OF the
country, as well as from Germany and England,
though il will take a few days yet to determine
definitely about the British crops Over Sd, groduc-
Just how this came about is explained by enc OF
them as follsws: "On May IL, 1852, hops sold M ior
26 cents a pound AS the season advanced the
price continued to rise until in November It
reached ST. 10, the highest ever attained in TINS
country. The failures of the English crop, was the
cause assigned for this boom but the real reason
was generally understood to be due to a conblna-
ton of certain speculators One Of the results
was to cause the brewers to use less hsps
and more substitutes which, owing to their
cheapnsss they continue TO employ. Another was
TO lead the farmers to increase their hop acreage
and to attract hundreds of new to the business
of hop raisisg both at home and abroad thus bring
ing about an increased supply and decreased de-
mand. Hops cannot be raised in this state for less
than 10 cents but they the Pacific Coast,
owing to cheapness and greater fertility of the soil
there
The Utica Herald of recent date says: Only sixty
days to the time for crops to be in market: III
nothing happens more than is now foreseen. hops
of 1884 will then be worth only 3 to cents.