New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE HALF-HoLlDAY REFORM.

,v,ccrss OF THE MOVEMENT CONSIDERED AS
suRyp-THE COMMITTEE TO ORGANIZE
The Saturday Half-Holidsy Committee OF one
hundred which was appointed at the masS,neeI-
;ng in Chckori ~ Hall on Monday night, will meet
IN the lecture room OF the Young Mems Christian
Association building next Tuesday afternoon az I
o'clock to organic an9 TAKE n se e various
Among the pcmbers of this S SSmaffise
Morris X Jesup, Thomas I. Rowland, OF the con
tinental Iron Works, GIeenpoint,, Thomas sloane
St w. j. soaPs s ames Judge Judge
Noah Davis John Jacob Astor, William T.. lodge
Henry IvisOn, Frederick K. Condert, Danlel Kopil-
son, Edward Cooper. the Rev. DR.. HOWARD CrosDy,
William DOrsheimer, the Rcy Dr. McGlynn, the
Rev. Henry Ward Bcecher, John A. stewart ana D.
Hobart Herrick. 80 1850.
day:
The adOpuss of the Saturday hefhol4ay reform in
all branches Of IN hs srses
have already Offered to begin tne prSt'eS week 81
If we wish them to do il But say, No. rot yet We
want more general than that before we start Ihere
favor OF the measure will not take long to convert
the rest Of the population. The only mistake we mace
did Hundreds were turned away it was report
has got that propose TO boycott stores that refuse
false We have abstaiued from everything ike coercion
suce the beginning aud we propose TO win our victory
meant. because the whole public with us in this con
test and the opposition which We did have al nrs'
broken down.
Edward Johnston, the chairman of the half-holl-
CAV movement, says that the principal dry-goods
firms IN Brooklyn declare that they are perfectly
willing TO tail IN line with the hali-hollday move
ment the moment New-YOrk takes the lead
TO me Edftor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Will you please inform reader OF your paper
wn1t has become Of tbs saturday hathCliday OIL intro
duced by Speaker Hustled and whether IN your opinion
greatly 0blige EXPECTANT
NClc.York March "a. 1856
The bill so far "a can be learned, was never re-
ferred to auv committee. Mr.. Johnston wrote 10
Mr. Hustled about it, but SO far has received no
reply.
GIVING MR.. PURDY ANOTHER LECTURE.
.ludge Cowlng, of the General Sessions Court,
who had occasion in the Bishop trial on Wednesday
10 ask the jury 10 acqut, saying that the case was
one for the civil courts, was again called on yes
teiday to speak of the practice of bringing such
eases into the criminal courts. Thomas christie
was tried charge of appropriating S6i 39
which came 10 the pork-packlng house OF Richard
NJ Weller i'm Harlem. Assistant Dlstuct-AttOrney
pnrdy introduced route book which contained the
entry OF meat sold to Adam Weller, butcher
There were two lines crossing OIL the account ana
William Case, clerk, teslhed that ne saw MI
Christie mark OIL the account, though he did not
see the money paid. Ii appeared however, on cross
examination that the defendant was IN the haplt Oh
crossing OIL accounts at the TedueSt OF the receiving
hook keeper John BradbTOOk, who has since dleu
There is now civil suit pending, to determine
whether Mr.. Christie is partner OF Mt. Ncler or
an employee Before the Idry acquitted the deiend-
ant Judge CowIng said TO Mr. PurCy
This court has hcretOio borne RoO1 reputation hut
such cases continue To be brought here 1t will not re-
tain that reputation long There s now clyl slt ID
which the question ls at issue whether the conpln'nt
aud the defendant arc partners or employer ana ON
Move After that decided If II should DO found
that they not partners there might be better case
here The case is not one that should ever nave ooe
brought here.