The New York Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1873, Page 8

8 THE JERSEY OUTRAGE. | The Inquest at Creskill, and Testimony of Wm. MeLean, George Byers, Ann Byers, John Ray and Cesar Cisco. pad te BYERS’ BUNGLED BUNUONDBE. The Verdict of the Jury on the Death of Delia Corcoran. The adjourned inquest in the case of the body of @ young woman, named Della Corcoran, found foating in the Hudson, near fyler’s landing, was resumed yesterday morning, before Corener Wes- tervelt, at Creakill. Tne inquest progressed very slowly and would doubtless have occupied several days had it mot been for the encouragement given ‘to the jury by an okt New York detective officer. ‘The inquest resuited in committing George Byers for the action of the Grand Jury, as being acces- sory to the murder of Delia Corcoran. The iollow- ‘tog Is the testimony :— Owen McLean, who resides near the dock at Ex- welsior Park, Was first sworn. i testified —I have deen passing by George Byers’ house for three or Tour nights in @ week; on one occasion I found George Byers and his wife quarreling; Geoige said ‘To his wile that if she didn’t keep Della away irom his house he wonid kill her (his wile) ; in answer to ‘Uhis his wiie said that she would kill Delta unless he (George) kept away from her; George Byers’ house is about three yards from the river; I have meen George alone in a boat with Delia Corcoran; ALWAYS APPEARED FRIENDLY; alastsaw them together about a week before the Fourth of July; | know nothing about the death of ‘this young woman only what I have heard; my won came home about two o’clock on Monday morning, July 21; the door was untastencd; I leit 4tso; 1 saw in this boat on Sunday evening, July 20, George Byers, John Ray and Cwsar Cisco; this ‘was about nine er ten o’clock; I found my son in his bed about twe o’clock; I was up before twelve o'clock and he was not im bed at that time; I do mot remember what kind of a nightit was; I could hear George Byers saying “Shoo; he was rowing at the time; John Kay stood up and wanted to fight; fron their actiongtuey must have been in- toxicated ; this was about ten o'clock, | ‘THE STORY OF A BOATMAN, Matthew Westervelt.a boatman at Alpine, was mextexamined. His testimony was substantially the same as his statements to the HeRaLD reporter on Saturday. THAT SUNDAY NIGHT'S WORK. William McLean, one of the prisoners, was sworn and testified:—I reside at my father’s house, close to the dock; I am twenty-four years of age; I vcrossed the river trom George Byers’ house with George Byers, Jack Ray, Cxsar Cisco and a young man nemed John, & boatman; I do not want to give his name; Mrs. Byers and Delia were in the boat; George Byers proposed going to Yonkers; George ‘was intending to put me downat the landing above, go that I could go home, but instead o! this he pulled.of ACROSS THE RIVER; ‘to tho best of my belief it was Matthew Westervelt’s boat; we started between eight and nine o'clock ; Thad been at the grove during the day, accom- ied by John; I met Byers as I was going home; e was in company with Join Ray and Cesar Cisco; this was about seven o'clock; I turned with them and went to Byers’ house; there! met Mrs. Byers and Delia; George had something to drink at his house; it was rum; 1 did not see Delia drink; Byers, Cxsar, Ray and I drank irom the bottle; I had not drank any liquor during the day; when I saw Delia she appeared as if she had been drinking: she was without a hi Jobn Ray and L rowed the boat over to Yonk when we got over there we all got out; ail but the two women Went into a corner store; George Byers ASKED US TO DRINK} I drank agiass of beer; I dide not see him buy a bottle of liquor; on going back to the boat we ane the women standing on the shore; Jonn Ray, irs. Byers, Delia and 1 sat in the stern; George Byers andthe white man John pulled.the boat; Cesar Cisco sat in the bow; it took us about thirty minutes to pull over to Yonkers; stayed there about that length of time and crossed again, Feaching this side about ten o'clock; it probably took us fifteen minutes to pull up the stream to where we landed; we went to Byers’ house; we ALL Gor ovr except George byers and Delia; there was no qparroliing in the boat; George was singing, I be- lieve; Delia asked George to pull her up to the grove; he said he would; the boat was shoved otf and they started; Mrs. Byers did not object to George going home with Deiia; John Ray, Cwsar Cisco and Ann Byers proceeded toward their house, leaving the white man, John, and J standing on the beach; we started up to the schooner by A FOOTPATH ALONG THE BLUFF; we did not hear the boat on the river; the road leaves the river bank and diverges,into the woods ;- the schooner was lying at the dock above the grove; I went home aiter seeing him orf board the ®chooner; 1 got home abont two o'clock aud went to bea; found the door unfastened; I heard that welia was missing on Monday evering; | was not very well uainted with Dea; I never had spoken to her before that Sunday night; I belheve 1U was on Wedneseay that I heard of the finding of the body; I did not think it could be Delia; Cesar tired pistol ito the air about etght times; I have mot had any conversation with any of the parties who were On that trip to Yonkers, A HIGHLY “COLORED"? STATEMENT, Cesar Cisco, colored, one of the prisoners, was mextexammed and testified:—1 am twenty-three years of age; I was at Sam Thompson’s in the Biternoon ; I met Jolin Ray and we walked up to the old dock at Alpine; got there about tive o’cioc ‘Went up to the grove; had a driuk of whiskey; stayed only a few minutes and then went down to George Byers’ house; | never had met Byers; John Ray knew George; went up to Myers’ Hotel; had a drink of beer and a cigar; then we returned to Byers’ house; Wiiliam McLean and another young ‘white man joined us at that place; the girl Delia came soon alter; | did not know her before; ONE QUART OF BEER. Delia sent out for some beer, and McLean, John Ray aud | went after it; we took a drink at the hotel; all hands took a drink on our return; there Was only a quart of beer; Delia wanted to go to oukers; George went out and got a boat; George, ‘Ann, Delia, Join Kay, William McLean, his friend and myseif got into the boat, [The story of cross- ing the river to Yonkers and the drinking at the hotel was given substantially as by William McLean.) I bought a revolver in Englewood the day alter the Fourth of July. 1 FIRED SIX SHOTS #m the air on the return trip; on coming back to George Byers’ house Delia and Ann had some ‘6; 1saton the porch with Mrs, Byers for a ime after George started up the river with Delia; Ann said that George had the keys to the house; after lying there some time I awoke about three o'clock, and Ann Byers asked us to come in to the house and lie down; the door then open; I laid down on a bench; I heard orge’s ‘Voice upstairs; I slept until four o’clock, when Jonn Ray woke up; We then went dewn to the sloop on which John was employed; we got breakfast and then ieft ior New York; we got back on Wednes- day. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE, Patrick Carlan, of Yonkers, a quarryman, testi- fied as to the identity of the body; he had known the deceased Jor eleven years. His evidence wae unimportant. “THE BOYS WERE PRETTY LUSH.” John Ray, colored, was next examined. He was @stylish fellow, black as ebony. He testifiea:—I am seventeen years of age and | live at Tenafly; I Jeit home on Sunday afternoon and wert to Excel- sior Park; Casar Cisco was with me; we leit there ani came down to my grandmotner Pompey Brown’s house; from there we went down to George Byers’ house. From this point his testi- moby regarding the trip to Youkers was the game in detail as the last witness, 18 THERE A WOMAN IN IT? Ann Byers, wile of the prisoner, George Byers, was next eXamined and tesrified am the wile of George Byers, at Closter Deck; | am about 28 years of age; Delia was at my house on sunday might, July 20; she came avout five o'clock; my husband eume about six o'clock; Delia and I drank a hai unt of whiskey before George came: after my hus- nd came home we had some beer; Lelia prow posed to go across the river; George got Mr. West- erveit’s boat; we went over to Youkers; Delia and I stood near a pile of brick, while the m into a beer saloon; George brought each giass of soda water; stayed there twenty minutes; We got into the boat to return; Delia was rather Mushed with liguor, but apparenty able to take eare of herseif; we landed just below my house; as ‘we got near the house, THERE AROSE A DISTURBANCE ‘between Jack Ray and Billy McLean, who wanted to fight; George said that he wanted to take Delia home, but would not pull a wivie boatioad ap stream; we ail went ashore; George and I went gmto the house; George locked the door apd I} crawied in at the: window; my husband and | jeft Delia with the four men on the beach; I remained outside any ld five minutes alter George went into the house; alter going into the house I found that George hati gone to bed; this was abont hailt- past.ten at night; I went to sleep and was awak- ened about twelve o'clock; Billy MeLean called to George about that time, to know whether he was at home; George spoke to Him and this woke me up; my husband slept in the house til seven o'clock in the morning, when he Fel oP and did not, return antl the evening; here Was @ good deal of water 1n the boat; Delia god { got our feet wet; George got up alter McLean called jum and smoked a pipe at the Window; | heard noises about the house until after two o'clock, MORE “DARK” TESTIMONY. plored, nusband of the preceding next sworn and testified:—Iam au Excelsior Park; am twenty-four on age ; was at work in the ‘ark Ob Sunday afternoon and w Delia the kitchen; I Went home about hal/-past seven gnd ound Lelia and my wife, John Ray and Casar Cisco. [Here followed the same story about getting the liquor and she arrival of McLean and his friend, The trip to Yonkers was given subs tially the same as by the preceding witnesses, ex- cept that he testi that he gave the women when at Yonkers a glass of ale report ‘The boys were pretty tull and raised considerable row on the river; ON REACHING HOME Isaid that it was time for Delia to go home; I Would not pull them all up; Delia got out and said that if there was to be any trouble she would walk home; John dongs ‘up behind of McLean and put his hana be! ind bim as if he was going to draw some weapon, as I thought, 1 picked up a stick to knock the pistol out of his hand; my wile stepped in and separated the two lellows; secing that there Was not going to be a row, I called to my wife to come in the house; she said that she did not want any fighting about there; I went into the house and locked tie door, and, going up stairs, ‘ Lit MY PIPE and put my head out of the window to see what they were doing; my wife came in and went to bad; Della was leit down on the shore; McLean an his Iricnad started nome; this was about hadf-past eleven; 1 then saw Jack and Cesar whisper with each other under the windsw; Cesar walked down toward Delia, where = she stood against the rocks; John followed him; { then had to look through the shade of uke trees; I heard Delia say, “1 want to go home,” one of them told her to come and Le would show her the way heme; ney Started and came toward the currant bush, & little nearer the house; walked up to the road behind my heuse; there they stopped and one of them asked her i! she Bad something to drink; Delia gave them a drink out of a bottie. ‘A GREAT LACS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY. Cesar then caught hold of Delia and pulled her down on her back; Jack caught hold of her around the body; * * * 3; 1 could hear ber give a gur- giing sound as if she was being choked; both then came away from her, leaving her on the ground; I did not see her move; they lifted her up, Jack taking her by the feet and Cesar by the shoulders; they carried her up along the path toward the spring; Jack proposed to leave THE BODY ON THE BANK, but Owsar said she was lying in the path, where she could be i@und; Cwsar propo: to take her up in the woods, but Jack said he would get a boat; then they were gone for a few moments; I then’ heard the noise of a boat on the shore; ¥ then saw two figures emerge from the dusk and go up onjthe footpath and return toward the boat, bearing a form; this was put tnto the boat and t heard @ boat row away; I could not tellin what direction ; I had laid down but bad not been asleep ; Tremained at the window trom twelve until four o'clock; when they had gone I went down stairs to 1ook, aiter which I took my clothes off and went to bed} I DID NOT SLEEP; I shouki jndge it was about three o’clock; I laid awake about an hour, thinking, after 1 went to bed; ot in a sort of doze; I had not fastened the door when I came up to bed at three o'clock ; after about an hour I heard a noise on my front stoop; I called out to Jack and Cwsar to lie down; they said they were cold. A MEAN COWARD. Mr. Hills—Why did you sit at that window and allow a woman to be murdered—a woman, too, who worked at the same place with you and who was a friend of yours? Byers—I was not going out where a man was armed with a seven shooter; I did not want to mix in; 1 ct up the next morning and went up to the Park; mmauinee for Delia; she was missing ; [heard of the finding of the body, but said nothing, as Idid dot want to implicate any one. The Jay, alter a few moments’ enters ony held George ers for ha eaetas te before the Grand Jury, and committed him without bail to the Hack- ensack jail, McLean and the woman Ann Byers were released on bail to appear as witnesses. The other two negroes were ordered to be committed to the jail at Hackensack and will be admitted to bail suMcient to secure their appearance before the Grand Jury, The testimony of George Byers was wholly uncredited. PRIZE FIGHT IN A ROOM. Rattling Mill Between Mike Murphy, of Boston, and Ned Loyal, of Tals City, for $100 a Side—Loyal Defeated. About three o’clock yesterday afternoon Cherry street presented a lively appearance on its side- waiks, for pedestrians were hurrying to and fro as if there was something uncommon in the wind, A HERALD reporter managed to ferret out the game by dint of persuasion and afew “stamps.” Re- ceiving the “tip” he wended his way to a rear ten- ement rookery, up two palr ot haif-demolished stairs, into a large back room, and discovered him- self in the company of forty or fiity roughs, The majority of them were garbed as gentlemen, but their style of language—vulgar and rowdyish—set all doubts about their character at rest, It appears that Suoday night Mike Murphy, of Boston, and his antagonist, Loyal, met in a low drinking saloon on Madison street. Murphy was & sort of a backer of Chambers and Ned Loyal was ditto for Seddons in the recent jiasco, After put- ting themselves outside of several “Bourbons,” they argued the case of the affair between Seddons and Chambers, Loyal alleging that CHAMBERS DIDN'T DESIRE TO FIGHT and that he fixed the “job” tnat got Seddons ar- rested. “It’s a lie!’ exclaimed Murphy; ‘my moncy says it is.” “How so ?’’ demanded Ned. “Any way you like.” “Does your stamps mean fight 7” “Just as you like,”” Chambers’ man didn’t care a fig, it seems, and as Seddons’ champion fell in with an idea of entering into business on his own account, he said he would fight Murphy for as much mogey as he (Murphy) would put up. So there was $25 immediately de- posited with the barkeeper, to be increased to $100 on Monday at one o'clock. A WELL KNOWN “SPORT”! was selected as referee, and at about half-past three o’clock yesterday the principals, attended by their seconds, entered the room. Just before they commenced the fight the referee advanced to the middie of the apartment ard delivered tue an- nexed speech :— GextLEM=N—It becomes my duty to give you all a word of caution, You all know why we are here assembled, and if you rake your voices during the contest we'll be troubled with the “cops;” and the first man who shouts in applause I'll Knock suffer 'n a poker. As he retired to his place the timekeeper called ‘Time and both men, with their seconds, ad- vanced 10 the “figuting ground,” and aiter the usual formalities oue to another they began THE FIGHT. Rovnp 1.—Both men appeared to be shaky in\the nerves, but after “feeling around” each other the; slacked on the shake and endeavored to belt each ot er in rather an unkind manner, Murphy get in @ sight biow on Loyai’s ribs, for which he received a tap on the nasal organ, which failed, however, to bring the ruby, butso angered jim that he dealt the Fourth warder a terribie whack under the lett listener, which felled him to the door. Time, ten minutes, | Rounp 2,—Loyal came up “groggy,” and Murphy advanced with a iook a8 much as to say, “I told you so.” Light sparring, a rally, some in-fighting, aud Loyal threw Murphy handsomely. ROUNDS 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.—In all these rounds Mur- phy behaved himself in @ manner that proved he knew how to fignt, having received but one or two blows irom Loyai, whose face appeared rather we worse for wear. Rov 8.—“If I don’t win this fight in ten min- utes more I'll give up the stakes | exclaimed Murphy, and sending out his leit he knocked Loyal to the floor, Ned was picked up as still as if he had been put to bed with a shovel. A physician was called, who examined him and ordered him to be taken care of, which was immediately done, and by this time Murphy is at home in the *Hub,” The men fought at 145 ponnds, Soe bein, tailer, but slimmer, than Loyal, who was in bat condition. roe | is @ young man, about twen- ty-two years old apparently, and Loyal about thirty years, but he is aprematurely old man from the excessive use of alcoholic liquors, Asa spar- rer Murphyranks Al, but Loyal 4 not above me- diaerity. The crowd left the premises by twoa and threes, escaping the attention of the police, THE LUNNEY STABBING AFPRAY. Yesterday morning Michael Lunney, the ‘long- shoreman who was stabbed in the breast and ab- domen by a knife in the hands of Peter McKenna, during @ quarrel between them at their residence, 64 Clarkson street, on the night of the 19th instant, died in Bellevue Hospital from the effects of the mn- juries received. Coroner Hermann took charge of | the case and empannelied ajury, who, alter viewing | the remains, were discharged by the Coroner till hall-past nine o'clock next Friday morning, when the lavestigation will be proceeded with at the Coroner's ollice, No. 40 Kast Houston street, Joseph Cushman, M. D., Deputy Corouer, made ab autopsy on the body, which showed that death resulted [rom peritonitis, the result of the wounds infucted, ROBBED OP JEWELRY. James T. Sheridan, a domestic, aged twenty years, was yesterday committed by Judge Coulter, at the Yorkville Police Court, on a charge of rob- bing his employer, Charles G. Wolf, of 65 Bast Fifty-third street, of jewelry valued at $100. The stolen property was found in the prisoner's pos- session. A BROOKLYN BUSINESS MAN MISSING, Joseph Marshall kept a@ ladies’ dress goods store at No, 241 Fulton street up to Monday a week ago. On that day he suddenly disappeared, leaving sundry creditors in Brooklyn, amd bas not since been heard from. The Sheriff yesterday took pos- session of the store to satisty the demands of creditors, It is said that family troubles have something to do with Mr, Marsball’s disappear- ance- z GREAT ‘STOCK SALE. RDS PU SAE The Splendid Seymour Herd Disposed of—A Grand Array of Titled Bulls and Cow Queen 4, Camucorne, Ohio, July 26, 1373, ‘The public gale of short horn cattle, the property of R. R. Se,gmour, of Ross county, Ohio, came of, a8 Was ‘glvertised, at the Fair Grounds here on Thurs(jay, July 2%. Mr. Seymour, a veteran breerer, one of the oldest and most emthusiastic Of toe short horn men, has been compelled, on ac- ¢sunt of ill-health, increasing age and infirmities, And the inability to give his stock the care and attention it necessarily requires, to dispose of his fine herd, and retire from business, Prominent stock men and cattle breeders from all parts of the country were in attendance, At least three hundred strangers were in Chillicothe at the time of the sale, called thither by the fame of the Seymour hera, and the prospect of securing bargains. The bidding was very spirited, and, a8 a general thing, the stock sold for its fall value. The heaviest buyers were George Grimes and William A. Jones, of Ross county, Ohio; Mr, Montgomery, of Licking county, Ohio, and Claude Matthews, of Clinton, Indiana, The pure Duke bull, Third Duke of Oneida, bred by Walcott & Campbell, ef New York Mills, N. Y., was the hero of the occasion, and sold for a larger sum than was ever before paid for any bullin America ($6,600). He is a magnificent animal and posseses @ pedigree as stainless as snow. He comes Of a costly family, @ full brother having been sold to 5° to England for $6,000, ‘This bull was urchased at six months old for $5,000. George rimes and Mr, Montgomery crossed swords for the pomeaee of this noble anima), and aiter some skilful and determined fencing, Mr. Montguinery Penetod $6,600, over which figure Grimes refused go. ‘The aggregate sales amounted to the handsome figure o1 $30,000, about one hunared animals being disposed of. The following is a list of the sales:— COW QUEENS, No. 1. Red Blossom of Wilmington, second, A. 8. Scott, Seymour, (Ul, 3 0. 2 Red Blossom of W ir; Claude Matthews, Clinton, Ind R No, 3, Red Blossom ot Wil George Guines, Bourneville, Ohio. . sd No. 4, Red Blossom of Wilmington, sixth, George Guines, Bourneville, Ohio. No. 5, Red Blossom of Wihn: Matthews, Clinton, Ind. . No. 6, Red Blossom of Wilt Matthews, Clinton, Ind No. 7. Young Nannie M Bourneville, Ohio. No. 8 Jennie May, J. No, 9. Whiteface’s Daughter, Bourneville, Ohio, No. Ross Bluebell ‘0. 8, Renick. Columbus, Ohio. Willtam A. "Jones, Obi oo... No, 13 Miss Sharon, 8. C. Rol H., Ohio. . : No, "4. Queen’ ‘of Bourneville, Ohio. Bainbridge, Ohio.....- ‘ No. 16. Call of Queen of Highiand, third, ®. G. ‘Sey- Seymour, Ill............ he ‘Queen of Highiand, fourth, Williain A. Jon Bourneville, Ohio... 725 80 700 400 50 260 250 150 800 20 400 305 350 410 monur, No. li. No. 12. Queen ian Vashington, C. H., Ohio...... ayes No. 20, Queen of Highland, seventh, Ciaude Mat- Siinton, Ind... Pee ‘ . en of Highland, eigith, “ii. W. Uhi0.. . Ubi. Mollie Ni Duchess ‘of Athol, third, J. ington, C. Hey ONO... -e2 esc. No 32 Magaic” Athol N ‘Duniap, chiiisot . Dunlap, Chillico No, 45. Duciiess of Ross, second, George Grimes, “Hournevil “3,000 No. 39, Vira i! Seymour, Seymour, Til, "240 N y A. Bay, Sav broke, tikan. 289 os Perrill, Wasaingu 4 00 ville, Ohio... No. 41. Melody, Wiliiain 1 No. 1. Third Duke of Oneida, omery, Newark, Ohio. . : No.2. Count ‘Ingehet, 004, “AL, Bay, No. 4. Coun? Athol, Claude Matt No. &. Duke of York, Jacob ¥ Ohio 0. No. 7 ville, Ohio... ao LH 0.3. Master Sharon, William A? ville, Ohio... No. 9. ‘Wizard, Neison Dui 10, Lord Beilefteld n, Kingston, Ohio. John Mont. LL, 9, Cirele- ‘argent, Pil ¢' Joseph Kirkpucriek, “Bourne- Bloomfield, Del 10, No. 11. Dul Chillicothe... . No. 12. rirst Count of One Bourneville, Ohio... pT i prince Athol, F. F, Parrott, Lynd 4. Second Count of One.da, Jam shington, ' No.15. Third ur, iL... No. 1, ‘fourth Co Bainbridge, Ohio. George’ ‘Giimes, $ ALVES. Scioto Lad, R, Pitzer, Washingt Patonia’s calf, A. L. Bay, sayt Twenty grade cattle, purely bred, . grees Were lost and neglected during the w but whose pe ‘ar, de- scended trom tue herd of the late Felix Remick... 1,990 HORSKS, ‘The bay stallion, Edwin Forrest, Jr., by Edwin For- rest, dam by Belle Mambrino Chief; McConnell, Delano & Co. One two-year-old cus Boggs, of FIRE IN NINTH AVENUE, “Bdwin Forrest, Jr. The Fifth Regiment Armory Destroyed. A fire broke out yesterday morning in the thjrd floor of the four story brick building, Nos, 283, 286 ana 287 Ninth avenue. The structure was known as the Excelsior Building, and stood on the corner of Twenty-seventh street and Ninth avenue. The first appearance of the fire caused no unysual alarm, a8 it did not look very formidable; but the hay and feed in the loft where the flames started were soon caught up and then it burst through the roof with great fury. A second and a third alarm was telegraphed, and im a few minutes ail the available force of the Fire Department was on the ground. The men got to work very rapidly, and in a short time the Chief Engineer was able to send out the intelligence that the flames could ve confined to the puiding. Considerable interest was mani- fested by the crowd assembled outside the police lines in the furniture and accoutrements in the Filth Regiment Armory, which was on ihe fourth floor of the building, and the firemen directed particular attention to that part, but, umior- tunately, Without success, As soon as the first alario oi fire Was struck on the telegraph inetru- ments and the location of the conflagration ascertained the police of the Sixteenth precinct turned out under Captain Cherry and two Ser- pane and formed a cordon around the burning miiding. They gave the firemen every possible assistance, and owing to their efforts in a great measure was due the smaii amount of property in- jured. The Mames burst out at avout four A. M., and at sevenwere almost completely under cont:ol. They were not finally extinguish 4, however, until close upon nine o’ciock. The building beionged to John- son, Shephard & Co., and was occupied on the lower floors by the ‘I'wenty-third street and Broadway stage line, Great fears were for some time enter- tained that a number oO! hofses would be sacrificed, but fortunately all the animals were removed be- fore the fire reached the part of the house where they were kept. The damage done to the bullding is estimated at $2,000; insured in (wenty different companies for the sum of $75,000. The stock W: injured to the extent of $15;000; no insurance, The joss on the Fifth Regiment Armory is supposed to be about twenty thousand doilars, including the furniture of the rooms and the accoutre- ments belonging to the regiment; no in- surance, Considerable speculation was indulged in yesterday as to the cause of the fire, but up to a late hour last night nothing definite was arrived at ov the subject. Fire Marshal sheldon has ordered ali the parties interested in the matter to appear before tiin this morning, When au investigation will be made into the ortgin of the catastro) During the progress of the flames biward ik Verclett, a member of Hook and Ladder No, 4. Was slightly injured. He wascuton the face by some jailing glass, He was removed to the Sixteenth Precines station house by the police and subse- quently taken to hishome, HOW MICE NEARLY DESTRUYAD A CHURCH IN JERSEY, A few days ago a citizen of Bloomfield saw smoke issting irom the Methoaist church there, and curious to know what Could be wanted with a fire, the thermometer being among the nineties, he asionished the sexton, who was painting th fence, by propounding such a question. ioe bea ton rushed in and found one of tie window shades and frames in a blaze, which, however, he suc- ceeded in quenching. If is believed that the mice, nibbling at some matches, ignied them and started what suight jave beep tke destruction of the church. NEW YORK HERALD, TOMSDAY, JULY 29, te73—1HIE PLE SHEET., RRR ier ceeery. PAE etter see ono ee SMe A 70: TT THE BROOKLYN TRUST COMPANY.{ THE ASSESSMENT TROUBLES. Effect of the Publication of thé Oficial Statememt ef the Recetver—What is Likely to be Bone by the Sharcholders— How the Late President was Connected with the Willimantic Railroad. It was evident yesterday in Brooklyn that the official statement of Receiver Chauncey was re- ceived favorably and with satisfaction. The main fact indicated, and indeed made as certain as figures could make it—that the deposi- tors would not lose @ dollar by the suspension—calmed down all unfavorable suspicions, and, although a meeting of stockhold- ers is intended to be held, it fs for the purpose of suggesting a change in the directorate, and not for indulgence in any recriminations as to past man- her or speculation as to the future prospects of the institution. It is stated that the office will be removed to the United States Court building, at the corner of Montague and Clinton streets, a building owned by the wife of Judge McCue, THE WILLIMANTIC RAILROAD. What the Treasurer of the Air Linc Railroad Knows About the Brooklyn Trust Company and What He Don’t Know—The First Mortgage Bonds of the Road with the Trast Company. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., July 26, 1873, After a ride of an hour and a hal, leisurely made, from New Haven, over the finished portion of the Air Line Railroad, your correspondent found him- self in this city after an absence of three years. Now, as then, the town seems to lie comfortable and at ease beneath @ scorching sun. Here and there, however, were to be seen marks of growth and enterprise, the advance guard of that progress which the people, four years ago, dreamed would follow when the railroads should be built. But my journey hither was not to take note of the new store ironts in the old town, but to learn some- thing of more interest to many of the HERALD readers—to wit,* the operations of the late E. 8. Mills, of the Brooklyn Trust Com- pany, with the New Haven, Middletown and Will- mantic Railroad, or as it is here more commonly called, the Air Line Railroad. Proceeding directly to the offices of the company, I found them in an old mausion, near the bank of the Connecticut, where the company’s bridge crosses it. Passing up a walk, lined and shaded with high trees on either side, what was once the residence of an old aristocratic family by the name of Halstat is reached, Going in, the business office was found in what was once a parlor. Here your correspond- ent was greeted by the only oficer of the road who happened to be in town, the President, Vice President and Secretary having leit on trips in various directions. The gentleman met was tie TREASURER OF THE COMPANY, Mr. A. M. Colegrove, a comfortable, tarmer-looking man, shrewd, clear-headed and well to do finan- cially. Tomy brief explanation of my mission he replied to the effect that he preferred to have the ab- sent Secretary make a statement, but at length he eo some facts, which ure incorporated in what follows. And, to a clearer understanding o1 the at- ter, a littie oi the history oi the road should be given. In the Summer ef 1869 the work of construcung the Air Line road began between New Haven and Middletown, @ smali pags of the stock having been subscribed lor, and the towns of New Haven, Mid- dletown, Portiand and others having voted toluan about one million dollars to the company, to be se- cured by the second mortgage bonds, ‘The com- pany bad the right to issye first mortgage bonds 1D amount equal to half the amount expended on the road. In ..ugust, 1870, the road was fmished in a substantial manner to Middietewn, a distance of twenty-three miles, at a cost of about oie mil- lion of dollars, aad trains have run regularly on. that portion ever since. Then began THE FINANCIAL EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE COMPANY, in the miast of which, during the succeeding Win- ter, its energetic President, David Lyman, suddealy died, The following season the towns which had made th ir loans to the road were induced to ac cept in lieu of their security an equal amount of stock. The officers then made @ contract with a | Mr. Lee to finish the grading to Willimantic, and a contract was also made for finishing the bridge over the Connecticut. Work went on weil until last Fall, en another hitch occurred. The Com- any, aiter negotiating awhile, iell in with Mr, onathan A. White, ol New York city, who claimed to be @& man of large | means, With him ® contract was made in November last for Saetired the road and putting on the rails, This was called the Richardson con- tract, for the, reason that Mr. B. Richardson’s name was ased asa contracting farty, thouga in fact he had little to do with tue matter. While negotiations were pending, which resulted in the execution of the Richardson contract, Messrs, E. S. Mills and M, 'T. Rodman appeared at Middietown and became acquainted with the officers of the road, aud appeared to have an interest in White's negotiations, although the company claim they had no dealings ema. with them. The business was ull done with Mr. White, who afterwards sa- perimtended the execution of the contract. Mills and Rodman, however, came occasionaily to Mid- dietowa and appeared, by their intercourse with the oficers of the company, to have~ A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE CONTRACT and with itssuccessiul performance, What the rela- tions 0; Messrs. Mills, Rodman and White were the Oflivers of the road do not proiess to know; at least the Treasurer says he does not. The terms of tue contract were that White should finish the road and put down the track and pay the coupons of the first mortgage Londs, then due, to the amount of $40,000, for $450,000, and he was to receive in pay- t $200,000 in first mortgage bonds, valued at $150,000, $1,000,000 im second mortgage bonds, guaranteed by the towns oi Middletown, Portian Chatham, Hebron, Colchester and Middlefield, ai the balance o! the stock not taken, amounting to about $1,336,000. It appears that the $200,000 in first mortgage bonds was eae over, and, as 18 believed, was regularly discounted by the ‘rust Company for Mills, who received the as supposed, from White as security for personal advanc ‘These thifigs are oniy surmised by the railroad officials, except that it is Knuwn that the bonds were regn- larly discounted by the directors of the Trust Company. The $1,000,000 of second mortgage bonds nave never been banded over to ute. Those found with the ‘Trast Company were placed there by the town of Middletown tor sale keeping and the town holds the receipt of the company tor them, The deposit came about in this way :—Middie- town guaranteed half a million second mortgage bond and took as her security for the compietion of tn@ road two other similar, bonds, whicn the Selectmen placed with the Trust Company until the Richardson contract should be fuifilied and the work accepted by the company. The town of Portland guaranteed $102,000 of these bonds and the towns of Chatham, Hebron and Middiefieid have agreed to guarantee $07,000 worth, which will make the one million; bat these towns have not yet elected the guarantee, THE KICHARDSON CONTRACT has been substantially performed, but a little work Tematning to be done, such a8 ballasting the track, and a@ short time before the death oi Mr. Mulls a arty, consisting of gentiemen trom New York, ‘ew Haven and Middietown, made an excursion over the road and met an excursion party near Willimantic, froin Boston, and the two, over a champagne collation, cerebrated the uniting of the two roads, About that time the officers of the road were engaged in an effort to organize an equipment company, and in this the late Mr. Mills took a lively interest. He wasan ardeut champion of the project and urged it upon New Haven gen- tlemen during the excursion over the road. The plan was to put $260,000 in the pool, which was to be used to pay the coupons of the first mortgage bonds, which fell due last May, and to place the necessary rolling stock and station houses on the road. Mr. Mills had signified his intention of taking half of the amount, and th rest was to be made up by gentlemen livin; if the line of the road and in New Haven, Mr. Mills sudden death put anendto the scheme. This, in brieJ, is all that he had to do with the Alr Line, so far as the railroad officials are disposed to afiirm, and iniormation from other sources indicates also that this was the extent of it, Whether he advanced funds to White to finish the road other than were obtained from the $200,000 worth of orst mortgage bonds discounted by the Trust Company cannot be ascertained here, as the railroad oilicers say that they know nothing of THE RELATIONS OF WHITE AND MILLS; a they also say that they did not know until the ed made it public that the frst mortgage mds were with the Trust Company, alihough they suspected they were. Mr. Colegrove speaks well of Mr. Mills, and it would appear that his good offices were occasionally used to smooth mat- ters when the railread oflicers and Mr. White got into differences, as they sometimes did, The com- pany is now seeking to jorm a local equipment company and expect soon to be able to put rolling stock on the road. The mail is now carried over it daily. The total amount of securities issued to build the road is as jotlows:—Capital stock, $38,000,000; first mortgage bonds, $3,000,000; sec- ond mortgage bonds, §2,000,000, Of course the amount realized in cash was very much less, A HUSBAND COMMITTED FOR TRIAL PHILADELPHIA, July 28, 1873, Jonn Albertson, who attemped to murder his wile afew nights since, by stabbing her in the throat, Was arraigned before Recorder Bettler tiis afternoon and was sully committed for trial. PROBABLE ATTEMPT AT INCENDIARISM, At five o’clock yesterday a pasteboar? box was found, filled with a small package of ‘«nnpowder, and a tin box, also dled with powder and matches, 80 constructed as to ignite on the cutting of the ring Which bound the box, It was found in the yard of 161 Kivington street, which premises are occupied by Fred bonle as a lager beer saloon, The box and it?.contens are at the Thirteenth precinct station house, Sa An ther Hearing of the Nineteenth Ward Property Owners—What the Supervisors Will Do—Qucer Ways of Fixing Values. The special cemmittee of the Board of Super- visors having charge of the real estate assessment books of the Nineteenth ward, met in the Alder- manic chamber yesterday again to receive com- plaints of taxpayers.as to unequal assessments on their property. Quite a large number of complaints were received during the day. Superyisor McCafferty yesterday informed a HERALD reporter that it is his mtention to have the assessments equalized, and that the Board of Supervisors have the power to do this, although they cannot alter | the aggregate valuation of the property. For ex- | ample, in many of the districts from which com- | plaints have been received it is found that a man | owning a house lot has been assessed on a valua- tion of perhaps $15,000, while a neighbor next door, or on the other side of the same street, owning an equally large and valuable piece of property, has been assessed for only $10,000, Such errors, 1t is claimed, are the result of either jgnorancesor dis- honesty on the part of the Assessors who made up the lists, and the Board will endeavor to remedy this by making the assessments in a pro rata pro- portion to the actual value of all the property, re- ducing some and increasing others, The reporter asked Supervisor Koch, of tne spe- cial committee also, where the Board of Super- visors would get their power from—under what law they proposed to modify the assessment. “Wail, walt a litle,” replied the Si lieriegel “until we get the facts out, and we s! have ail the law, all the power we want, from the people.” Supervisor McCafferty regrets very much that the investigation did not take a wider scope, 90 as to include the tax Jists of aA ward in the Ch He states that when he made his motion in the Board, before the mid-summer adjournment, to refer the books of the Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twenty- second wards to a special committee for scrutiny, he supposed that other members of the Boar would make similar motions regarding the assess- ment lists of other wards, and that in that manner the books of the whole city would be examined. Suck, however, was not the case, and the result that only the books of these three wards can at present be iully inspected. The following were some of the complaints made yesterday :— Phelps, Dodge & Co. complained that their property, consisting of high rock and water lots, situate between Thirsy-ninth and Fifty-ninth streets, cast of Avenue A, has been increased by the assessors without regard to their actual value. The average increase in the valuation of each lot was $300, All tue property was unimproved, and much of it was under water, They protest against this valuation on the ground that the lots are ofa rocky, unimproved character; will not bring as much in tite market as they would mst year, while the property in the neighborhood is generally held at less prices than during last year. Peter Rush, 62 East Sixty-third street, valuation increased from $5,000 to $%,500; house adjbining, although ten feet longer, assessed the same. Mr. K, M, Beckwith, living at No. 76 East Fifty- third street, owns a house valued at $13,000, which rene for only $1,600, aud was valued in 1871 at ),000, Warren Earl, of No. 539 Madison avenue, owns two lots on that avenue, valued by the Assessor at { $25,000, He claims that the valuation is greatly in excess of the true value. J. ‘Trochour, living at Seventieth street, between First and Second avenues, claims that a valuation of $3,000 on @ lot owned by him is excessive. W. Coiling wu Peper on Forty-ninth street, between First and Second avenues, One of is lots, valued last year at $1,400, has been valued this year at $2,500, Joseph Kotilmann, of 407 East Forty-sixth street, owns # house and lot assessed at $4,750, He claims that the valuation is excessive. Dr. F. Reiger, of 718 Lexington avenue, 18 the | prORetor ol several lots on Filty-sixth street, be- | ween Second and Third avenues, which were valued in 1872 at $900 each. This year they are assessed at a valuation of $1,500 each, which the Doctor claims 1s outrageousiy high, as the advance 18 not warranted by any enhancement of value, the street being unpaved, without se or and the prop- erty in the vicinity is all animproved, James Fettretch, owner of bela in Sixth ave- nue, between Filty-fifth and Filty-sixth streets, made a peculiar complaint. He is the owner of the house No, 140 East Sixty-first street, and states that that property was assessed at $17,500, while the adjoining house, having three feet less of tront- age, is valued at only $10,000, In 1872 his Sixta avenue property was assessed at $147,000; this year itis assessed at $234,000, Last year the valuation was made upon houses and lots, when in fact there were no houses on the lots. ‘This year, however, some of the lots have bon elee on them, but the total assessment at the present time should not exceed $150,000.. Mr. Fet- | tretch concluded by stating that he had been called upon by several persons, who informed him that upon payment to them ot a fee he could have his assessments reduced, They claimed to have some connection with or influence in the Commit- | He called on the Commissioners | tee of Seventy. of Taxes in reference to the affair, and they in- ease him that the valuation could not be re- juced, Several other complaints were made by various persons, ‘the committee will resume its bearing to-day. RAPID TRANSIT. Will the Dream of Gothamites Ever be Realized ?—Present Prospects=—The Gil- bert Elevated Road to be Partially Completed in Three Months—Progress of the New York Elevated Railway. The dream of the “average New Yorker” is rapid transit, to him grown as dear as the philosopher's stone to tne alchemist of the Middle Ages, as bril- liant and deceptive @ spot on the horizon as the will-o’-the-wisp that deludes the eager night trav- eller in unfrequented marshes, and far slower in realization than its name is in significance. Now, however, @ change seems to have come over the spirit of the dream and it 1s actually presaged with all the confidence imaginable that “twenty minutes from Hariem to the Battery” will soon be no fabu- lous or ridiculous matter, but a glowing and glori- ous reality. THE GILBERT ROAD. It is now understood, and is so stated by respon- sible officers of the company, that the bonds of the Gilbert Elevated Railway have at length met with entire success in the English market, and that large loans have been effected, upon which the work is speedily to be accomplished. The Legis- lature of last Winter attempted to mutilate the charter which had already been granted to the project, and there were also private and public efforts made, by intrigue and corruption, to secure a change of the route which had been selected by the commissioners appointed for that purpose. These movements failed, however. The charter has not been injured by the machinations against it, and the only change made in the course of the track is one which has been generally commended, excluding pt from Broadway at the lower end of the route. The choice of the side streets to be used instead of Broadway remains with the original commissioners appointe 1 by the Governor, THE IRON WORK for the superstructure is almost all constructing out- side of New York, and will be compieted at an early day, ready for erection when the foundations are ready to support them, os be Mr. J. Q Hoyt, Vice President of the New York, | Boston and Montreal Raiiroad Company, said to a HERALD reporter yesterday that the actual work of laying the Foundations or the supporting posts tor tue tramway, the lines tor which were surveytd some time ago, would be begun some time during next month, and aboat three months hence it 1s expected that three or four miles of the road will be in operation, The New York, Boston and Mon- treal Railroad Company will meanwhile have com- pleted their line FROM NEW YORK TO TARRYTOWN, and will be ready to connect with the Gubert road. Until the latter reaches as far as the southern ver- minus of the former, however—at High Bridge—a fast fleet of steamers will connect wita the trains, and run to the toot of Wall street, making several stoppages on the way, At High bridge ve docks | have been built for the accommodation o1 passen- | gers, and they have purchased an extensive front- age on the Harlem River tor freight busin mak- ing their property on the river about half a mile in extent, Glowing promises are now held out by the | managers of the roads of future accomplishments and of the benefits which they will bestow upon the REAL ESTATE INTEREST OF WESTCHESTER COUNT? 5 and while the auditory to which these things are preached is not so credulous as it used to be in times gone by, yet it now would fain give willing ear, Wile there really seems some foundation tor @ hope that the consummation devoutly to be wished will not be long in the coming. The New York (or one-legged) Elevated Rattroad 18 making some progress towards the com) letion of its line to the Hariem River on the west side. It now extends above Thirty-tourth street and trom the Battery to Broadway, and the work 1s being pushed forward with some energy. TOM gCOTTS JERSEY COMPETITOR NOT DEAD, A meeting of the stockholders of the New Jersey National Railroad Company'was held yesterday in Trenton for the purpose of considering certain propositions of some New York capitalists who are interested in the enterprise. A HERALD reporter was informed by one of ihe most prominent among them that steps are being taken to commence active operations immediately, and also that the jate rumors of the company’s bankruptcy are with- out foundation, He states that the company is in & most prosperous-condition and that ite iriends have no cause for alarm | THE BOWNTOWN MARKETS, Condition of Washington, Fultem, Catharine, Centre and Spring Street Food Depote— More Gutter Obstructions Attention of the Board of Health. Nature is helping tne Board of Health. Sunday's heavy showers did wonders towards cleansing the filthy gutters and pavements exposed by Satur- day night’s sanitary raid upon the market stands in West ana Vesey streets, But till the pavement in Fulton and Vesey streets is repaired not all the showers of heaven could wash away the foul ac- cumulations which offend the nostrils of the public in those streets, now, for the frst time in years, exposed to public view. Quiet ia gradually being restored among the recently excited market men, though they still growl about the action of the Board of Health, which they allege has stripped many heads of families of the means of feeding tiose dependent upon them, as well as destroyed at one biow the results of years of prudent tok and frugality. No argument can persuade some of the late occupants of the demolished stalls that their salesrooms were sacrificed to a conscientious desire to save the public from disease and death, TREY CAN SEE NO FILL beneath their floors; can smell no stifling vapors from the obstructive gutters; and declare that in pretending to make alarming discoveries beneath the removed booths the Board of Health see# through eyes blinded by interests adverse to the business of Washington Market and smell with nostrils perverted against simple facts. These ousted market men, im fact, are very bitter against the sanitary oficials, and speak of the removal of the stands as an act most despotic, and which will in the emd bring political punishment to those concerned it it, EXPECTING FURTHER ACTION. Yesterday the special topic of complaint was the anticipation that the Commissioner of Public Works will soon clear the entire sidewalk about the market of all stands, boxes, barrels, baskets and’ merchandise, so that the public may have the use of the sidewalk, while the dealers will be restricted to the narrow line between the walk and the market walls for the exhibition and sale of their wares, BUTCHER STALLS AND THE DUMPING GROUND. No progress has yet been made in the erection o% stands on the old dumping ground outside of West Washington Market, as proposed, for the accomma dation of the ousted butchers of the West street sidewalk; and a glance at the proposed site yester- day did not produce a favorable impression of ita advantages. Certainly, while the dumping process is continued in the immediate neighborhood, the butchers will hardly be willing to risk their meats there, even if their customers would cheeriuly follow them tn their westward migration. If the butchers are to use the new territory, surely the city should order the dumping ground to some other dock in less obnoxious contiguity to the great food. depot of the metropolis. MORE LIGHT AND BETTER AIR, Washington Market proper is without doubt tho gainer in light and air by the removal of the out- Bide booths. Now a wholeseme and novel circula- tion oi air is felt through the windows and door- ‘Ways on the north and south sides so long cut eff. Windows to be piaced along West street by direc- tion of the Superintendant will give the old hulk all the ventilation it is susceptible ol, in connection with its numerous roof windows. With its objec- tionable construction, deiective flooring and lack of adequate drainage, it is hard to Say, that it ean be further improved, either a sanitary point of view, a8 a convenient place of business or as @ model of market architecture. What the Washington Market men demand, and what New York should have, is a new market on this site, two or three stories high, built substan- tially and with all the requisites for a metropolitan market, where the staple food for millions of citizens is gathered irom a whole continent and distributed not alone to our own city but to all the cnief Watering places of the Eastern and Middle States, “Will New York build us a decent market, for which she is sure to be amply paid, or will she let us build one jor ourselves 1” 18 the question: AN day heard from Washington Market men b; the HERALD reportér as he mingies with them an listens to thelr conversation. THE COFFEE BOOTHS, At Fulton Market there was a partial pause In the work of the builders who are helping the coifee- and fruit standholders to solve the dificult problem. how to make their stalls so cleanly as to cisarm the wrath of the Board of Health. Having raised the roofs over them so as to admit daylight and air, and raised their floors so as to expose the flithy pavement and choked gutters, they wore induced: to pause in the midst of their work by the fear that the action of the rd of Health to-day would make their outlay 88 by ordering an entire removi AROUND FULTON MARKET. Along the Beekman street side of Fulton Market part o1 the souphouses have raised their foors, but not high enough to permit passing eyes to see the street beneath them; hardly GET it is pre- sumed, to satisfy the requirements of the Board of Health. In Front street, where sidewalk, and gutter are unencumbered, there is no special nul- sance, The South street gutter, though open, is a receptacle of filth which should not escape aiten- tion by the sanitary oMicials. Inthe market there is no apparent lack of cleanliness, though the sup- ply of fresh air is deficient. CATHARINE MARKET. This narrow market house, being raised severa) feet avove the street level, is well drained and clean Within, as are also its open gutter and sidewalk on the south side next Catharine street. On the op- posite side oyster stands, &c., cover the gutter, as they also do on the east end, and cause obstruc- tions which are neither sightly nor savory. It out- side booths cannot be tolerated when excused by the crowded condition of Washington Market, surely there is no excuse at Catharine Market which can cause them to be tolerated when the sanitary oMiciais have their attention called to the nuisance they cover. CENTRE MARKET. An improvement is in progress on this market in placing an upper story upon its southern portion for the purpose of an armory. This work still en- cumbers a portion of the market space. Havi! fair light, ventilation and drainage there would: seem no difiiculty in keeping this market in good sanitary order, as it seems tobe within, On the; north end the Broome street sidewalk and a portion: of the Centre street walk are occupied by fruit and: vegetables stands, impeding foot passengers; and! the gutter near these stands is badly littered with: refuse and decaying matter. If there is not room: enough about this market to obviate the necessity of appropriating part of the street, there certainly 1s no excuse for the fit. SPRING STREET MARKET. No scruple as to the rights of the public has troupled the authorities or dealers - at Spring. Street Market. They cover up the sidewalk at the north end as ins it were simply part of the market and no public walk at all. The row ts occupied by dealers in fruit and vegetables, and the gutter beyond is used as a convenient recep- tacle for beet tops, rotten tomatoes, soft bee stale eggs and other refuse of that branch of. trade. On the east end a@ shed roof outside the meat stands is clean, aud does not obstruct trafic; but along the south side and at the west end a considerable encroachment upon the sidewalks is used as sites for reiresiment booths and other market purposes. Inside, this market though badly built is cleanly. kept, and far more orderly than the larger mar- kets. No foul or offensive matters were seen by the HERALD reporter in his tour of inspection yes- terday, except the refuse in the gutters of Spring. street. THE NUISANCES. ee ae A Few Arrests Yesterday—inactivity of the Health Board. ‘The odorous nuisances on the west side remain very much as they have, been for the last two or three weeks, The inspectors, who, being new to the business, would be supposed to make a clean. sweep, had not arrested any of the offenders, except two or three minor ones yesterday, The sheds of McNeill’s hog rendering establishment were demolished, and the institutions conducted by Messrs. Donahue and Tobey and Booth were threatened with a similar fate, uniess their busi- ness was conducted hereaiter on a cleaner basis. “What do they expect us to do#’’ said Messrs, Tobey and Booth to the HERALDinspector. “Simply stop work. Well, the work's got to be done, Ye’ve got to have lard and tallow and cleaned guts, and got to get rid o’ your garbage. Now, we io all that down here, Were smell is nothing to these people, Everybody living round here is in- terested in some smelling suop of some kind, aud what you call noxious odors 1s fragrance to th because it’s their bread and meat. But ye us t© move ont o' here—to go on sh ave- nue, likely, and introduce the odors of the establishment where people aint used to ‘em. It's unreasonable. People ongit to think ® moment. We don’t ask damty people to come down here and live. Wo come here because there's no dainty people here, but the Board of Health says ‘No,’ and we have got to move out. I'd like to know what you are going to do for your tripe next Winter?” Messrs. Tobey and Booth, with this sorrowsu) plaint on their ips, were preparing to move out— where, they did not know, The boat of the Rendering Company remains gloomy aud peculiar, anchored under we shadow oi Cnion Hill, and offal continues to arrive at the dock. ‘the Health Board has, as yet, failed to answer the le suggested by the Superin- tendent as to how the work is to be done any bet- ter, and seems indeed to be “laying low” on the Hes until the public have forgotten it and the cholera has gone. Q