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$53,200, and that 275 had deposited $25,834.12. Much of the last-named amount came in in gold. Some poor women who had got their $50 each before noon returned in the afternoon and put it back again. A crowd of excited Polish Hebrews eddied around the Citizen's Savings Bank, at No. 58 Bowery yesterday, and made life miserable for several bluecoats who were keeping order. "More grocery stores were bought to-day," said Edward A. Quintard, president of the bank. "than 1 believe existed. Every second Hebrew who drew money or gave notice of withdrawal intended to buy a grocery store, pay a mortgage, or was going to get married. We are enforcing the time clause, and we pay all sums up to $100, except in cases where we are sure that the money is necessary to carry out a contract. We have paid out to-day about $25,000. about double our usual amount." At noon yesterday several hundred depositors were waiting at the doors of the Dry Dock Savings Bank, at Third-ave. and Third-st. The rapidity with which small accounts were closed served to allay fear in some cases, and there were thirteen new accounts opened in one half an hour. The rule for the bank in the morning was to pay depositors in full, but later a meeting of the directors was held and it was decided to enforce the thirty and sixty days rule. Many depositors who drew their money on Saturday reopened accounts yesterday. Up to the time of closing at the Manhattan Savings Institution. at Broadway and Bleecker-st., no action was taken regarding the time clause. Every depositor was paid in full on demand. This served to reassure some of the depositors, who came back shortly to redeposit their money. At no time during the day was there a long line at the paying-teller's window. Where special necessity was shown. the Union Dime Savings Bank. at Broadway and Thirtysecond-st., relaxed its sixty-day notice rule and paid depositors in full. Few depositors gave notice, but took $100, and were satisfied. At the Institution for the Savings of Merchants' Clerks, in Union Square, about $4,000 was withdrawn. Large depositors, unless obligations were to be met by them. were asked to give sixty days' notice of withdrawal, but few of them did so.
