New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-29
CITY ITEMS


TIE WE,THYR.-Surely, says the reader, the city
reader, / know all about the weather. Granted; so
DO we but with the exception Of our brief kilograms,
we don't know much about IT in any otbsr place, and
those who live in other places know just much of
the state of things here do of things there So
we say of the weather here-on Wednesday it was
more ike cool Summer day than like midwiner. 1t
was clear and so warm that fres were not necessary
and people sat reading or working in with open
windows. On Thursday the atmosphere was little
more chilly and the sky overcast with an appearance
of snow in the morning, of rain toward noon, and an
uncertainty later in the day. Still It is not Win
ter; il might do for March after all the frost out Of
the ground ice all melted, and snow rowhere for
such is the state Of things here the 2Sth Of January.
Farmers are blowing, or should be- though fancy
q good many OF them waiting for shedding. AS
yet We have had nOnein fact we have had Winter.
II il asserted that Mr.. PERT has resigned his place
Police Commissioner, and that disagreement with
two Republican members was the cause.
We learn that Mr.. John j. Palmer, the old and
hgbly-esteemed President of the Merchants Bank, il
i'll with paralysis. His symptoms were somewhat more
favorable yesterday. Mr.. John Oothout, President of
OBsrBr MID THEATRIC ALs.-Durng the perform.
ance of "The Vicar OF Wakefield" last evening at
Wallack's Theater, all the gas in the house,
Pickering glimmer in corner, suddenly went out.
"Oliya' and Sophia being countrybred girls, scd
accustomed doubtless, to transact many OF their little
affairs by moonlight, did not seem very much put out
by the inconsart behavior of the tickle city lumina-
ries but proceeded in their parts without being at all
disconnected. The gas was finally brought back to q
sense of duty and the house was once more duly en-
lightened.
PEcyisG THY Russ PAyEMEsT.-0n Wednesday
and Yesterday Mr.. John p. F!ender, Water Purveyor
to the Croton Aqueduct Board, was engaged with
dozen workmen, on Broadway, between Tenth and
Eleventh Streets in front Of Grace Church, chise
ing the Russ pavement as an experiment, to know if
it was possible groove the entire length OF Broad
way or not, and if so, whether the Crotcn Aqueduct
Department had not better take hold of the thing
Themselves as a matter Of economy. Mr.. Flender n'
formed our reporter that he could bevel down the
sean of the pavement to the depth Of two inches for
eighty cents per square yard and was apparently do
ing the work with facility, and in proper manner
One side ofthe block was nearly done last night. This
section of the Russ pavement has already been
grooved laterally; he was cutting it transversey'
always keeping to the the seams or where one BLOCK
of granite joined the other On "wednesday morning,
Mr. f. I'LL dertook to drill holes in the pavement, to try
and split the blocks into quarters, and did divide sew
era into two ard four pieces, but be concluded thar
this would be tedious and inefficient operation, and
abandoned it. He said the plan of growing by ms
chinery would do if not for the difficulty of following
the seams Of the points, which run Irregular Inc
steam.dr would require to be continually taken from
the pavement and reset to meet the joints.
LICENSING PUBLIC YEHIcLEs.-The more ngld en-
orcement of the ordinances concerning public veneie'
occupies nearly the entire time of the Mayors Marshal
and his assistant. During the past week 70 licenses
were granted and 81 fees collected. For these
Licenses, $l57 - were paid, and for the fines so'
making total of $2l4 %. The sums collected from
the sources and paid into the City Treasury Or
the two weeks previous amounted to over s1oo'
SHYsIERs AT IRE Police CoURrs.-A most De
termned effort is foot to break up the bands u
small lawyers, known as shysters Tombs skiuneis'
who are daily in the habit Of loungng about the ve't
bules of the various Police Courts for the purpose OF
intercepng ignorant people going to the Courts ~
tain warrants or make complaints. Searcel! q uay
passes Dut tndt some dozen vi uioic
business at the Courts intercepted BY the
and swindIed in the most outrageous manner. sons
of the more favored of these characters gam
the PRISONS and obtain money, watches Je"eny gnu
other property from the prisoners under P,e'ense
procuring their release They assert thai 'ney nave
great influence with the magistrates ana Ju'se' '"'
so work upon the minds Of the prisoner VINO n'e,
of course, DESTROYS of regaining their nOen!' 'ua'
they obtain very valuable property Inc u.-Oi,u
nate prisoner hears no more from hs Pte'ended
counsel and is obliged to employ some one else to adj
yocate hi. cause The tricks and devices resorted to
by the shysers or sknners are almost BEYOND oehei
Their plans of operation are too numerous 'Or oe'p
ton They sight their game afar on anu P0une' upon
il the moment it comes within reach
1t not uufrequenty happens thai persons visiting .ne
Courts for the purpose of obtaining Variants Me
charged s. by the shyster who promises 70 Use Ms M
au,pcs With thu magistrate. The shystsr, having
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