New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-13
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We are indebted TO Capt. BOcande, of the
steamship ST. Laurent for file Of European papers
At the meeting of the Board of Fire Commits
soners yesterday no business OF Importance was uSH
ae;ed.
The Demilt Literary Association promises an
Anniversary entertaiutment al DOdworth Hail. on FRIDAY
evening I
Mr.. John T. Doyle is to give what is t Tern e1
. "Threeleaved Irish Entertainment al LIVES '
Saturday evening. A.
The shoemakers have been on a strike Tor tne
past ten days, and some coo men are loie, ~ o
Of proposed reduction IN wages OF ~ Per oe"' .
rrba steamtue !. NJ. Lewis was sold Mt auction
esr5av for $500 She is lO2 tuns buTthen l2o Ieet
long 9t feet beam % feet deep ana draws Iour loe'
water.
The animal ball of the Teutonia Mannerchor
,ii hs Sven to-uicht az the Academy Of Music. The
several Committees have completed heterogeneous W HI
SIRE a successful anniversary
Commissioner Acton sat yesterday afternoon
20 hear complaints by citizens against policemen TWO
three called hut the complanants laled W
appear. and they were adjourned
In fight, on Tuesday night, at the corner OF
Fleventh-ave and FifCyseventh-st, between Patilck
Stafford and Matthew Farley the former struck Farley
with loaded billy on the head, nhiclng ugly wound
Both men were arrested.
Anne Bond, the domestic who was burned on
Tuesday night at the residence OF Dr. Liner NO % Me'
The Burns received by Dr. Elmer on the face and
hands, while attempting TO extinguish the Names are o'
serious.
The mounds of snow which the railroad com
pancs have piled on either side of the tracks, in Printing
HOusesquare, upset horse aud cart yesterday morng
and cart left resting the hub OF one OF the
wheels It with little difficulty that the horse was
extricated.
The Hon. William j. McAlrine, formerly
State Engineer viii lecture before the POLYTECHNIC
branch OF the American Institute In Cooper Institute;
this evening. Foundations" especially with piles OF
wood and irou and the various methods OF driving 'he
batter TO great depths.
An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner
Rollins, at Bellevue Hospital over the body OF mae
ln0rom examination revealed the fact that deah as
caused by exposure and neglect ana Neruct 10 tha'
effect rendered by the jury.
The Third Union Cooperative Building So
iety Organized last week at Farmers INSTITUTE no ~
LudlOv-st, promises 10 oustr1p It's Kindred
IN the raDiditv of its growth Already shares amounting
to over $4,000 have been taken up. and appncauohS are
daily increasing Tor admission TO membership
The steamer Manhattan of the New \ ork and
Internal Revenue Collector shook yesterday for VIOLA
lion VI the Revenue laws delivering eotion upon VI
had not been paid 10 private hands instead OF 70
the Collector. This Is the fifth steamer seized by the
same officer on similar charges
Coroner Scbirmer Yesterday, at No. 80 Sixth
ave took tho antemortem deposition Of Francis Hener,
$1,000 ~ Fat NewYork he having cnt tvig was
ccosted by two unknown men in an insulting manner,
and one " the snatched Hefners knife from his
hand and stabbed him in the side, causing dangerous
wound.
The arrangement now IN use on the NewYork
and New Haven Road for tskng up thesmai bags mas
been found not to work satiSiacory on reeen1 Oioa
under the train and ground 10y the wheels An lnyen
tonh has bepn
the mail at every station are swept on the Dd upon
which they hang, with invarlabe certainty.
On application of BlatchfOrd, Seward 4
Griswold in behalf OF the American EXCHANGE BahE,
issued an order of arrest holding Theodore NJ fntee te
hail in the snm of $4,000 Vuees defalcstons are said
10 amount TO $4,000 for which amount this action rs
brought Proceedings viii also be taken 10 prosecute
srImnaiy.
Coroner Rollins, Yesterday, at Bellevue Hos
pltal, concluded the inquest over the body OF ALBERT
Ss9Sn a %aS o on %oe At me residence Of Henry
strauss No West Thirteenthst, and falling IN that
committed suicide by cutting his throat NO testimony
ADDITIONAL to that published yesterday elected ana a
verdict OF sniode rendered. Deceased was native
.; Germany aged ~ years.
There was large attendance of both sexes
niversary Of he Union Debating society The exercises
consisted OF singing with piano accompaniment su,
dresses recitatons orations essays ana desanss sS
themselves most credtably. The latter appeared e
GARY of the PALM and the vlg0r win when the na'
portion Of the audience appauded them and trauped c
floor was honorable alike to heels and hands and hearts
and heads.
Mr.. Paul Du Chaillu begins series of lee
subject of the first lecture The Gorilla and It's Habits
the 0ibbOn, Oursng 0utang, Chimpanzee, Gorilla, and
m wedneSay ~ evening next, and includes journey
TO the Canniba country, Elephant Hunting serpents
Iowing friday evening the third lecture Of the Course
promised Subject 1.-THE Negro Tribes Of Equatorial
Africa"
houses who have dsregarded the requirements OF the
Tenement House law in neglectng oprovide reescaPes
Superintendent McGregor, before the Supreme Court,
and Judge Barnard has returned him notices 10 cause te
the buildings The agent OF three OF the houses presented
Nos 2t2, pa and 80 Monroest, containing 70 families
comprising 40 persons Is Mr. 5chaer the vice
President Of the 1enementHouse Association, organized
for the purpose OF opposing improvements IN tenement
konses.
A mutilated United States note, if less than
onetwenteth Of the note is missing be redeemed on
presentation 70 any OF the sublreasurers; put more
than OnetWonteth Of the note Is gone end there II no
proof that the missing portion has been destroyed the
fragment can DO redeemed only at the Treasury ~ Wash
reckoning by twentieths. So also, with compound in
fnent Unnutated fractional currency, when properly
assorted and ia sums than S. win DC redeemed BY
when mutafed tue same rule holds for United states
notes National bank. however bound TO redeem its
nufilated demand in lawful money, II II has no
reason 10 believe that the missing portions Of the note
can be used defraud II the banks in redeemng the
allow fun value for them when returned to him.
The patrons of the Relief Bureau Of the
"sodlers and Sailors Agency have decided 20 disrb
nd inst some relief among the most NEEDY q our disa
hied veterans and their families, and also The widows
owing 70 the necesstons condition Of that most interest
eng class Of people during the present severe Winter
there WIN be entertainment es on previous occasions
bat distribution Of substantial relief consisting Of
weeks provisions for each applicant found entitled
now ready for delivery by Col Heldon Manager Of the
Agency at Ne 1872 Canalst corner OF BOTeiy 70 appt
Giants In person. who must produce proper credentials
such as pension discharge papers or other official doc
nmens The tic-es VIII be issued on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday OF this week ana on Monday, Thursday
and Friday OF the next from ~ 70 o. Person:
DESTROYS OF contributing 10 this charitable object can
end their donations either OF provisions Of kind
of money the former to the Manager Of the Soldiers
Agency ard the latter to Jay Cooke q Co, Saxton
Raymond I, Co. Bankers in Wallst. 10 f. G. Field
esq Receiving Teller OF the United states Assistant
Treasurer OF this city.
BR00KLYN.-James Mal0y, the proprietor
IA. Ga ne hpfO
Justice Delmar yesterday the charge Of so negectnc
Ms horses as 70 leave them ia stary ing condition Du
tcs and lack OF fodder ~ consequence IL given The
cause. He y a. held FOR examination.
A lecture is TO be delivered this evening at