The New York herald., 1869-02-27
BROOKLYN NIELL,aEscE.


ACCUSED OF BuRGLARy.-Daniel Friel was taken
before Justice Riley yesterday morning, on charge
OF having feloniously entered the house OF William
X. LOwerey in Kent avenue, near Dekalb. The ex-
animation was set for to-day.
FIRE-A fire broke out about eight O'Clock last
evening in the frame building occupied as marble
works at No. East Warren street, which, together
with the stock, was damaged to the amount OF
$4,000. The fire originated IN the drying Kiln. The
property was owned by Thomas Carson Il. Co. and
is fully insured.
ALLEGED THEFT OF s3oo-Anthony Kennedy was
arrested yesterday morning by oiiicer Penfeld, Of
the Forty-fourth precinct, on the complaint OF his
step-dauglter Miss Lucinda Ryan, who accuses him
OF having stolen $500 In greenbacks, which she had
secretcd between the ticking OF her bed. appears
the money had been given to her for safe Keeping by
seaman, named Thomas wilgar, who had Just been
covered, and the accused was committed to Jail to
await examination.
NEWS IN BRIEF.-Mary Lambert girl seventeen
years or age, was badly burned on Thursday night.
BY the explosion of akerosene lamp at her residence
In Thornton street, near Broadway.
The residence Of 7. B. Perpignan, No. 12o Myrtle
avenue, was entered BY sneak thief on Thursday
night who escaped with tfty dollar overcOat.
The property owners on Bedford avenue have
avenue from its present terminus through to the
Junction OF Perry and Rogers avenues, and the mat
ter Is now under consideration.
Alfred Kuela was arrested and locked up on the
complaint OF Miss Caroline Fulcher for not marrying
her according TO agreement
EsThe Early Closing Association held meeting at
their rooms on Thursday night when communca-
tions were read from dry goods merchants exhort-
@ adIes' " fair e in aid of Of he T Roman Catholic orphan
Asylum, under the care OF the Sisters OF Charity,
wlll take place at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
commencing on Tuesday Of Easter week.
The Peoples Democratic General Committee talk
OF purifying the primaries. They certainly need It,
but It's gigantic undertaking.
Trr,E Efpu rnYn yUnru rt~ aEo~
Ready continued his investigation yesterday in re-
gard to the nre' at the paint and color works OF
Mcssrs. Hainemann d Steiner .at the corner OF Gold
and Hillary streets. The place was destroyed by IRE
between two and four O'Clock on Thursday morning,
involving losses, 1t is believed Of some 5000 Mr.
Thomas o. Lyman, the owner OF the building, sus-
tanned o loss Of $4,000; Mr.. William 81. Weeks, the
owner OF the machinery, loses about $15,000 and
Mr.. Steiner, one Of the proprietors, says they had
between 100000 and $4,000 worth Of stock on the
premises the day before the fire. ana that nearly all
OF 1t was either destroyed or DAMAGED. The origin
OF the fire Is as yet mystery, the Fire Marshal being
unable to ma any person VINO Is able to explain It
two O'Clock in the morning and ten minutes after
was discovered by ollcer Boddington OF the Forty
alarm. The oficer testined that when he first DIS
covered the hre It was Ia the vicinity OF the boiler
but before the arrival OF the drenen 1t spread through
the entire place. The doors were locked at the time
and he saw nothing Of the watchman.
Mr.. William II. Weeks testified that he was the
general commission agent for the Saxon Color Com
pany and owned the machinery in the paint and
color works at the corner OF Gold and Hillary streets.
The loss on the machinery he thought would be
about $4,000, upon which there was an insurance
OF &c. 200 Ia different city insurance companies. He
had no idea OF the origin Of the fire and had not been
in the place Tor the last SIX The machinery
was leased to Messrs. Halnemann & steiner.
David steiner testified that ne OF the part
ners IN the factory and that they had been in busi
ness for sixteen months. There was slight fire in
the place about two months ago, caused by the
boiler getting overneated lor the want OF water the
day before the present fire there were between
100000 and 600 worth OF stock on the premises,
and 1t was nearly all damaged
simon Hanemann testified that he was one OF the
partners out had not been the factory since Mon
day, February 22 they insured for $45 000 and
some OF the policies had been running for nearly
year. He gave the following list OF c0mpanies:-