The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-01-06


Average temperature Monday .................. 40A
THE LIQUOR DEALERS SOCIETY.-At the annual
meeting OF the New York Liquor Dealers Society,
which was held last evening, at the Metropolitan
Rooms, Hester street. Mr.. D. v. Freeman was elected
President and Mr.. John Marchant Secretary for the
ensuing year.
THE BOARD OF ExCIsE.-This Board met yester-
day. There were but fourteen cases on the calendar
and none Of any particular Importance The licenses
OF James McNuty, No. $50 Fulton street, Brooklyn.
and John Rice, No. AZ Mangn street, this city, were
revoked.
MAYORS oPFrcE.-Mayor Han contemplated issu-
ing proclamation offering reward for the arrest
and conviction OF the murderer or murderers OF Mr..
Charles NJ Rogars but MAKING inquiry OF the
Police Commissioners he learned from them that they
had already offered reward OF $500 for the arrest OF
the murderers.
ALLEGED EMBEzzLEMENT.-A young man named
william Hirschberg eighteen years Of age employed
as porter and driver by w. G, Wheeler h Co.. Is
New Chambers street. was sent to the shoe and
Leather Bank yesterday to have check for nifty
dollars cashed for the firm. The money was OBJ
tanned, but Hirschberg has not as yet turned up.
DEATH FROM INJURIEs.-On Monday night Maurice
Nancy, Of No. so Mulberry street. was kdocked down
by "a runaway horse IN Twenty-sixth street. near
Third avenue, and was so severely injured that he
mer held an inquest and received verdict Of acci-
dental death.
FATAL RAILROAD AcCIDENT-On. the LIST inst the
body Of an unknown man was found in q mangled
condition on the Hudson River Railroad track near
Fifty sixth street. and the same has been recognized
as that Of Hugh Ryan, aged twenty-five. Coroner
Schirmer Will hold an inquest to-day. The family OF
deceased reside in Thirty eighth street, and state
that he was grossly intoxicated the day previous.
ATTEMPTED SuICIDE.-A Frenchman named Jules
Fell, OF No. Q Grand street. attempted to commit
suicide yesterday by shooting himself with pistol.
He placed the barrel TO his mouth and fired OF one
shot, which did not injure him seriously, and was
just In the act OF discharging another shot when an
blowing his head or He was taken to the hospital.
REFORM Observation-Disclosures Ii one Of the first
requisites In public officer, and the County Clerk,
Mr.. Loew, should see that his snbordlnates adhere
to this rule, but they don't. gentleman called at
the Clerks Office on Monday last, desiring to In
spect tho new January calendar for the supreme
Court (Circuit), and was SO rudey answered by the
young man apparently in charge Of the principal
DESK that he went away In disgust. polite answer
costs as little as rude one and makes better friends
In the end.
FALL OF BurLpNG.-The furniture factory OF
Frank Ritter, No. eo4 East sixteenth street, owing
TO an excavation that had been made In an adjoining
lot fell to the ground with great crash about four
O'Clock this morning. The one side OF the building
was completely demolished and everything turned
topsy turvy, some of the floors falling In shapees
building win amount to about 1000. No person
injured by the accident owing to the early hour
OF its occurrence; but had It happened three hours
result.
THE GERMAN SALOON KEEPERS AND TEMPERANCE
LAws-An invitation has lately been issued and cir
culated among all the German saloon keepers
throughout the country by the Society OF German
Tavern-keepers OF Cincinnati Ohio, for the meeting
OF national convention OF their trade In that city
IN March, April or May next. Each established
society OF German liquor dealers Is to be entitled TO
three delegates and three delegates may be sent IN
addition for each county. The promoters OF TINS
convention had better postpone It's meeting TO mid
summer, for II their Invitation be generally re-
sponded TO there would be no hall anywhere IN the
world large enough to hold the delegates, and the
convention will have TO meet on the "parralre" IN
TO make united effort ali over the country FOR
repeal OF the prohibtory or restrictive laws whscn
temperance agitation has succeeded IN en- lang
upon the statute books OF the several states.
A NATURAL CURr0sirY.-At Woods Museum, on
Broadway, near Thirtieth street, there is now on
exhibition an extraordinary creature, "caught last
August on the coast Of Name In the neighborhood
OF PASSPORT, somewhere about Passamaquoddy Bay
and Utopia Lake, and not far from Morells Islands,
The ANIMAL or rather what Ia left Of in the shape
OF its stuffed skin, s Of the most remarkable
specimens Of natures freaks ever YET discovered;
would give but slight conception Of this ANIMAL
In appearance II combines In itself every conceiva-
t pc WSale The pointed head Of Inc porpose the
dorsa I'm Of the shark, the ukes OF the walrus the
mouth OF gigantic frog and teeth az no other Nv
ing creature In the known world. Scientific men,
and especially naturalsts particularly invited by
the manager to examine this wondrous animal and
determine the class genus to which It belongs II
Is feared that It's stay In this city Will not be pro-
tracted for about Its possession lawsuit Il threat
ened which may result In ITS being returned to New
England. The controversy has arisen in this wlse:
A certain Thomas More claims prescrptve right
to the fisheries OF Utopia Lake and all contiguous
waters and therefore, he insists that this monster OF
the deep, being taken from his waters, IL bis pro-
perry and should be returned TO him. There IS YET
chance 10 see this hnny "What Ia It' before this
suit decided in favor OF the greedy Thomas More