New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-14
TIE CITY.
Arrests for the week, 1,32l.

Montreal.
TIE CITY.
Arrests for the week, l,32l. -,
Cant Ambrose Snow has been elected IiOt
Commissioner by the Chamber OF commerce.
An official report states that no danger nccd
be apprehended from the fire scene III ioS' 80"
Work on the new Post Office has nearly
ceased for want OF funds FIX hnuu'eu in'n "'' sun
cutting stone in Maine for the building
InJno NcOuode's new Harlem COurt-llouse
rornefIy Washington HaD, at one Hundred andI"chty
pinth,st and Fourth-ave., is nearly completed
Bnsiness on the Erie Railway is very sooa,
the freight being largely IN excess over '5 % M E
are passing over the line. 800
Messrs. Trott * Kennys rectiiyng establish,
men which seized on the ith ult ms pre' ,,
for want of evidence wherein TO present II ior
The 'M. p. e." an association of Free , ana
Accented Masons gave - very pleasant entertainment
on Saturday evening. Music readings "c hia'c al at
tractlye programme =,
A Somerss stock of hats and caps, at NO.
o,0 ~ 81 coo insured for $4,000 The building was
damaged TO the extent Of $500; insured.
Last week the proprietors of the AStor
House placed brohng range ID thei i Ei man
IL has succeeded WE'LL that II viii be kept open h'o
after till midnight " ,
Yesterday fire occurred on the third noor
of No MatenIane occupied by -. Brihl, importer OF
iewelry Loss stock abont 5000; insured Tor >"no,
by city companies. The building was u"habc" " 'H'
extent OF S2O0 Insured
Several members Of the Union League Club
gave speaker Blaine a breakfast Oh SATURDAY morning III
the cIubrooms Among those present we're MeS,rs. Jo
A. CriswOld j. :. Schultz, Elliott {. COWdin' Isaac H.
Bailey, and WIN. H. Fogg.
On Wednesday last, Della Hoy age 8 years,
OF No n2 East Twefthst was kicked IN the stomach .!
Hugh Cogan, boy living at the same place. me gili
has continued TO grow worse ana was yesterday pro
nounced to be IN dangerous condition; le noy was
arrested and locked up IN the Flrstave Polce station
The funeral services over the remains of the
late X. W. William H. Merriam, d. d. g. NJ Of the Ihlrd
Masonic District. were held IN 81 PANS NJ = church
and representatives from number of Masonic Lodges
assembled at Fulton Ferry and escorted the remains to
CITY expressmen say that the laws taxing
gross receipts might he abolished altogether 80 far ~
eansteIs at least that law should he enacted de-
cang that persons doing business as city expesSmen
shall deemed cartmeu, draymen, and teamsters, for
the purposes Of the Internal Revenue law.
Assistant District Attorney Fellows has writ
ten a letter IN regard to Mr. Barton NJ JOhnsons con
ngct a hs ~ iars Mr. joscH id not become states
evidence that term is commonly used. TO be sure,
he evidence on the part Of the people Bnt no nt
nation was ever made 10 him that he would be used as
witness aud the oHe Proseqm was entered as to HIM
the sole that there was no evidence mpLcdt
ing hlm IN ticialleged larceny
On Thursday last, James Creighton, age 50, was
taken the Northwestern DlSpensary, IN West Thirty
ity and was in very low state. lie removed Belle
vne Hospital where the attending surgeon pronOunceda
cases were given, and the patient died the follow
ing day. A postmortem examination showed that
death was caused by corrosive poison An inquest VIII
be held to-day.
The graduating class of Columbia College
Law School have elected the following named officers for
the ensuing NaledctOrian, OrIin skinner Of
Connecticut Glass President, y. J.. ;. Thomas, esq Of
Rhode Island Glass secretary, w Wells esq OF New
Jersey; Executive Committee, MesSrs H. 5. White, New
Jersey; !. r. Hasey. New.York; s. Cardwell, jr New.
Nash, New Yolk.
On Saturday the Police Commissioners dis
missed Patrolmen Frederick Schillng Of the Seventh
Precinct Tor his carelessness in allowing Capt Samuel
Corbet to stumble overheard, while intoxicated, from his
canal at pier East River. instead taking
him to the station.House; George Mold Of the Twelfth
Precinct for beng of post In greenhouse and IheO
Cassells Of the Twentynnt Precinct, for being of
post sergt John f. Mol6ney transferred from the
Twelfth to the Fifth Precinct aud Henry Ten Eyck from
the Fifth to the Twelfth
The NewYork Genealogical and Biographical
Society met on saturday evening Valuable contrbu-
elected Mr. c. D. Moore read paper on the 'Livines,
ton Family and particulars respecting John H. Coles
The President Dr. STILES, read biographical sketch OF Mr.
WIN. Wood, the founder Of tho New-York Mercantile
Library Association. DR.. David y. HOlton read
account OF the Boston Massacre of March s. l77O aud
extracts from the address OF Benz. j. Rowland, esq
before committee Of the Society and associates at the
A public meeting of the series taking place
in the large hall of Cooper Institute, under the auspices
Of the sons OF Temperance was held last evening After
Rocked IN the cradle of the deep" by Mr. Post. the
Chairman, Mr. stephen Merritt jr u. W. F., introduced
Dr. Charles Jewett, who has spoken constantly public
for 80 years DIR. JeWctt was received with Ap-
plause and in his address, by various facts and figures
showed the necessity OF abOshng rum. After another
selection by the quaTtette Mr. Charles Graham
troduced, and made a long speech
Petitions for and against the passage of the
act in relation TO the East River Bridge via Backwels
Island, are extensively circulated in Queens County
Tie petitions for the act receive most from the
western towns aud those against from the towns
remote from the river. The feature which at all
Jected 10 Is the subscription OF the county to the capital
stock OF the Company. The feeling among the residents
VI tno - unanimously IN favor OF 1t, with this
that, with business men corpOrators sufficient capital
would easily he secured 70 build the bridge without ald
from either AeW-fork or Queens County.
The North Carolina Hyde Park Settlement
Association have arranged that Pioneer Committee o
consist OF six persons be sent forward make prepare
lions for the arrival Of the first detachment of settlers
to follow In few days. The Committee will leave Ia
morrow, IN the schooner Harry Lee, and upon their ar
rival on the lands VIII erect suitable building for the
accommodation OF settlers they arrive until they have
opportunity OF erecting their budings Carpen-
ters, blacksmths dc are comprsed IN the Committee
and Will with them the necessary tools and impe
nenis and viii arrange for the purchase and delivery Of
shingles, lumber, &c, on the land.
The Beethoven Maenerchor Society has
ado pied constitution and byaws and has chosen
for the ensuing year the following officers: Messrs J. NJ
ice Presidents; Richard Weinacht. Recording Secre.
tary; H. f. Gienscb, Corresponding Secretary; Lewis
Brock, Financial Secretary; Joseph Basgen and John
IIaar Librarians Charles Traeger Musical Director BE
sides thes twelve trustees who 10 appoint tho treas
OF the Society their number. have been elected
The Society has about $50 members and has bought Nos
a aud 10 Pifth-st Che centenary OF Beethoven occur
ing Dee. II next the Society intends Ia celebrate II
appropriate manner ana has made the following
programme: Performance Of the opera FideliO" by
iee hOycn at the Academy of Music Dee 10; concert
OpsistHg Of the OTdOriO, " Christ on the Mount of |
lIiyrg" and other muse by Beethoven a Stclnway Hail
nd nj tl,II ltt n.U IL.