New-York tribune., 1871-10-19
NEW-YOhK CITY.

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Tax receipts yesterday ON personal property,
&lSOsl Is.
The Rev. Thomas Guard of South Africa will
lecture on tie "wadcnscs" at Associa"'. IiaI this
| evening
! Property-owners in Broourc-St. hpvn d"rii,G
employ counsel TO have the ordc iur the wGr Of
| the street set aside.
The timber-work OF the Eat River B.;Gcc at
the foot of ROOseveltst will nc completed next wccH,
and the stOne-laying will he begun "" X from MOnhi
The members of the Insurance Convention
now in session in this city will Wit Booths Thater to-
night through the potcnesF Ct the Officers vi the AIncr-
Popular Insurance Company.
The Chicago fire has proved blessing to the
bcgsng imposters VINO nest sr"otrorners and bc,cge
dwelling-hOuses with ptcous tales of want. Their cry is
Chicago sufferers" and alu' C general sympa-
thy for that afflicted city they rCapiug rich harvest.
The fate of the NicolsOn pavement, under
heavy travel judging from its appearance In several
downtown Streets wOnld to be like the end of
dust 1t hardly suitable the require
ments OF the end traffic of our city 10 he clca %
pillow through the pools and gllcs of roadway that Is
Ill continual process OF pulverlZatlOn
As an indication of the connection Of mOncycd
Interests in that devastated city, 900 miles away with
the metropolis, notice the placards in front Of every
solvent insurance company in our city, tostying to It's
claims to public patronage based upon its relations to
burnt Chicago. "Tnis Company took no Chicago risks"
This COmpany's assets <2,OWOOg capital, s4OOO,OO;
which, when afflicted SO affects New.York was hardly
seiirIcnt nifty years ago. II must indeed have been
heavy blow dealt at the exremites which thus affects
the pulsatiOn Of the heart
Just within the entrance-way of the Fair of
the American Institute, the Thrd.avc. side is room
from which every night hilarious and boiserous sounds
break upon the ear and from which also alcoholic Odors
are borne upon the heated air throughout the entire
building Perhaps chemical analysis might establish the
fact that the Santa Cruz rum French brandy. and the
intricate Celebrations Of Cocktails" "smashes" &C. are
skful advances made by the American savant In com
pounding; bnt the American Institute Fair is hardly the
place for the cultivation Of debauchery and dissipation
even On scientific grounds
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week, 2O6 including five from
smallpox.
a new Presbyterian church will be erected
at GreenpOint at an expense Of $4,000.
The Board of Supervisors confirmed yester-
day the list OF taxes for the present year.
The 47th Regiment, n. G.. N. Y, will as
sembe next Tuesday for annual muster and inspection
Chauncey Bedell has been appointed Re-
ceiver of the Manhattan Fire Insurance Company,
which has been declared insOvent
The East Reformed Church at Bedford-ave.
and Jenersonst has extended call to the Rev. J. Hus-
ead Carroll D. D. late OF the Leeaye Reformed Church
The Woman's Union Missionary Association
ct its quarterly meeting at the Church Of the Pilgrims
Yesterday was addressed by the Rev Dr. Pentecos Mira
DOremus, and Mrs. Van Lennep.
1t may be of interest to the thousands who
daily Fulton Ferry to know that the extreme top
Of the derrick the Brooklyn Of the pier Of the
bridge It stands is the level road
bed ae is TO be finished. OF course, the piers win
extend much higher
TIE Board of Supervisors decided yesterday
that claims against the county must be examined and
reported upon by the Finance Committee and County
Auditor before they paid The County Treasurer
Will make statement every other month OF the con1i
ton Of the several appropriations subject 30 expeRdi
LONG ISLAND
JAMAICA-The following are the contribu-
tions 10 the Chicago Relief Fund: r f. Church. t72 G9
NJ f. Church. S5l 25 Presbyterian $500 90 Total t723 49,
STATEN ISLAND.
NEW BRIGHTON.-The Treasurer of the vii
age has been directed TO render account Of the imam
cRl condition Of the village, and to report to the Trus