New-York tribune., 1873-01-16
NETWORK CITY.

Maurice Daly has challenged Cyrille Dion to
game OF billiards for the championship and $500 side.
The lady principal of one of the public
schools drilling her pupils in military fashion, so that
in of emergency they may retire expedItousy ana
safely.
The County Bureau in the Controllers Office
will be ooen to-day and tomorrow until III. for the
purpose OF paving inspectors OF election and poll clerks
whose duties prevent their calling during the regular
Office hours.
A correspondent cautions housekeepers OF
well-dres yinder who presented, recently, letter
for the lady OF the house" her servant ana whie
the latter went with the message deeamped WIN '
able overcOat.
Commissioner Van Buren, is sending to the
Governors OF the several States circular requesting
that each state shall send to the Vienna Exposition
examples OF the materials used In common educauoh'
with statements Of the results obtained.
The statements of the Fire Marshal regard
ing superheated steam having awakened the attention
of Insurance men, the Board OF Fire Underwriters APP
pointed yesterday, committee to consider the SUBJECT
and II necessary to call public meeting 10 take acuoh
in the matter
1t is the opinion of several gentlemen, now
hmping around town with bruised hips and disocated
shoulders, that should another fall while the
smooth traps remain in front of the Park Hotel the
propretOrs will be ndicable. They seem TO nave no
doubt that they could recover both actual and
exemplary damages ~ civil sut II they chose 10 DIhs
action.
John Z. Simmons, the lottery dealer, who
Killed MS FORMER NlCHOds ID ny
bling him IA times with bowie knife, in Liberty-st'
month ago. continues under treatment for his fractured
ankle Bellevue Hospital. His injured llmb II sun
incased In plaster Paris but he Is improving rapidly,
and Coroner Keenan, expects 10 mold an inquest IN the
case few days.
BROOKLYN
A steam-pipe coupling in the school-room OF
st. AIMS Roman Catholic School, at Gold and Water-sts,
burst yesterday morning and the force Of the concus
sion was sufficient to break several panes OF glass IN the
windows. The children were terribly alarmed, Dut lor,
tunaely nobody injured and the teachers succeeded
ia restoring order.
A fire occurred, yesterday, in the brown
stone dwelling No. IA Garden-st., caused by the hoor
beams which, having been built into the chimney 1ues,
had become gnited from the furnace fires There are
three dings in the row. divided by eightnch walls,
and Fire Marshal found that the floor beams when
projected into the hues and were without headers
mad been burned almost away The owner, Mr.. Tinker
of New-YOrk, ordered TO appear before the FIRE
Commissioners.
The expense of maintaining the Fire De-
partment last year 5i46 81 The salaries of the
four Commissioners amounted TO 15,cOO; those OF the
Secretary, surgeon lawyer, and veterinary surgeon
81 sO0 other employees salaries s2O0s7l IT. building de-
partment Ss7 OOO repair yard S1l1lS 5; organizing new
companies and work engine-hOise, s3l2S 56 horse
feed sbOeng account, $2l5l 2j coal ana wood
s. general supplies $3.50 repairs TO houses S543
new apparatus. Sl93O9 special building account SloOJ
building department salaries account, S9,5JJ