New-York tribune., 1873-02-20
NEw-YoRK CITY.


Company wiz be CO feet front: lO feet deep four stories
high, and hfe-proof.
The freight tunnage of the New,York Cen Il
.rAl Racad as reported is 452 06 or onenth OF the
whole railroad tunnage OF the state 1he increase III 10
years has been seyen-fold
Several human bones were exhumed yeSter- |
day by workmen who exeavAunS in theGeehar OF
she house No 10 Wavereypace erected ABOUT - yo"rs
ago ea the site OF an old graveyard
The success of the sneak thieves all ove'
the city indicates that there vast number OF care
less housekeepers They couha success oppor
t~ntes were not thrown at them.
The death Of John W. Mott, ex-Plessdent
ef the United States Warehouse Company, at hr resi-
EToduce Exchange, OF which be was a member
The Rapid Transit meeting at CoOpe1 lnsti-
lutte Wednesday night is generally reported aitalure
New schemes appear 20 command less coaf ienee than
snthorzed II not fsi,ly under way
The Boston, Hartford and ETio Railroad
Directors met, yesterday, the office Of The Presiden'
Frederick A. Laso ~ 30 lS9 Broadway but, oTns @ 20
Massachusetts sdjourred without doing any business
d. Benedict, matchmaker, was arrested, last
night by rdOoney, charged with rauduienty
nv MI Cumpangs % the EqutaO Life Insurance COM
Pany. In do'ault e. bail, Benedict was committed 70
lOdlow-sh ]ail
A cho5ge library comprising standard and
Illustrated wCrbt which belonged 20 gentleman oi thls
eiiy was iispcssl o. at auction az the Clinton Han
saesrcczo last evening The audience was iarge ana
Tie pfies %ere remarkably good, aud each volSne was
conieIeed FOR 'sith spirit.
Gen Tho. T. Eckert, General superintendent
Of the western Union Telegraph Company, sailed Tor
Iyeruooi Nv the steamship Java yesterday morning 10
lie atseut about two months large party OF friends
nitet 10 bid him adieu number & 01 whom aECGu 4
Tastrd IN Java down the Bay on the western OAiVh
TeccraVE Companys tug, William Orton.
The superintendent of Buildings is to eN-
plan 10 a report, why the HOustOnst Church fell down.
l-rnv how he Hg gnT CI
lowodl TO remain in unsafe condition The inter
tstuc question :, propounded whether there are & any
Uuf proper supports An investigation Is 70 be made
Even the street Arabs CLEAN in the field of
national politics and find public morals naught but stub
l5e blueeyed bootback in demonstrating yesterday
IN m city Hal Park with defaulung customer who
iues ed that be had pald Two nve cen pieces
rendrTed framed ne following sJaTIlng lnoCtulG9' % y
One Of the river mysteries has been solved.
An ontcrprug gamin who has watched with an intent
nses that embarrassing, every smoker on the
Fulton ferry-boats for year past, and whenever a
S0sod il snrrppttously small basket, for purposes
Gnanown. seen to enter tobacco manutact0ry IN
tbe BOWery yesterday.
James Olwell, Treasurer of the Roman Cath
olc Orphan Asylum fund announces that the total
Umouut Of the Christmas collections IN the churches OF
this city for the Asylum $2G2a5. The churches
Wb,h gave over $1,000 were ST stephens, ST. Francis
&aviors -. Theresa st. Mc1aers' 81 S SSohns' ~ -
eGaUriei's, and -. Patrick's.
veteran stgeet-car traveller makes this
enrcesuon: Quarter the Legislature in downtown
hotels invite them 10 public dinner IN Harlem or Man
hattanyile and count on an their, votes for Rapid
bcen smoked ont OF the 'front.' platform been insqlted
within, aud been deprived of wallet and Watch IN
nhghtifr from the rear platform
Louis Bressler of No 431 BroOme-st. re-
oeived a tin box Wednesday, for the Corn Exchange
Bank Wiham-st, containing $4,000 in North Carolina
bonds and large amount Of MORTGAGES deeds, and
other securities. He conveyed them his office in
won't 10 Idnch When he returned he found the door
burst open and the box and contents missing with no
trace OF the thieves.
Isaac LYONS was convicted yesterday, in
General Sessions OF receiving stolen goods. This is the
first conviction for that ofense for many years Recoiv
goods have had special faculty for getting
being al liberty on BAIL aud it has always been ex
iTcmely difficult TO secure convection. me recorder
determined 90 make an example, and sent Lyons 10
sl,te Prison for five years.
The Board of Managers of the New-Yorb
Produce Exchange have presented report prepared by
their statis'icau MI Walker, in relation TO the
struction Of the proposed Hudson and Champlan Ship
Canal and It's connections. which is adverse TO the
States appropriation of ssOoOO to its aid as they do
always The main If not the sole channel Of COM
municauon through the State.
James Cusick, vulgarly known as "The
Man-Eaer" was convicted in General sessions ycster-
day, assault and battery committed upon Mary
williams Two other indictments. for assault and
tery and feoDious assault and battery are stil
hauCu. him. and his sentence has been suspended
10 enable action 10 be taken under them Cusck has
hitherto been at hbery on bail and, II Is said has not
expected 20 be brought 70 Trial.
By order of Richard l. Franklin, receiver of
The Yonkers and New-York Fire Insurance Company,
the following stocks and bonds were sold yesterday at
the Exchange salesroom. az the annexed prices:
Nsto1s BAN T gs IG shares Metropolis 100;
100 shares Dry Goods Bank &c 200
Gs.So suG Trade, SalC-s Ban i2si sc5o
EsfsisTed bends, lt.{
"Put barrel on your own back, you brute!'
shouted old gentleman Iwith flowing white beard
and a CHEEKY face, heartless truckman lashng
a par Of overworked horses that were staggering
through the sloughs IN Wiam-st. Are you one Of
Berch's spies" the sury reolnder. mo- Sir, but
I'm a Befcber and II yOu'l come down like I'll
Old gentleman was as good as bis word; and to the
honor Of the police Doe II said that they dd not interfere,
but allowed the driver to get his deserts.
The Committee on Law of the Board of
Aldermen 10 whom was referred the matter Of the
niuthst in 1862 for the purpose Of court
house have investigated the aud will probably re-
port 10 day 20 Board OF Aldermen the result which
An effect that NJ Tweed at the time Of the making
of the the OF the building, and that the
yeary rental S3Q, Is cXOrbltant; that the lease is
sahd that th6 court-rcoms adapted 10 the purpose
Int the used PRISON are damp, unhealthy, aud
obnt iOf occupancy
BROOKLYN.
The Brooklyn Steam Transit Company has
called iustalment Of subscribed capital and
81 gong 70 Work ln earnest.
The total amount Of funds in the hands Of
The ity Treasurer stated TO be $3.50 225 which is de-
Iosiied IN - banks, paying q per cent interest
The salaries of the employees in the County
eutoudry 70 he reduced per cent, the Of
maintaining the Institution has largely exceeded the
amount approprla;eo for the fiscal year.