New-York tribune., 1873-12-10
NEW-YORK CITY.


NEW-YORK CITY.
The steamship Montgomery, which recently
sailed from this port for Savannah arrived at that port
Yesterday at 0 a. m., having made the passage IN o.
hours.
Controller Green received, yesterday, pay
ments of and assessments to the amount VI so'
7.s Ss and paid claims and payros to the amount OF
G5 1856 &C. :,
All the propretors Of sailors boarding
houses in this city and Brooklyn have received houco
from the Commission recently appointed for he PURPOSE
that applications for licenses must be maze on Vi LIN
the 18th inst Those failing tc comply VIII pe ueai' WIZ"
according 20 law.
Commissioner Van Mort of the Department
OF Public Works transmitted to the Board OF Assessors
the certificates OF the cost OF improvements upon fy
seventh fifty ninth, nehundred-and-twentieth anu
One hundred thirty nfth-sts. The cost Oh tne III
provements was 237,SO6 69.
Peter Moore. the driver Of the ambulance IN
which the body OF Thomas Armstrong was conveyed
from Whitehalst. TO the Morgue, has hitherto mad
good reputation and there is proof OF ms having
been concerned in the theft OF diamond stud ro n,
clothing OF the dead The missing gem has not yet
been found.
The remains of the late Bishop of Wiscon-
son lay at Lukes Hospital yesterday where ser
vice Of prayer held in the presence OF NUMBER Oh
personal friends and Of the clergy The funeral & VIII
Detroit which built up mainly during Dr. hrihi, h
tage pastorate, before he was appointed 10 assist Tic
A man representing himself to be reporter
of TIE TRIBUNE or other newspaper Is travelling
abont the city making business arrangements with yar
ons merchants and then borrowing few cents or dol
lars on the strength OF his short acquaintance. lie
called on Saturday. at the residence Of William keating
musical director. at NO 22 East anu @
after making extensive arrangements Tor Da OF the
Press Association January IL, borrowed ~ cents IN
auires by Dir. keatng have failed 10 uhearth tht
Whereabouts of the man. lie Is apparently @ @aoout -
years OF age he dresses respectaDS' anu Ms n"oi ~
calculated TO deceive the most wary
A match for 81 900 and the championship
took place yesterday at Deeroot Park L. l., between
the present CHAMPION Miles johnson of Yardyile, n. j.
and Moses Myers of BelleWlle. ~ j. The conditions
were TO shoot at each yards and 50 yards
boundary. Myers had defeated Edward Tinker Of Prov
was made the favorte before the shooting commenced
when the match was half over 1t changed TO 500 TO
on Johnson and when 40 birds each had been sho at
If became 500 to 500 the latter Johnson was the
winner. Myers resIgning the match on the ish bird
having killed 39 while Johnson had Killed 81 Odt OF the
BROOKLYN.
A motion was made yesterday before Judges
Moore and stiwe OF the Brooklyn Court OF Sessions,
ly Henry Haynes that election be ordered IN the
OF NewLots on the question OF annexation on te
ground OF irreguarity the last vote. Argument on
the matter was postponed until Saturday morning
Complaints having been filed at Washington
that affairs in Collector Freelands office were being
neglected and that the officials in the office were nef-
and corrupt his resignation has been demanded
10y the Chief Internal Revenue Bureau Mr.. Free
denies that the statements OF ineicency are true
Judge Moore adjourned yesterday the trial
of CORTLAND A. sprague until Dec Is, adducng as
reason that the DistrctAtOrney would not be able to
attend TO IT before that time. This is the fourth time
the has been adjourned and the numerous post
ponements beginning to excite remark, whhe the
opinion is freely expressed that no trial VIII ever take
place.
On Saturday evening HOnora Barrett died
suddenly at No. li Plymouthst as was supposed from
the effects excessive Of liquor. From recent
revelations however. Coroner Whitehill has concluded
t, the Inquest until post mortem examination
OF the remains shall have been made circumstances
lead 10 the suspicion that death may have the
suit of continued brutal treatment at the hands OF John
Barrett husband OF the dead woman. Barrett was re
leased upon his own recognlzance
About 90 proposals have been received for
the building Of the new 18th Regiment armory. It
stated that these proposals up job,
and that under the present system of competition
sponsDility upon the persons making bids and
Who under the law cannot he prosecuted II they refuse
carry the proposals they make TO the Board or
Supervisors The lowest bids offered by Robert
Murray and Patrick Walsh eXClerk OF Justice Demars
court who jointly offer to put the building for $4,000
On Thursday last, Richard Wall, age II, and
Edward b. webb, age 20 two young men employed u
william Nchols's brs-fu rnishing shop. No l6 Iiighst
duarreled. Webb struck Wall violent blow upon the
left temple with heavy brass faucet. knocking him
down, aud niictng dangerous fracture OF the skull
Tie wounded removed To the Long Island
College Hospital IN an unconscious state, IN which con
dtOn continued, with slight intervals, until Monday
night. when he med. .p0st-mortem examination
established the fact that death caused By compress
SION OF the brain. webb is IN Raymond-st. jail.
Mary Evcrson, servant in the house of
Alexander Taylor r AT White Plains, arrested and
imprisoned on charge OF stealing pair of solitaire
diamond earrings aud diamond brooch. worth in all
$1,000 from the wife OF her employer The property
subseq quently found among some clothes in the very
from which il was sald TO have disappeared, aud
the Girl released. she aftcrward brought action
malicious and false Imprisonment, made In order 10
cover the alleged guilt Of aDOther-a member OF the
family IA which she had been employcd-and recovered
500 In the CITY Court, Yesterday. before Judge Bar
nard application made 10 set aside tae verdict
awarding damages, which was gwen IN Westchester
STATEN ISLAND.
RICnMoND.-W William G.. De Nyse, Sheriff
elect Of Richmond County. will appoint his william
DE Nyse, Deputy sheriff.
NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY-The Board of Public Works
Yesterday appointed three clerks assist IN the pre-
paraon Of lists for advertisements OF sales OF property
in arrears the OF 1871 1872 and 1873 and
one assistant to the Clerk of the Board To prepare the
annual report. motion was made and lost by u vote
OF three to tw0 10 subject the salaries OF all employees
appointed at the meeting Yesterday to the reduc
ton OF 20 per cent agreed in relation to all eu-
,loyes at the last meeting city Attorney Lewis sent
an opinion TO the Board OF Works yesterday In relation
TO the salaries OF employees which have been reduced
He that with the exception OF the Water Regis
trar Chief Engineer aud the members OF the Bureau OF
Surveys. the Board has right to fix the salaries from
who was discharged from the position OF Water Pur
yeyor Immediately after the last election was reap
pointed yesterday at salary OF $S4O per annuuI
The Committee OF Extensions and Distributions ap-
pointed by the BoaBd OF Public Works reported, yester
day. that the supply OF water needed In Hoboken would
require larger main to be laid from this city. and
nded the laying OF lGnch pipe. The Board
authorized the Committee on Streets and Sewers to en-
ploy three foremen OF sreetsweepers at salaries OF
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