New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-25
NETWORK CITY.


w s We'll has been elected Master ana
wp Aarons Treasurer of the National Lodge No
ase II. and A. Masons.
Controller Green paid yesterday claims ana
pay.ros 10 the amount OF s526S30 10 aud rc'e' pay
sents OF taxes amounting 10 t5e'|o -.
Commissioner Van Mort of the Department
Of Public Works reported to the Board OF assessors
ssrav the certificates OF cost Of street improve
Ioents, amounting TO S56699 81
Two of the lower harbor buOys were re-
ported adrf yesterday by pilots one the black buoy IN
1;idpey's Channel the other the red buoy III the SOUTH
ssst mari of Roma Channel They viii DC replaced IN
medistely by othefs
CITY Marshal Toplanyi has again had charges
rreerred against He is charged with disregardng
. writ Of repavin in entering the store OF NJ Vassar
DO AT seventb-ave and twenty scyentst, on Dec. 2,
and evying $3.50 worth of goods To satisfy an eAeeu
issued for $3.50 "a.
A portrait of Mr.. Jewell, the late President
Of the Produce Exchange, has been painted by H.
Eoches who painted the portrait Mr. Harrison in the
Cotton Exchange. The portrait viii be presented TO tne
Board OF Managers on Monday next. 1t was painted
Ut the request OF special committee
The police have not succeeded rs yet IN
solving the mystery surrounding the horrible death or
Nicholas and Mary Ryan in tenement honse at NO 2Oi
Broome-st., on Monday night last The weapon with
which the crime was executed has NOT YET Deeh ioun
and Nicholas Ryans is missing That thlet COM
the crime is believed by most detectives
The following is the new Board OF Man.
ayers Of the New-York Institution FOX the Blind at
hosSssas sSsi Robert Hone Daniel Tomplus 1yas suy-
Can Nathaniel Hoss TheOaeTu, Bailey Myes John IIeS, Inn
Whiewhgs, jr w scherusrtSrn Charles DE Ri Fraesl'
Ss,s Peter Hsne hnelander FredeneE shelter
The Department of Public Parks are making
begu the work Of surveying and lay ng
gu, portion westchester County recently annexed
60 this city, and have made application 10 the Board OF
saIy expenses The surveys OF the town OF
will be continued The Park CommissioneTs>Gesre 70
on he N0r
hitherto been done.
The following memorial to the Lighthouse
Board at Washington regard TO the haroor buoys has
been signed by all the pilots in port, and VIII be handed
80 others az they return TO the city:
fbe undersigned pilots Of the port Of SeWyok respectfully @
Oar drrns the prevalence o. snow and ice When olos are
~ah "a ind and thereby placed jeopardy and 10 the
that the iron AMI euovs be not
spsr mood beside tcm 50 1aI
other vii remain marx The spot.
PatTolmen Francis Reilly, Hugh hcCauley,
Henry Hartman Of the Eldridgcst. Police Station
we're srraigned before Commissioner Gardner, yester-
day charged with having neglected report lottery
policy offices which their posts. An order had
Heen given TO each requiring that every gambling
house should be reported order which these men
recommend 10 the Board the dismissal OF The officers
and said that though half the community believed that
tbe Board Of Police he would convince three men that
tie Commissioners were IN earnest
BROOKLYN.
The Board OF Supervisors, at their meeting
yesterday, authorized the Committee Military Al
FAIRS make contract with Howell ssxton & Co Tor
che iron work OF the 18Th Regiment armOTy How
al saXton Co. offer 20 do the work for $1,000
Mr.. William c. Kingsley who has been con-
fined TO HE with lung disease had unfortunate
relapse few days AGO but yesterday reported bet
ter Then came rumOrs that he worse. and finally
II reported that he dying TRIBUNE reporter
visited his house a. late hour last night and the house
hope entertained OF his speedy recovery. He had
Slept well yesterday, and all the signs were favorable
NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.-Among the bills which VIII
be brought before the next legislature the following
are those affecting Hudson County: repeal or mOdit
eaton Of the Boulevard act; the consolidation of
Der of the townships the northern part OF the county,
several important changes in the charter OF Jersey
applications for charters for new gas and horse
railroad companies and for authority TO put IN opera
HoboEeD with purer water than is now obtained from
The Psssac The receipts OF live stock at the
Communipaw abattoir Yesterday were 1000 cattle 1850
hogs and 800 sheep. go VI refined Oh arrived al
Claremont station yesterday.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Day will ne generally observed
throughout this city by the suspension OF business and
Catholic Cathedral solemn Pontical Mass Will be cele
brated by Bishop Cougan assisted by the Rev Father
pal, there a midnight service last night. All the
Episcopal and number Of the other churches have been
oTnamented with evergreens.
HoBoKEN-A convention Of locomotive engineers
held in American Mechanics Hall yesterday. Dele
yates from each of the divisions OF the Delaware
1ackawanna and Western Railroad we're present and
committee appointed 10 see the President and ask
the old rate OF restored 10 Is understood
that the application favorably received.
PATERsoS-Tbe subscriptions in aid OF the Relief
Fund 10 $3.50 g.. Three thousand persons
provided for by the Relief Committee yesterday
The public schools were closed yesterday and will
reopen jan g. 1874.