New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
NETWORK CITY.


Payments at the Controllers once !esVel-
day, $ss0,SO3 80 receipts, t9O5ol 49,
The bids for ferry franchises will be opened
tomorrow by the Sinking Fund commissioners
The universal watering-pot having appar-
env srsronded onerations the city streetsprinkefs
called into requistlon yesterday =,
The sunshine yesterday brought into the
market a large number Of verDenas peunlas anu o'H'
plants, which are readily tTahspah'eu mo esiuO"
The Lunatics in the Asylum on ward S lslahu
have mt the two pianos OF that establishment to sueh
ao, ,so ,bot tho seryices Of a tuner were required
Yesterday one was furnished from among the coh'ics
on Blackwelfs Island. ,
MANY of the small and shallow ponds on the
outskirts Of the city were frozen over yesterday morn
ing Old residents disguised with the weather are Gu
deavOring console one another Dy feCaIIHs aHVeh'
records OF snow ana ice IN the middle ot May
Three dancing bears, led by their mendicant
proprietOrs happened meet IN the course ot ther
wanderings in MISUNDERSTANDING and Sec
ond-aye yesterday morning. ana greatly eDhVened the
Juvenile population OF tho ne!gnDoiho0d Dy tlIpe Gu
tertanment.
Adam Halk, detained by the police authori-
ties as witness the murder OF Ohicer John Gibney
by Waterman John Given, was admitted 20 PAL yester-
ward Richardson Of No West Twentysecond-s were
accepted as Haks sureties'
Caspar Trust, German, age 90 years, COM
mtted suicide at his residence at No. IS shcrst yes
quite wealthy but had OF late years become very poor,
and was unable to support his family OF nine Children
Cbas. II. Redua, member of the choir at
the Protestant Episcopal Church Of the Messiah, has
sued the officers OF the church fors winch ne claims
is due HIM as salary Inc easy I@nle up yestetay Uo
Judge Morse who was asked by defendants c0un-
sci to dismiss the case. Decision Was reserved Until To-
morrow.
A burglar entered the bakery at No. PIG Mott
ST. kept by Adam Hasman, at an early hour yesterday
morning. and r1ed the drawers, securing pocketbook
containing 50 and gold watch chain Mrs. Hasman
septin adjoining room and heard the burglar move
ments but supposed that IL her husband and paid
no attention TO him.
Ubassy, the billiard-player, has again chal-
lenged GARNER the champion, at the French three-ba
game another contest He stipuates that the
game shall be OF at least 1000 points claiming that
games OF a smaller number are frequently decided by
rather than skill IL is understood that GARNER
will accept the challenge.
Philip Sarner, firm Of Sarner Brothers, who
was arrested on Wednesday a bench warrant issued
upon a complaint OF perjury was taken to the District
Attorneys office yesterday aud committed thence to the
TOmbs in default of $4,000 bail. julius sarner, his
brother, arrested on March Is Oh a similar charge
but was able 70 furnish ball
The Commissioners of Emigration approved
yesterday the payrols for APRIL amounting to sO255 95
and bills amounting to $7276 81 ordered paid. The
action OF the meeting on Tuesday when large force OF
employees discharged, confirmed. John Van
Rper, night watchman at Castle Garden was removed
Two or three OF the employees We're transferred
An unknown man fell in fit in Wall-st.
yesterday afternoon and died while being conveyed 10
the First Precinct Station. He was set inches high
about so years age whskers and mustachc and
had black cloth coat and vest blue cloth pants, and
stiG brimmed felt hat. The Coroner informed Of
the case, and the body sent TO the Morgue.
The investigation of the causes leading to
the collision between the Sound steamers City Of Boston
and Electra off the Battery, April 81 was concluded
yesterday by Inspectors simonson and Matthews. The
only examined Daniel Jarvis who, at the
time or the collision, was III command or one or the
Union Ferry Company's boats. lie told nothing new.
The arrivals of cotton at this port yesterday
Norfolk, los bales Charleston, S6l New Orleans,
Sos; Baltimore, ~; Providence, 2s2; Erie Railroad,
rival at all the ports from Sunday to Wednesday ineln-
2215I bales The stock ia this city yesterday
was 1886 bales against lOJ94 at the corresponding
date last year.
A steamship which arrived from Liverpool
yesterday reported having passed the potboat G. W.
Blunt Wednesday towing the dlsmasted bark Alfred,
whose had been rescued by the Blunt The vessels
about Is miles southeast Of Nantucket Hgltship
when SEEN An abandoned waterogged vessel Of about
200 tons passed the ih inst IN latitude 10 NORTH
longitude 10 west She was supposed to be foreign
vessel and was painted green.
Goulding's Business Directory has become n
standard That for the year ending May l. 1875
has just been issued 1t is closely printed volume OF
800 pages in which s given under the title OF the various
professions and trades the and addresses OF all
persons engaged IN mercantile professional pursuits
directory for Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark, Pater
son. and lODOken, as wen a. NeW-1Ofk.
William Metterhauser, aged IS months, whose
parents reside at No Chrysties died yesterday under
the influence OF chlOrOform which DIR. L. KrackOwizeT,
OF No Is West Twelfth-st, had administered at his Of
fee, to lessen the pain Of operation for tumor. Dr.
D. III. Guleeke, OF NolOi West ThrtyOurth-s, was as
sstlng Dr. KrackOwiZer at the time. Information was
at by the latter TO the COrOners Office, and
Coroner kessler, to whom the gned, Will
make pOst-mOrtem examination on Friday.
The examination of the Senior Class of the
Columbia College Law School began yesterday, and viii
be continued to-day and Monday. Prof. Theodore W.
Dwight and the members of the Law Committee Of
school supenntend the examination. The special topics
for Yesterday debate were Municipal Law and the Law
OF Contract The debate OF to-day VIII be the Law
OF Real Estate, and that OF Monday on Evidence,
Equity, jurisprudence, and the kew-York Code. The
number of students in the graduating class is l95 The
graduates will be allowed to practice law without fur
Their examination.
While three laborers, named James Jones,
T. Gibney and +. Campbell carrying large piece
Of sheet iron board OF the steamship Ocean Queen
lying the foot OF East Nnthst the gangplank gave
way and all precipltated into the river. Efforts
made by their comrades TO them but without
avail, and ali drowned. The bodies not re.
covered although search made for them with Crap
ping irons The men resided IN the vicinity and leave
families The plank was much worn, and was mani
testify unable TO bear the weight Of three men aud
heavy piece OF iron.
Maher, the husband of Alice Maher, who
found dead in II shanty near FOrty-hnAst. and
Elevenh-aye, made statement before Coroner Kessler
Yesterday, or the circumstances OF ner death. TIE
woman was addicted to liquor and mad been drinking
heavily the night previous TO her death, and at
in the morning fell dead on the floor Maher was
from sleep by his daughter. aud he found the
mother dead. The police were informed and he
resIed. pOstmortem examination showed that acO-
holism was cause OF the death, aud Maher dis
charged.
The examination of the senior classes of the
school of the Collegiate Dutch Church took place last
evening at the school, No. 100 West Twentynintht In
the absence OF the regular chairman of the trustees
Gen F. 7. Locke presided. After prayer by the Rev
A. H. Vechthold the classes examined on their
various studies by the principal, Henry w. Dunshee
and acquitted themselves with credit. Specimens of
penmanshlp and drawing by the pupils attracted