New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-12
NETWORK CITY.

far as POugbkeepsie
Fractional currency is happily very scarce
silver change having taken It's pheei
A lady reader of THE TRIBUNE sends W
for the relief OF the McKettrch family at No. 429 west
F1ftyfOurth-st-
Yesterday was the initial day OF the sleIgh ing
on Fiith-ave and Ia the PARK.
The pistOn-rOd of the dummy engine 10nkeIs
the Elevated Railway was boTn our az Lne nin Of
the trains
The Franklin Street Police Station Is reported
to be very unsafe, the walls having ersckea t ~ The
perpendcuar.
County Clerk elect Gumbleton yesterday nsndaE.
said that he Lad decided e reaPRSpt oI 5RS
could not be announced for several days
Inspectors Nevin and jackson OF Special
Agent Brackets office seized 10 cases OF snu9sedd
concealed on board the steamer Weser, from Breineu'
The work of Identifying TOmpkins Park Is
progressing rapidly and II the are n no1 Of
he East Side VIII have healthful place OF recreation
next Spring.
The office of Joseph j. 0'DOnohue, Park
CmissoneT has beer dec lred vacant by Of his
acceptance the position OF Presidential Eieetor GS
poTaon Counsel Whitney yesterday sent to Mayor WICK
ham an opinion sustaining ths yiew'
The departures for Florida grow more nn-
merous every day; tourists ne lid TO sRehu uer s
in studying that Mrs hapop o ma in tsne notes
Of the playful prlnks OF tie Ever de "bulidozer'
The Rev. d. NJ. McCaffreI acknowledges the
hebat Of ~ INC East Side poor she had read the account
OF SIR Mccares work among ne Po te IN f eomn
ard wished her gift acknowledge ID theSe eo'uninN
A statement having been made that the
Grand Army Of the Republic aud the Boys IN Blue were
organized to further the ends oil poiSas pe
false aud that the organization Is composed OF Democrats
and Republicans :,
The modern "servile war" is virtually end
ed The Springst knight Of the raZJf VINO reaps uie
n
mis- vantage ground against the more aretoeratle ton
spreading himself like n green bay-rum tree
Since rapid transit is as far off as DR.. Cum
mingss millennium, wouldn't u be well 10 mike the Pl
primoge ND and by the present conVoyhhces
q trine comfortable TGere Is no good reason WY tne
street cars could not be heated as stoves nave Oeou
The following officers of the new Mining
Board elected yesterday afer99on George Im1G'
President l. r. Bayne President; L. b S .hc
Arbitration Committee; John L. Dly, treasurer ~ o.
Hubbard, Secretary and L. s. Kaufman Assistant
Secretary.
On Friday next the pupils of the New York
Nautical school return from their vacation OF three
weeks and resume their studies on board inc 81 mar =
Ell her Winter berth at the foot OF East Twentythrdst
Applications for admission may DC MADE 10 m M,i
more, Chairman OF the Executive COMMITTEE on Nauuc
Schools, at No 36j Greenwichst.
A gentleman in HillsbOrO, ILL.,, sends The
TRIBUKE the documents which he lately received rom
L. LuEens dealer ~ counterfeit money ersou snnd
ing sum in "a paving but not exactly legitimate
A
but OF course his search was fruitless
The President of the Produce Exchange
yesterday appointed special c1mmtee Of hYe 70 honl,
maze committee OF nine VINO sna Pc , ~ md
on which ~ erect the proposed new Exchange OF 70
meet the Increased demands OF the Exchange.
The usual auction sales of coal by the Della
wa G. Lackawanna and Western and the Pennsy lvania
vet decided whether not 100000 tons viii be sold
by company. There Is some prospect OF the two
sales taking place together on ID C. 20 Ihe other COM
panies have discontinued their auction sales.
Officer Burke, who has been charged with
disrespecf language 10 his superors and with clubbing
with an unprovoked attack upon Peter oDOnnol Of No
il5 Franlin-st. the same day o,Donne may lGse
The oicer will be tried before the Police Board next
Thursday.
The Board of Estimate and Apportionment
YESTERDAY authorized Issue OF S6sl3O In bonds 10
pay claims allowed by the Armory Commissioner Con
iroler Kelly, accompanied by Deputy Controller storrs
ndcd the meeting OF the board this being the nfst
held since he assumed the office Deputy Controller
took the oath OF office before Mayor Wekham aud
flied his bond.
At the funeral or memorial services at
Hoolcy's Thea IN Brooklyn on Sunday scat in tue
gallery broke doTn Ihe audience, MN thg Geeem,
many spnng to their feet At about the same time those
ccptiby startled by sudden lash Of hight evidently the
reflection mirror, which trayersed quickly across
the whole interior OF the Academy.
During the month of November more than
4OOOOO letters newspapers, and postal cards
ccived delivery by the leIci carriers of this city, OF
them as unbelievable on account OF deaths removals.
incorrect and eg1ble addresses. Considering the
carelessness Of average American in the matter OF
directing letters the facts speak well for the perseyor
ance and intelligence of the boys In gray
The fair and festival at the Academy of
Music In aid the Seaside sanitarum for destitute sick
children opened yesterday afternoon The ladies IN
charge OF the tables have been actively engaged for
% ms ps n sShf sa5 7s 81 Band a%S 0T d
coursed music throughout the evening ana shooting
ma fHh i
six young ladies' furnished much enjoyment for the spec
tators gold medal WIZ DC awarded 10 each member
Washington Garden Party, negro mnstres aud Punch
pTessnted nightly while tho elegant supper which is
fable The Object of the festival will 1t is hoped insure
II the liberal patronage which II certainly deserves.
BROOKLYN.
There was fine skating on the CapitOline
lake yesterday.
The Brooklyn Academy of Design il now
open the pubic and Is tho OF great number OF
young people IN the afternoon
One of the Brooklyn seminaTies has vehicle
resembling Central Park carriage IN whlea its youth
full female pupils carried TO and from school, under
tine charge OF an arcticfeatured duenna.
Yesterday two colOred men, Buscher Agui-
Ter and Ancemeo Aguiler, placed trial before
Judge Benedcfor passing counterfeit FIVE dollar bills
the Hampden National Bank, OF Westheld, Mass
In an action brought before Judge Reynolds,
in the City Court by Frederick r: Halbery against
George A. Waddy to recover $4,000 for false imprson-
ment, the jury yesterday rendered verdict for the
defendant II was alleged by the plaintiff that he was
Imprisoned and Illegally held "a hours for the murder OF
William W. Simmons, the victim of Andrew Fuchs.
The Brooklyn Elevated Railway Company
asked before the Board OF Aldermen for "A change Of
route, and that the line starting Waterst.
Fulton Perry should along Waterst. TO Pearl-st,
thence Willoughbyst 20 Goldst to the junction OF
FultOn-st, DeKalb-ave. aud acknowledgements, over
Macombersquare, and along DeKalbaye. TO Grand-aye,
along Grand-ave. 10 LeXngtOn-aye., along Lexington
ave. TO Broadway 10 the city line The matter was
ferred TO the Law Committee This same project has
already gone through the Boar OF Aldermen twice and
has vetoed each time by the Mayor The route
differs little from that proposed before.