New-York tribune., 1876-01-20
NETWORK CITY.

There are now 667 Junk-carts IN New 1Orh,
an Increase of 80 in the last - years.
An order was promulgated by Superintendent
wang yesterday in relation to the duties of Police sur
geOEs.
The floating derrick belonging to the Dock
pcpartment nov lying of the Battery, is TO be insured
foI $4,000.
Five cases of sudden death. and three OF
death from accidents, reported at tho Coron'rs
Office yesterday
The Commissioners cf Charities and Correc-
tion arc compelled TO turn away many hundred apph'
cants for relief on account of lack OF funds
A little old-lashOncd frame house In the
Twelfth Ward attracts attcut ion from the supposed TACT
tat within its walls Gen Sheridan first saw the lisht.
The Board of Fire Commissioners held thcir
regular meeting yesterday and awarded contract Tor
80 tons OF camel coal, al S2l ton, to NJ Barber
Nephew.
The Windsor Hotel property has been mort
r,ccd hy the windsor Hotel Company TO Philip Bissn-
ger and others for 100000 and the mortgage was ro
corded yesterday.
Col. Clark acknowledges the receipt yestcr-
dav Of subscription Of 81 900 from +. Augustus sehef
merhorp and another Of $500 from Robert nn9x Ken
ncdy, 10 the Seventh Regiment New Arnory fuh
transfer of downtown real estate for
sos5 600 by Ed ward Matthews to Matthew Wilk"' was
recorded Yesterday. This included No 10 Wast. and
Nos and Broad-st.. and property IN the yicnitV.
The streets leading to the bcfocgcd ferries
last evening were completely blocked with teams aII
an yious to ret over The situation was provocative o'
much veNaton AMI not llttlc stion- saxon lhsu'E''
II is intimaed that Commodore Vanderbilt
10 nrcporinc tickets for uae the Hudson River and
Harlem Railroads. with stToccar COUPON aitarh'''
carving ne passengers fIon the Grand Ceut'"l b'po
10 the city Han.
A man. apparently about 30 years of age
VIA lound unconscious yesterday a Tihayc. and Tr-
te,nthst aud wac taken To Bellevue Hospital lie had
only one lc wda about feet inches III iSht' ana H'
hair AMI u.ustlchr wer' dark
John Duffy Of No. ca Mulbcrry-st was at
tackled ard lnockcd down by three men on Tnc'day
night at Mulberry aud HayIrd~t.. Duhv found n HHfI
unable Ia r-c, hut he called loudly Tor h"l. ana l5 as
-aaut- fed. IL WAC ascertsined that bnhy lex was
broken.
Coroner EicLhofr yesterday held an inquest
ON the body of Patrick Cummings, who was accidentally
crl shcd In the dcpot ~ tie Broadway and seventh
Avenue Railroad Company on Jan :. The jury rrn.cr'
verdict Of accidental death, and censurcd 'he iao'"
company.
The dramatic performance which was to
have been given lat evening at the Lunac Asylum on
Riockvc. island hy Mrs sheridan shook and hcr com
rany ~ amateurs. was postponed mtl n"St Nrlps-.ay
evening in consequence OF lie severe Illness o' III
shook.
The financial statement Of the Cooper Union
has lust been sent to the legislature II Is summarized
20 follows: Balance Jan. l, ls75 Sil2i 50 rccriri9
t479ds 20; money borroyrd 500 12' ,thl'IHII-t
$50 7G9; loans ,id S4l3o jS; balance Jan J. l7'"
$:},159 -.
Superintendent Wallng received dispatch
from London yesterday stating tl1t 20 Bank % In
gland notes OF $50 each bad been obtained hy forgery
and nign he ant To hi. clv. The notes were nun
her,d 1911 to 33 4JO inclusive, and 3155l to 5o3O"
inclusive
While Thomas Morgan of Twenty tlird-st.
ard the East River vac driving through Twcniy-thrd
st Yesterday his horse became uuman1gcahlc and the
wagon struck a 1nrdavc. car. Henry oAlc "i No. l--
ThrI-tve.. a passenger, somo"iat injured ~ the
collision.
President Smith opened police trials ycstcr-
doy with SO cases upon the calendar Most Of them were
FOR minor breaches - discipline, many being for appear
iug at roll call In an untidy uniform. SIX pGI.hn'h
were araiencd on charge Of not Reporting d''d ""6
that vas lying In the street
The Committee which il in charge of the
pcparacns for Moody and snkey very busy with tne
raurcrcnts II has succeeded in securing zoo sin GERS
FOR the choir but II is stated that about 800 more will he
needed The COMMITTEE li," "b,in,H 900 uri''i To- ne y"
choir viii meet this evening IN the HipoGr"mc IoF u"
f.at rehearsal.
The total amount of fines collected during
1873 al the different police courts aud paid into TIE Con-
trollers Office is s72.49s o. The appropriations made
for the maintenance ~ pocc courts for 1879 was SILL
for the same year @l9H2on while Tic 9MOuht OF
fec. &o., collected wp S&2,4ll 80.
Mrs. Mills yesterday reported that her trunk,
containing many valuable ARTICLES, WIS missing. sho
.ad nat snc had been living at No. III Grecnwicr''
ln had concluded change her residence aud had Ell
,agr, board ~ No 400 East Eghty y-fouIi-H Shc rit
her trunk to be sent after her by an eKrc,,man aud
thai il the last that shc has seen of H. detective VAS
dcta lod to investigate tue ease
About noon Yesterday in the City Hall Park,
within 20 PAGES OF the Twenty sixth Precinct Police
81 ton ana wo the throng o. passcrs was great man
deliberately drew pistol and slot another who was
coming toward him, extending TIE reDt hand ~ friend
ship Tie shot hit the artilrd man square on io noe
nn he dld nut seem to mind II he even took a. J"ar
The weapon, however, waH toy pistol. and It's ouly
charge a cork at the end of a string. No arrests.
AbOut D. III. on Tuesday ROund>man Corn
when near srcoud-avc. and Onehundred and-t wcnty-
seconds observed two men with large bundle Of TO-
bacco acting in suspicious manner lie arrested them
and a. tie One undrcdandtwenty-siNth Street Station
Louis S1man. sit appclrcd thnt thcy htl purchased
the supposed stolen porerty from Jnn' Ls,y AN un-
engaged IN the same business, also a'nS Wlhou
a license hey held, that the ca'' can be laid be-
fore tie i:cyC uuo Inspector Tor that district
BROOKLYN.
REGISTER Whitney reports having collected,
during The week ending Jan H., s3d.5G5 a.
Oliver Cottcr has laid before tie Grand
Jury number OF cases Of alleged violations OF the Ia
The deaths last week numbered 2jG, of
which At resulted from smallpox Gnd II irom dpl-
thcIid.
Garrett Bergen was sworn in rs City AS
yesterday, and resigned as member OF the Board
OF Education.
While handling loaded pistol yesterday,
Charles Swan. age IL. OF No. 30 Nths, WAS shot in
the hand by it, accidental dsclIir.e.
The Board Of City Works yesterday opened
1T proposals for cleaning the streets during the present
year Only Sl2O,OOO can De eApcnded ior the work.
Mrs. Rachel Leary yesterday sued Charles Mil
er in the City Court Tor 900 claiming at her nose
was brokcn by the defendant. The ease ir stl on
Tho Board of Education has ordered that
hereafter pupil In public school shall he used
messenger to hunt abscnocH for any other purpose
Attorney General Fairchild states that he
will try the indictment against Commissioner Vim. A.
Fowler convenient but that he try tho
e.ise week
Aldermen Rowley, Ray, Sheppard, Jcnniscn,