New-York tribune., 1876-12-20
NETWORK CITY.

A plan of the Centennial buildings and
grounds on small scale is displayed in EhIichs wihdo"'
William C. Emmett was appointed disburslng
clerk in the Finance Department yesterday by
| Kelly, to succeed Clement c. Guion
| New American and foreign books are being
added daily by the Mercantile Library 10 Jus 'auaoo
| collection, which now contains 10000 volumes
And now they say the wires OF the Brooklyn
Bridge will be strong enOugh as All Known tesn5
have been applied TO them the voice OF the eroaker WI"
| not have much weight with the general public
| Nearly all of the ocean steamers are overdue.
The Rheln from Bremen and southampton was was uu1 I U
Friday and is not yet in The City OF Beri from Ser
pool and the Victoria from Glasgow are TWO day over
The Children's Aid Society has received
$1,000 Or the purpose Of providing poor eaaen " VII.
able the society send 100 children out of the ey 10
| good places in the West
The examination of Judge w. ID. Sipman
set down for D. M yesterday. The attorney for the
creditors was unable proceed however and the hear
| ing was adjourned until Jan. a, 1871
| The mails arriving at the Post Office yester-
| day morning were all much behind time Inc Eastern
mail three hours late the Southern Two nos & ITe
and the ST. Louis and the Eric each hve hours peHnu
| time.
The Sheltering Arms, at Tenth-ave and
Northumberland twenty-n send large paper
bag to the charitable which is printed list o the
thousand and one articles that are needed t IN ts
and the hospitabe children VIII receive them win open
arms and give them shelter.
| The family physician OF JUSTICE hdslillIt say .
that rest Of few weeks will restore the Justice 10 per
| feet health He laDors under the delusi9n that nus
wealth is bGundess as @ In & Sl f e Vent TO PongH
keepse They Will f Tean % All hfGS fpT nba Gt inc er
! The creditors of Nissan & Co., brokers,
whose failure has announced in THE TRIBUNE, met
yesterday in the office Of Elliott f. shepard, III lie
TERUNE building and agreed 10 accept 10 cents on the
dollar payable in cash. and grant releases 10 te nr in
order to avoid expensive G1n@rtGE @ % nK
sided at meeting and creditors having claims 10 INC
extent of $1S0O0O against the suspended mousse were
| represented
| A woman named Jackson was found living
in wretched gariet at No 4D2 Waer-st Tue room was
destitute of furniture the window -Ianes all gone,
pallet sitting the mother holding in her arms hali
Starved child OF 3 years. while little girl somewhat
older crouched at her side The woman was seut to inc
Tombs for medical examination and allowed to take her
Youngest child with her, but tae other was sent W MI
| Webb, the Inatron at Police Headquarters.
The sale of the Gates collection of objects OF
art ana yiItu held nj the Ltavltt Gallery No sl
afterno 5i The collection includes Japanese Ey
than curfositics, nne porcelain and maloca ware OLD
stained window glass from Nuremberg, and many rare
antique brUnzes The ol paintings comprise works by
many modern artists OF note, and also OIigais o se.
eral old masters among which may be mentiOned lSu
benss Diane Chasseresse," Hans HObens Portrait
Of German seigDeur,s and Guido Rems Dead Christ
with Madonna aud Aagdaen."
BROOKLYN.
The last weekly report of the City Treasurer
shows a balance hand Of 81 ,O34,e57 36.
The Law Committee of the Board of Super
visOrs decided yesterday TO report ayOraoy on the b
OF DisrictAOrney BrttOn presented at the last meet
ing OF the boa rd
OF the 5S persons arrested for illegal regis
ralon voting at the last election ~ hNS Deen e us
charged and the other cases are still pending III the
United States Courts.
The Kingsley 81 Keeney suit against the
Cy Brooklyn called before the referee yesterday
morning aud adjourned again until Jan. g. The re 'son
assigned was that the plaintiffs were still busy with the
| Brooklyn Tneater fire inquiry
1t was rumored last night that James Naugh-
ton SUPERINTENDENT OF Buildings, Dcou suspended
from his Office by Frederick Massey, President OF the
Board of Fire Commissioners Tine cause OF inns action
is SAID to DC connected with the Brooklyn Iheater nre
JERSEY CITY.
The Antwerp steamer Steinman arrived yes
erday, voyage OF % days, nsJeau Oi lhe usual
| trip of week or ten days.
Ten men employed in the abattoir cooper
shops struck work because they were not all9"el 10
work ten hours day instead OF nine. Three OF them,
| George Nangle d. O'Neil and George HOFFMAN, at
tackled Patrick Tanner and Patrick Gnty who had been
employed In place OF the strikers aud beat Tanner re-
yerely The assaiants escaped to NewYork, but war
| rants out for their arrest.
NEWARK.
Tn the Court of Special Sessions on Monday
senced 70 the Reform school and John Anderson on
similar charge, sentenced TO the state Prison Tor
| five years.
Isaac Price, age 81, a compositor in The
Adrertscr office went to work yesterday in his usual
health but while writing letter died suddenly OF apo
8glSysi go Years So ''''N "'
Yesterday morning Judge Depue signed the
bill of exceptions Charles Oschwald and
Thomas RYAN sentenced TO be hanged on jan for tue
murder of Policeman Brock. The case will be argued
before Chancellor RunyOn an application Tor VIII OF
error this morning.
NEW-JERSEY.
PATERsoN.-The FreehOlders awarded the
contract for building the Barclayst canal bridge 70
lanes Johnston the lowest OF four bidders, Tor Sl73O
Wv After next Monday there will be an additional train
in the morning from Paterson TO NewYork ON the Erie
Railway.
PERTH AMBoY-Danel Griffin was fatally Injured by
being run over by a coal-car Monday MI Cosgr0ye
fell from the trestework the coldocks on Monday
and was fatally injured.
| HUDSON RIVER COUNTIES.
| RYE.-The beautiful Presbyterian Church of
this village OF which the Rev. Charles w. Baird Is pas
tor compkted four years ago, has just been relieved
from debt $25 ,000 by subscription OF the parish
oners In three weeks $2S 900 raised and the re-
suit was announced by the pastor Thanksgiving day
Despite its heavy burden, the church has continued dur
ing the past years furnish its regular cOntrbu
tons benevolent Objects and the growth in member
ship has been steady and constant The congregation
adopted several years ago, the free church" system,
ali the expenses OF tho church being provided for by
voluntary subscriptions AT the beginning of the year.
LECTURES AND MEETINGS.