New-York tribune., 1877-10-12
NEW.YOkK CITY.

! The books fOrtaXe personal property ana pahN
stock opened the Bureau for the Collection OF laxe7
next Monday and the books will be ready In about
a week.
! The Coast Wrecking Company expect this morn
ing to begin pumping the steamer Massaehuset "reeN'
at Rocky Point L. j. and hope to have her aoat "in "en
| tyfour hours.
Mrs. George L. Fox arrived here from Boston yes
terdav and states that husband is gradually sinking and
the PHYSICIANS have given up hope Mrs Fox came TO the
city on business, and Will return to Boston today
The students of the Normal College were ad-
dressed yesterday afternoon by the Hon. Eraus Brooks on
the subject Forward and GO Forward lie discussed
the duties teacher and pupil the superiority OF object
teaching, and urged the necessity Of original thinking
The Rev. c. T.. Mccarthy pastor of the Amer-
can Free Church will lecture before the Manhattan Liberal
Club Science Hall Eishths, this evening debate
Will follow the question: as the lief In an IDhnite'
Intelligent personal called God, reasonabe"
1t is stated by sugar importers that since the de-
cision secretary regard to colored sugars the
importation OF low grade arthclay oolored Denerra sugars
has ceased have arrived in the United states
from Dcmerara October and more are ookedfor
Some very fine vacuum-pan machinery was
shpre steamship Niagara yesterday for Havana Tor
the manufacture Of centrifugal sugars lmt Tor
use on the Iarosa estate belonging Mr. Madden near
Bemba Cuba and valued S3000J0 when put up and
complete
Oakes Ames denies the report that he will pull
dow Booths make for buildings for business
purposes that the theatre s paying al present a.
for three weeks Edwin Booth for month"; aud Mile Aimee
will probably engage farewell In this city,
Now that the a-rangements for the benefit of Id
conc ted the theatrical profession is orgahH
ing beuedt the Custer monument fund Miss cara MOT
rs Is the spirit hs work and will assume the role
of yrne ye tor the benefit The perform
ance held the latter part OF next week. at Waaoks
Theatre.
Anton Hedenkamp, seventy-one years old. OF No.
2es West Houston yesterday morning his throat and
fla gfaftor i'm IN
his friend and employer Frederick Stg "Forgive me for
is Farewell ALL dear friends and relatives IA ewel
dear wordw As SUI great deal Of life in the Old
man. he to the hospital and his farewell PERFORM
ance viii probably be rcpented
Mrs. Mary Drake, of No. 402 West Thrty-irt-st
vas removed to quarantine yesterday All by order OF
the Board came TO the foot tThirty
frsst North River. and the patient was carefully plced
uuon Her accompanies her Mrs brakes symptoms
favorable yesterday morning IL IS an unniSaN'
able case NJ yellow fever The baggage which she brought
with her Havana well as the room she occupied Is
be thoroughly fumgated
The schooner Sas Brainard, from Perth Amboy,
for Portland with load Of coal into by the steamer
Narragan-ett IN the sound opposite HUNTINGDON about
A. N Yesterday. The lost her standing rig ns on
de- ana the pankng on her entire length to
the waters edge owed city is and for repairs
Tho Naragausett slightly damag d. but d not reach
her pier noOn when the repairs we're made
and she proceeded her regu ar trip last night
Information has beeu obtained by the Direct
Cable Company the break IN the short s'con of Rye
Beach, last week, caused by the schooner Northern ar
which cast the cable during The recent gale The
caught the cable and IN the efforts of the Captain to
free vessel The chain parte He now deman Is damages
of the company OF his anchor and cain tie total
loss amountr 500 The Cable Company however
h lost about s2O0OO by the careless breaking OF its cable
and it is cAmed tie damages rghifuly belong to it
Whitney u Co., of No. 3l2 Broadway, have re-
Gently checks Of the Merchants Exchange
National Bank Of this city. to which tueIr name has oecn
forged II he logees Is 5000 aud the CHI css
have evidently issued IN New-Engand The last one,
which Is October drawn il favor Of William g. Nun
son. ana bears the name Of whitney Co. on the margin,
similar 10 that in Of the drm forged check.
to which the OF Hin Brothers. Of thus city, attached,
was rradesmens Bank yesterday The checks
all issued by the same persons
Auction sales were made yesterday of a number of
the ferry franchises control Of the city, for
of i've years. rentals obtained follows Bar
cays Hoboken sod TO the Land Improvement Company,
AT 1862 96 yearly H0ust0n.st Brooklyn L. d. to Nassau
Ferry Company 1910 a. Teutst TO Greenpont l. L. TO
the Greeupont Ferry Company, SslO H. Twenytbrdst
Greenpom t. l. to the same company, at $500 20 and
- 900 for Uulkhead at Twenty Thrtyourths TO
Hunters Point River Ferry Company S3,7il 55
The sales postponed until October 70
Postmaster James yesterday received a letter
from Washington. superintendent Joseph A Backau
TO the Postmaster General had been Informed
nv the Briu,h Office thai had been necessary
he precautions against the admission into Great Britain "
Colorado several live specimens OF this destructive in
sect having discovered in the mails from tho United
States either lnclosed newspapers forwarded spcci-
mems In packets under the privilege Of the pattern post
Newspapers packets viii be examined detect the
presence OF beetles
About $50 cIgar-makers, one-haf of whom were
women employees lchteusten Brothers, OF the Bow
ery % Avenue A. last evening" TO consult about
increase Of They stated that the Lchteu
stems pad rolling in the shop 81 30 TO -
thousand and for manufacturing cigars IN tenement houses,
"a per thousand there revival the cigar ade,
they Of 81 thousand and res ved 10
refused. About 400 cigarmaker' Of otD,r
shops ha Of Krebs Spess at seeondave and
Eor,y .hfth-st ard took similar action.
A new dOuOle-deck freIght-sbcd is in course OF
by the National steamship Line, on pier No 80
Noh River The shed TO be 54 feet In length and 10 feet
wide and viii be protected sides and with sheer
rooted with felt aud gravel The outgong freight is
To be stored while the dschaIgng
will deIyeredo pier level The first 40 feet OF the
building VIII devoted Offices, ID the remainder
freight PURPOSES The upper floor wil be capable OF
ing OF 500 pounds TO the square foot being supported
10y three rows Of columns Elevators also
transferring freight from the pier level to the
floor above ..,..,..,.
John Olmstcad of Lormer-st. and Van Cott-ave..
has been missing his home since october L. Ho
foytwo years old i've feet inches In height Light
plexion, wore dark clothes
About forty of the property owners on the line of
North secondst Williamsburg who suffered severely
oy Of the recent storms met Wednesday evening
drew up pelinon 10 tho Common Council praying that
immediate steps be taken raise the grade by other
way t. save thtm from further damage.
A suit was tired in the CiIy Court yesterday
which Determined the damage Inflicted by dogs bite
George W. Evans while ng the TO- Of the Irving Man
ufacurng Company building IN July last, bitten by
large dog which Of his leg, and hen 90
Evans sued John Irving and william Creighton
for $j,0OU damases aud Tho jury gave him 1925.
At the Supervisors meeting yesterday, it was
resolved to appoint experts to Inspect aud report on he
quality coal furnished about which there has been
L.-Ia I.alL.