New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-08
NEW-YORk CITY.

roraon Counsel to give his opinion whether not in
departing FROM the city owen Murphy has made vacant
/ his Office Gs Excise Commissioner
The final report of the retiring Postmaster,
Charles Talbot FOR the last quarter Of 1871 shows that
the total amount received for stamps. etc. was s07'
! 227 20; the total expenses were &l3ijl -.
| The rage for artistic decoration has reached
the dealers in and sugars. In tho windows Of many
may be lions. unicorns aud other beasts ~
baS relief # white sugar, "gain6t background % dark
muscOvado.
Fernando Wood has transferred a large
amount of real state on Seycuy-frs Seyeuty-sccOnd.
Sevcn, third Seventy fourth aud Eighty hr,sis, and
aud the Boulevard, TOD l.. Wood, for the nom
| nal consideration OF 81.
Daring the present cold weather, lab0iers on
the elevated railways have been Obliged To tlaw the
ground before cxcayatin. for the foundations. II ia al
mos impossible TO remove the cobblcstones without
| thawing The frozen earth around them
The Meriden Britannia Company, having
onencd their new store at No 46 East Fourtccntlst
begin the sale OF the entire stock OF The old stand at
No Sol Iroaiway NJ auction This day. az 10 a. The
sac viii he continued each day until ia" entire STOCK Is
| solI.
The pcaSantcS' place yesterday was before
cheerful gate fire. What with deceptive sunlight that
gave 10 warmth, wind that charged with dust
and powdered Gt air That uippcd unprotected
carshc streets OF NcwIork were not attractive places
Committees from the Cromwclian" Alder
men called upon Mayor Ely yesterday, ana informed him
that they had duly organized aud ready to receive
any official communication from him. Mayor Fly told
the coiin tees mat Lee had no communication to make
10 them, and they Withdrew.
Bernard Gibson, while intoxicated last even
Ing entered John Eckharts saloon, AZ No. - Centrest
ami called FOR liquor. Being refused be went ont and
rtood by the door Mr. Eokrart went ou 10 see what
BE- doing. when Gibson hit him on the head win
| large stone, causing a serious injury.
4 regular meeting of the American Accli-
marzaon Society Will be held at It's rooms. in the New
York Aquarium, at Broadway and Ihiru -hhh-st, To-
morrow evening at o'clock. Papers Nil be read b.
several OF the members on the best method, ~ atcWat
ine animals. and an election Of officers for the ensuing
At a convention Of Turner'S societies Of New
York Blooming,lac. Youbcrs. South Brooklyn Green
vlc Jersey city Carlsbad. and Ncwburr, at the Turn
Hall yc-crdly arrangements were made for the scncrn
convention 81 Turner. organizations O ih" Eastern ana
Western cs, which 10 be held during the present
Year II Cleveland, ono.
H. H. Thirbcr writes to ruE TRIBUNE that
he informed that person is circulating sub.crp
ton l.-i ostcusly fog tie sufferers Dy The BAfclayst
me- upon which his appears first a. subscribing
80. IT, states that l." has not p!d'rd hs name up"u
,y such ,i. and thni it - probable that The pcr.on -
circulating tIr l-t ior hi. o"n benefit.
MI. Mary Melville, of No. i31 Eat Seventy
Grt.t aa- found deaf la hcr chair, yesterday after
noon Her ,id ws lying In an exhausted couJi'lo" ou
tLo I'D. Death wAs supposed II hr,t 90 hay ben
caused lay starvation; an tNdhnh"i!" SHOWED '"H' u
-.iu,. .p probably Was the rat,c Tho vuuitu~ Lu--
taken 10 tLc Nur,rry ai IcXimgioyo and FIity Hr,t->t
pied by l. = Ealncs \ Co.. William audJohn-,,s fol
some tame has been IN dangerous condition. Ne,tcrG;
morning wutamru under The direction ~ l'card Drum
ia,uI commenced tl' vok 81 raising ne building 10y
irs nom john go Futoi.-f, which erected ai ut
tirN as ttl- ago. the ia-a OF securing b. VII hr c':
I'i on vita c'.' care, OWNS to tie weight % books i
tie 'Ar,c upp,r stories.
T. l.. Paris, receiver of the Clinton Savings
Bank. 30 No 2it Eichthay" Yesterday afternoon, be-
nm TO pay q - per cent dividend dcrositors The
Humber of po-itos, j. about l2jO. mostly poor. and
Che amount dac thcio, $4,000. Among tho asset, not
So; rcal!1'd M. sharg, of tn bankrupt Naioual
Iul., COMPANY s"'k hons" an Dt in Il-t : "1t.-
.nIr., ~ H., E,al E.tltc CompaAy's stock, aud
nO;Cs OF Trustees iOg 5000 each
BROOKLYN
The accents of the Temperance Brotherhood /
found arc.n liquor stores open sunday ia violation
81 tho Eyri-e Las.
The engineers in charge Of the City Hall /
Pack improvement have already reduced the grade o.
the Park -ryol inches below tlat of the adjacent gut
t.s- 4, the, NV asc and as thy VIII De when tac
street, arr vtitEtd.
John y. Pray was appointed. yesterday, |
As~i.t'ut C.rf Grafton C'Lu.cl to succeed David /
H. Wat, The rlath.roi Corporation Counsel H. Wit :
The rcsnIn' ofuc'r hay.. &c position to Resume his
Law r3otc" a' Kingston, y y.
Denni, U'Con0r, age Gity, If Ne. 20 HUI /
,nn ave-. wa. thrown Violently nom l- wagon last cyeI-
mg,a! Lliay,t and south Elliot t'r .r.hns hls
I". iitli IN critical condition.
Chief Engineer NcyInS of the Fire Depart
mcnt prcfcii,d charges against District Engineer BUNS
for ab,.nting husc from duty without leave. Burn,
b1s therefore been removed Foreman Walsh 81 Engine
Company No = has been appointed 90 il his pare ten
por.iiy.
Catherine MrCuc, age forty, a resident 81
iohokcn, was arrested yesterday III tho Second Pre-
crct for INVESTIGATION. Yesterday afternoon size al
tempted hang herself by su-rcnding hcrsifhy tie
ne / rom tlr top of her cell with Of dress
Fri y
hfc
AZ the monthly meeting of the Brooklyn
BRIDE trustees, yesterday tie contract for paving the
new street IN New York, made by the approach of thc
bridge was granted to Charles Dcyn. az the rate ~ -
a square yard. An award OF 500 voted TO Mrs Cum
bridge me widow oi nborer Who was Injured recently
10y the falling of derrick
The following contracts were yesterday |
awarded by the Joint Board of city Works and OF
Health: TO Francis swift, tor the collection and re-
,nova Of dead animals for five years from January
1877, at $4,000 annually; to Matthew smith, for the
collection and removal Of garbage for five years from
January |, 1875. at $4,000 annually.
Edwin Ferry, aged seventy one years, died |
at hs residence. No. ~ South 1hrdst of apopcNy,
sunday evening When Nj. Ferry fret went to Williams
bugL, in 1877. the place divided in farms, aud he
hu the first bric! house the south side OF Gr,nd-st
ms funcr. vii take place from the south Third street
PGcsuy terrain Church on Wednesday.
Some of the members of what has been
known as the Grace PrcabJ terrain Church of BroohHn
we've opposed 10 ,ue tudhSe 10 c"Hgftgh'Ioaism Hd"
~ a recent meeting Of The society. Ten of them sent
signed protest 10 The officers meeting last Thursday
night rn II Is possible at the difficulty will have To he
settled the courts Preliminary steps were taken yes
crlay toward the foreclosure Of mortgage held "n tile
chmch property The matter VIII come before the res
bytery at its ncXt meeting.
A difficulty has existed between the Brook
Ign Annex Company and the Union Ferry Company with ,
regard the Of the pier and buikheGd at the foot OF
FulIoust. which the Common Council several weeks /
ago granted the former company. The ferry company
t,t- IA.