New-York tribune., 1879-01-03
NEW-YORK CITY,

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the balance in the City Treasury December 81 was
| s1,552,73 43.
William A. Boyd, Corporation Attorney,
paid to the Controller yesterday S5i7, penalties col
eccd during December for violation OF city ordinances
The apartments of Pearl Eytinge, the actress.
al No 2jl East Thlrtcentl-st, entered between
and o'clock on the night OF December 80 by OF
| false keys, and jewels valued at 500 were st0len
To-day being the fifteenth anniversary Of the
| death Of Archbishop Hughes requium mass will be
celebrated ST. Parick's Cathedral this morning for
the rcposo OF the souls OF the dead preates Of TIE
| diocese.
The Board of Fire Commissioners has ap-
pointed "a Deputy Fire Marshal william Dodge,
police Justice old resident OF the Ninth Ward and
one OF the commissioners hO finished the Third District
| Court House.
| Letters Of administration on the estate of
| the late Rev. william p Abbott, formerly pastor OF the
| Thirtfeth street Methodist Episcopal Church,
granted yesterday TO hs widow The value OF the estate
| is estimated at s22,5OO
COMPLAINT is made that cards were stolen
on NewYears Day from the baskets placed ont by fam
ies not receiving calls. The cards il is believed were
taken by persons wishing 10 hep to obtain aims OF
| TO gain admission To houses II 0IdertO steal
| The annual business meeting OF the York
VILE branch of the Young Mems Christian Association
will held Monday evening next. Thurlow Weed Rus
sell and Others have been invited to attend me an
nual banquet. which will take place after the mechS
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reported yesterday to the police that on December 80
his valet Francis Teio"norf. disappeared taking with
lin icvc,ry valued al ~ 800 Among The articles stolen
diamond and ruby lOcheta long goid chalh ana
cameo brcaspln.
Assistant Chief Shay, of the Fire Depart
mcnt reports that Gj9 fires occurred during 1873.
causing loss OF SIj3,sS9 to buildings and Sll3O6l6
| to contens N which the nsuranccs were over 600
600. The average loss al tath IRE was 81, loo oo'
! against -. .2S3 20 III ls1G
! Cbaunrcv Johnson, a well-known bank thief,
only recently released from five years imprisonment,
| was discovered on WaIl-st, yesterday. Detective
Tho,n 9son arrested him and brought him before super
incudcnt walling. AZ the Central oni," The suPern-
| tcndent warned Johnson that he would be closely
| watched, and then discharged him.
| TZal -. Ward, treasurer of the American and
Foreign Bible Society, d!ed suddenly in thc night OF
January l. age siXty-one years. Mr. Ward was for
thirty years Identified with the book trade in this city,
his place OF business AT the time of his death being AT loo
! his late residence IN EOScyllie, " j.
William McGlOry and John Flynn appeared
before the of Excise Commissioners Yesterday 10
show cause why the license OF No 1O3 Bowcry should
not be revoked Both decared that the place had
been maigned that they proposed to make hs clear
bv number Of Witnesses who account Of New Years
sn a r9G p% ~ GnGGn mGnGay n All
Judge Barrett decided yesterday the case of
william Il. Could and another, against the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company and others. rho plaintiffs
| obtained a loan from Bonner Co. OF SlJOOO-on
securities worth Sl-,jOO Bonner Co. pledged these
securities with others for loan Of $4,000 Afterward
Bonner a. Co. borrowed other from the defendant,
referring 10 the excess OF security earlier loans.
Judge Barrett holds that this reference 10 surplus
security on earlier loans did make the If the
securities liable the defendant for anything beyond
their proportion of the original $4,000 aud Therefore
plaintiffs entitled to their share OF any surplus of the
! value o. the securities over This first loan.
! A circular issued January /, by order of the
Council Of National Academy Of Design, announces
that the hftyfourh annual exhibition will begin April
! ! and close May 81. The works of living artists only
are admitted, and they must be original paintings.
sketches sculptures, architectural designs or models
md cncravngs which have never before been exhibited
I'm New-York Brooklyn The works of art for cXhib-
tion will tho Academy from March 10 un
til March inclusive. The following Instructions as To
framing pictures are givCn Pictures and frames must
in all cases he sent together; and frames may be sur
rounded by cdgng Of walnut or otncr dark wood,
! providing the same shall not exceed half inch in
thickness or more than one inch IN extension on each
side Of the frame nor more han quarter OF an lnch
projection the depth thereof, which rule must be
strictly Observed
BROOKLYN.
Ground was broken yesterday for the new
Iail adjoining the present structure in Raymond-sI.
During 1873 1922 licenses were issued in
BROOKLYN ana the amount received therefor was So
/ 700 o.. The dog licenses numbered i,2OO.
in Justice ElOtts Court this year was Patrick NcElroy
who during 1873, was sentenced twelve times for thar
offence.
The new Hebrew Orphan Asylum, i'll what
was once the Cooper mansion, on stuyYeSantave. be
tween McDOnOugh and Decatur-sts., was formally
, opened Wednesday morning.
The Board OF City Works yesterday ap-
pointed William II. Maxwell OF the Twenty fourth Ward
foreman of the " connection gang" in the place Of AS
semb yman-clpct Charles T. IrOWbridge.
James Coylc, of No. DIS York-st., went into
the rooms of his brother the adjoining house carly
Yesterday morning and fell asleep I'm intoxicated
dilion He found dead two hours later.
Justice Francis Il. Fisher took his seat in
the Thrd District Courtroom yesterday, when thirteen
cases OF drunkenness were brought before him. No
changes have yet been made III the court attendants
Henry Schocnig, age sixty, white haired,
stout and with rheumatic gait left No. e Myre-dye
Brooklyn, ON New Years Dav call friends in New
York. Neither they his Brooklyn friends havo seen
HIM since.
Alderman Hacker, of the Twenty first Ward.
was presented Tuesday evening with gold badge OF
Office by the Pulaski Bowling club, of which he Il IA
member ON the same evening friends OF General
James Jourian presented him with gold watch ana
chain valued at 1910.
Mrs. Mary Collins, scvcnty-thrcc years OF
age, of No. Frauklinplucc called upon Mrs Wood, Of
No 80 stcwarst, yesterday, and while III conversation
with her fell from her chair TO the floor and died before
assistance could rracn her Ie body was taken 10 her
ncphcw's house, No. IS FrOnt-st.
| The Controller, City Auditor and chairman
| OF the Aldrrmeus Finance Committee constitute the
Board of Audit in which the Controller and Auditor,
both Republicans, now have majority. Yesterday b.
Seaman, the chief accountant was discharged aud
General T. II. Fowler appointed IN his place. Other
| changes In the clerical force were also made.
John Wynne. age thirty, and his brother
Edward, age twenty-six, engaged III fierce quarrel
Wednesday night AT their house No. Il Undcrhill-aye
! and wien the police arrived both men were cut and
bleeding. John found TO have received three cuts
ON the head, aud at the Long Island College Hospital
his sku proved 10 be- fractured. He Will probably
| cover however HIS brother gwen an opportunity