New-York tribune., 1879-11-26
NEw-YORK CITY.

The broken elevator in the Post-Ofice. in tho cor
ner at Broadway and Mail-st, has not yet Dcch re-
paired.
The public exercises of the ST. Johns College De-
batting Society will take place at the college, foId-
| ham, on Thursday of next week. beginning at 2lo.
The case of Henry J. Dudley. Superintendent OF
Buildings, not concluded by the Grand jury
yesterday, but was laid over until subsequent jury
| takes IT up
a steam en- gine is constantly employed in pump
| ing the water from spring found IN laying the
| foundation of the East River Bridge between Gold
and ROSe-sts.
The exhibition OF the American Institute will be
closed on Saturday next Ii will be visited to-day
by the veterans of 1912, who will attend in body
and IN uniform.
Louls Nelson. of No. 934 Atlantic-ave.. Brooklyn
n Swede. who cut the throat of Patrick Hynes on
Sunday night last, was arrested yesterday ana held
to await the result of the injuries inflicted.
JUDGE Gilderseevc, IN General Sessions Yesterday,
sentenced August Stattmachcr, OF No. 247 Tenth
ave-. 10 five years in State Prison for the crime of
arson IN the third degree IN setting fire to his store
10 which the accused pleaded guilty.
The Committee on Admissions Yesterday opened
the proposals for the forty seats in the Stock
Exchange. They numbered 103 aud none fell be-
low the limit of $40 900 liked by the bylaws. The
highest bid was not made known and no selection
made yesterday
Yesterday Jacob VI. Patterson, ir., who has been
appointed police magistrate, visited Essex Market
Police Court, where Justice Duly was presiding,
accompanied by few friends. Mr.. Patterson was
installed in office formally. His first official act
was The investigation of certain domestic conten-
tlOns
At the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday.
Frankfort and Bataviasts. were reported TO be in
dangerously filthy conditionas well asparts of Ann,
PelI, Monroe, Hamilton, Henry and Plke-sts. The
ceiling of the ArmOry Hall IN 1ester-st. was re-
ported as being about to fall, and the matter was
referred TO the Department of Buildings.
The following "a comparative statement of cases
of contagious diseases reported for the two weeks
ending November %, 1879:
rSa ssse vqG % Measles. 1s D s%s Poa
Nov. \ Sy j b. -: Il Il e 2 ies % &
Mrs. Mary A.. Knox. a poor woman from Portland.
Me-, sought the aid of the police yesterday TO re,
cover her lost child age eight. She said she had
the girl to visit her aunt, at No. SOB Third-aye
asst July. Subsequently tue aunt refused To give
her mp. and to prevent Mrs. Knox from finding her
moved from her house, and all trace of her was
lost.
John Curtin. vino represents the Sec
ond Ward in the Hobokcn Common Council,
was arrested yesterday aud placed under bonds to
await trial on charge of assault and battery
made by Frederick Schmidt, a tailor. Schmidt
called at Councilman Curtin's house with pair of
trousers which the latter had given him TO repair.
lie was abusive. and denounced the Councilman IN
profane language aud the latter put him from his
stoop into the street His arrest followed.
At the Essex Market Police Court yesterday. be
fore Justice Duffy John Sheridan, of No. 415
Seventh-ave.. preferred charge against Lyman
Bullard of violating the gambling act at his saloon
at Twenty y-fourth-st and FOurth-aye. IL is alleged
by Sheridan that two weeks ago OH Saturd ay aud
Sunday he played away 500 at rouge ct noir He
says the cards were stacked and turned mp dia-
m0nds and clubs. Bail was required III 81 900.
John ODonncll. age sixteen, of No. 800 l. asst
Twenty-fifh-st, arraignod IN the forkvllle Po-
lice Court yesterday ON suspicion OF beng thief
but was discharged THIS boy has been arrested
altogether no less than half dozen times by the
officers of the Eighteenth Precinct His mother said
yesterday that the police seemed bent to make a
criminal of her son he was not 80 bad as they
paine ed him. and if they only would give HIM
chance she would promise his reformation.
As party Of masqueraders was returning from
ball at haf-past o'clock yesterday morning, one
Of them found little ch,ld, age five years nearly
frozen in hall at No. 1873 East Eleventh-st. She
was taken 10 the Seventeenth Precinct Station and
given 10 an agent of the Society for tho Prevention
of Cruelty to Children woman who gave the
name of Cecilia COchman appeared before Justice
Duffy later in the day and claimed TO be the mother
of the child. AS she appeared TO be intoxicated,
the Court committed her for ten days.
Commissioner Voorhs took his seat yesterday in
the Police Board and was assigned to the Commit
tees on Street Cleaning, Repairs aud Supplies and
Election. resolution ordering that the employees
of the Street Cleaning Bureau be subject to the d.
mttce, was passed motion of Commissioner Mac
Lean. The proprietors of the " Strand" at No. 512
Sxth-ave., and a similar resort at No. 455 Sixth
ave-. applied Tor theatrical licenses. but the police
reported that they were not proper places to have
licenses. The report was hed.
Dispatches received yesterday at the Produce
Exchange in relation TO the canals were a little
more favorable. From Albany dispatches stated
that boats were steadily arriving at West Troy,
and there was no known obstruction TO navigation
on the canal. superintendent Clark and his
assistants were between Syracuse and Albany
making efforts to get the boats through, and the
weather was favorable A dispatch from Palatine
Bridge sald ''No boats between Frankfort and
FultOnville going east" From Schenectady: " All
depends on weather next forty-eight hours"
BROOKLYN.
While the family of Abraham Burtis of No. AZ
South Portland-ave.. was ut supper on Monday
evening, III the basement of the house, the front
door was OpeI.ed with false KEY and "A Sneak-thcf
carried of jewelry valued at $500.
There was a meeting yesterday Of the Super
vlsors' Committee appointed to consider the ques-
ti0n OF changing the fiscal year OF the county 80
that II will begin on January J. instead OF August
| AS at present. County Treasurer Schenck APP
peared before the committee and favored the
change In order 10 make it, he SAID il would only
be NECESSARY 10 provide for the rpuine expenses for
the five months between August i and January
following. This would require about S3OO,OOO.
Mr.. Schenck added that the city was In arrears III
It's payments To the county To the amount OF
S54S, 1928 O3, and the county had to borrow money
10 pay It's deJts No action was taken by the com
mittee.
JERSEY CITY.
William Anness, of No. 25ile Barrow-st., Jersey
City, fell from the ROOF OF house yesterday and
was badly hurt. He was carried to the Charity
Hospital IN an UNCONSCIOUS CONDITION.
James Moutly and George Kelly alias George Me-
Kelvey, the two men arrested last week while on
thrir way 10 tie ferry with the silverware and
clothing stolen from the house OF Joseph Eager, No.
IS SummIt-ave., Jersey Civ Heights, Were yesteI-
day given exaElluatIom. and we're then commit
ted to the County Jail to await trial.
Eliza Martin Bergemeyer, servant in the family
of Henry Koern, at No. 80 Morris-st., Jersey CITY
committed suicide early Monday morning by
cutting her throat with . carving knife. She cut
the floor of the kitchen in pool of blood. No
canse can be assigned for the act, except that the
woman was recently disappointed III a love affair.
STATEN ISLAND.
MnpLETowN.-A committee of the Citizens Tax
payers Association OF MIddletown yesterday, ut
Stapleton voted to file a protest against the Town
Auditors auditing any more bills Tor carriages to
convey prisoners to ana from the county jail.