New-York tribune., 1879-09-24
NrW-YORK CITY.

Tfo'|l-r. II. Ramsey Of Abany.---.Idsey HOuse-Auih
| Thayer Of HoOsick Fails. y. Y
NEw-YORK CITY. .
For wears the city has not been so lnfeStcu VIII
pickpockets. it is said, at present. despite the
police.
There was Civil Service examination in the Post
| Office yesterday Twenty-three candidates ior
5000 clerkship presented themselves.
| The movement of the cigar-mal5ers to obtain nm
advance of wages continues YESTERDAY siA hiin7
acceded 10 the demands OF their worKmen'
At the telegraphic request of Sheriff Adams OF
| Quincy H.. Paul Beyck arrested in tins city
ON a charge of perjury and sent back 10 quincy yes
terday.
Owing 70 the absence of Commissioner Curtis,
who was called ont of the city. the inquiry into the
charges against Sheriff Reilly was postponed yester
day until IL o'clock to-day.
| The body Of little Philip McAllister. who, II was
thought by his parents. had been stolen BY band
OF travelling musicians, found yesterday In the
Harlem River. He had fallen in and been drowned.
Tho investigation of the collision between the ex-
cursi0n steamer Thomas COllver and the tng-boat
James Bowen was finished Yesterday by the United
States Local Inspectors OF Steam Vessels. and de-
cislOn was reserved.
Among the features OF the season in ladies' dresses
the stylish and unique cloth costumes made
! by Henry Prouse Cooper, at his uptown establish
mcnt In Fifth-ave. They will be appreciated by la
dies who understand tho most perfect art In dress.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday adopted reso-
| luton offered by Alderman Morris requesting the
| Sinking Fund Commissioners not to authorize the
| Dock Department 10 purchase pier H. North River,
|
| Investigated.
The fat rails on the downtown track Of the Me-
tropohtan Elevated Railway, between Twenty
third and Thrty-thrd-stS.. which placed there
10 lessen the noise "a the trains passed over, nave
been Ia ken up, and the experiment has been pro-
nOunced a failure.
The Amateur Narncloss Clnp Of Brooklyn, the
present champions of Prospect Park. visited Ford
| ham yesterday, and played match game OF base
ball with the Rose Hill College Club. The game
wac closely contested throughout. and resulted IL
| favor of the Rose Hill Club by score OF TO u.
Francis D. Moulton and w. a. Hazard were sqs-
pended from the privileges of the Produce Ex-
| an indefinite period, because OF " conduct lnconc
sistent with the just and equitable principles OF
trade" F.Woodrutf Mclean filed tue complaints
| which led to their suspension.
Ernest Werner, a liquor seller at Broadway md
| Twenty-Rrst-st., died on Monday, He had pre-
| vionsly been beaten in q Gght, and there were rl-
mors that injuries then received had caused his
death. His doctor reported yesterday, at the Coro-
neTs Office, that these runors were untrue aud that
| Werner died Of delrium tremens.
Flags were displayed on che City Hall yesterday
! In commcmoratiOn of the centennial anniversary of
the naval battle fought by John Paul Jones off the
| English coast fac-simile of the first American
flag raised by Jones also displayed. Ii was an
| obOnQ piece OF white cloth, the device upon 1t
being a coiled rattlesnake and pine tree.
Tho following a comparative statement Of cases
of contagious diseases reported 10 the Board Of
Health for tho two weeks ending Sept. 20, 1870;
voe ryphus Typhoid Scarlet sSisSIS sS%s men Dph Small
eudinp fever fever fever. nsts Meass. theria pox.
sssriS- sss1iS Z e IS IS is =:
The enthusiasm over General Grants return was
turned 70 account yesterday by an enterm ising
florist IIe constructed floral model of the CITY of
| Toxic, and sent il through the city on wagon,
attended by music One side of the floral ship bore
t. 5. G." The other had, " "Neathered the Storm,
U. 5. G."
Joseph Sanders. aye thirty years quartermaster
! on the steamer hudson, of the Cromwell line,
ming between New-York aud New-Orlcans was ar
rested Yesterday by Detective Cannon. OF the
Steamboat SQUAD, on the charge OF Pigainy. it j.
charged that Sanders has two wives living in Balti
more. The arrest made on the requsltiOn of
the Governor of Marylan
The Hardware Board Of Trade received notice
yesterday OF the death Of Charles Bycn, president
| of the Hart Bliven y Meade Manufacturing Com
papy. and invitation 10 attend the funeral which
i iiG West Vest HS Mr. BiydS W %S Was NT
member of the board. died on Tuesday at Cornwall
| on-the-lludson, having been sick for several
| months. The remains Will be inferred III Wood
| lawn.
Rumors of the approaching resignation of Prcsi-
dent Jcwctt. of the Ncw-lOrk, Lake Erie and West
err Railroad and the selection OF Sidney Dillon of
the Union Pacific rs his successor, the gossip
| of Wall Street yesterday The rumOrs were said by
those in position 70 know the facts to be without
! foundation. NT. Dillon said emphatically that
they were false. Ex-GoycrnOr Morgan. q member
OF the Executive Committee Of the Erie Company.
made similar statement. AT the Eric offices the
| stories were denied.
At the meeting of the Pilot Commissioners yester-
day, aifidaVIts were received from two of the fire.
!
ashes were dumped near Fort Lafayette on August
80 SUIT will he brought against the steamboat for
tho payment of the fine. The Board of City Works
| of Brooklyn requested TO make tho necessary
repairs on the bulkhead at the foot of Jay-st. Ed
ward Hincken aud William G. Thompson have beeu
! reappointed Pilot Commissioners by the Board of
| Underwriters.
An audience Of about 600 persons assembled in
Chickerng Hall TO listen to Mrs. Laura ID. Fairs lee
ture on Chips from California Mrs Fair Is tall
and of attractive appearance, with clear-cut and
| regular features and an easy and graceful manner
upon the platform. She said that her object was to
touch lightly uDOu the foibes of California life and
to give truthful description of affairs as they ex
ised on the Pacific Coast at the present time Cal
| iiornias brokers, newspapers aud bonanza kings
were criticised IN the lecture.
! Patrick Ryan, patrolman, was arraigned before
the Police Commissioners last week for alleged dis
orderly conduct He desired to have counsel, but
| this privilege was denied him. Application was
made before Judge Westbrook yesterday for a man.
damus compelling the Commissioners TO allow
counsel. After hearing the arguments. Judge West
| brook said that the Court of Appeals had decided
| that accused person before "A cOurt-nartIal was
entitled TO have counsel, and he would hold this 10
be an analogous case. As the commissioners desire
TO make this test case, ali appeal will probably be
| taken.
Eugene Morrill,, an employ6 OF the Knickerbocker
| Ice Company, and Joseph Miegert. an auctiOneer
night in the apartments of Mrs. White. at No. Oh
| Leyington-ave. The cause of the quarrel, Morrill,
says, was Wieacrts jealousy. Morrill was requested
finally to leave the house, but he locked himself IN
the kitchen. He had fallen asleop when Wiegert
and the janitor. John Bloomfield. burst the door
| and beat him on tho head with a hatchet. Wlogert
escaped, but Bloomfield, in the Yorkville Police
| Court yesterday, was held for trial in default Of
| III 900 bail. Morrill, sent to the House OF De-
tentlOn.
| BROOKLYN.
The Winter exhibition Of che Brooklyn Art Asso-
| ciation will be opened on December s.
| Another Republican clerk, II. Buhsan, of the
! TJyenty-seccud Ward, was dismissed by the Regis
| trar of Anears yesterday.
Heary EppiG, of No. lol Evcrgreen-ave.. reported