New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-19
NETWORK CITY.


bags of papers.
The Croton water main at Rivington and East-sts.
burst Friday night and the street was noooeo Will
water.
petition is circulating among the members OF
the Cotton Exchange in favor of making December
81 holiday thi5 year.
Michael Hanlon. age twenty. fell into the , East
River and was drowned Friday night. He lived
at NO.05 Greenwien-st.
Deaths last week. 6J1 births, $780, marriages.
1853 rhe police arrested 1 ,225 persons: Only Two
liquor licenses were granted the lees peing pA'o'
VOTES To DE REQUESTED.
Justice Don0hue yesterday issued writ OF per
emptory mandamus 10 the Board of County can
vassers directing it to meet within five days after
the service of the order and recount the votes cast
i'm the XVIII Assembly District for Congress.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DIET KITCHEN.
A handsome carrage robe presented by Samuel
Shethar 10 the Diet Kitchen Association. Is now lor
sale for the benefit of the association az the iur
store of c. G. Gunther, at FIfth-aye. and twenty
thTd-st.
PROTECT TO DOUBLE A SALARY.
Alta meeting yesterday OF members OF inc EoLtof f
Exchange the proposed bylaw raising the salary OF
tine Secretary of the classification Committee IRON
s. 900 to $500 came up for discussion. lhe
matter will be decided by ballot Tomorrow
ARRIVAL or THE CELTIC
The steamship Celtic OF the White Star Line
arrived from Liverpool yesterday Win 100 pdsstn-
gers on board. The DOMAIN lett Bremen November D.
instead of November D, ana dld not arrive yesVer-
day.
AMAss-MEKTING POSTPONED.
The mass-iucctlDg at which the plan OF Demo
cratic reorganization of the brunswick Hotter COli
mIttee vas to be discussed has been postponed
until Tuesday evening, December 20, instead Oh
thursday evening next
TIE PINGS CASE STILL on.
United 6 atcs Disrict-AttOrney Woodiord yes
terdgv summed up the case for the prosecution
IN the matter of the Government against JuiHs Is;
Pings for the 1922 900 IN penalties ana
duties on KID gloves, alleged 10 nave been Iraudu-
lently Imported.
MR. FORB SIS LECTURE.
Archibald Forbes VIII lecture on che - Inner Ihie
of a VIZ Correspondent" Mt Chickerng Han
Wednesday evening. The lecture embodes the
ne rsona experiences Of Mr. FOrb III active service
including sketches OF the most prominent OF MS
associates in this wor6.
TIE FRENCH BALL.
The MASQUERADE ball OF the Cercle Francois de
rHarmonIo will fake place at the Academy OF
Music on January "a. IL will be on more extern
sve scale than any of IFS predecessors. Nilsson
Hall will be the supper ro0n and bridge thrown
across Irving Place Will connect the Academy
Irving Hall. Both buildings are to be proiusely
decorated
An ALLEGED CRIMINAL DISCHARGED.
Charles Marsh. alias Richard McGanoraIn, one of
the ALLEGED cOunt rfeters OF silver coin arrested by
secret Service ofic last week, was be ore United
States Commits, ner Shields yesterday for examIua'
ton. Marion Van Horn. on whose complaint the
warrant tor his arres was issued, leu 10 several
occasions on winch Tn" sale az counterfeit com was
discussed hut no actual TRANSACTION was proved. In
view of this fact the Commissioner ordered that tue
accused man ne discharged.
CHARGED WITH FALSE PRETENCFS.
At the Tom 3 Police Court, Yesterday afternoon
before Justice Murray, OFFICER Oates. OF the First
Precinct arrag ed GaetanO Montelini on the com
nIant of James williamson for having at different
tImes between October II and ID cember OBJ
famed bv false representations quantities OF rasIs
valued IN all at 1922, by pretending That he was an
AGENT of j. Mercc lentI of No. 10 Old Slip from the
firm of Hills & Brothers, of Nos. 20 and 81 Park:
mace. lie committed for trial IN default OF
II 900 bail.
LOOKING FOR A wAYwARD son.
la 1T
terday for James Boyd age thirty, the son of
wealthy ScOtchman, who IN September 1879.
arrived in his city from Rlo Janero after travel
family has not heard from him. although receipts for
money sent twice by his father have been returned:
showing that he had received he letters addressed
10 HIM at the New-YOrk Post Office. The family
learned that he had fallen among gamblers and in
strucfed a friend o look for him. The inquiries Mt
Police Headquarters Yesterday were iruitess.
BROOKLYN.
Permits for the erection OF eighteen buildings
were granted last week.
Nine of the inmates of the Home for Destitute
Children at Butler-sr. aud NanderbIlt-ave are sick
with scarlet lever. Efforts are making 10 prevent
an epidemic.
William Leaycraft, age three, was severely burned
Yesterday. 10y hs clothes taking fire while playing
around bonfire III the street IN front oil his home,
No. GA Hopkns-st.
Several employees of the Department of Health
will be dismissed AT the beginning of next year, as
the appropriation for the Department Is less than
Charles Gas:en was arrested while soliciting aims
Yesterday, III Ten Eyck-st., for using abusive Ian
guage to those who gave him nothing. When lie
was searched at the Sixth Precinct Station,
ST. &c was found in hIs possession.
JERSEY CITY.
James Sullivan, OF No. 90 Wilow-st. Hoboken.
was fatally injured FrdIy night by the fall of %
large iron block, which fractured his skull.
The snit of Charles Ficken against Gustave
Srepg, Justice OF the peace, to recover damages
issued by the justice, was decided Yesterday in IA
vor of Nr. Flcken, who was accorded 1888 damages.
In the Hudson County Orphans Court yesterday;
the McAyoy case was up IN new llght. Inc kew
Father McAvOy, the executor gave bonds IN $1,000
when assumed charge of the estate of bis brother
The widow insisted that the bonds were roo small,
the bonds be placed at $4,000 The Court reserved
ITS decision.
j. s. Fish. boy sixteen wears of age. died Friday
night on the barge Maud, lying near Commnnipaw,
from thu eff cts of coal gas. he went to bed Thurs
dav night after closing the cabin windows and
leaving fire in the stove near his BERTH When the
cabin was opened Friday he was unconscious from
the large amount of gas emil ted by the stove.
STATEN ISLAND.
RICHMOND Richmond County Board of
Supervisors bv the ADVICE of counsel, has refused
allow more than $500 TO each justice as his fees
this wear amounting to 300 and $500 - Ed
ward ReInbardt, the condemned wife murderer,
VINO is confined III the Richmond County jail. COM
d aims of the food furnished him by the Sheriff.
Renhardt occasionally orders his meals from hotel
LONG ISLAND.
FLUsHING.-Dennis Sullivan, of Flushing. has
been appointed by the Queens County SuperIntend-
ents County Oversepr of the Poor place Of Walter
Franklin OF Oyster Bay.
COLLEGE POI T.-Complant has been made of
the sewerage of the Coll, &c Point public schools.
Last summer the people refused to Increase tue
school lax. and the Board is now without funds
Observation-Disclosures Johnson, of GreenpOrt
had mis- leg broken twO months ago. The bones did
not knit well, and OH Wednesday he was attacked
with loakjaw. He died yesterday
LONG ISLAND CuY.-Ihe fremcn of Long Island
CT v. complain of the neglect of the Commissioners
furnish coal iO the engine, truck and hose houses.
Commissioner Wright advertised for proposals for
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