New-York tribune., 1881-03-30
NEW-YORK CITY.

| summer wear.
| The dry dust of Broadway was burning in many
| places yesterday.
The pillars of the Third Avenue El,Nateb hOad
| need repainting badly.
An alleged dried head of an Indian" calls
crowd in front OF Broadway store.
The upper part Of Sxth-ave was cleaned yestheT, h.
| day for the first time IN months. Ice SIX lhcnes
thick was cut up in some places.
Many Excise cases were disposed of in the Court
OF General Sessions Yesterday. he e sentence IN
| nearly every instance was fine of so.
the Kirby Gallery, No. SD Broadway. which has
been already referred to IN The TRIBUNE, will be
sold on Thursday and Friday evenings.
WARNED AGAINST A swGHDLER.
The superintendent of the New-Haven Lane warns
| the public against a swlndler who is obtaining
money by representing himself as connected with
the line.
A BOAT FOR THE HARBOR POLICE.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday author< ed the
Police Department to purcha4e steamboat lot tue
use Of the Department as headquarters Tor the
| Harbor Police.
DgATH OF RETIRED POLICE CAPTAIN.
Ex-Police Captain james H. Bogart died Monday
night at No. 131 East
lie was on the old police force for many years and
was retired IN 1870 on pension ofSl,OOO.
MANsLAUGHTER IS THE SECOND DE inER:
John Green, colored, indicted for killing BenJamin
Staats also rolored IN November last, was tfled III
the Court Of General Sessions yesterday. The jury
brought III verdict Ok manslaughter IN tbe second
degree. Sentenfe wilf be pronounced to-day.
ADDITION TO THE BRowN-sTONE COURT HOUSE
10 provide additional space for the transaction OF
business by the Department OF Taxes and Assess
mcnts, 1t was resolved yesterday by the Board OF
Aldermen that an extension should be built on the
west side OF the brOwn-stone Court House i'll the
City Hall Park.
BURGLARY IN \ BROADWAY STORE.
Burglars broke INTO the fur store OF John X.
Terry No. sS4 Broadway. Monday night, and stole
furs and silk umbrellas valued at $500. Ihey en-
tered through an unprotected rear wlndow. 40
clue was found yesterday by the police to build
" theory" upon.
NOVEL USE FOR DOG.
A shoemaker in Broadway has adopted novel
his store holding basket filled with business cards
in ms mouth He can be seen at his post through
tho whole cay except when lie IS calico lhlo the
shop to get his dinner.
LIFTING INF1DEL OBJECTIONS ALONE.
At the Ministers Meeting held IN the pariors oil
DR.. Crosby's Church Monday, paper was read on
How TO Treat luidc Objections to the Bible from
the PulptD After the reading. free discussions fol-
lowed tor fifteen minutes. The conclusion drawn
was that in general the best way OF treating them
was 10 let them severely alone.
TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Michael Currdn, age thlrty-hye; painter OF 10.
top-step of scven-foot ladder yesterday az No. 3
East Ffty-seventh-st.. when the ladder was upset
In the fall CurTan broke his neck. James lieaney,
age fourteen, of No. 033 West Forty-slxtb-st fell
from iludsOn River Railroad car at Ee 1th-aYe.
md Forty "ighth-st yesterday, was ran over and
crushed to a'ath
REFUSING TO CONTINUE WORK.
The silkwelvers ~ the employ OF X. Walters, in
Wet Forty.sixth-st, have quit work on account Of
the refusal OF their employer to dismiss superln-
tcndcnt whose discharge they demanded The
cgarmakers employed IN the cigar mSnntactOry OF
VI. Jacoby & Co.. No 100 Broome St.. have stopped
work in consequence OF q dispute about their wages,
and they doing their best TO keep other cigar
makers away from tho factory
HORSES FREE FROM DISEASE.
Investigation shows the car horses Of this cit& to
Second Avenue stables, with 1,14O horses, have
ay sixty oGt Of use ne moSt , OF these % suffering r9
Avenue linc only fifty Gle unit for use. Tho fore
men of all the stables clam that their horses are
free from disease, except m occasional case OF
scratches. caused by tho frost Of last winter
SELLING noXEs FoR THE MAY FESTIVAL.
The sale Of seats for the May Music Festival took
Mace at Chlckcnng Hall last night under tho
Charge OF J. II. Draper aurtioneer. The first choice
was box NJ. ., centre, IN the balcony, for $3.50,
bought by Johu ID. Prlntc. The sales for the evcn-
ing amounted 10 about $4,000 All the front
boxes Ia the balcony sOid the centre one bong
reserved for the President and Vice President OF the
United States. Tho sale will be continued this
'''"''" CIVIL SERVICE rxA,uvAuoxs
civil ~ rviCe examination Was held yesterday IN
tho Post Office Building for admission TO the Post
Office Service. There were fOrty-three applicants
examined by Superntendents Sayhr, Wareng and
Plmley Al the competitive examination for pro-
peared twcnty-n,no applicants from the $1,000 and
$1.1O0 cerkshDs for promotion to 'he Y1 800 grade
and SIX applicants from the 81 OOO graIe Tor promo,
ton to the next higher grade at u salary OF S2O0O
n year. There visitors present during the
dav The examination IS said 10 have been very
severe.
COLEMAN, THE FUGITIVE FROM LONDON
Superintendent Wang has received cable dis
patch from the London police authorities III refer
cuce to the fugitive Coleman one OF ne men
charged with attempting to blow up the Mansion
House. March II, and who is supposed TO be on his
way TO New York in tho steamer Australia. What
the purport OF the dispatch Mr.. Walllng refuses
10 state When asked if it conveyed request to
arrest Coleman he answered with an emphatic
"No" The police, il Il stated. have no right to ar
The dispatch merely mparts the Intelligence that
Coleman ~ coming 1t rests with the English Con-
sui to take steps to cause his arrest.
A POLICY DEALER HELD TO ANSWER
Joseph L. Parker, who lives IN New-Jersey and
kcepa n cigar store Mt No. 4G3 Thrd-ave., was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Ohcer layloT, o In
sims 10 John G. smith, OF No. 104 East Broadway,
on March 81 and %: Parker was taken before Jus
ce Murray at the Yorkyllle Police ConrI ana ioa
to answer in $500 bail. In his cr0Ss-eXamnatlon,
Smith said that he given q dollar by man
named Brtton, who is an agent OF Anthony Com
stock, to play policy. lie also sald that no was en-
Moved by the Society for the Suppression OF wee.
and was paid weekly salary Of $l5 by Inspector
Murray. at the latters office.
BROOKLYN.
Park Commissioner Stranahan. said yesterday that
the resolution introduced in the Common Council,
Monday and referred to a committee, requiring tho
Park Commissioners to sell the East Slde iands
within sixty days. would prove very detrimental 20
the CITY If carried out. The market was not ready
for the SALE
The work of putting up the floor beams for the
road,yav of the East River Bridge is going on.
Twelye already have been attached to the sus-
pender ropes each side Of the Brooklyn tower aud
eleven on each side of tho New York tower. Many
~ Tho ensDendcr ropes have been attached to the
hands in tic cables all OF which are in place.
Tho Twentieth Ward Republican Association has
adopted reep ltons condemning the action OF Asso,
ciate Judge Rogers who in the Court Of oyer and
Term,ner ioined with Associate Judge Gubner in
letting James Dunn off with tlnefor his brutal as
sonlt ON ex-Judge Morris The Association also
eaIIs nnon the Republican General Committee to
condemn and repudate Judge Rogers, who was
elected last fall