New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-22
NEW-YORK CITY

! "Umbrellas to mend I" will be call by no meauS
| unanswered to-day.
| admirable photographs of the Siberian bloodh9un,d
| and the two st. Bernards which figure IN =" Uncle
Toms Cabin" at Booths Theatre.
LOST OVERHEARD IN THE BAY.
Frederick Becker. empoye OF the Street
Cleaning Bureau, was lost overheard from the Jug.
boat Municipal. in the bay Thursday night and was
drowned.
| BADLY INJURED WHILE CoAsTING
Douglas Hamilton and Henry Taylor, each seven
| teen years old, were badly injured on thursday
while coasting on Fsirmount-aye.. near fremont.
| Several of their companions, girls and poys' VINO
| were with them, received slight bruises
| OPENING BIDS TO BUILD POLICE STATION.
The Police Commissioners opened the bids yesser"
day for the construction of the Sixth Precinct Sta
ton in Elizabeth-st There eight bids ranging
from S44 931 to $39,229. They were referred to
the chief clerk for examination and report
HELD FOR sNATCHTNG PURSE.
| Murphy age seventeen of Ne. 331 West Forty
| third-st. who, on Thursday afternoon, snatched q
ron the band Of II We
held in 81 900 bail.
| ITS THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY.
| The thirteenth anniversary of the Harlem Branch
of the Young Mems Christian Association VIII De
held next Tuesday evening at the Reformed Church
at Thlrd-ave. and One-hundred- and
Addresses will be made BY the Rey. DE- Rr; JON
| Peddie. the Rev. 5. IL. Virgin and ElDert d.
Monroe.
EFFECTS OF BLOWING OUT THE GAS.
| John Brennan. age twenty-three, native OF Eng
land, who has served in the 9Th United States Ar
| tillery and who was discharged from the service
recently, was found yesterday IN his room III Ihe
| New England Hotel in the BOweTy: Before gong
TO bed the night before he blew ont the gas lie was
| insensible, and was removed to st. Vincents Hos
| pital.
| CHARGES AGAINST INSPECTORS OF ELECTION.
| Timothy Ryon. X. II. Caldwell, Thomas F. Naber
and Hugh J. Christie, inspectors OF election, IN.
| dicted for refusing to allow man to vote who nad
changed his residence the night before election Out
who did not move out of his election district, were
before United States Judge Benedict Yesterday on o
motion to quash the Indictment. Decision was re-
served. -
| Acting under the advice Of the Corporation Coun-
sci that majority vote only is required to pass
measures by the Sinking Fund Commission ana by
the Board OF Estimate ana Appornonment, except
| tenance of the City Government, the Mayor has
called meeting of the Commissioners of tho Sink
ing Fund for to-day at nOon and the Board OF ESl-
| mate and ApportiOnment at noon on Monday.
IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN X. PHELPS.
| committee consisting OF Edwards Plcrrepont,
| chairman, Horace n. RuRges, William A. Beach,
| Henry J. Scudder and William A. Butler was ap-
pointed at meeting of the bar January O. 1881, to
| present to the General Term of the Supreme Court
of the First Department the resolutions adopted by
trict-Attorney, Benjamin X. Phelps. Yesterday MIR.
PIerepOnt. after reading the resolutions. moved the
Court TO order them TO DO engrOssed upon its min
utes. Presiding Justice Davis granted the motion,
| and made the necessary order.
A sNEAK-TTuRF OUTwTrTED.
A colored man rang the door bell % the honse OF
| Commodore ROuckerd0rf, at No. 10 West Forty
| sixth-st., Thursday evening. Rosa Donohuc ago
| eighteen, waitress employed IN the house. an
| swered the summons. The man said that he had o
message for the 0irPs mistress. She however. re-
| fused 10 allow him to STAY in the hail. whereupon
seeing that he could not accomplish his object, lie
suddenly struck the girl in the face and knocked her
down, He then fled Policeman WyckOH arrested
! him, He gave his name as John johnson, of West
ThirtysecOndst. In the Yorkvlle Police Court yes
terday he was held in ST. 900 bail.
RUNNING AWAY WITH HIS Lawyers WIFE.
| Court Officer simmons of the Essex Market Court
squad, arrested Abraham Lewis on January 10. on
| a warrant for Abandonment issued by Justice Scion
B. smith. at the instance OF Mrs. Sophia Lewis
/ Lewis was arraiRned in court on tho following day.
| aud Nathan S. Levy lawyer, OF No. "a Duane-st
appeared as bis counsel. Being unprepared 10 go on
with an examination Mr.. Levy requested the Justice
| TO parole Lewis and he would be ready for hear
| ing January 20. His request was granted. Hester-
day Levy appeared before Justice Blxby. and In an
excited manner said that when he returned TO his
home on Thursday night he found that nearly all of
| his furniture was gone, and upon inquiring OF hs
neiRhbors he ascertaned that his wife had He'd with
Lewis. He was told to learn where Lewis was and
| then proper steps would be taken to arrest him.
BROOKLYN.
Mark d. Wilbur summed up the case for the
| plaintiff yesterday in the Deputy Hazard suit for
$25. 1000 damages for personal injuries. BY reason
| OF the sudden illness of of the jurors, the case
was postponed until to-day, when 1t will be given
| TO the jury.
Owing TO tho WITHDRAWAL Dy IOllC6 commissioner
| JOurdan of the officers detailed to assist in the
sanitary work of the Board of Health. upon applica-
| tiOn OF Health Commissioner Crane Mayor Howell
authorized yesterday tho employment of four special
officers for the work. They will be paid under the
Emergency act.
William Cousins was tried upon charge of
ny IN a ESaRy %n the ne
of Sessions yesterday. The offence proved but
the jury brought IN verdict of acquttal according
to the direction OF the Court, as the second marriage
was contracted IN New-YOrk County. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr.. Schneider who
married 1873 couples last year.
In o discussion over prevention of diphtneria by
the Aldermanic Committee on Health, q. h. L..
BOettcher who claimed TO have studied tho subject
opposed the peIforation of the sewer manholes to
get rid OF the gas gen grated in tho pipes But he
made the novel suggestion that tho sewers be tapped
at street corners and that suitable pipe be inserted
to up into the ampposts, so that the sewer gas
might bc passed through the fame Of the burners
to destroy all germs of disease.
Controller Sender claims to have found that the
payment for setting water metres under the direc-
tOn of the Board of City Works has been improperly
made for several years. The fact was developed in
the examination Of bill of 1921, presented by
Peter Milne, ST., q, plumber, Tor setting metres
whose son, Peter Milne jr., is the Water Pnrveyor
Works Department, has been informed by the Con-
troer that Mr. Mines bill will not be paid.
JERSEY CITY.
Elizabeth Ryan, OF No. 81 Rallroad-ave age
nine has been missing since Thursday morning.
She ran away to avoid an expected punishment
The Board of Directors OF the Hudson County
National Bank yesterday reelected Congressman
Hardenbergh president, aud City Treasurer Earle
vice-president.
William Simpson and Peter Cronln were sent to
Jail Yesterday by Police Justice stsing for assault
ing George Frank, Italian ragpicker, with stones.
Frank was badly cut about the head.
The suit Of Richard NJ. Jordan against Michael
MullOne, the former proprietor OF The 1rGRs, to
recover $40 900 for malicious libel, opened yester-
day in, the Circuit Court of Hudson County.
Anna Bedel. ago seventeen, q good-looking
German girl who aInle GOODS Yaued &C over 1900