New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-18
shall fail to comply with the order of removal ls
was referred TO the Committee on Law

shall fail to comply with the order OF removal ii'
| was referred TO the Committee on Law
| Examined FOR THE CUSTOMS SERVICE:
| The cnmpctitivc examination, under Civil Service
rulee of applicants for appointment to positions III
the Customs Service was orgun Yesterday. j.. ~ 81
| the first examination under the administration VI
! the present Collector There were f0r'y-InTee ttn
didatcs present and an unusual number on the ZEN
was still engaged in work at the close OF mo I'M 10y
! the examination Among the visitors VINO Waichcu
+ the proceedings were Charles Watrons, Ambrose
| snow. Augustus Haviland, Willard Brown, JOSIAH
O. Low william Potis William WILLIAM c Gass for ap
| pointmrnt as clerks will he examined to-day ah,t
iurthcr examinations will be held during INC les'
| of the week.
| 4 NEW BAsIS FOR MUNICIPAL APPOINTMENTS
! Alderman Roosevelt ut the meeting OF the Do'rI
! Of Aldermen yesterday presented pIeampS Sl,'
resolutions with the object OF extending tINH az 81
vct reform to the various departments OF the ny
| Government These declare that III All u'PdIl
| mcnts Of the CITY Government where vacancy
shall occur by the removal or Otherwise Oh al. T I
Move and where the head of the department. nag
the legal right to fill the vacancy 1t s4aIi be Ileu
from among the other employees of such department
of lower grade. if there lie any except IN caSeS
that require special skill or knowledge which cannot
be found among the lower grades OF employees AP-
pointmcnts shall in all cases unless the law dirtfuE
specifics a different course, he made by the nc''iS %
departments only to the lowest grade, except where
| special skill or know edge is required The matter
| was referred to the Committee on Law.
BROOKLYN.
Mayor Low is tbrty-two years old to day.
in the CITY Court yesterday. and n commission was
appointed to care for her property, worth T3oooo'
Major-Gcncral Silas Casey who is lying at the
point of death a. his home, NO. 10 OTlord-St'. WIS
reported a 1880 p. M yesterday, To ne no 1,ilci
and il regarded doubtful whether ne "ouIu ou'-
live the night.
r. W. Conway denies that he said on sunday that
Mayor Low had assured hln that the present ENGiSe
Commissioners " uld not be Itappointrd ana thal
men in full sympathy with the temperance move
mcrt would be selected
receiver has been applied for IN behalf OF MIT:'
Rose Stillman Guild, in whose sut for limited ~
vorce alimonv of 500 a mon Ia, been ordered 10
secure q claim upon the property OF ME- OulIH III
BROOKLYN as the alimony has not been pald
II was found Yesterday that Thomas Allen, a
Juror declared to be in contempt of Court for "Hei
Ing 90 verdict for the Defendant III me sui
against the heirs of William Schroeder for admeaS-
nrcmcnt Of dover, removed from the city a. soon az
he learned that proceedings had been begun against
him.
The new CITY Clerk, W. j. Tate, will begin his
duties today He succeeds D. Mcnamara who has
been connected with TIE once IN various r
seventeen years, and City Clerk for two years me
new dc puty clerks are = GaIlngr Arthur L. D.III
wee. T. +. Carney, W. II. Friday, II. \. smith and
II. J. KIrchoh.
In a quarrel at the dramshop of stephen O'HaTa,
M Grccu-st. and Mauhatta n-ayc, Monday mEht,
George Maloy, of No. 100 tr1nkllH-st, pcacc2g'e
10 ,cron. was hit in the Jaw by bullet HLru Py
john Reilly. the bartender, who was struggling 10
resist James Bidwell and his friends, who were
demanding whiskcy.
\ Sunday school Institute in the interests Of the
Cuuday-schO0 teachers VI the city, Is gong on IN
The Hanson Place Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Dr. i. 4. WOricn, of Philadelphia. At the
opening exercises Monday evening, addresses were
made by Benjamin 8aJSS, president o. me each-
er| Union of Brooklyn, the Rev. DT. /. h. Cu{IGr,
made today by The Rev. ". +. Crafts, }. L. Hurl-
but and Il. II. Meredith,
The Industrial Restaurant commcndabe char
liable en- crpr.sc which has been carrie on for the
last three years hya number 81 ladies' III me twenty
third and adjacent wards of brooklyn, has Just re-
moved from No. 80 k05ciusko-St. to larger ana
more suitable house at No. II LeXingt on-ave Inc
formal opening is to take place on Thursday even
in o this week, when an opportunity VIII be gwen
TO the friends of the enterprise to inspect IFS new
Gnartcr-, one OF the features of the opening will
be- am address by the Rev. :. II. Camp mere VIII
be other speeches, singing ana refreshments
JERSEY CITY.
4 death from smallpox occurred yesterday at No
1868 ~rcuHd-st. Several new cases Ct the disease
were reported.
Daring the year ending December 81 there were
5.j35 arrest, made in Jersey city OF the persons
arrested 93 We're CoIorcd. During the same period
S5.j49 WAS collected in fines; 24( lost children
were restored 10 their PARENTS 100 qoE' were sAot
and ,T09 persons were furnished with lodgings
NEW-JEBSEY.
PArrRsoN-A good many cases of scarlet fever
and dphthcria have been reported to the health au-
thorit,c, lltclv. Several caacs Of smallpox haye
also come TO their notice. Yesterday George II.
Coopcr an engineer on tc Eric Railroad, was taken
sick with smallpox. II Is supposed that ne canght
II yv coming IN contact "itA railroad men. from
bgt. sent a COMMUNICATIVE to the Board Of Alder
men ASKING to have law passed 70 prevent me
| ov,r,rowdiug Of tencmcn, hou,es Mayor GIHWor
s,ut 'lr city physicians conmuh cdIoh 10 tAe
Board with LIS approval.
LONG ISLAND.
Lose ISLAND CnY.-pocc Captain Woods ,tcs-
tilted Yesterday ut the inquest III the case OF John
| loelilcr vino it Is believed, was murdered by rt-
! liam, on January - lfr said that he wa, present
when Dr. D9ulcT made the first post-mollem exam
nation and he was told that Loeter died FROM nat
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