New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-26

monthly iine.n Mr.. Roach was not in town, Dut Ills
representative stated that the report was apsuru'
MR. FoNTHAM's FIRE ESCAPES.
The case of the Fire Department against CnarleSs
H. Fontham the owner of buildings NOS. Ioo anu
262 West Forty-seventhst, was put Oyer yes.ei 81,
by Jud &c Barrett until Tomorrow WI thob neither
Mr. Fontlan nor himself had seen inc order Io va
cate the premises until yesterday. lnis olu1i M
granted by Judge Dnnohqe on November q oi
Stevenson said he had asked Inspector EsterbroOk
as an act of humanity not to eject the tenants vi
Tuesday as the fire-escapcs ordered by the iio
Department were being 9nlt line rdaSest rRe
said, angry and refused HIS Ioiu''"
buildings are five stories Ill hegh''
SAD END OF AN OPERA CHORUS SINGER,
The BODY of susanna Gardini, who was killed by
the bursting of steam pipe IN hcr eel In ,o
sane ASYLUM for Immigrants Mt Wards lsiand was
buried in Potter's Field ut Harris Island, yes'eruay
Her husband, Giuseppe Gardinl salled ycS;eI1thhS
for Europe, without showing any lntereS, III .d,n
burial Tie was n chorus singer OF the Mapiesoh
Opera Troupe but waS discharged recently because
of his dissfpated habits and quarreisomo ha'Irc.
His wife was also employed III the Cq?dnS, DI'
was made insane three months ago by the Ill treat
mcut of her husband The woman was only twenty,
six wears old and is said to have been OF gOoa
English family, watch opposed her marriage WIN
Gardlni.
Thomas II. Block, native OF East INDIA VINO
represented himself as dealer In iicy mir
goods house of j. +. Vanderbilt at No. - Sprlngst
last January on the promise 3l giving tHe ne hliIi
certain share in his profits, ana borrowed ~ Oh
check Some time after 1t was dlscoNcrcu thht py
representing himself as n member of the hrm ne
had obtained from ten different wholesale houses
goods Oh credit to amounts NaISliR llon IT, To
had sold for his own benefit. When the discovery
WAS made Block ran away. but, the police having
been advised his dealings, he was arrested ycs,er
day by Detectives Weinberg and kasl, and locKcd
up at Police Headquarters.
A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE REPORTED UNSAFE;
Buildings reported unsafe yesterday Nos. ~ ana
TnI,, 81 t4-nl
Observation-Disclosures, 1913 East Ihlrty-fonri-St',
81 Catharine-sr., 227 Pearl-st, 53 ROse-st SONIC
stone ornaments on top of the jewish Synagogue aI
Nos 1913 to 13i West Fort y-f0urh-st, were DlOWl
down in Mondays storm, and Others were l00sencd
The Synagogue therefore reported unsafe;
lRIBU>E reporter visited the Synagogue yesterday,
and found that when the small spires or ornaments
of stone were blown down, the sexton reported
the fact to the committee or the congregation
which has charge of the building A plnm9er "aS
sent for and he fastened the loose stone WORK on so
that il Withhold until the weather Will allow the re-
placing of the failed spires
CORRESPONDENCE FOR CHINA AND JAPAN.
Postmaster Pearson has issued a circular intended
for business men who have correspondence with
China and japan, suggesting that IN all cases
where it is possible letters for those countries
should be posted in advance OF the dare adj
ycr,iscd for the closing of tie mails. lie says
that the schedules for the losing OF the mails
are based on their supposed ana usnaI unln-
terruptod transit overland. ms, however; can
not always be depended on owing to the delay OF
railway trains through accident and other causes,
especially in the winter season. The correspond
encc for China and Japan is dispatched daily to
san Francisco but the public is informed OF fixed
date after which il is impossible 10 secure dispatch
by the outgoing Pacific steamer.
ALLEGED PERJURY BEFORE TIE SURROGATE.
There was a sensational episode in the course of
the contest of the will of the late Mary Ann Hyatt
before Surrogate Rollins Yesterday. A witness
named Pool had excited the Indignation of the Sur
rogatc and of the listeners by his story OF the man
ncr i'm which he had deceived the dccedent about
the contents of the will which she signed. Then he
told about certain memoIandums relating to the
case WI ch he said he h3I kept III ms pocket from
that day until yesterday and no other person had
seen them III the meantime. Mr.. Elliott and MI.
Ogden the counsel who hau called Pool as wit
ness nj once said that the witnesses testimony on
this point was entirely false that they themselves
among Others. had seen the memorandunS referred
to- The Surrogate ordered the arrest OF Pool and
directed complaint for perjury at once to be
drawn. About o'clock Pool was taken to the
TOmbs and locked up
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week, 2S2; births, 2lO; mar
riagcS 80.
The first sale under the now arrcaTagc law took
place Yesterday and seven lots, which had not been
redeemed by payment Of the taxes long due, were
disposed Of
George 4. Qugley was arrested yesterday in the
snit brought against him by his former employer
John Mullins for whom ne was book keeper at No
~ Mvrtlc-lyc. He is charged with embezzllng
81 SGj 80
The Board OF Commissioners of Charities and
William Sullivan IA regular" Democrat n conn
sci, and employed \. Sims, jr tan Independent
Dcmocrat to till the vacancy,
COMPLAINT was made to the Commissioners of
Charities and Correction yesterday in behalf of the
town of Fdtbush, declaring the smallpox hospital
and the pIgccries on III" County farm to be
nuiSanccs, and calling orthclr abatement.
The nineteenth annual dinner of the Burns Club
Of BROOKLYN, in honor of the birthday of Robert
Burns was eaten last night, at the Eastern lis
trict Exchange Salesrooms No. 70 Broadway ." The
Genius OF Burns was responded 10 Dy the Kew
Robert Collycr.
Bishop Littlejohn. of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Long Island ord gined Yesterday Christ
gan as a priest aud the Rev. James II. Darlington
as a deacon. The latter was formerly a Presbyte-
ran and the former was Reformed Episcopalian
at one tine, and is now assistant minister III ST.
Luke, Protestant Episcopal Church.
1t is regarded as significant Of Mayor Lows pur-
noses in the matter of the twelve appointments he
will make on or before February i of heads of the
various municipal departments and of city officials,
that he has informed no one of the present lncum-
bcnts that his services will be required after Fcbru
AIRY /. The Mayorw probably file his appointments
with the City Clerk on Saturday OF this week.
JERSEY CITY.
Theodore Smiths house No. 257lo SecOnd-St was
entered bv burglars Tuesday night and robbed of
300 in money and jcwery.
Robert Reed of No. 30 Manderville-ave., was
found by policeman Tuesday night lying helpless
i'm the street near his home. His hands and feet
were frozen and h. was bcnumbcd with cold. The
policeman carried him home, and medical attend
ancc was summoned.
NEWARK.
ST meeting of dcpOsitOrs of the Mechanics
National Bank held last evening at No. 119 Market
st. the offer of the directors freely debated.
resolution expressing the opinion that the creditors
of the bank should accept 1t adopted with only
three dissenting votes The largest deposition, the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, will agree
| to the directors proposition.
Bishop Wiggcr, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
| plh
Archbishop Bailey a quarter Of century ago de-
privng incorrgiblc drunkards Of the rite OF Chris
| tian burial would be rgidly enforced In regard to
persons who sold liquor Unfortunately to drunk
ards and others. the Bishop said on Tuesday that