New-York tribune., 1882-03-02

ing Mrs Montels in Fifty-ninth-s. on the morning
of September 3, 1880, was engaged IN tle Tba
tic business Of selling the witness pahahas' iho
| trial will be continued to-day.
uEypRIx DISCHARGED AND REARREsTED
| George Hendrix, who was arrested TlVn,ouSS S >"
warrant on suspicion of having deiaceu tno no ho
Monument at TapDan, was produced {esterufatL ft % pe
| fore Justice Barrett in the Supreme COuIt, ChalI
bcrs. No return TO the writ was made on .le PiInf &c
of the police authorities, except the UndrV
who upon leaving the Court House, was reaIIestG,u
! on warrant issued by Rockland County {{nag,s-
trac. Justice Donohne granted VIII m O. SATURDAYS %
| Hendrix was taken back to Police headquarters
STEALING GOLD FROM A MANUFACTURER
julius Nodska of No. 81 FTiton-sp po,ian aHuIf ranTt
Yesterday charged Alfred kimmermann, one OF i MS
wOrlmcn with the larceny of gold MI N9ol5na no 1dG
| has lately missed gold worth in all about $l,ooU' ,
| from his factory in which he employs thirty men
Suspicion was directed to Kmmermann. AMI yssteree
day he was followed by Roundsnan OloOief % 3i
| Hammcr,lag No. 1s4 Chatham-st. There II was
learned that he had sold 50 wor h OF gold ana nc
was taken III custody. 1t is alleged that ne tit'S tS
| frequently sold gold to lammerslag ana lilaC tIo
| latter has melted it, zimmerman was held on u
| charge of larceny.
-, TIE TURN yrEEIXs EyrEETiMNMNENTGa ETA Md Ga East
FOurth-st. was crowded last night at an entertaihI
ment, which consisted of vocal and instruIncntai
music, ,declamatons and representations ol s'atuGdy
! by living figures. For exhibiting " the living
Statues the LIGHTS in the hall were turned down.
| while an orchestra played softly; n small curtain
in one of the was pulled back, and me dlteT
cnt proups of white iUrrs were seen n II III an a.
| cove The illusion was almost perfect the hgilres
being motonlcSs even in the most difficult poSlti0n'
| Some Of the groups were Apollo and Bacchus"
| The Minstrel's Curse" from Uhlands lyric a
Scene from NiObc," Tragedy" and The flght
| for PatrOclus."
MIR. LANE AND WORKOUT PARK DEPARTMENT
HORSES.
At the meeting Of the Park Commissioners yestMgr- Ter
day Commissioner MacLcan occupied the char. Mr; M
| Walcs's seat vacant \ great deal 0l r9ulin9 routine
work was trans lcted One of the resolutions adOped
was that the engine r should report on the riverside
| the Twcnty-third and Twenty fourth Wards IN
which bindings are standing The only thing TO
mar the harmony of the meeting was some dlSsatIS-
| faction on the part of Commissioners Lane. lie
offered "A resolution in effect that he should IaKe
charge of the sale of of the wQrn-0ut horses
belonging TO the Dcpartment he chairman nisa SUB
| stiuted the name of Mr. Ollfie. Mr.. Lane objected
TO the change and said he would enter protest aI
| the next meeting.
| wELsHMEN At DINNER.
| The ST Dayid's Benevolent Society gave IFS forty
| first annual dinner last night at the Westminster
| Hotel. The dining room was decorated Win amer
lean and Welsh flags About 100 Were pTrs
| Thomas L. James, Dr. Charles Hughes, the Rey Dr.
Llewelyn ID. Beyan, II. n. Morgan, II. Gates Jones,
| j. c. Roberts, Henry Parry, John Thomas, William
| Miles the Rev. Drs Hugh Pritchard ID. /: Philips.
! G.. II. Humphreys and W. G. Roberts }. /. Dawes,
Evan Williams; J, r. Price Owen Roberts robert l,
| Lewis w. II. Williams, G. T. Matthews, Henry
blackwell, the REV. Dir. d. D. Davis, s I. Jones,
| Isaac Lloyd, John Lloyd William LLOYD, Charles y.
Upton, Henry Marvin, H.. Patrick, W; H. McIlIcran-
ny William Jeremiah, II. Davis William James
and J. r. II. Jenkins A letter OF regret was reau
| from Senator Jones. of Nevada.
| BROOKLYN.
| Three hundred and fifty plumbers have registered
with the Health Department under the law of last
| year.
Mayor Low Controller Semler and other officials
will inspect the piers and docks under the control OF
| the city today. The Controller desires to have
| them all placed under one Official
| Application was made before Judge Gilbert in the
| Supreme Court, yesterday, for reduction III the
amount Of bail in the case of Alderman H. .. Jones
| from $3.50, 900. the ground that this amount Is
| excessive, Mr.. Jones being under S130,OOO bail
| before he was rearrestcd
Ripley Ropes, the new Commissioner of City
Works Yesterday rcappointed r.. NJ. Whiting, Dep
| ntv Commissioner; u. /. Northrup, secretary;
! Robert Van Buren,, Chief Engineer; Peter Milne,
Water Pnrycy0r and Charles Mclaughlin. T., ,Brgis, a
| trar of Water Rates The salary of each is $4,000
| year.
| Bv the order of Police Commissioner Jourdan a
| number of transfers OF police officers went into
effect Yesterday. Captain Worth was transferred
from tie Sixth Precinct 70 the Thirteenth and Cap
tain W. j. Kaiser from the Thirteenth t. the Sixth.
Eleven scrgcants aud seven roundsmen were also
| transferred.
Police Commissioner Jourdan reappointel all tho
office employees of the Department of Police and
Excise yesterday; The most important are
! Samuel Richards. Deputy Police Commissioner and
Chief Clerk; L. L. Jenkins clerk to the Police Sm-
perintcnden,t; a. B. Thorn. Fire MarsShal; 6. I.
| smith clerk of the Excise Board; Thomas L.
| Powers Boiler Inspector, and George ii. Flauey,
| Telegraph superintendent
The Commissioners of Charities and Correction
| made an investigation yesterday into the cause of
| the fire which occurred last week in the Kings
| County Lunatic Asylum. The nurses ana some or
the patients who occupied the ward where the fire
| broke out were questioned, particularly In regard
to smoking in the attic closet where the fire started
| One of the lunatics said that he had seen another
| one. sam" johnson by name, smoking in the
o1, IIa he I'm lp lp
| was discovered, and, knowing no light kept
| there, he opened the door, when the flames burst
| out From all the evidence the Commissioners were
| led to conclude that the fire was caused by some
one smoking IN the building contrary TO the rules.
NEWARK.
The directors of the Mechanics National Bank
met for two hours yesterday to take action in rela
tion to their proposition to the creditors, but moth
! ing definite done Another meeting will take
! place to-day.
The official information of respite was read to
Robert Martin by the Sheriff yesterday Ii named
period of four weeks l0r tlc suspension OF SEN
tencc instead of thirty-siX days as had been tcle
grapned to Martin on the day previous, The day OF
| hanging was named as Thursday, March 80.
| The dcpositors of the First National Bank have
received from Receiver Hobart 50 per cent of their
deposits. Payment Of the balance has been assured
blythe sale of the bank building. In order to avoid
a sacrifice of this property. the directors have de
tcrmined to pay the balance to the dcpOSilOrs and
put an end TO the expenses of the receiverShlp.
There will be balance left to pay to tho stock
LONG ISLAND.
COLLEGE PoIST.-The funeral of the late Adolph
Conrad POppenhuscn took place yesterday Mt Col
lcgc Point. The funeral was from the Dutch Re
formed Church. and the services were conducted by
The Rev. Mr.. Berg Business, was suspended in the
village and many of the public buildings and pri-
vate dwellings were draped with Grape.
FLUsHING.-In the Board of Education Mr. Down
ing has demanded an Investigation into the accounts
of Samuel B, Parsons, one of the members of the
Board who has had charge of a fund of several
thousand dollars which was cOniided to his trust
for the education of INDECENT children and intended
to be applied to the instruction of cOOTcd pupils.
One Of the members of the Board. &. w. Brown, has