New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-21

lore next week. dispute has arisen bst%een .Ao
assignee and certain Wa-st. brokcrsas 10 ny II
the MARGINS deposited it'll them on account o! INC
Arm shouId he NJ once eckoned aIn ng ID" a9setS'
Unless this s settled nothing definite can d uo ~
He thought the creditors woulu rc0oN0 ~
cents on the dollar.
T,NpERtNG WITH MATERIAL SPIRITS; r.,
Jnare Brown in the United states circuit rouI'
Yesterday rendered decision IN an ihior, H. baT
nue. suit in which 1t was shown ,n tsr had he N
maid had been sold to rotaier, Por,ion - 70
contents was drawn eff and sold Inc spdi's I'D III
naming in The barrels were diluted win "i,'eI, "'u
,r"ra tbcn seized on The ground that they ehowcu
lower proof than that Mt which they had Dcch exec.
Jndee Brown decides that the spirits Should not pe
forfeited.
pIsprTING oyER TIE OWNERSHIP OF A Dog
Eugene Hale of Maspeth. l.. L.. was ken before
Justice White on December 10 for having IN his
possession and offering for sale skye terrier OF me
value of $50, claimed to have been stolen from
Jacob Berry s,ockbrokcr, ut No. Broadcast about
one month ago. Hale stated that the dog was given
to him by a person in Brooklyn for The purpose OF
selling IT, and remand gwen in order to enable
him to prove the correctness of bis statement. Yes
tordav Mrs Anna Long, of No; 1921 Fiushing-&ye.,
BROOKLYN dep0sed that the dog was her property
and bad been raised by her father. She enid further
that il would recognize her little son, then present.
The complaint was dismissed Mr.. Berry intends TO
seek redress by civil procedure.
OPENING OF A NEW EXCHANGE.
The Ncw-YoTk Pc roleum Exchange 1oI,naily
opened their new Exchange rooms IN the Welles
Building, No. 10 Broadway, o yesterday Ihe neT
Smith. president of the Petroleum Exchange, In
vi,ea delegations of other exchanges 10 the plat
torn, and about sixty representatives, OF inc Slooh'
Produce Cotton, Maritime, Mercantile, Mlnin1;
Coffee and iron and Metal exchanges accepted OF
the invitation. Mr. Smith read number OF as
patches from other exchanges rcgrettlng inanllliy
Vile Petroleum Exchange which read thus: snow
deep walking bad; don't think any OF our lambs
are strong enough reach yOn. If one should stray
liz treat him kindly" The members of the Exchange
and their friends sat down to collation. after the
formal opening.
CHASING AND CAPTURING BURGLAR.
Thomas Farrell alias Feeney. age nineteen, was
taken TO the Essex Market Police Court yesterday
by Officer O'R0urke of the Seventeenth Precinct
and yc@andod by JTe t@ no msS acGg
suspicious manner near No. 337 East Twelfth-st.,
the officer approached. when they a'tened away.
The policeman entered the building and saw the
prisoner who attempted to escape The prisoner
sought refuge in the bmiding NO 3D., near
Ave.-A. The policeman followed him. and was
close upon Farrell when be jumped from the first
story window into the yard, where ne was caught
he made desperate resistance, out was broneht TO
Submission by blow from the Officers club A
Jimmy" five skeleton keys and some Jewelry were
found III Farrclps possession.
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week, 272 births, 1874; marriages,
1S1.
The to al sum received by the rentals and pre-:
miums for pews in the Central Congregational
Church for the ensuing year amounts TO $4,000.
Diedrich Wulf, of No. 29S Pcarl-st and G. Scale.
of No. 100 Mvrtle-ave were arrested yesterday Tor
violating the law on sunday by having their candy
stores open and selling goods.
The Rev. David K. Frazer, pastor of the, Classon
Avenue Presbyterian Church, has been called tOthe
pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark,
Nj.
The public schools will close tomorrow for the
HOLIDAYS. They Will be reopened on the first Tues
day alter New-Yeaps Day.
The rule about the conductors and drivers con-
versing with passengers is so strictly enforced on
several of the roads that the employees seldom youch
safe a reply to any question.
A countryman who set his watch by the fare indi-
Gator in a Niah-st car Yesterday hastened to jew
eler rs soon bs he arrived In NewYOrk 10 ascertain
why his watch ran so Slow
The unknown man who was found unconscious
on Tuesday at Broadway ard South Frst-st. and
who died the way to the hospital, proves to have
been John Feeley, of No. 200 North Sixth-st. lie
fell and fractured his skull.
A council to which fourteen of the Congrega-
tional churches of New-YOrk and Brooklyn are
invited to send pastor and delegate Will be held this
afternoon in the Puritan Church at Marcy and Lafay
ette-aves. TO examine and install the Rev. Dr. T. T..
IngerSoll as pastor.
The orl done Oh the Bridge last week included
the erection of AZ top Chords 521 pins, 265 knee
braces posts, $50 diagonals, % stay inks, %
promenade floor beams, 81 overfloor stays IL over
floor stays finally attached, four pieces supporting
channel and 4.5SJ rlycts driven.
Mrs. Margaret Harding was sentenced yesterday,
by Justice Kenna, 10 six months Imprisonment for
inhuman cruelty 10 two of her step-childIen. six
and eight years OH respectively. Inc CDllufen
were in court and refused to 20 home with their
father and clung TO then aunt, with whom they
have recently lived.
The Rev. G. +. Pentecost. of the Tompkins
Avenue Congregational Church. called upon Mayor
Low yesterday with reference TO the interference of
the police with the preaching of the Rev. Mr..
Schiverea in the street, at MYRTLE and Tompkins-
aves The Mayor told him that there was no Objec
ton to preaching Inhe streets if travel was not OBJ
sructed and tho residents IN the vicinity didenOt
protest against it,
Gilbert II. Cobb ofNo. 1914 schermerhorn-st., was
arrested on Tuesday night by Prospect Park
policeman, while skating on he lake, for refusing
to go back hom dangerous place when ordered to
do So He was arraigned before Justice Bergen yes
teIday upon n charge of creating public nuisance
in rendering the ice insecure to other persons. MI.
Cobb claimed that lie did not understand the police
mans order, and that the policeman knocked HIM
down without cause and ed him. Cobb
pleaded not guilty to the charge and the case was
adjourned until today.
JERSEY CITY.
Catharine Morgan. an infant abOut three months
old the daughter OF Henry Morgan of No 3Ol New
York ave, fatally scalded on Tuesday night by
a kettle of boiling water which was accidentally
upset on her by her brother, age three years
A man whose name has not been ascertained was
walking on the ,Penhsylvania Railroad near the
Meadow shops, yesterday when he was struck by a
train and instantly killed.
NEWARK.
The Newark City Insurance Company has de-
cided to rensure It's risks ana 20 out of business The
stockholders will receive the full par value of their
stock. The company was organized in 1857 with a
capital of 100000 and has done a safe business
IL is forced out of existence by the competition OF
the large English companies Three local insurance
companies have been compelled , retire within six
months for the same reason.
A call has been extended by the First Presbyte-
rian Church. the oldest and Teathie church cor
poration of Newark, to the Rev. Dr. David r..
Frazer, of Brooklyn who will be offered 81 600 a
year and the use of handsome parsonage. The
retiring pastor, the Rev. D. Jonathan Stearns who
rendered his resignation several months ago after
Passionate covering thirty years has been voted
5000 per annum for life by the congregation. The
Rev Dr. Frazer il at present officiating nj the Clason
Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn
STATEN ISLAND.
$TAPLETON.-John Sweeney il locked IN on n
charge of beng one of party of rufiians who as