New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-06

sont door reIicfn the receipts were iool an az"
;no baSn;tal excursions. The following b rustoe'
lug ,ro reaected for five years: William " BrokaW'
John w. Weed. DIR. Mark Blnmenthai "'''''A'
Wiley, and Charles schwacoler'
COMPLAINTS OF SCHOOL TEACHERS .ho.
Comnaint has been made to The iRiBo,Nth , rad
the payment of teachers salaries mas pYSn anca De-
and that when Auditor jackson " he answered
rrongbiv The facts are that the Oct9per sa i Fan
the teachers will by request OF me wavawber sal
CATION H.; pe be Maid on December 20. and the Decem
her salaries on January ~
GROWTH OF POSTAL BUSINESS M
The removal OF Post once S c.ol1n1templated re-
Gently Within five years the business % siyfb.eye
has doubled, and the neighborhood OF ntraI Ioea.
ton Int arrangements have been nade ,bat ms
additional room in the present quarters 81 WintS
change is now likely for several yGaa dts and tene-
Ward is being rapidly built up WIN hats anu
ments causing the increase oil pos'ai CUISINES"
THE WATER TOWER ACCIDENT Al.
Coroner Knox Yesterday began the in9ae d h The
case of Arthur Thompson, wiz mich was being
falling of the water tower wnl Ie Crief Rates.
rested at the Battery on Novem per 10. ~ naanleaf
Fire Commissioner German ana hD t;nouT They
hat one of fhe supports of the tower proke
II tbs had been of good iron the acclueht coi of
narJ I ;sts rendered a verdict in accordance WIN
the facts and recommended that Wheh SUI Zen 70
were beng made more care snou'u W
keep back the crowd . .,.,-n
.rcusT BELMONT on THE WITNESS sIANHP an
LIN 0evov who was committed To the iNihps V vi
Monday for refusing to answer l uTis,PIr Mel IN
hlm in the course OF ms sssons appeared in the
conrt-room Yesterday on an 0rd@r py Juueo 49," n,
while the trial progressed AIsos' 70 some of the
onotiops in 1866 and 867 which were men
tioncd in the alleged libel He testified that ni5
firm had acted under the aaVic g Of Se heleyed
w e TiSbt The case will probably be given TO inc
jury to-day. -
TRYING TO SUPPRESS DIsoRDEHY HOUSES;
Tho Citizens' Protective Association ana TAX
Ino eaGue of the Fifteenth Ward held meet
ING last night Mazzn Hall, No % Soutn " aSl ~
ington Square, to take action LOT tto
disorderIy houses in that part OF the CITY; OeqrgG
y Fox stated that DIstrict-AttOrney Mckeon, had
nrromised his assistance, and that action wonld DO
teLen os soon as sufficient money was raised 10 nc
t HT4 4he ey0enses of the prosecution. The Execu-
Eve Committee reported that since the lasU
mating they had compelled certain agents 10 9ls-
lodge tenants Of q Questionable character ana tnaV
they possessed sufficient evidence 10 CONVICT olne'
who dld not heed their admdltlons.
BROOKLYN
Tho BOARD of Aldermen spent $166 30 to attend
,be funeral of Henry G. Murphy ON Sunday.
Mayor Low, Controller Senior and Auditor voor
HES will meet tomorrow to appoint oIluse uusVoo
TO succeed the late Mr. Murphy
Citv Works Commissioner Ropes advertised yes
terday for proposals to construct new water man
for the Eastern District at cost not 10 eAceeu
$4,000.
Jacob Bennett has been appointed Supervisor OF
the Nineteenth Ward, III the place OF Alfred Houges
who has resigned III consequence OF ms erection do
member of Assembly from the lAth Distrlct.
In the suit of John Titus carman 10 recover recover
81 600 as damages for personal injuries recelVeu
In an EXPLOSION, from the Jewell AlulnB company,
ury in the Circuit Court yesterday gave verdict
for 81, 900.
MANY operating in Broadway, Reld ana summers
ayes shows that 6,S9G, 40 passengers were car
RED in the last year on ten miles Oh r9au III dro
NV sos horses. he receipts Tor the year were
SS4S 500 H. and the expenditures S3Oo.OoZ III.
Judpe Gilbert, in the Supreme Court, yesterday
dismissed the suit of Carl Elbe against the long long
Island College Hospital to recover @x2 oVU s IAN
ages for eyed Malpractice and defective treatment
on the ground that no negligence or Improper ueat-
ment had been proven
The following work was done on the bridge iast
week: Posts erected 90 main truss dlasohals'
Il3: main truss-pins 800 over il0Or stay Dars' ;
promenade floor beams, los supporting channels,
III knee braces 29 Gfnt SusPgm nrds r8G' over
floor stays, rvets driven, 2,629 steel DELIVERED
1S0,310 pounds
JERSEY CITY.
The contract for cleaning tho streets has finally
been awarded to ex-Assembyman Patrlck Sheerah
for 81 800
Comnlaint was made to Justice Stilsing yesterday
that snow and ice were still the sidewalks around
the city parks. summons recurring tle ollnit-
| Tee on Public Grounds to answer was Issued.
Brunswick Law at her wharf III this city yesterday
| a truck, loaded with Il largo boiler and drawn by
six horses, driven aboard On the arlVal Oh ihe
| boat at Jersey City it was discovered that the
truck and boiler could not be got out OF the gang
| Yay Ii became necessary 10 cut away part OF the
cabin, part OF the engineers ROOM and part OF inc
shed that covers the gangway TO make room Tor he
| wagon and its load The boat was lald up Tor re-
| pairs.
| In his charge to the Hudson County Grand Jury
| Yesterday Judge Knapp instructed them to indict
| tbar I,Vn lQCendIary,
| slaughter-hOuse In Grand-st. some months ago,
| causing a butcher who was sleeping inside 70 lose
| his lie, Tor murder OF the hrsI degree. AT the
opening of the last term OF the court he gave tine
Grand Jury similar instructions They refused to
| indict for any higher offence than arson, ana the
| Judge refused to receive the Dill
NEW-JERSEY.
HoBoKEN-Jenne McGauley, age fourteen, APP
! plied to Recorder McDonOugh yesterday for com
| mitment TO one of the county charitable institu-
tons She said that her father and mother were
| both drunkards. They drove her from the house
| when she was very young to beg Then the father
compelled her to steal. Both he and her brother
were now in the state Prison Ior theft, Sne mao 1h
place for her.
RICHFIELD-The weavers in the silk mill of Fred
erck Grcssenbacher went on n strike yesterday be-
cause there was effort 10 enforce rule by which
the workmen were TO be held responsible for goods
spoiled by their want of attention. seventy OF the
weavers left their looms and Informed the firm that
they would return as soon as the rules, which had
been posted in the MILL were taken down. Similar
rules have been in force for years IN the silk
mills in Paterson. Paterson SILK weayers are the
Drincpal employees of the Richicld mills and it is
presumed that they will earnestly resist the Gu
iorcelnent OF he rules The strike will throw sew
era hundred hands out OF employment
LONG ISLAND.
| Long ISLAND CITY.-The Chief Engineer of the
Water Department informed the members of the
Board Yesterday that there was not coal enough on
hand to last over Thursday. The engineer has, OF
late been drawing his supplies from the Lonl
| Ill ,,1 Rotlr
furnish any more coal
FAR Observation-Disclosures RaynOr had a mar
| row escape from drowning on Saturday evening
| last He mad been out III the bay cunning for wild
| fowl His hnat cnnsiZnd. and be OBLIGED e