New-York tribune., 1883-03-09

ARRHsTING SIDEWALK DEALERS.
Under Instructions from Inspector Murray zap,
tair Lear. We iterday made descent on tne sindiI
dcalers--car. ,nrn. peders, etc.-who occupy the
sidewalk ~ Hester and adjoining streets, incndne
Ludlow aud Bayard sts AID arrested aoouo nars rnmy
tion ordinance They were fined In various a,nouns
from 81 to 50 by Justice Duffy in the Essex MtIheS
Ponce Court Several honseholders had complained
To the Mayor OF the dealers and nc sent "oru W
| Inspector Murray.
| yACIILArING CITY HALL FLAGS -,
The flags were put at halt mast on the CITY xn ma,i
Yesterday morning and were soon after taken uown.
| A half hour later they were again put up Mayol
Edison ordered them displayed on account OF o tno
burial of Alexander II. Stephens. Alter they were
first put up he was told that the funeral would not
| take place until to-day. He then ordered tneni
taken down, but afterward ordered them pqt iou up
again. Martin j. Keese Keeper OF the City nan,
said that many persons asked HIM If the flags were
at haltmast account Of the burial OF Elilott the
| prize-hghter.
| SEVEN YEARS AND A HALF ON TWO CHARGES.
| William n. McCabe, who was originally arrcsteu
| as one OF those who annoyed tho Fire Department.
by sending ont false alarms Of fire. was taken
again Yesterday to the Court Of General SESSIONS
He confessed after his arrest that he had been
concerned in several burglares lie pleaded guilty
before Judge Cowing and was sent to the state
Prison for i've years. be yesterday pleaded guilty
Brooks, OF No 800 Cana-st. and was sentenced by
Judge (i. .ders, eeve to an additional term OF two
years and six months in the State Prison.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF TRoTTING RACES.
tee of the Association of National TrOtting Horse
Breeders was held yesterday afternoon at No. ~
Broadway, Ex-Governor Leland Stanford In the
| chair Among those present were Gilman ;. Moul-
ton j. ID. ills f. ID. Norris, }. W. Gray and l.. D.
Packer the secretary. The question of classifying
totln0 races according age instead OF records as
heretofore was discussed and it was agreed infor-
| maly hat such policy should be advocateu Dyy
the association for general adoption, IL was not
decided where the association should hOd ltS heAI
annual trotlng meeting.
| BROOKLYN
The Board of Supervisors Yesterday autnorizsu zs
the sale of the lots in Adams-st at the rear OIL the
| Pos Office TO f. ID. Burwell, Tor @Zoooo'
Absolute divorce was granted yesterday to Charles
| Lanee from Mrs. Louisa A. NJ Lange. by Judge
McCue. Mrs. Lange, who Is living win ahotner
man, recently attempted to commit suicide.
| William Hill age twenty-five, n vagrant, crawled
into a hme-kiln IN North Tenth-st., near sixth-st
| yesterday morning, TO get WARM, anu was suno-
| Gated by carbOnic acid gas
In suit brought by w. T. Morford AGAINST the tne
| Long Island Railroad Company to recover damages
for the loss of pair of horses ana cOacn Wnlch
were struck by a train at At autic and Clason.
aves, in 1882, the jury yesterday gave Verulc'
for $500
| Judge McCue Yesterday dismissed tho complaint
IN tine SUIT of Alfred c. IIenning against MIs
Adrenue ~ flennng for limited divorce on is tns
| ground Of cruelty, declaring in his opinion that
| neither of the parties TO the action had proper
appreciation of the impor'ance and dignity, n9t 10
say sanctitv of the relations OF man and wIe Ihey
also lacked patience and forbearance.
| James Waters who has been keeper of the City
Hall for the past year, resigned Yesterday, r con-
sequence OF Perempt3ry demaIG oy tb b1y yom%is'
| soner has been irving 10 hnd out where artic'eS
| which were missed from fhe public offices had gone
| Among them was roll of lead pipe Weighing LAO
| pnnnds The Commissioner found that Waters had
told this 10 plumber. Waters says that IN tnS
he only followed the usual practice OF selling INC
| brother OF Alderman Waters, of the Seventeenth
Ward. 1t il reported that Patrick Iormey VINO
was keeper Of the City Hall for fourteen years DC
| fore Mr.. Waters will succeed hun.
JERSEY CITY.
| John Ahearn who, after he was discharged from
his position as watchman IN The New YORK, Lake
Ere and Western Railroad COmpanys yard at
| temptei TO murder Superintendent L. o. Hill, was
arralgned In the Court OF Sessions yesterday ior
sentence. lie entered plea OF mon rHtt ana sen,
| tence was suspended account OF bis physical
condition.
Edward Coyart of No. $50 Second-st. was ar
raIgued ia the First District Police Court Yesterday
morning on a charge Of assault and battery on his
| wife In transp red al The examination that Covart
proposed marriage tO the woman after an acqualnt-
| ance OF half an hour They were married two
weeks afterwards. Covart thought that the woman
| was a widow. but no learned after ih9 marriage
that she had never been married although she
had two children. The father of her children was
man Frederick A. Sipple, who lives in Union Hill.
| Ars. Cuvart took the chidre To see Sipple oeca-
| slonally and wnen her husband objected she de-
prl oner denied tue charge of assault and battery
| and was held for further examination.
NEWARK
A train from New-York on the Pennsylvania road
ran INTO n lumber wagon nj Centre-st.. at o'clock
last evening. Ihe horse escaped uuhurt but Thomas
| pifmars the cuore1 driver, had his head cut oil.
| Twice before he narrowly escaped death at the
same place.
The examination in the of Spaerry and Gort-
ein who are accused OF setting nrc TO the building
Of the European Medicine COMPANY, was ended
| Yesterday Justice Coob ordered that the each
should give SO, 700 bail.
NEW-JERSEY.
| PATERsos.-A large number of citizens. not taxi
ing warning by the vigorous action of the city au-
thunties IN previous instance, neglected 10 remove
| the snow from their sidewalks after the tall or
| Tuesday. In consequence. "A large number OF war
rants were issued yesterday for the arrest of cii-
| Zens many OF them wealthy aud OF hlgh social
| pretensions.
wEsTCHEsTER COUNTY.
RYR-Artbur Mollov, contractor. age sixty
three while driving span OF horses drawing load
of coal Yesterday, was brown from his seat aud
| run over by the wagon. Both of his legs and one
arm were broken. lie died in a few hours.
WHITE PIAINs.--At the opening of the Circuit
| Court and over and lermineT. yesterday District
| Attorney Baker stated that he had made fruItless
Efforts to secure the attendance OF Mrs. Crosby OF
| Throgg's Neck VINO months ago preferred
| charges " inst George Allen, membero Company
| X Filth United States Artillery. for breaking into
her house IN the nighttime and committing an assault
| cember term aud he there ore moved for tho dis
charge of Allen on his own recognizance, which was
| granted. lie has suffered much by his confinement.
The Grand Jury of Westchester County found abIll
of indictment against Theodore Hoffman for killing
| a Hebrew pedcr near Port Chester.
| LONG ISLAND.
HEMPsTEAD.-Miss Mary Smith, who was acci-
| dentally shot at Garden City on Monday night OF
last week, is doing we'll but IS not yet out of dan
! ger.
STATEN ISLAND.
WEST BmGHToN.-A compromise effected
| Yesterday IN the case of Joseph Merseleau. who
| tired tive plsto-shots at Captain CHRISTOPHER c.
Jones of Mariners HarbOr.on Staten Island ferry
| boat. Captain Jones withdrew the charge of feo-
| niOus ngsaut aud the two men shook hands.
| Observation-Disclosures entered the grocery store
| of Postmaster Hopping on Wednesday night. They
drilled hole through the safe door, and Mr.. Hop
| ping cOuld not Open n Yesterday morning. The