New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-13
lar. twenty-nine inches in height brought 300
and pair of lacquered vases OF Aflta pofoeialu'
4Sx1S inchee sold for SO each.

lar, twenty-nine inches in height, brought 800
and pair of laequered vases OF ANITA pofceiai"'
4Sx1S inches, sold for $40 each.
HIS PARTNER DISAPPEARS WITH THE FUNDS.
Joseph Smith and Champion Rush N, nave Degh
manufacturing fringes at 10. 107 East Ihlrteent1-
st.. Yesterday assignment by MI Snluh lnulSlu .
ually and for the firm to George h. Dunn was pun
record Mr. Smith states that his partner r udsS
peared few weeks ago with several huhuree
dollars which he had collected from customers Oh
the firm so an assignment was considered Necessary
to settlement of the business. But one PIeler-
ence is made, to Archibald Johnston for S4Zo oo'
QUITTING AS A CURE FOR ToOTHAcHE.
While walking along Chathamost' on sunday
night, William Heating. of No.. 2O2 Cnatha II
who, without saying word, began using MS mead
as battering ram against the stomach OF the sur
be b1d the pan which
whskey could not alleviate, ard so no went through
the butting performance to relieve it, AS an eyld,
of the success Of his undertaking he exhibited
two teeth which he had knocked out Of his head;
In the Tombs Police Court, where he was arraigned
yesterday, Justice White fined him $40
focEMAN GoNE9Y PLEADS N fTG fTLT
Precinct, was arraigned yesterday before recorder
Smyth in the Court Of General Sesslons,on charge
Of murder in the first degree in killing Patr1 TICK
Keenan, in Patrick Cody's liquor store, at No 322
East Twenty-sixth-st., on the night OF November
3. The policeman was calm until no hearn th9 3i ma,
ture Of the indictment found against him. linen
his face flushed and he showed signs OF nervous
ness. He had expected Indictment for lower
form Of murder or for manslanghter; lie pc3hned
not guilty, and was remanded 10 the Tombs, where
he has been imprisoned since the time OF the as
sault.
APPOINTED AND NAMED BY THE coYTRoLLER,
Controller Grant yesterday appointed Arthur Il.
Brigham examiners clerk in the Auditing Bureau
at a salary of 81 300 per annum. Thomas i. Burns
was appointed assistant aEpOTttOnmcnt clerk al
salary of 5000. The controller also designated the
titles of various employees in the Department;
They have heretofore been known as clerks and
bookkeepers The new designations comprise reg
GLAZING clerks, warrant clerks, assistant warrant
clerks, law clerks, inspector of contracts, payoas
ers clerks assistant bCokkccpers record clerk, ana
keeper Of tlie record room. H. j. StOrs ~ Ohclally
| designated as chief clerk.
| IEPPERI's MOTHER BECONrs HIS BsTr.
George Lcppcrt, leaning heavily on two canes and
with every appearance Of paralysis of the lower
| limbs dragged himself along the corridors Of the
Post Office yesterday on his way 20 the office of
| Commissioner Shields before whom he was to he
| arraimcd on q charge of using cancelled stamps az
hostage on letters His gray-haTcd mother assisted
| him in walking and seemed much affected by the
| charge against him. When Lcppert was arrested on
Saturday in Port JcrylS by Inspector NCwCowo and
| Deputy Marshal Bible he acknowledged having
written the letters on which the stamps werO found,
but charged the postmaster with having affixed the
| cancelled stamps. Leppcrt has once pleaded guilty
to the same offence and has served Il term of M
! prisonmcnt in tho Ludlow street Jail. llo has
suffered for several months from Injuries received
by % blow from passing car on the Eric Railway.
! Soon after he secured large accident insurance.
and the extent of his injuries has been mystery IN
! spite of the investigation OF physicians. l"ppcrt
pleaded not guilty, and ms mother was accepted ~
! surety for his appearance, BAN being hXed az
| 81, 900
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week, 234; births DIG; marriages,
| 81.
Jonathan Moore, jr., was chosen yesterday 70 re-
present the lid Congressional District OF Kings
! County in the Republican State Committee.
The Methodist Church in Shccpshead Bay has
been sold to an Odd Fellows Lodge, and the congre-
! cation il preparing tn erect new edlhco. CGSlnB
| services in the old structure were held on Sunday.
! The drowned body of q man found in Cow
onus Bay nj the foot Of Thirty yesterday.
| lis age was about forty-ivc years and his height
| five feet SIX inches; he was dressed IN SUIT u
| black brOadcloth.
| Tho Roord of Aldermen adopted q resolution yes
| tcTday To the effect that at noon f November i
| the time Of brooklyn be made To conform I" the
new standard based on the time OF the seventy
| meridian and that all public clocks be made 10
| agree Herewith.
| dccree of absolute divorce was made yesterday
| by Judge Cullen in the SUIT oil ME- Hdrah ilhlllp7
! against Jeremiah II. Phillips. "A SUIT ioT an an
| sf lutte divorce has been begun by Mrs. Amanda
johnson against Richard johnson. Both are col
| Ored.
Foster Uamlcy. of No. - Schcrmcrhorn-st., il re-
| portcd az missing from his homo since Wednesday
of last week. He is about thirty years old and IN
business in NewYork. lie had several hundred ,, re-;
dollars with him when Is left home, and told ms
| vifr when mo went away that he would return to
| go for drive ia the afternoon.
The force of Park Police is so small that q man
!
| ave-, and FIitecnth-st, ana consequently tIe
abonndinu goats Of that region frequently find their
| way To The grass and shrubs IN that part OF the
Park, preferring them to tomato cans anu thSatIl
| cal hills though they are less Candy. Many u the
| coats have been impoundcd and soil at auction
| 6ut their places do not long remain vacant.
JERSEY CITY
Thomas IIcarno, the butcher who was convicted
| in the Hudson County Court Df General Sessions a
few DAYS ago Of having caused the death of James
| supple was sentenced yesterday by Judge MoO1H
Ia nav fine of 81 90 and the costs Of the trial
NEW-JERSEY
UopoKrN-Jamcs Farrell, age iifty-hvc, died
Yesterday at 81 Marys HOspita al from the effects OF
over Inv a heavy truck. John Raybold who was in
charge of the wagon is held to await the result OF
the COrOners inquest.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
IRyINGToN-Mrs. c. G. Widely, while suffering
| from dependency on Sunday evening, took q large
! Jnsc of laudanum with the intent To commit SUI
eide. She made the fact known soon after and was
sOOn relieved of the poison
WHITE PLAINs.--The Supervisors of Westchcstcr
| County convened in their chambers yesterday and
organized by the unanimous election Oh Matthias
! Uonta of MamarOneck, AZ chairman, Charles r.
! Johnson of Mount Vernon, for clerk, ana Harold l.
| Kinch for page.
LONG ISLAND.
prursTEAD.-Nr. Clement, recently appointed
| snncrintendcnt Of the Queens County Insane Asy-
| Inn unrn revising the register OF the institution,
finds ONLY 10 patients. or thrty-wO less than tho
number reported by the former Supcrlhtehucnt' d.
| Rogers
| Long ISLAND CITY.-Andrcw B. Sandeau. Re
nnblican candidate for Alderman OF the lhlrd
| Ward who was defeated by one majority, asserts
tLot he was counted out, and VIII contest ms OPP
ponents mir. McKeon) right to seat III the Coh-
mon Council.
SPIDER-LIFE WONDER&