New-York tribune., 1883-03-15


has lived in this city for three years, having an
office in Wilam-st.
REFEREE MNAMEE AT WORK.
James McNamre. the referee recently appointed
by the Supreme Court General Term, 10 investga'e .
the condition of the Fidelity and Casualty In
surance ComDany. began the examination yes'er-
day. He SAID that he would continue 1t vigorously
at such tunes as his profess ssiona duties would per
NIT. 1t was probable, however, that the WORK
would occupy him for several weeks.
FESTIVITIES AMONG VETERANS.
At a meeting of the veteran corps OF the "a
Regiment last evening il was decided to hold me
annual dinner of the corps at the Hotel Brunswick
on Monday evening next. The COMMITTEES naVinx ti
in charge the reception the veteran corps ul tne
1st Pennsylvania Regiment reported that tne vet
Grams of the 23d Regiment had agreed to take part
I'm the reception, and that arrangements had been
made for the entertainment OF the visitors at 'he
Hotel Brunswick.
WESTERN UNION QUARTERLY MEETING.
At the quarterly meeting of the directors OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company yesterday,
John r. Terry was chosen TO fill the vacancy1n the
Board caused by the recent death Of Ex-Governor
Morgan. Mr. Terry has been for 1nlny years q
member of the firm of +. d. Morgan d Co. The rec.
ommendation of the Executive COMMITTEE Una,
from 10 to 81 per cent was adopted without Oppos-
ton The usual statement of the condition OF the
company was presented.
TWO ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY.
While the papers in the case of Thomas Ial1op,
AGE forty for pe larceny from the store OF Her
man OppenheImer, at No. 306 Grand-st., were oel1g
prepared before Justice Duffy yesterday afternoon
at the Essex Market Police Court he endeavored 70
elude the officer and slip out of the court-room
Subsequently, on his way to the cells. a1ter Delng
committed for trial, he made determined OuJ uh-
successful effort to Jump over tne OuleE par anu
get OIL.
APARTMENT HOUSE FOR BACHELORS.
Louis L. Todd, of the Hotel Vendome, YESTERDAY
filed plans at the Bureau of Buildings tor seven
story house of pecu design to be erected at NO.
West EIghteenth-st The house Is TO be cut up lnto
bachelors apartments four sets of rooms on each
floor ABOVE the first. There Will be parlor. ped-
chamber and bal broom in each set, all well Yentl-
lated and lighted. Two large courts nearly DIVIDE
the building into two parts, ard between the courts
is thick y-walled space for the starwaVs dno ana
eevator-shaft. The building Will cost pIZl,oOO.
A. Hatfield is the architect.
TIE NEw-YORK MUTUAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The certificate of incorporation OF the AeW-l orK
Mutual Telegraph Company was Med yesterday ~ 10
the County Clerks office. Wilson Godfrey, John II.
Walker. William YOrkee Atlee, George l.. Record
and David b. Waters are the corpOrators. The
capital stock fixed at $4,000 for the present ~
NAV be increased 9t any time by the directors Win
the consent in writing of fOuTths OF the snare
holders IN interest The lines OF the company are
to run from this city through the states ot New.
YORK Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. 1t
is also said that the lines will run by way OF
Albany, Buffalo and Cleveland TO Chicago.
BROOKLYN
New public schoOl-hOuses are to be built at
Bushwick-ave. and lvy-st., and i'll Sixteenth-st.,
between Third and Fourth aves-
The rents OF houses ana UatS IN ElRuUn, NlHbH
and Tenth sts South Brooklyn, are to be increased
The lst of May The dem md for houses In that
part of Brooklyn is larger than that OF last year.
MAYORS Edson and Low and Con rollers Campbell
and Briu kerhof met in the CITY Iall YESTERDAY ana
discussed the question of the control of the bridge
afser its completion which was Entrusted 10 them
by the trustees on Monday. They will report TO the
trustees on Monday.
Mayor Low wrote Yesterday to Governor Cleve-
land asking him to approve the Arrears bill relating
TO BROOKLYN, which the Legislature has passed.
The MavOr also thanked the Governor for signing
the Third Avenue Sewer bill.
City Works Commissioner Ropes and Health
Commissioner Raymond have decided to annul the
contract now held by George Swift to clean all the
city streets and remove the ashes for SIO,0OO. IL
is thou hit the work cannot be well done for less
than $l50,000.
The new United States Marshal, A. c. Tate, has
appointed the following deputy Marshals: Benja-
min w. De Cine who has held tine position for
twelve years; james Blggart, eight years In the
position: Edgar 5. Boyd, Samuel j. Connolly and
John J. Bradley.
The work on the bridge last week included the
erection of 462 knee-br promer ade diagonas
and 400 tie rods for intermediate truss posts On
the land spans 600 underfoOr knee-braces have been
put out. The lower layer of planklng on the road
way is practically plcted the upper planking is
moye fhan half lald anil all of the promenade plank
is laid, except about 700 lineal feet.
JERSEY CITY.
Robert H. Cook, late assistant cashier of the Fifth
Ward Savings Bank, of Jersey City, who pleaded
institution and who was sentenced to State Prison
for five years, was taken TO Trenton Yesterday.
Angelo NJ st. Nicholas, the Italian lsborer who
was recently injured bv the caylng IN OF a sand
hank on the line of the New York, West Shore and
Buffalo Railroad near Hackersack, died yesterday
at the Jersey City Charity Hospital from the effects
of his injuries.
At the request of number OF citizens and tax
payers, Mayor Taussig few weeks ago appointed
committee of experts to examine into the condition
of Public School No. 2 in Ernest. The committed
made its report to the Board of Education on Tues
day night. The building, the report says, is in
dangerous condition, and 1t Is recommended that |
be torn down and another one erected IN its stead
No action was taken upon the report.
As Western bound freight train was passinj
through the Delaware Lackawanna and WesterT
Railroad tunnel at o'clock yesterday afternoon
the coupling of two cars in the midle of the traiI
broke. The rear section was run into by anothe
freight train At the same time the forward part o
the first train backed downto pick mp the detached
cars. Several of the of the tram were thrown
from the track. No one was injured.
NEWARK
Chancellor RunyOn, at Newark, Yesterday isSuet
an order directing dividend OF 10 per cent to b,
paid on March 10 to the depositors Of the Fittl
Ward Savings Bank.
NEW-JERSEY.
PATERsoN-The Board of Education recently
adopted new list of textbooks for the pnbi
schools Among the books for the use of the Higl
School is treatise on political economy, by Way
lanJ Some comment has been caused by the fac
that the economic theories of the book lean strongl
toward free trade.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
YoSKERs.-The wife of Charles Clark died sud
denly, on Monday, on the sxtleth anniversary o
their wedding day.
WHITE PLAINs.-William II. Wray, State In
spector of Cattle, visited the asylum farm OH Tues
dav which he last week placed under quarantin,
on account of the temperance OF pleur0-pneumo
MIA The cattle are recovering, but MIR. Wray say
that he will eventually order them to be killed.
DoBB's FERRY.-During the absence Of John Har
yey superintendent OF Cyrus w. Fields estate, a
Dobb's Ferry on Monday, some tramps took posses
sion of the house and demanded money and article
of clothing from Mrs. Harvey. Tney wandered
through the house, and left 1t as unexpectedly a
they came.
LONG ISLAND.
JAMAICA.-The Board OF Auditors have fixed tn
amount TO be raised for the support of the town poo
for the coming year at 49, 800, and for the repair
highways az 1900. Last year the Excise Board o
tbe town contributed from license fees Sc, 900 to
ward the poor fund.
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