New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-04

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| new duties to-day lie will attend oil fires above
| Twenty third-st and will take command OF flremen
| in the absence of Chief Bates or Assistant Chlef
partment in 1865 aud has been chief of battalion
about five years. Ills salary Will De Soooo per
annum.
BROOKLYN.
Births last week, $50; Deaths 2s6; marriages.
107.
| The Commissioners Of Charities and Correction
| have elected Mr.. Van Siclen president
| sop,b Rrooklyn people complain of the noise and
disorder CIV, ~ night in the beer garden in Eghth-st
near Fourth-aye.
Police Commissioner Jourdan has appointed
Roundsman j. VI. Ashton, sefReaht Vi the iihI-
teenth Precinct
Tn the First District Police Court last year., JUS
tice Bergen disposed of SOL cases. OF which o,0o3
were Of iutoxication.
Sheriff Stegman has dismissed three OF hisdeputes
| George HILL Rudolph Gross and l. :. Gardiner, and
has appointed George Hardy as first deputy. NO
| other appointments Will be made
| Younq bcpuars In front Of the theatre entrances
asking Tor pennies TO pay their admission arc nui-
sanco only eIualled by the ticket spectators.
| thomas NJ Lockwood formerly ferry pilot,
died suddenly in an oyster SALOON at No. 2S4
| Grund-st Yesterday morning. He was seventy
four years old. For forty years he was pilot on
| the East River.
Az the last meeting of the Bridge Trustees it
announced that the footway over the bridge would
ary but now IL IS expected that IL cannot be made
reauy before tho end of this month.
| Mrs Bridget Malone, servant at No 81 Pulaski
A.. was killed yesterday morning by falling rom
| third story window. She was found dead IN the
| morning, and her employer, Mrs. q. w. Anderson,
asserts that she was drunk when she went to bed.
An absolute diyorce was granted yesterday 10
Mira Maria Henderson from John Henderson. who
| has Just ended yea Of imprisonment for bigamy;
The parties 20 the suit were married In 1901 anu
| have two children, ages twenty and twelve years
| respectively
| Among the cases on the calendar Of the City
Court is the suit of Theodore Bailey against the
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company 10 recover
$50 600 as damages for injuries received on August
30, 1852, in fitth-ave., when the car upon which
| he was getting started too soon throwing him to
| the ground
Permission was granted yesterday by the Supreme
Court 10 the Bedford Reformed Church 70 purchase
the church ediice ut Bedford-ave. and Madison-st,
| from the Manhattan Life Insurance Company Tor
| SAT O0l 90 and 10 leave $40, 900 upon bond and
| mortgage The edifce cost 100000. IL was built
about ten years ago, and mortgaged TO the lie In
| surance company.
| Judge Pratt issued an order yesterday In the
Supreme Court restraining all creditors and stock
| holders OF the Cooperative Dress Association OF
New-York from taxing action TO recover money
from t without the consent OF the court. upon the
application OF certain creditors: An order was also
| made directing the receiver, r. H. Smith, 10 TAKE
action TO recover money from Simon Dausig aud
others
The so-called living skeleton although his
bones are yet clothed in hesh-who processes TO
weigh forty pounds, and whose anatomical curiosity
sexnibit.d In Brooklyn museum, was married on
Saturday to beauty No. III, who did not take prize
In tho recent contest OF beauty. The ceremony was
performed py the Rev. /. A. Gardner. OF Jersey CITY,
/ he names OF tho pair respectively Sprague
and Thompson. Now both are Spragues. Tuey are
spcnuing their honeymoon In their accustomed cn-
hibi,on in Brooklyn, but will delight the eyes of
jewellers in Chicago next week.
JERSEY CITY.
IL is rumored that operations will be resumed on
the New-J.rscy sue of the Hudson River Tunnel on
February 1.
Uilo,n r. Cbrstie w a arrested nj the Era Rail-
way Depot on Tuesday night IN response TO tele-
gram from Warwick, n. Y lie 10 accused of enter
ing and robbing S. McVay's hotel In Warwick. Mr..
McVay allowed Christie to sleep u detached room
Monday night and ON tuesday morning the robbery
was discovered, aud Christie had taken train for
NewYork. lie was taken back to Warwick yester-
day.
Assemblyman Thomas V. Gator has begun suit
to set aside tue tax levy of 1882 aud has secured an
ton on the tn ri Tuesday In February why the levy
should be sot aside, on the ground that the ok
emption of RAILROAD property 10 VIOLATION oil the
four e.uth section Of the constitution OF the United
S,aies which provides that no state shall deny to
any person in It's jurisdiction the equal protection
OF It's laws The papers were served on the city yes
terday.
NEw.JERSEY.
WEEuAwKEN f. Rusch, a Hoboken
Justice OF the Peace, has been elected Recorder IN
place of Justice Streng.
| HoBoKRN-Chares Smith. who IL charged with
attemp, ing to steal tray OF watches worth III 800
| from ;. l.. NewDerys jewelry store, No 10 New
ark-st., Tuesday night was arraigned before Re-
corder McDonough yesterday mornlnI man who
sad he wanteI 10 purchase New Years gait Tor his
| sou was looking ut the watches when smith, VINO
| pretended to be a messenger, entered and handed
| Mrs. Newberry parcel with receipt 70 sign.
While her attention was engaged the other man
seized tho tray OF watches and attempted 20 run oil
with IT. but Mrs. Newberry seized the tray ut the
ran ont. smith was held IA colored coaehman,
In the employ of Henry Reiche, the wild animal -
porter, was driving to the ferry TO meet MI heche
on Tuesday night, when the staff OF light wagon
struck horse and pene rating it's breast kiliedlt
The animal was worth $1,000.
A wire belonging to the Baxter Electric Light
Company sagged down at late hour on tuesday
night and got contact with q telephone wire at
Eighth and Groye-sts. causing some slignt uainhge
The electric lights that circuit were extinguisned
aud two telephone Instruments were iaIah ou
Several magnets In the central office OF the telephone
company were also destroyed. IL Is alleged tnat
the wires were maliciously brought In contact and
that they were found tied together.
NEWARK.
An examination was held yesterday in the case Of
c. A KIRBY who was arrested Saturday in the
Post Oflice on charge oil using the United States
mails for fraudulent purposes In receiving circulars
in answer TO deceptive advertisements. Kirby
male a statement III which he declared that his
business was that of teaching the painting OF pho
tographs on glass to be done by aiIeeslons sent
Millard who had the business in New-England.
lie gave number of names of Boston people as
references. The case was adjourned by United
States Commissioner JOhn H. Meeker, before whom
II was held. until next Wednesday.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
WHITE PLArNs-The Board of Supervisors of
Westminster County yesterday adopted resolution
recommending the Governor TO appoint comm ,.
Brown State Assessor IN the place Of Mr. Weather
wax, lately dead.
w-RooHUILE.-Michael Hutchinson, of Drake's-
ave-, New-Rochelle on Monday climbed up tree 10
get possession of q wounded pigeon which had es.
capped from some marksmen. fie fell to the ground
and received injuries which will probably prove
fatal The residence of SIR. Dennisou, In Leland
place. was robbed by burglars on Monday night.
LONG ISLAND.
AsToRIA.-The fnnaral nf the Row. Father Maen-