New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-15
NEW-YORK CITY.


The numbering of houses in the Twenty fourth
Ward Is in progress
The condition of Charles r. 1horne jr.. IS stead
lily improving.
w. s. Miller. a LOGGER at No. 40 New Bowery, was
found dead i'll his bed last night
Complaint is made that the glass is broken in
nearly all the strcet-lanIps i'll Third-aVe between
acknowledgements ana fordham.
WOrkmcn were engaged in many streets yester,
day repairing the damage done TO telegraph and
electric wires by the recent stormy weather.
There was little floating ice IN the rivers yestcr-
day. What remained had been churned into little
pieces that did not interfere with ferry travel
SUICIDE OF PARALYTIC
Owen DOYLE all aged paralytic. hung himself on
Saturday morning at O'Clock, from the trans0m OF
his room door, at No Az West Seventeenth-st he
had been paralyzed for twenty years and bad been
reduced from comparatively easy circumstances to
poverty by his affection.
FOUND DEAD on THE SIDEWALK
Officer Brennan, of the Eighteenth Precinct, yes
terdav morning found the dead body of "a man living
OH the sidewalk III front OF No. 6Ol East FIFTEENTH
ST. From paper, on the dead man ms name was
violence were found upon his body.
BROOKLYN.
Joralemon-st, from Hicks to Furman-sts., is q
fav0rlte coasting pace i'll that part of the city.
Streets where there is generally little travel
in far condition for sleIghing yesterday, but few
sleighs were seen.
The new surface road in Seventh-avc, although
completed. will not be opened to the Pablo until
spring.
Fulton-st was in a sad state Of slush yesterday.
When crossing the streets overshOes were OF little
use.
knocked down, on Saturday night, near the Wash
lngton-ave Bridge. while going home from the
Eastern District, and was robbed OF his money and
watch by four highwaymen.
Among the sites proposed for the Federal
Building IN Brooklyn in addition to the Reformed
Church property in Joralemon-st are the part OF
fsfnts IlatTa rltva
Theatre now occupied by the Post Office building
and the adjacent structures. the steamboat tri-
angular block. bounded by Fulton, Wiiloughby
and Pearl-sts., and part OF block In fulton-st
between Montague aud Pierrepont-sts.
The hill between Columbia Heights and Fulton
st. since the recent snowfall has become the rem
devious of most of the street arabs" Of that part
of Brooklyn. Coasting is INDUCED In TO the eI-
treme danger of pedestrians Yesterday the people
who live the locality were not only disturbed by
the noise, but they were also offended by the pro
fame and vile language of the boys. The police |
seem unable to cope with the nuisance.
The Rev. DR.. Henry j. Van Dyke and the Rev.
Arthur Crosby began Yesterday their JOINT
Clinton and Rem.en- sts which Is formed by the |
OF the Second and the ChntOn-st. |
churches, of which they were the respective pas
tors One of the pastors preached at the morning |
service and the other ut the evening service yeste
day.
The Water Bureau Of the City Works Department |
is taking measures to ascertain who leave water |
running at night III their houses and 10 collect fines
therefor. The instrument used TO detect the run
ming water Is called the waterphone." and placed
upun the key 10 the water connection on the side |
walls in front of house Will convey TO the ear the
sound from the open faucet. Where persons fail to |
pay the fines the water will be cut oil.
Much indignation was aroused among some Of |
the attendants nj the temperance meeting last
ing in the NJ useum at Court and Remsen ats, by |
the conduct of policeman, No. 40. who was de- |
tailed TO the place TO keep order. lie saw lit To |
eject three boys from the ediice, and in so dong |
pushed one down q flight of stars and struck him
ing the sidewalk the policeman again struck the
boy, knocking him down. After taking the boy
short distance toward the Washington Str ct PO-
lice Station he let him go. An indignant bystanuer
who witnessed the unpTOvOked brutality took the |
number of the policeman. and stated that he would
report the affair to the Police Commissioners.
LONG ISLAND.
LONG ISLAND CJTY-The Germau-American Citi-
zens Association held meeting az Astoria last |
Saturday evening. Resolutions were adopted call |
ING for the formation of q committee TO wait upon |
the Common Council and request that body 10 urge |
upon the officials Of Queens County the necessity of
taking instant action to compel the East River |
Ferry Company reduce the rate OF ferrage across
lhiTty-fOurth street Ferry.
. ACCOMPLISHMENTS fever and diphthcra prevail |
to a considerable extent. number of deaths have
occurred recently.
NEWARK.
Mrs Herman Alberson, the only daughter Of Ma
Tor Thomas OConnor. the Speaker of the Assembly,
died yesterday OF a fever following childbirth.
German citizens met in the Academy of Music,
afternoon, with LOnis Lather preceding, |
and appointed a committee to collect money and |
arrange for concert for the benefit of the victims
of the floods in Germany.
STATEN ISLAND.
Observation-Disclosures are engaged on
Staten Island making surveys for a new railroad |
which is to run from Bound Brook, n. j., 10 Temp
;. l.
ToTTENvILLE-A new chapel ID to be erected for
St. stephens Mission.