New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-07

luton, in which the following. questions were pro pro-
| pounded to the Department of Public works. rs
ali the water brought to the City by the aqueduct
at High Bridge delivered to the service pipes or .o
reservcirsf Does more water now untITu y ,bnn
through tho aqueduct at Ninety-second-st', anu Il
| so, whyp
| FURNITURE STORED IN THE HARLEM COURT.
Emma Woodmau, clearinghouse keeper az 70.
| 400 East Eighty -seventh-st.: complained IN the
Harlem Police Court that she had been swlndlea og
| a furniture dealer, Patrick OFarreIl' OF no, %on
| Bowerv She made two purchases OF furniture on
he Instarent plan, one lot being worth 64 20 and
other $50 so She had paid for the first G Lot ama
who is said to he deputy sheriff, called on ngr' nc
companIed by three other men, and seized Dotn Iots
of furniture Justice Murray Issued trnd IN the
cellar of O'FarrelPs place. All that was ldehti1eu
by Mrs Woodman as having been pad f1r ny nea
Conrt.Ioom' where it is now stored. O'Farrell will
| be summoned to appear IN court.
BROOKLYN.
An unknown thief has been operating in the City
Hall and articles of considerable value have been
stolen.
| The police of the First Precinct arrested twenty
four persons in policy shop in BnGge-st on sun
day night. They were held in 5000 bail each yes
| terday. -
New buildings are to be erected for the Childrens
Aid Society ana the Yonng Mems Christian Assocla-
iion the former in Poplar-st. at cost OF ptI'ooo
| and the latter at Fulton and Bond $751; to cost
| 100000.
| A meeting in memery of Robert Emmett was held
| last yening in the Academy OF MUSIC, uhder tno
| direction Of the Clan-na-Gae IL was largely ut,
tended Thomas Kinsella presided and the principal
| speaker Charles w. Brooke
| The Board of Education held another Ineffective
| meeting Yesterday. the time OF the session being
| occupied with discussion of the ru cs The matter
of increasing the salaries of principals and heads Oh
departments, after some discussion, was Ialu over
| bv referring it 10 the Committee on the Equalza-
ton of Salaries.
James McTague was recently sent to the Peniten-
tary by Police Justice Naeher for "habitual drunk
% Forth in fho m m
he was taken before Judge Brown on a writ oil ma.
beas corpus and released, the Judge holding mat
there was no such crime as habltual drunkehhess
| While working In glass factory IN Concord,st.
Yesterday Anthony Muzer. age twenty-four, OF No.
| s3I Parkave., gass-cutter, caught his right arm
in some machinery. IL was terribly crushed below
| the elbow, and nearly torn IRON MS OOuy' He was
| taken to the City Hospital.
In n suit brought IN behalf of Mary SVEN, age
| eleven against Frederika Gress, who adopted her,
TO recover s., 900 damages for assault and Dat-
terv the Jury gave n verdict yesterday in the City
| Court awarding 81 500 to the girl The testimony
showed that the child was cruelty beaten and
| abused
In the suit of Emma Scully, servant, to recover
| 81 600 damages for SANDER uttered by her en-
pIoyer Charles NJ. Bull, of No 43O llenry-str tired
Yesterday in the City Court the jury gave VerdlcI
Tor $50 The gIr alleged that the defendant called
her a thief and said no could prove II. MI Dull
denied making such statement
meeting TO which manufacturers and working
men were invited. to organize for the protection
of American industry OF all kinds and classes from
competition with paupeT made g goods ana i, PauPeer
d. Berri presided, and addresses were made by
Walter E. Barnett, Oliver T. Burton, and w. A.
Carsey. No pernanen; organization was eHeoteu'
The BOARD Of Directors Of the Brooklyn Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children held their
regular monthly meeting last night at their roomsi
No. 20t Mon'agnes 16e WIN Tcnorted the
,xork for February rs follows: Complaints received
a.; complaints investigated, ~; cases prosecuted
o, cases convicted, children rescued ana sent 10
homes and institutions, 10. Thrty-two new mem
bcrs were elected
su,t TO recover $4,000 as damages for being
| nut al n "bobtau" car for refusing 70 put HIS iare
| In The box brought by X. H. Cayerly, OF the AMI
Bobtail Car Association. against the bushwick
| Railro,d Company was tried m the Supreme Court
yesterday before Judge Cullen. The plaintiff ad-
mited that he refused 10 put his fare IN the box 70
test the questions the driver put hm on ana No 9 th
case, holding that the rule Of the company was
reasonable one
The SUIT Of Alfred c. Henning for a limited di.
Yesterday before Judge McCuc. They were mar,
red I'm February, 1882 and the husband testified
that in May his wife, began to abuse him.
snGG S'r sroye.lid litter, and called him many
disrespectfnl names. Hennings sister eorroborated
his evidence. Mrs. Hennlng denied striking her
hnsband with anything and said that the quarrels
( between them arose from his sister living win
; them aud trying to run the house. Decision IN the
case was reserved
NEW-JERSEY.
Y pArERsoN-Alderman Charles T. Beckwith, OF
tbe Fifth Ward has offered his resignation to the
Board Of Aldermen Az the meeting OF rn1 Sotad
against a motion for the accep ance OF inc reslgn
ton and prevented its adoption. Tho resignation
takes effect at the conclusion OF one year OF service
A Alderman Beckwth was elected n Republican
n Last spring II he is allowed to resign, the vacancy
g will occur after the ensuing spring cIecilon ahU
make necessary n special election to NIL the piace
| MFR Beckwlth's Republican colleagues are salu u
he disturbed at the prospect of an " extra election
in n close ward hence their refusal to vote TO ac
| ia r.
the Paterson Iron Works, and the protracteu Illness
1 Of its superintendent, Mr. Johnston' mas largely ,m
!, | crcosed his business duties. "A family named
, | HAYES live at No. ia Warren-st, Under bureau
IN fbn house was found on Monday night ciga
box containing the body OF an ide o ol nnrarv 90
III he mother said that her husband George raves
oomxer by trade was SICK IN 1 oo ac and mo-"
York City, and that she nad oeen 700 S'oh anu Poo
Ii 10 attend to the burial of the infant
= EAST oRANGE-The late Nazareth d, Taylor, LEI 4
$4,000 to build parsonage r Tor fd tRe obn m
/ az nn0 io the American Bible Society, 81 600 L
It {c Missionary Society of the NJ T.. Church In New
York $500 to the the f 0ToTgS
IL Church Extension Society," freedman Az ooeieI,
of the NJ f. Cnurch. the SUNDAY Seh2ol DmGn IN,
the Ladies' Aid Society OF the M f. Oh'ion
J. Fo,ty-second-st., New-York.
,. NEWARK.
II rbo Pow A r. Woodwork has resigned the pas
% torate of the Mt Pleasant Baptist Church ana vii
10 return 10 former charge in Western New-f0rk.
" Ata meeting of the consistores of the Reformed
Church on Monday evening comlnittee recon
, ,nnudcd thot the Second Church should be sold ant
4 that the congregation should unto with Hop
n Chanel new church will probably be bult 10
v the united congregation.
N LONG ISLAND.
l. RpooKIIAvEN-Twelve hundred out of abou
/ Q 600 voters in the town have signed q peuti3
asl,Iuv for the passage of the bill now botore TN
legislature providing for the Adjustment OF Tn
" Board of Trustees
A. OYSTER BAY-Thomas f. YounOs, who died q
his house on Saturday last, was tor many ears In
r, head of the firm of Youngs 81 Co., shipping ncI
70 chants of South-st, this city. lie leaves WIDOW
four dau ghters and two sons, ana an estate Naue
" at 100000