New-York tribune., 1884-01-01
NEW-YORK CITY.

| box with cigar cutter attachmeht'
The Produce Cotton, Coffee, and Importers and
| Grocerg Exchanges took holiday yesterday.
A Chatham-st peanut pedler divides his young
affection between varuished pretzel and his hrst
! love.
From the annual report of the Board of Permits
it appears that there are 3,0oo licensed uosS III 'no
| city.
| A house owned by Cyrus Tuttle, and occupied by
| Louis +. Spinner, in New Lots, l.. l., was DuIheo
| yesterday morning, caused loss OF S4,ooO'
From the number of men, women and children
selling Swiss matches in the streets one might n1er
| that matches were Swtzerland's chief product.
The Prohibitionists of New-Y York and Brooklyn
purpose 10 agitate the question OF pTohiP%Ltlon %
| amendment Of the State Constitution at Albany
| this winter.
The House of the Holy Family at No. 1876 Second
! ave- has had an average of 40 inmates during tAe
| year. There have been no deaths. The home Will
| be open to visitors to-day
| GENERAL GRANT IMPROVING. ,
| General Grant is rapidly recovering from the
ago. lie was able to sit up in bed yesterday al
though he cannot move his injured leg.
MR.. BENnAM TO FACE HIS AGcUsERs. 10
! Charles $ Benham, the stOck-brOker recently re-
| ported as having run away, telegTaphed 10 ms
counsel yesterday that he would start at once IoI
New-York to face his accusers, and that he VIII be
! here by January 10.
BAIL REFUSED TO PANIzzA.
Justice Lawrence in the supreme Court, ChalnDerS
refused yesterday TO admit TO bail giuseppe fanH-
za who was recently arrested ON a charge OF ron
| berry and backmail upon Vincenza DragOne, a maSl-
clan employed at the Casino
MIR, OLNEY's NEW SUBPOENA CLERK.
Richard J. Dumphy the Subpoena Clerk IN the
| Distrct-Attorneys Office, was removed Yesterday
| by DIstuct-AtOrucy OlEcy, to make room loI l ma
! deus }. Mccarthy, a clerk in a lawyers Once at
| No. 81 Park Row. Mr. Dumphy IS lainihahy
! Democrat.
A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR's USE OF MS MONEY.
Anton Pctrie, age ninety, native OF the NesI
Indies, who has lost both legs and has oeen KnoMn
! as a professional beggar in south and Catherine
SITS. for several years, was taken to LsSeX MaFAeJ
! Police Court yesterday, aboring under the effects
| of alcoholism, and was sent 10 beieN uo ho7plI'i'
FOR USE EXCLUSIVELY ~ BAR-RoOMS:
! "The newest New-YeaT's card shouted by the
curbstone stationcr is odd thing IN the shape ol
/ a tag with a string attached 1t contains joke
| the point Of which lies in the application; Inc
beautiful legend which it bears reads: " Happy
New-Ycar (llIc When am Full senG me I9m,e;
At the end are spaces mar kcd Name. ana Al
! Dress They had rapid sale last evening.
! NEW MAEEET OFFICIALS.
| Controller Grant made n few changes yesterday
in the clcrkshps of the markets, based, he said, on
an opinion of Corporation Counsel Andrews that
no man having st3ud in one Of the markets COMO
! hold an Office in the City Governments. John W.
Kettlcman clerk Of Washington and west N3Ih-
! ingtOn Markets, was dropped; also, Richard H.
! Thorn, collector of Washington Market. Lewis
! Schoomakcr, the clerk Of Fulton Market, was ap-
! pointed clerk and collector Of Washington Market;
! and Daniel Williams, the collector Of west wash
| lngton Market, was made clerk and collector OF
! that market. The vacancy caused by the transfer
! of Mr.. SChOOnmakcr was not illed
DIR ARNITAGEs YOUTHFUL MINISTRY.
The BaptiSt preachers Yesterday elected the EcN.
! Or. Thomas ATnitage moderator for three months.
| After memorial paper the Rev. DR.. Alexander
Carson, of Ireland, had been read by his grandson
the Rev. L. &. Hanna, Of Bullston, N u, Dr ATIm-
tagc gave a little sketch of his own early life. He
! was born in 1919 and united with the church when
a lad of twelve years. His first sermon was written
! on his knees from the text Come unto me- ETC.,
| and delivered fifty years ago next june before ne
was fifteen years old. Three persons, were con-
| next Monday will be held in the First Baptis
! Church, at Park-avc; and Ihfiy.ninth-st., being
memorial service in honor OF a'toTmer pastor the
/ Rev. Dr. Anderson, who died recently III Boston,
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week. 2lO; Births 107 marriages, 81.
Supervisor Daniel Lake resigned his Office yes
tcrday afternoon to assume that of County Auditor.
Police Justice Walsh tried 1853 cases in his
court in the City Hall last year. and collected
81 ,343 % in fines.
The retiring District Attorney General l. S. Cat
lin and his successor, James W. Rldgwav, with
IIubel.s Hotel.
Anumber of the pigcon-hocd indictments IN the
DisTiCt-AttoTuc, office, which, II was apparent,
would ncyc be tried, were dismissed last week ny
Judge Moore at the instance of Dlstrct-AttoIney
| Catlin. Among hem were seven remaining lndlct-
ments against II. o. Jones for aiding his hToth"rIn-
law, George A. w. Stuart IN the embezz Iement OF
$3.50 600 from he Board of Education. Jones
found not guilty in one indictment.
The Common Council yesterday gave consent to
Alderman James Donovan, of the Twelfth ward to
run line of coaches ~ Columbia, EIlZa9eth anu
Richards OF Van BTunt strcetst' and Hamilton Az
enuc, TO Hamilton Ferry, thence in Union, Henry
and Middagh streets to Fulton Street, thus making
a continuous line from Red Hook Point TO the
Bridge the fare was fixed at cents, the license fee
| at 81 a stage, the stages are TO be running by
August l.
Statistics of the suicides in Brooklyn last year
show that there were 30, of whom AS were men and
l3 women. One clergyman, the Rev James kenlQ,
among the number. Ihe modes 0l death
follows: Is by shooting, ~ by corrosive
poison, IL by hanging, by sta siab9i9g; iy, ,, by
ing from a height. In nationality the victims
of their own acts % German, United States,
Irish, 3 English, British American, l French,
and unknown.
Yesterday, in the Quarter Sessions Court, Joseph
Kelly, Michael Dillon, and Joseph IenpletOn were
! placed on trial for breaking into and robbmg st.
| defendants are Roman Catholics Kelley and Dillon
! being former inmates of the asylum Icmpleton
! Judge McCarter sentenced Kelly TO six years and
| Dillon to one year in the State Prison.
NEW-JERSEY.
| HoBOKEN.-The man who committed suicide
| Sunday in the Elysian Fields by shooting himself
through the head, was identified as William Rosen-
baum aged thirty y-cight, Of Eldridge-st, Newlork.
| He was dry-goods salesman, and leaves wife
! ELIzABEfII.-Ihc Veteran Zouaves will give a re-
! ceptiOn to their commander, General j. Madison
| Drake. at their armOry. on January T. in honor of
! the twcnty-ift anniversary OF his marriage.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
! MT. VERNON.-Pcter McClan, a longshoTcman of
| New-YOrk, on Christmas-day visited his family,
! which has been for two years supported by his
daughter Ellen, who is performing the duties of
domestic. Becoming troublesome, the family closed
| the door against him during his absence On his
return he forced his way into the house, and turned
all of the family out OfdOOrs son, Peter McCain,
jr., he knocked down and kicked nlicting some in
] teTnal injuries. The boy died on Sunday morning.
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon. The
! jury rendered a verdict that the boy came to his
| death from congestion of the brain due to natural
causes
EAST CHEsTER.-Jcsse Brown and wife. living on
] the old White Plains road lost a daughter about
! four years old, few days ago, who appeared to
have died from the effects Of poison. Several other
members of the family became ILL., The cause of
sickness was traced to the well, into which filthy