New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
c,.rws AGAINST THE CITY.

CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
.,.por NuxpxR OF PERSONS WHO WANT EXTRA
PAY FOR ALLEGED SERVICES.
r.r-york CITY il the most liberal in its payments
70 employees of all cities in the world put tnat goes s
not RESTRAIN many of them from bringing suits ior
more pay. One of the latest claims presented Is
that Of William c. Emmet who was ds .. the
clerk in the Finance Department at tne .iihe ti
c,tv lost 40 much money by the coupon frauds Mr.
Emmet was removed for his failure TO punch ,le
coupons. thus making possible their reissue. AS
dsbursing clerk IT was n nses emit bills.
I H;s ah salary was So $50. lie nov,
seeks to recover from the city $4,000 additiGna
toSing and administering oaths." Should he re,
cover the amount. there are large NUMBER VI VI
other city employees who could claim extra pay Sar.
ment for similar services. Mr.. Eminet Is now sec
retary of Legation at ConstantinoPle. ,,,o
Among other claims Is one of Judge GilderseesSS
for $4,000 balance of salary ne mas cre.
$40 boo salary frem the city under the statute ce
atipg his Office. He claims that the saiary snouu
be $4,000 year. The case was agroea b up?n
By the CORPORATION Counsel III Win the
decision Of the Supreme Court IL Jndge Hi.1 ;ii
sleeve wins the case. JUDGE CoWmg s ,ha same
court gets 81 900 year for sitting 0ccas0naiiy as
a Sinking Fund Commissioner, and $l, 100 lor ST.
ting as member of the Board OF revision apo Cor
recfion of Assessments, making his t0tal salary
$4,000. Ex-POcc Justice Bixoy CLAIMS S %&aa'3od
balance of salary Daniel Jackson asks for $3.50
balance aas c epaDd Boes .De asks for
couI William Gutter sG in the same court
sues for $780, and some other cjerks 10 .ne same
$4,000 balance as civil justice wnlie ior snla
services Edward Hogan claims $ll Z4y MIia naa
john H. Starin, jr., has a claim pendlng OF
1858 500 which he says is due hm ior expenses III
CURED as attorney Tor tne oiu for st 600 nro
fess,onal services which he claims TO nave rem
dered the city. William s. cDonaid and Thomas o..
Miller claim S l66 eacn as oaance cue on eao ahoaf
one dozen Others have presented CLAIMS OF Sl.ooo
and more each as excise inspectors under q former
BOARD. Joseph Hail brings suit for $3,3oo as pa
trolman and numerous others have made similar
claims. Altogether the city is alleged TO 9we M
then regu ar pay something like million dollars.
ADVANCE GUARD OF IBARNUM'S SHOW.
JUMBO AND THE WHITE ELEPHANT ON HAND-MEs.
TOM THUMBS MARRIAGE.
The noise of the hammer and the saw resounde9
through the Madison Square Garden yesterday anu
replaced the mOnOtonOus sound oil rollers wncn
WAS heard there continuously last week. About y
p on Sunday the irst detach at Wot OF Earee
from bridgeport on the way to New-ioik. JUMBO
was there in all his glory. tue sacred white elephant
dressed in canvas coat, because he is sunering
from cold, and twenty other elephants, large and
SMALL together with lions and tigers ana other
beasts of prev all left the railroad train at Mott
Garden They arrived there before Mr. Hamilton.
who is in charge, expected them; yet accommOda-
tion was found for them an ana tnoS
their summer tour. Early yesterday morning Tue
carpenters arrived and the work began OF construct
ing rings putting o adq the conssep m
cident upon these changes stood MT. baInum MN
self. looking hale and happy IN spite Of his years
of the approaching marriage between Mrs. Tom
1humb and the Count hoseond. o.o,.o,,
Mrs Tom Thumb" said the veteran snowman
q has decided that this time she will be married IN
the manner possible. Cards OF invitation VIII
be issued only to the very elite of the city, and they
will be especially requested TO Keep secret the pace
and hour of the ceremony. The bride says that tins
time she is marrying for love and that she wants no
such display as was made on the occasion OF her
former wedding. Although himself a famous curl
osity Count Rosebud Is very unwilling that MS
wife should continue to be exhibited and he made
an attempt to buy up her engagements up 10 ane
date of her marriage, which will take place in May
He offered 81 900 for two weeks engagement
but offered $4,000. Just now | received a tele-
gram saying that the Count nad gone ABOVE me- uut
guess we'll get her,
A fever of excitement relgns among the eiepnlht
herd Hebe, the mother of the first elephant born
An captlyity Is expected soon to give blrth 10
further offspring of which Chieftain will be the
father. Another addition to the family Is expected
later from Queen the Nom o dvSSreed to- ac
tate her union with Cheftain. is suffering from a
sore nose He 10 common with severai OF tne larger
elephants is found 10 do excellent service as "a
locomotive making up in power what he lacks Ill
speed Mandarin has no difficulty IN pushing hi'eeh
or twenty cars, but the constant appeatioh oI MS
forehead to the buiiers OF freight cars mas caused
certain tenderness in this portion OF his pnysiOg
nomy further detachment of fifteen elephants
Is expected from Bridgeport IN lew days.
POSTAL CARDS AND ENVELOPES ON TAP
A curious invention called automatic postal
box is being exhibited by the agents OF It's nventE
at No 145 Maiden-ane. 1t Is device 10 suPplS
postal cards or stamped envelopes aud paper from
receptacle to be placed In al pubic Places stIeetS
and resorts, by means OF mechanism opciateu pJ
the com which the purchaser drops INTO bhe
machine TIE inventor If this cOntrlyance II
an Engshman. and he has made sdccessIuI OK
pertinent in introducing 1T III his own country
TnE TRIDUNE'S London correspondence recently
contained q reference to its operations. An eHor
is now being made TO form company 10 bring II
into use In this country.
than an ordinary lamp-post letter-box. In 1t are
two compartments one containing postai caros, th'
other stamped envelopes with sheets OF paper IN
closed i'm IT. behiuG these is cOmpart ment IN
closing the machinery. In the lid on the Top o.
the box Is SLOT over eacn compartment
When a coin of the denomination Involving Ger
tain size, thickness and weight for which the
machinery has been constructed, is dropped INTO
the slot, the lock OF drawer IN the BOTTOM OF tnt
box is released and on the drawer being pulled Out
q postal card or stamped envelope is iouId IN ~
ANY other than q proper coin VIII not release tht
lock- but running through the machine, IS expelled
nnon board AT its base IL the coin is bad, 1T II
retained i'm the machine and the lock is kept ias
tened. When all the cards or envelopes have
been sold a plate rises over the slot marked
"emptyD and no more coins can be put In.
The machinery of the box may oe adapted u
the delivery Of a variety OF articles, sucn a.
theatre tickets, ferry tickets, prize packages.
fancy cards and it is expected that 1t will be EN-
ployed by many of the larger shops and hotei
jor this kind of delivery.
ECHOES OF THE SKATING CONTEST.
The elevator men in the Mutual Life Insuranc
Building didn't know what 10 make OF the VISITOR
xrbsn a body of youag men, thin faced aud rattle
bollow-eyed yesterday asked to be carried up Il
Wood 81 Garnett's office. William Wood was no
In his Office but his brother was. so was REGINALD
DuIrant. who acted AS manager of the slx-days
roller skating contest IN Madison Square GardeI
last week. The thin-faced young men VINO mac
statad from Monday morning until saturday nigh