New-York tribune., 1885-03-20
NEW-YORK CITY.

for "'N-
Houston sts, to cost Sloo,ooo
"Casb ~ sends So for the widow of Joseph Cohen,
who died from exhaustion after the roiier-ska'ihs
tournament. "
The Boys Literary Society connected wieh d Ino .
Young Mems Christian Association Will hold a
mock trial at Association Hail, next tuesday
evening
The Cable Railway Commission yesterday ex-
tended the time for the hearing OF yes, pr t
duced by the Mayor and Corporation Counsei 10
March 81.
II. Clutterbuck, age twenty-one,, employed in the
office of Holmes Kurtz cracker naKers' e IN
ing the firm of 81, 900 on forged orders.
A reception is to be given by Company ~, 2Zd
Regiment at the Lexington Avenue opera House
March 80. Boxes were sold IN the company room
last evening.
self-restraint; it's relation to health is the
tonic for the ifth medical talk to be gwen tonight
bv Dr. l.. Bolton Bangs before the Young mems
Christian Association.
SINNERS nor NUMEROUS DOwNroWN.
II SINNERS stand on slippery places" the per-
centace must be small among merchants who DO
business in Boavcr.st After the fall OF snow yes
terday large majority sat down lhVoiuhtarliS oh
the snow covered payements.
SPEAKING SEVEN LANGUAGES AND OUT oP WORK.
John Fotly, Of No. SO TDird-aye., Greek VINO
has been in this city ten days. % nnd can spgdh
French and English fuently, applied to Justice
Patterson Yesterday at the Tombs for employment.
HELD oS A CHARGE OF HOMICIDE.
Franz II. Vandersleidi seaman, lodging at NO;
1l3 Cherry st died from injuries caused by Mlchaei
Helmici driver of n delivery wagon on w enhes..
day at East Broadway and Catherine-st. iielmicRi
VAS held yesterday ut Essex Mar&et Police Court
on a charge Of homicide.
A LOCM sNow STORM
About AN inch of snow fell yesterday, melting al
most as fast as II touched the ground. IL was only
a local storm caused bv The change OF the WIND, by
which the moist winds of the coast were blown into
the cold atmosphere of the city and us vicinity
he weather fair in Philade ph'a ana IN Bos
and the signal Service officials promise warmer
weather and clear sky here to-day.
MR. gRNENwEIN's DAMAGED WINDOW.
One of Barber Il Nephew's caTman dumped
q load of coal INTO tne show WINDOW
on Wednesday. II took Mr.; Ernenweln until
yesterday afternoon 70 renarr the damage lie saId
he would send bill for 700 10 to Barber & Nephew
for collection. He hopes TO collect IT.
puING Up EVIDENCE AGAINST ULSTER.
Francis Bailey the fourth prisoner whom Deputy
Marshals Smith and Bible nave brought down from
Ulster County recently was arrested yfs.ofaay anu
hote! at Whteport and Is CHARGED with selling
whiskey barrels without removing the revenue
stamps lie gave o., 300 baH.
IMMrGRA~Ts Ill FROM TYPHUs FEVER.
Two of the 100 stcerage passengers of the Ham
burg steamship Sncvia who were landed on March
10 were attacked with typhus fever on TUESDAY.
DIR. Taylor OF the Fourth sanitary Division, re-
encers were sick with the fever In tho Emigrant
Ho,pItal on Wards Island. The patients were re-
moved at once 10 the hlNcisllc hospital
woLrN>x CALLED oS TO EXPLAIN.
Henry WoItman, lately registrar OF permits has
been srmrnoned before the Comm-sionor OF Ae-
counts at 1890 q m. to-day ia oe examined under
oath regarding certain entries IN the books OF his
oiiice ne was much surprised at the summons.
lhs is the first exercise by the Commissioner oi
tneir power to summon witnesses Ior examination
under oath ID making Investigations cI depart
ments.
GIvIsG Up BRITtsH VESSEL.
The British brigautlno sarah CroWcll saiied from
AtN t'ftsas n her
never been heard from. She ~ supposed 10 have
been lost in a hurricane OFF urks Island in October
Besides Captain Lops Man and wiic, there was
cTewofsix sal ors The bngantlnc had cargo OF um-
ber and small merchandise valued At $1,000. Her
agent was &. +. Schramme and she was owned al
Yarmouth, N :.
wARNING TO PROFILE RECENTLY ABROAD.
The Charity ganZatiOn Society warns the
public against Frencbman, age about thirty-iiye.
who calls upon persons who have recently been III
Europe, ID pretends 70 have heen headwailer at
the motel III Paris where they lodged. lie is gen
c:alIy gricvcd at not being recognized, aud ASKS
for loan to purchase waters suit To enable hun
10 take position offered to hun at some city hotel
lie is tall, spare and salow, with brown halr and
eyes.
THE BARGE OFFICE INVESTIGATION.
The instructions to Collector Robertson, Surveyor
Benedict and Naval Officer Graham from Secretary
Manning TO investigate the reports against the adj
mnstratiOn OF he Barge ONCE contained no specific
complaints, and IN order 10 formulate some method
of procedure tho Collector postponed the Inquiry
uni further examination of the general charges.
One OF the subjects 10 bc inquired INTO Is the re-
ported inadequacy of the Barge Othco to tho busi.
ncs, of the port IT, is reported that the transfer
service from tho steamers to the BARGE ONCE il
on " modeI a ely well performed, the boats en-
ployed were not constructed for such service.
FUNERAL or THE REv. Dr.. GEER.
The rectOry Of st. TImothy's Church, No. $50
West Fifty-scvonth-st., was crowded yesterday
with the friends and parlshon"ri OF the rector the
Rev. DR.. George Jarvis Geer, whose funeral was
held in the church nj o'clock. Assistant Bishop
Potter 1ucled the services assisted by the Row
Drs Galaudet. Peters and MOttet. Among those
present were many ministers from other churches.
The all-bearer3 were the Rev Drs. Beach, Dulie
Tato aud Phelps, with the vestry and wardenq
OF the parish The burial was in the Trinity Gene
terry, in West Observation-Disclosures
HOUSING CITY OFFICIALS AND RECORDS.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners Yesterday re-
solved to hire the building NO. 81 East twenty
ninth-st for one year at ~ 800 as a station house
for the Twenty-filth Precinct. Recorder SDyth
called attention 70 the preScntment of the Grand
Jury IN regard to the insecurity OF deeds, etc. m
the Hall of Records aud in the County Clerks
Office and the draft OF bill providing for the new
be kept and where the Tax Receiver may have
more convenient quarters. A SPECIAL meeting will
be held next uesday to consiler this matter.
TO REPEAT THE PIRATFs OR PRNZ,NCR"
Police Sergeant Muret, Of the 9th Precinct who
had charge Of the recent production the PIRATES
of Peuzancen IN the Academy OF Music reports that
the four performances yielded S7475. rne Ser
geant has received numerous invitations from
theatrical managers near the city 20 re-
peat the opera OH their boards, and he has
received permission from the Police Board
TO keep the company together. He will give
q performance at ilenderson's Opera House, jersey
City. soon, and will give two performances on
March 2S in the Brooklyn Academy Of Music Six-
teen members of the police chorus have been So.
lected to appear at these performances.
ELMIRA GOOD PLACE FOR THE YOUNG MAN.
Seven river thieves, each carrying large bag, on
"Wednesday pight boarded the canal "a boat Thomas
st. Shortly afterward when psIicelnan boarded
the boat. six of the gang mad escaped with full
bags, but Charles McKenna, of No. 4OS West
1enth-st. age seventeen, still on deck with his
bag In the Jefferson Market Court yesterday he
was held for trial. lie is known as "Red
McKenna," and the Terror Of the IIudson.n In
the past year he has beeu arraIgned at jefferson
Market about once a month on charges of robbery.