New-York tribune., 1885-07-14
STRANGELY ECONOMICAL ALDERMEN.
--OIHER BUSINESS.

REFUSING TO PAY THE FRENCH RECEPTION BILLS
--oTHER BUSINESS.
The committee of the Aldermen which had charge
of the reception to the officers of the French vessels
that brought over the Batholdi Statue is in trouble
over the payment of the bills. The committee mas
been boastng about its & economy IN expshang & only
the other Aldermen ale not pleased because all the
money was not used while still other members
cor plain that great deal was unnecessatly en
completing the pedestal. The music Tor the recep-
tion cost $652 carriages 60 fe,reSdents Edmia, o
the Board yesterday reported that it had examined
the accounts and found them correct, and moved
alderman Tonyn Hartman, one of the men that
Tweed made a Civil Justice, and who presented
claim against the city for many thousands OF dollars
for extra pay, opposed the adoption OF the Finance
Committees report. He said that ne was q mem;
ber OF that committee and he had not been informed
of any meeting 10 pass the bills. The times were
hard taxes higD, and 1T was no time 10 be
wasting money whiskey and cigar blils. so iar
as lie was concerned he proposed to look into this
thing carefully. -,
Didn't you thoroughly examine the wine ~
asked Alderman Dc Lacy with sneer .,
b But Haven't seen the stationery blls,r Tony
Yeped. Only seventeen members voted lor paying
the bills onc less than enough TO carry tho motion.
and the matter laid over. to the intense disgust
OF President sanger W. T0 sod Ms tbaf there Would
probably be five six lawsuits against the city In
Consequence Of this action OF the Board. ,....-
The Aldermen then passed resolution directing
the pavement of Fifteenth and Sixteenth SIS
between Tenth-ave and tho North River. at the
Of the ysS the
luton to permit Sunday baseball playing as the
resolution conficted with the Penal Code MI.
and East River Railroad Company asking permis-
sion to lay tracks for surface road IRON fuitoh
Ferry through Fulton.st to west-st, and thence
70 tie Cortlandt Street Ferry.
STIRRING UP A BUTCHERS HORSE.
A sober-visaged horse. attached toa butchers
cart bearing the card of Lippau d Danzg Brothers.
butchers Nos 10 and II Second-ave., stood at
First ave- and Thirdst. yesterday afternoon, 0cca-
sionally picking up wsps OF straw from the side
walk, and apparently mnsing on the question ,,;oo
point of view. in such hot weather; number OF
small boys were playing ball in the street The
horse raised no ,Objcction until the ball hit him q
Vhack in the Jaw which almost knocked out two of
his best teeth. He then came to the conclusion
that the street was not large enough for decent.
self-rcspectine horse and crowd Of ball:piaylng
omall boys and started on run toward the East
River. The first jump upset and completely de,nor- nor
SS Aug~Ss so oS eonsy
At Aycnue-A and Third-st. Dr. Samuel kobn, OF
No. I25 Second-aye. had left his buggy in charge OF
Schmidt's drug store I he cart struck one of the
wheels of the buggy. breaking IL az 10 pleces ana an
pitching the negyo coachman head foremost on tae
sidewaIk. Had ho landed on any other part OF his
anatomy hc would probably have been seriously
injured The collision threw the runaway out Of
ks course and he tried to crawl into the window OF
the drug store BY this time the police had arr ived
on the scene, and after extracting the horses head
from between gas jet and flaming red globe, led
him back to his owners store.
DIR. RUFUS H. GILBERT BURIED.
The funeral of DIR. Rufus Ii. Gilbert was held
Yesterday at his home, No. 464 West Seventy
{hird-st. Upon the coffin rested wreath bearing
{ke inscription Humanitys friend" BY its side
On table stood model of the first elevated road,
Nd ct its foot were the testimonials handsomely
framed that he had received from societies colleges
epd tho United States Government The Rev. pr.
Morgan Dir conducted the services assisted by the
Rev. DR.. p. +. Warren, of PHILADELPHIA. Dr.. Dig.
After reading the service. spoke eioquently Of the
tfe work Of DR.. Gilbert Of his genial nature, his
fonown e. surgeon and an inventor, and asked the
question, @Why Is 1t that Dr. Gilbert was not
Smone the wsaithest Of our. citizens. and in the
Sosition that his successful invention of the
Xevatsd road entitled him to leave this question
3or Others to answer.o Tho pallbearers were Drs.
Leonard, Freer and Turbell. Charles Clayton. r. J.
Sloano and A. o. Rowe. The burial was at Trinity
Cemetsfy and the services at the grave were con-
dncted By Dr. Warren.
q. r. NERKLEE'S CHARITABLE REQUESTS
Tho will Of George r. Merklee. filed yesterday
makes the GLOWING bequests TO religious and char
table institutions St. Lnke's Hospital, $1,000
Eioa Aeod Relief Association, to be placed in the
SonooiS {iou fund for the benefit Of the home con