New-York tribune., 1885-02-06
NEW.YORK CITY.

NEW.YORK CITY.
| Men are daily of work at Pier No. Al, North
River preparing to raise t4e burned steamboat 81
| John.
| Thomas s. Brennan was elected president of the
Department of Charities and Correction yesterday.
This is the fifth time he has occupied that position
| The Aldcrmen's Dock Committee yesterday heard
| complaints against the new management OK the
| Staten Island ferries.
| Beginning on Monday, February o. the Fall River
| Line steamers Bristol and Providence will leave
| Pier No. %, North River, ut p H., halt an hour
| later than at present.
DAMAGES FOR THE DEATH OF HER FATHER
| Mrs. Mary T.. Post, rs the executrix OF John
Far e her father, who was over and killed by an
| Adams Express COmpany's wagon at Broadway and
| Wsrren-st on October 5, 1882, recovered $1,000
| damages yesterday from the company III the Su-
| peri0r CONT.
| ASKED TO RESPITE CONDEMNED MAN.
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, has been
| asked to respite DR.. L. q. Beach. of IoWanda, III
| that State who was sentenced TO death for killing
his wife, on the ground that he Is insane 1t is pro-
posed that a commission md er the direction OF the
| Medico Legal Society OF this city, examine Dr.
| Beach.
| DEATH OF A FRIEND OF CHILDREN.
neatly printed memorial with broad border of
black was received yesterday by the Society for
| the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children. IL was q
notice of the death Of DR.. Alexander Rodet, presi,
| dent of the Lyons Society and largely identified
| with the workings Of the societies In France.
| FIFTY YEARS or SERVICE RECOGNIZED.
The American Institute at its annual meeting
last night passed resolutions IN re ognlton of John
w. Chambers fifty years OF service and approprI,
atng $500 for a testimonial TO hm. The annual
report of the Boarl of Trustees shows the assets IT
tho institute to be $23J,o72 10, including S4O2i3
| cash i'll the treasury.
| TEN YEARS FOR KILLING HER CHILD
Katie Harvey, the servant girl OF nineteen. who
killed her newly y-bon child in December by putting
| il In hot water, was sentenced by justice Barrett
Yesterday Ia ten years imprisonment, despite the
assertions, OF the girls counsel that she was weak
minded and was virtually insane when she COM
miited the decd
WASTING WATER OK COLD DAYS.
The report OF the Public Works Department for
the quarter ended December 81 was sent IN yes
tcrday. Expenditures for tae quarter $l,3l7l3o,
for the year : i.6ii,997. The waste OF water on
cold DAYS was shown by the fact that on December
90 the Central Park reservoir was drawn down five
iuches showing waste Of 10000 600 gallons over
the usual consumption.
MR. MANNINGs BRorHrR-IN-LAw
Fire Commissioner Croker consulted Mayor Grace
yesterday in regard TO a successor to Mr. Ester
brook Mr. Crokar's candidate Is understood to he
w l. Foyer, jr., n brother-in-law Of Daniel Man.
ming. of Albany. lomnissIoner Prrroy has can
didate in John lialioIan; and Comm,,ssoner Van Van
i, reported to favor SIR. Mannngs brothcrin-law.
TWO wosKMES INJURED BY 4 BLAST
blast failed to 90 OF Yesterday in tho rocks in
Sixty-ninth-st.. between Eighth and Ninth ayes.
After waiting several minutes two workmen went
10 remove the charge Wh,ie they were working
over H. II exploited and injured both Of them serl
ou,lv. The foreman and the conirac;or were each
held in 81 900 bail in tho Harlem Police Court.
The injured men were taken u Roosevelt hospital
Some members of he Produce Exchange have re-
cen, manifested strong oppps tion 70 ANYTHING
that President Herrick proposed locking to any any
trading should BE- IN lots of 5000 instead OF 5000
bushels. Henry +. Kueeand said tlnt he was "op-
posed TO having proposed new features sprung on
the trade witiout any warning The proposition
was voted down by an overwhelming vote.
urvoKixG MR. C,ssIDY's LICENSE.
lanes Cassidy, Police Captain Rvans sOn-n-law.
in whose hqugr store, at Ihrd-aye aud Ihirtieth-
st. eV- -Assemhlyman Peter Woods was assaulted on
n recent SUNDAY told the Board OF Excise yester-
day that when he left the city on his wedding trip
he gave strict orders not 10 have any liquor sold on
SUNDAY. II the Board would let hlm off. the liquor
stoTc wonld be run according 10 law hereafter.
Inter he offered To surrender lis license because if
il was revoked he could not get another within
three years, but the board voted to revoke the IL
censr.
INTERFERING Win 4 WITNESS.
Several colored witness were on their way yestcr
day 10 the Court of General Sessions TO testify III
the case of James Davis. a colored man, who was 10
be tried for grand larceny. They were on Third
ave car when Peyton Bird, who Is supposed to
be friendly to DAVIS saw his wife with the other
witnesses. Entering the car, lie told her That she
wonld do well 80 go home and used other language
that the officers thought migat tend TO dlssuadc
her from ,e'fy The pS officers n tod Recordef or
count IN interfering with witness
A LIVING poG BET1ER THAN A DEAD LION.
The ew-York Cremation Society met last even
nrc. No. 100 West Fifty y-fourtI-st. Courtlandt
Palmer presided and introduced Miss Kate Field to
aqde@GS Ga f& wa Ii 6o f for the pd "d
written by Colonel K. Z, Whitman. U. $. \. The
paper was treatise on Ihe historical and practical
ASPECTS of cremation and the benefits to be derived
rom If. A living dog is better than dead lon,"
shc read and 1t is our duty to see TO IL that the
dead lion is not permitted 10 encroach unwarrahta-
bly upon the heritage of the living dog"
AFRAID or BEING IN CONTEMPT.
Professor Dwight made his appearance Yesterday
morning In the room OF the benedlct ,bulidihg
whero the Marie Garrison case has been heard. IL
tbed day uNpt
the referee had not heard OF the inJunction Issued
on Wednesday by Judge Donohuc restraining the
pIaIntiffs from prosecuting tho suit. When m
formed by Mr. ConKlIng that such an Injunction
had been issued Professor Dwight refused TO open
court ever, for the purpose ot adIomrItin9 'iat ma
tempt The accordingly rests Tor the present
BROOKLYN.
The City Works Department has decided to ex-
tend the Knckcrboc ker;ave. sewer by tunnel In
Sonth Fifth-st, instead of an open excavation,
part of which would have to be fifty feet deep.
In the suit of Daniel Boyle, member of the 18th
Regiment, to recover 10 600 damages FOR false I'm, IN
regiment, w. +. Seymour. theIury gave verdict
for $500.
The Board of Education has signed contract for
the purchase OF the site of the new Central Gram.
mar school In Nosirand-aye, between Macon and
Halsey sts.. and tho building will be erected at
teen. were held for the Grand Jury Yesterday on |
the charge Of stealing ..S65 ~ money! note Ior
$3.50 and some jowelry from Thomas boyce. OF no.
SI Stockholm-st who befriondcd them and gave !
them home after the death Of their father whom
Inc knew. They went to Philadelphia spent the
money yesterday.
Coroner Menninger has charged County Under |
tolkcr Foran with improperly signing HIS name TO
nernlts ior the removal of the bodies OF the two
Italians who drank cyanide Of potassium for n,s anise
seed cordial. Foran has blank eertihcates Whicn
he 6Ils ont and signs with the CorOners name, to
remove drow ned bodies about which there ispo
suspicion of foul play. and he used these % tor the
be had no authority 10 use It. The removal of tho
bodies before tho post-mortem examination inter