New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13
NETWORK CITY.

Meeting at Dr. PulInan's Church, p In.
NETWORK CITY.
Fines to the amount of So, 553 80 were COLLECTED
in the various police courts In January.
An iceman named Blair dropped dead from heart
disease Yesterday in front Of the liquor store NO.
100 Eighth-ave., which he had just served
]. j. Gatens, who has been for several years. wears
clerk in the Custodians office, has been promoteu
to be chef clerk under Custodian Jenh H. oiiio''
Deputy Collector James A; Briggs age seventy,
four the oldest employe OF the custom HOUSE, hau
| a slight stroke OF paralysis yesterday
| Father Riordan, of the Mission Of the Rosary az
| Castle Garden yesterday received 500 from Arch
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, to aid III the work.
An official report states that the Ncw.fork, West
shore and Buffalo Railway is now free nom sno"
| and trains are moving all nght.
The four-mile race for amateurs which is to take
| Mace this evening at the Knickerbocker skating
| Rink at the American Institute Hall, promises 10
| be an interesting contest
The ST. Valentines Kettledrum in aid of the
Samaritan Home for the Aged will take place TO-
morrow from II q. N. TO II ?. ~, at tae list hegi
ment Armorv, Broadway and Thirty-ifth-st.
Chief Special Agent Martin. of Washington, sat
| n the Custom House yesterday with the Commits
soncr of Inquiry ut the investigation OF the spe-
cial Agents Office.
Nellie Kahn age fifteen, of No. 2,101 Second
| ave. broke her leg yesterday while skating in the
| Olvnulon Rink al Second-aye. and One-hundrcd-
| and-twenty- seventh-st.
| BADLY BURNED IN A BREWERY.
| Varnish ignited Yesterday In the brewery az No.
| 500 West Forty -trst-st., but the flames did not
| cause serious damage 10 property. wendell Der
| trand, Que of the workmcn, was burned badly
| about the body, and was taken TO the Roosevelt
| Hospital.
| TIE STEAMER sr. JOINS HULL RAISED.
| All that remains OF the burned Hudson River
| steamer st. John was successfully raised on We'd
nesday by Captain h. X. Lowe. Captain Lowe has
| had couple Of divers working on the hull of the
| 81 John under the ice, since January %. Work
has been carried on day and night, and 200 holes
| have been stopped i'll the ST JOhus null Inc
| steamer viii be rebuilt.
| SMOKE POURING FROM FLCE INTO 4 BEDROOM
An examiner of the Bureau OF Buildings yester-
day reported that smoke issued from iiue into a
| bedroom on the fourth floor OF the eight-story
| apartment house at seventh and One-hundred-
| and-twenty- second-st. He thought that the place
| was unsafe and recommended that the brckwork
around the floor beams Of the room be taken out
! and rebuilt properly.
| ACCUSED or oyKRCHARGING.
John Foley, OF No. Astor House, the gold pen
,,..nsoisI iaseiier with embezzlng over 81 800
by Sy wtH n@S
| Co.. OF Brooklyn, who speak highly of his nteg-
| rlty. He was released on BALL
| ANOTHER INDIC TMRNT AGAINST r. WARD.
| A new indictment was filed yesterday IN the
! United States Circuit Court against Ferdinand
| Ward now of Ludlow street Jail, charging hun
with violations of the United states banking laws.
| The indictment covers about the same charges as
| those for which an indictment was found several
| mont ms ago. A bench warrant was issued aud left
| tain his liberty IN the civil suit
| THE CIrY's CLAIM AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
| The city authorities have long held claim of
Ss9290l - against the government Tor money adj
| yanccd during the war, and Mayor Grace yesterday
wrote 10 the Controller for all the facts concern
! ing the claim. with q view of trying 10 collect it.
| I'm Aprl 1851. tho City Council appropriated
~ 900 900 TO equip soldiers and to provide for
their families. That was regarded as loan To the
Government, which paid back SG6, 1913 at one time
| and %iO2l5 at another. Repeated efforts have
| failcI to secure the rest of the Loan
| EHorP GUILTY, But NoT SENTENCED
professor" G. Clements kropp, the father of tho
elements Kropp Family" who sang and played
| on musical Instruments IN Coolers Casino" IN
| FIfty-nin hist, was arragned yesterday before
Judge Cowing for sentence; The four children,
from ctght TO twelve years Old, were found by the
Society Tor the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children,
| and the father WIS arrested. He pleaded guilty
| "asterdov aud As his previous character had been
GOOD. Eibidgc I. Gerry aud Assistant Distrlct-At-
| torney Fitzgerald united III recommending sus-
pension of sentence, and Juge Cowing took the
! course recommended.
| WIDOW LIMp'S son JOHN CONVICTED.
Widow Limp's son John. who. dozen of his
| mothers dodgers had sworn on Wednesday, was not
| the person who attacked the man Martin in front
| of No 80 lewis-st on the night Of January % was
nevertheless convicted yesterday bv the jury in the
| Court of General Sessions. Recorder Smyth
| ponted out that of the wounded mans injuries
had been described by the physician as narrow
| deep wound which could not have been made by
| any OF the blows described by the defendants
| witnesses as inflicted by the TALL man with dark
| mustache and three wrinkles In his hat" Some
body must have Inflicted the blow and the question
| was y" Who did itp The jury convicted Limp of
| assault in tho second degree. He was remanded
for sentence.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST BIGAMIsT.
| "Did wifully and felOuiOusly marry dcpouent"
was the charge made against John Jacob Dickson
at the Jefferson Market Court yesterday by Emma
| :. Dickson, of No. II Thompson-st Dickson is a
| butcher and cook. lie lived some time at No. 233
| Greenwic h-st, but hls home for the last four
| months has been on Blackwells Island, where he
| was sent for abandoning the wife whom he married
| In 1873. From the Island he was taken to court
| to he charged with bigamy, his wife whom he
| married III 81 having appeared after prolonged
| absence. When Dickson confronted with his
| two wives he explained that before he married the
| second he believed the first was dead and had
| been SO informed by her uncle and Others. Ii was
| a manifest relief to him 10 be removed from the
| presence Of his accusers to the prison, where he
| will await trial at General Sessions.
| BROOKLYN.
| Tho city used 20 I7S SIS gallons of water ON