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New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
SMrGGLING on THE INCREASE.

When the present Administration took In hand
tie views OF The Federal Government to which attached
tine NefOTm" curb OF tine first things II dd
the custom House The northwest the
under the collectors Occ occupied by the pecial
ls staff had large
scrubbers aud kasomners work for long time Yeser
the al Agents force assigned to other
and many workmen we're tearing out partitions and making
the accommodation of the
under Heretofore
have their work branches
and Brooklyn. after May the Surveyor intends
concentrate this fOce under one district headquarters.
several months there has been feeling that the special
OF the special Agents In detecting and preventing
smuggling have been embarrassed by order Issued by
secretary Manning last CctOb which practically
subordinate TO the Surveyors Office This order in
that the officers OF the Special Agents
report all Information they may have with gard
the intention smuggling to the proper officers OF the sur
yeyOfs Office" 1t also ordered that they
sume executive administrative duties Before that
pecial and their aids separate depart
aud most efficient In ecn2 ana arr estiDg smugg
ne Information that they obanen kept
cficctcd Their they
ing hundr-ds OF Thousands OF dollars the Govenmen
Su af aid OF them. but is claimed
ihe system smuggling has rapidly increased and
OF the october being repealed
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22

George G., Flint, whose large furniture ware
house Is In Fourteenth-s just wesG OF Sxhave. has
some extremely interesting specimens Of furniture
ufactured old woods whicu have been subjected TO
novel modes of treatment thus giving entirely ef
recls rhe wool OF the cherry tree for instance has
always been stained The wood Is full OF green spots
which, II always thought made II Impossible to use
II in its natural condition Mr. Flint has. however,
beds and bureaus manufactured from the natural
cherry II makes an extremely handsome wood for ur-
he avoided Another wood. which is used In the man
ufacture OF furniture, is the hazel wood This
out the sap The wood Itself then takes high polish
and dear Mr.. Flint also exhibits ne handsome
stained aud oiled In peculiar way. and has the rich
dark which Ia so much przed In the old English
oak Bedroom suits IN this wood are sold as
low as $50. Others handsomely carved and moro
artistic in design. are worth as mucn AS SiS some
of the $40 suits are modelled after the work OF the
houses whose specially is artistic furniture. The
designs extremely tasteful and odd. while the
carving done by hand In the most approved manner
Another method OF treating the oak gives 1t a still
darker appearance. 1t then takes greensh shade
and closely resembles the wood Of the bog oak that no
could distinguish the two apart AS Mr. Flnt says
the staining OF these woods q iecato operation
than might be supposed II the staining material is not
applied with extreme care tie grain becomes indstinct
and the wood loses much OF its beauty.
Al this OF the year Mr.. Flint makes specially
OF all sorts Of furniture summer houses lie has
bedroom slnts Of eight pieces In ash which he sells rs
low 22 These ash sets are manufactured up IN YER
ard Mr. Flint ordered 600 OF them for the pres
the ash IL cut and ali his furniture comes TO Mr.
Flint For parlor sets there Is pctty creton furniture
with which a be furnished for from $50 up.
For dining there are handsome sets In antique
OAK. which is particularly appropriate for sdeDoaris,
SO So Beside all this, Mr. Flint has all sorts OF reed
wicker furniture. which such blessing on the hot
days midsummer People who desire handsoner fur
nture and willing TO pay for can also be accommO
dated Nothing be more elegant than Flint's ma
known as the Renaissance. A bedslcad and Lureau u
this style $500. The Louis XVI style OF earring is
still handsOmer and naturally commands higher price.
A mahogany bed stead and bureau with Louis XVI
ing worth between S40O aud $500.
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
BROOKLYN.

Miss Jennie Z. Lindsay, a stenographer has been ap
pointed notary public by Governor HILL
The bondholders Of the Coney Island Elevated Rail
road bought IN the property yesterday AT auction iOr
$4,000.
The body of a man was found yesterday at Martins
Stores IL Is supposed to be that OF Bernard McMahon
fireman OF the steamer Clement.
at Adans-st aud Myrte.ave for the Myrtcave branch
of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad.
Ownership disputed In regard to dog now in pos
session of G. W. Bainbridgc OF Vanderbave, who de-
cares that the dog has tooth filed with gold.
General J. Is. Weaver, member OF Congress from Iowa.
has consented to give lecture in the Brooklyn Theatre
Sunday May q the proceeds 10 10 the aid vi the
strikers In the southwest.
Frederick Clifford. "bnnco steerer," who secured
$275 from John Reilly, al Immigrant, whom he made
believe that tho City Han was his factory, pleaded
guilty yesterday.
The property IN arrears prior 1882 in the
Twenty first Ward sold at auction yesterday. One
piece property which only $40 Of arrears is due
bid of at 81 800. To redeem it the owner Will have
pay $3.50.
Brigadier General McIecr who is i'll at his home No.
7O5 Grecneave. reported to be in favorable con
complicated by trouble arising from the wound which
used the loss OF his left arm In the war;
Surrogate Lott has decided that the will of Dennis
Blake to winch his name was sad to be traced by
friend holding hand after lie dead, is Invalid As
there dissatisfaction on the part OF the heirs with
the provisions of the wili Peter Blake brother has
been appointed administrator and will divide the prop
erty according to the wishes of the dead man.
Michael Gieeuz pleaded guilty yesterday to bigamy
then thought he Was free 10 marry aEiin HIS second
wife wanted hlm discharged as he had been good nus
baud her. and she thought she hal perfectly legal
right the sight OF Heaven to live with him.
contest made of the probate OF the will OF Miss
Isabella Anderson sister OF ex sup ryisor George W.
Anderson before Surrogate Lott Yesterday The body
of the document bequeaths property amounting TO
$l5O000 to various relatives One bequest of $4,000
was for Robert = Anderson nephew, and his heirs.
codci revoked this decision after his death, and the sum
asdsided among the residu ,ry ccaees The contest
was brought by the heirs of the nephew, but the Will
WAS admitted
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22

JOSEPH NELSON TALKS OF CARPEN IEPS MUFF
The body of John Carpenter, the wite-murdercr was
taken quietly yesterday from Underak Stolts.plecs
at No. 227 Borery to the Lutheran Cemetery by
Joseph Nelson Of No. 1872 Rvington-st. The rules Of
the Catholic Church. to which the dead man belonged,
forbid the burial of a self murderer III Catholic come
terry the performance of any rites over his grave.
Only the relatives and few friends Of Carpenter made
up the funeral cortege. At the grave chapter of the
Bible was read prayer offered by clergyman and
the coffin was lowered into the grave.
Johnny of respectable family" said Mr..
Nelson last night and his friends would rather Lave
have died ne did. Two days before his death bis
sister ill., law told him Now. Jonn. prepare for
DEATH and get your soul in readiness to meet God.
Die a. you have lived. bold and fearless, and give
nothing away for the papers to talk about, think
know where he got that razor. Certain it is that 1t
came from friends of his for every one of his
friends who called him was rgdly searched
Neither do | think he could ever have got his hands
ont OF that muff if he had had that night That
Sunday night he spent 10 packing up his effects 1tey
we-e all done up in bundles and addressed to his
friends and relatives. 1t must have taken bin long
time to do that. lie found dead at o'clock on
Monday morning. At eight o'c ock that morning
got a letter through the mail from him, in which he
said !: have got at last what have been waiting
for "a long time. When | dead, want you TO
take my body and bury it, Then followed messages TO
his friends"
"What makes you think" asked the reporter, that
he did not have his mutT on that nightf
Because all the parties state that the muh was
found under his bed. The muif. when on was locked
about his body the lock in the small OF his back. The
keeper kept the KEY. Even If he had got his hands
out he could have got the muii oil his body"
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
FINED FOR STALKING A SCHOLAR.

Roswell d. BuIchard, yice-princ pal in Gram
School No 26 hncd by the Board OF Education
teray days pay for having inflicted corporal nshment
ms pupils tOmmis Selgman desIrsI that
should be made thirty days pay AMI Ar Cole a"ded
Burcbard should also be rcprnanGcd for his viola
the law OF Board that prohibits corporal pun
isIment Mr.. Crawford explained that the Committee on
had cen Ia favor o Aoncrang Mr. Burchir who
adj been before the ttec and had admit ell viola
On Of tho by law the circumstances he added
tenustug
What were they r. asked Mr.. Cole.
Will simply that the teacher dened by pupil
who weighs nearly two hundred pounds and who might
probably have whipped him In square street fight. The
teacher struck out where the blow did the most good did
not lufe the cuclc but IL suDdlc the pupil"
NJ Augusta Holida appointed principal OF
Prmary school No T. In West Ienh-s the Smith Ward
10 succeed Miss kllZaLeth h. Mead, who had resigned.
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
NEW-YORK CITY.

1t is D. b. Smart and not ID. b. Smith who has
disappeared. leaving deficiency OF T3oooo III Ills
accounts with George Fowler * Son.
A bag of the Oregon's mail was received at the
Post Office yesterday, which had been forwarded
by the postmaster at Tuckerton. N. j.
Joseph j. UDOnohue has contributed 500 and
Mayor Grace $50 to the fund which 1he IIlsh Oortd
raising for the starving people on the the West coast
of lIeland The fund amounts to $500 20.
Charles w. Crosby aud J. ID. Brower Of Charles
W. Crosby Il Son, cotton brokers' VINO wcre recently
expelled from the OttOh Exchange, Wlthure" Ho"
the firm yesterday.
LOUIS H. smith, Thomas Murphy, Salathlel II.
Tobey, George w. Hcag land and George II. Lincoln
have incorporated the Consolidated Clearing ii0use
of Ncw-l lork, limited, with a capital OF S2o,OOO.
The Hebrew Technical Institute will celebrate
its second anniversary at the lemple Emanuel this
evening. Specimens OF the WORKS OF tue puPiis
will be exhibited aud addresses Will be made
The National Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders has decided TO hold its annual trottlng
meeting at Island Park near Albany, September
81, % and 90. 1t was supposed that the meeting
this year would be held as far west as Cleveland.
mass meeting of the citizens of the Seventh,
Eleventh and Thirteenth Wards will be held IN
Apollo Hall, ClntOn-st., this evening to lndorse
Senator Relly's bill for establishing an evening
high schoOi on the East Side
August Bake, age siXty-six an inmate of the
HJh,e of the Sisters of the Poor, in One-hundred-
andsixth-st., between Ninth and Tenth aves, com
united suicide yesterday afternoon Ill that 1nstItu-
tiOn by hanging himself lie is supposed to have
been insane.
g. p Moroslni will sail on the White Star steam
ship GeImanic with his daughter Amala and DIR.
BuikIley. the family physician, at a. NJ. today,
Pans to be treated by NJ Pasteur.
The cornerstone of the new building for the Col
lepe Of Physicians and Surgeons 10 be gwen by tine
Messrs Vanderbilt, will be laid on Saturday at 3
D. III. Dr. Sullivan H. Weston, chaplain of the col :
1ege will offer prayer. George w. Vanderbilt Will
lay the stone. and Chauncey NJ. Depew Will deliver
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
srorr WILL pRoDUCE THE MISSING GIRL.

John c. Stott, who gives his occupation rs q
dealer ry-goods at 40. 335 Broad way, sum
moned Essex Market Police Court yesterday =
plain the disappearance of iluda Mlsslcr. u pretty
young girl fourteen years Old, as her mother, Mary
MIsser, OF No, l3O East HOuslO ST. had be-
lleve that Mr. StOtt knew Uf her whereabouts. Mr..
Stott said he met the girl about weeks ago in
HousO-st, when che was crying over the loss OF her
umbrella which cost 81 He gave her 50 and slbse-
auently she called TO him. Here Stott expressed
desire know the charge. Justice German said
abduction Stott remarked that he merely friendly
the girl ana that there not the remOtest
OF mprOpriey Agent Young then produced letter and
business carl which Mrs. Mss.er had found In her
daughters pocket Tne letter written by Sott and
was ad iressed to Miss hissler IL was IN familiar
terms, making appointment and requesting Hul1a 10
bring katy" along, stOtt had fellow for her"
stOtt embarrassed by the production Of this epstle
and although he had previously declared that lie
know where the girl lie finally promised produce
the girl. With that distinct understanding lie was
parollcd for exam nation by Justice German.
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
WORK OF THE AQChDUCT COMMISSION
Ar tho mootin,, nf tho Auueuucf Commi Ssio


ers YESTERDAY, Commissioner DOwd from the Finance
Committee reported that Joseph r. Disbrows claim OF
50 800 CAUSED TO his house and grounds BY
blasting had been declared cXOrbltant by expert.
The latter thought that 100 month from October last
To date would he ample DisbrOw viii have OppOr-
tuni;y to show why this should not be fixed upon the
award.
Herman Clarke asked for authority to sink an addl-
ona shaft l4O feet deep kngsbTice, To he known
Shaft No. II l. at cost of $4,000 He the shaft
necessary tor ventilation and AID III hurryng for
ward the work The matter Will be cons dercL
communication WAS received from thc State Board
Health referring to the OF small at Shaft No
3, Sing sing, ana recommending that four physi-
be employed 20 vaccinatc the wOrkcn along the
OF the aquedEct. Mr. Spencer SAID that the COrpor
Counsel had advised that the Commission could
not compel the tors to have this dOne. The Com
mission. however. send copy OF the recomnenda-
ton the State Board OF Health TO the contractors,
with the request hat 1t be followed This Will
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
GAMES IN OTHER CITIES.

BALTIMORE April 2-A heavy batting. but rather unn.
game played to-day between the metropolitan
and Baltimore cluos Mays Croty old Louisville
players formed the battery for the Merop0tans ani tho
easily. The home club by punching their
hits The y as follows:
Baltimore c......................5 0 o o 3 / 0-l2
Me lropo ltan. U i 2 u
Basehits Baltimore IL: METROPOLITAN. To- Errors-Balti
more 4; Metropolitan s. Pitchers kIrOy and Mays. Cm'
pire-Mr. Carln.
PHILADELPHIA Apr 2l-The Brooklyn and Athletic clubs
tlayed their together day, the visiting
men their opponents at every easily II
victory FOR Brooklyn since the championship
began. started tonight and Will
open championship I'm the city OF Churches to
pitched and well supported
by Peoples. The
Athetic ----.-----.---------.-.-.-0 u y y ~
Basehts- Athletic, s. Brooklyn 10 ErrorsAthletc 3;
BROOKLYN 9. Pitchers-Wciyer and Porter
Az St Louis-LoIisvile. 10 II. Louis l.
At Cincnnau-Piitsburg l3 Cincinnati 7.
Al Was shiagton- National, l3; Rochester L.
At MISUNDERSTANDING. Is Buffalo, l.
At Amherst-Portand. II Amherst
At RichmOnd Newark, 5; Boston, 3, ten innings.
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
INCOMING STEAMERS.
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NEW.YORR WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2l, 1886


ARRIVED.
dn T Sss bar
~ssiG aess%T iSpr %
Gibraltar Aprl 3 with mdss and passengers TO Henderson
Snr Williams, AqT cages Mar = IL JasmeI mel
orI a" Prince sGs'
f cs day, with fruit
nu%os AIvsd at the Bar at Apr a.
wn %Sss oass sHS TO
Steamer City OF san Antonio Wilder Fcrnandina Fla
e via Port Royal IT, with mdso and passengers to chas
Steamer Bencactor Iribou wilmington NC. 3days with
mdse and passengers TO VIM Clyde & Co
NsMs With m s0d od
Steamer BERN @ WS nst s p J w oss cox
fee TO order vessel i1na 5n .nn Co. with iron ard cork
schr Thrasher IBr Haley, John ND. with lumber tie
sUNsET-wmd at Sandy Hook. light sw; hazy at City
Island. light. SW clear.
Arrived yesterday
Steamer (Frl. Power Havre April 3. wbmdse
ana Louis de Beoian Arrived a the Bar at
Steamer Breakwater Jenney. Newport News ana West
Bark E samr Carleton of Boston freeman Hong Kong
Dec A. with mdse TO Deacamp vessel to sno" Burgess
CLEARED
Steamer Richmond Hill (Br) Hyde. London-IIenderson
steamer Germanic tBr Kennedy Liverpool via Queens
Steamer Eiysa tBr) Donoldson Bros
Steamer state OF Nevada tBrl. Biaes' oassow-Aus'h
and CherDourg- -Kunhardt q Co.
steamer AIvena Brl Hughes Port au Prince Aux Cages,
steamer san Marcos Burrows Galveston-c Mallory
Steamer Lsurestna Brl Batty New Orleans simpson.
steamer Excelsior Higgins NcworeansJ T Van Sickle.
Steamer Commonwealth. Van Kirk. Pmlaiepha-hooert'
steamer Eleanora. Bragg. Portand. .Hora'io Hall 10
Adele utal Astarta Pozzuoh. italy -Funeh, Edge
ark America da Ferrar L6onVFnnS9 y aye Co. ro
Brig riensteo (spanl, Torres Neuvitas Menendez
schr Elsie Fay Keefe Point-a. Pitre-G Lougb & Co.
schr Nellie Buce rj, somervillc, st John NB-Scamneu
schr Avis (Br) Mclean, st ohm, NB-scammell Bros.
SAILED.
Steamers city Chester Lvcrpool Denmark London;
cesior and Laurcstna orleans; Marcos Gayeston
city Of Atlanta Charleson Fo cola beaulorG seneca
Brig W Warner Demerala
Also Island sound-steamer Gen Whitney,
Bark Unity st Johns. Nj
Brig susan Bergen, for st Vincent, WI
Anchored CITY Island. bound out-Bark James Bor-
land for iiio Jeneiro
the MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Joypoy Aprl 2-Salei steamers Monarch (Br)
Arrived sIsauer Cerdc (Br. McKenna, from Baltimore
NffvfRroor April 2i-Arrived steamers Montreal
Portland Norseman BIZ. Maddox from Boston;
sarnia (Bc Gibson, from Portland , ,,..,
UuzEXsrOwN April 2lsalie,l steamer City OF Montreal
(Brl -, from Liverpool hence for Ncw-fOrk.
HULL Aprl 2o-Arrived, steamer Otranto tBr) Rippeth
PLYMourH April 2osaeo. Bracadaile tBr, We'd
doll fer Halifax and Boston.
LIZARD April 2l-Passed. steamer Pennand t8elg. Weyer
GorHEynuRG April l7-saed steamer Martha ger, Iopp
H,aBua &C. April 2isaed, steamer Rhaetia Ger, voge
BaEMsN April iS~Arived. Chancellor tbr). Cor
GIBRALfHT Aprl l9-passed steamer Bedford Br),
MAasElfirs April iS-ssilcd steamer Goldcliae (Br,
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
IMPROVEMENTS IN CENTHIL PdRh.
PETIrIONING HE LEGISLATURE IN REGARD TO Ihf
MUSEUM AND BIOLOGICAL GARDEN.

MUSEUM AND BIOLOGICAL GARDEN.
Comics of n petition to the Legislature IN be-
haf OF the addition The Museum of Natural History
and ne the geological Garden were presenter
to the Park Board yesterday. Tho peution was pre-
pared by property owners near Central fhrh ana hioue
the mares attached were those OF DAVID DOVE
TLomas Rutter, C. A. Pestley, Mrs. A. 1. stewart H.
Knickerbacker. j. A. Bostwick. Mrs C. b. Gnnther, J r.
Navarro II. o. Armour. Mrs. Robert l. Stewart H. q.
Maranand and C. /. Tiffany. The petition recommends
that IA provision be made IN senate Dill NO Zoi: "hlch
proyides regulating certain Investments by tho Com.
Of the Sinking Fund for the expenditure OF
$500 COO IN building the museum addition and the
on the site the receiving reservoir ana TIE
Ninety -seyentl-st. Transverse Road 80 900
The bill asks for the appropriation OF aD0ht Stoouoyu
which the surplus IN the sinking fund aitef Tue n-
terest on the bonds paid for municipal purposes THIS
money will be devoted To new schools the docks anu
new municipal building. The property owners In Fifth
ave- have making strong efforts TO secure the re-
moyaI OF the menagerie from its present position near
the Arsenal In Central Park. Several meetings
have held with regard 10 this action ana onefS
have been made q subscription 10 AID IN e-aD-
shiug n ne ana permanent geological garden IN Cen
tra Park The objection the present location Is that
he smells and noises are and that tho site
sired TO drive the collection from Central Park but the
proposed site would. 1t is argued prove more central
and would not annoy any one. The addition 10 tne
Museum OF Natural History has become necessity on
account OF lack Of room 10 the present building -
"The connection between the Museum OF natural
History ana the ZoOlogical collection SAID PRESIDENT
Beeknan OF the Park Department, lis n natural one
ana both measures are urgent We have now In the
Park OF the finest collections OF carnyora III ths
country, and when change u made thr Io0Oglcai
Garden should be permanently located. II $JOOOOO Is
allowed both projects can be carried out
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
A TRUSTED CLERKS DISHONESTY.
RALPH p. BARBER STEALS $4,000 FROM II

EMPLOYER, II. O. BUENANn
Ralph p Bal ber age tifty-seven for the last six
years Eas been the treasurer of the H. U. Bunand
Millinery and Straw Goods Manufacturing Com
pany at Broadway and Pnnce-st lie also acted
as the confidential clerk aud cashier of III. q.
Bunand who used To leave his check book, with
the checks signed, IN possession OF Ba1DoE ms
confidence was abused, and Barber now cOnfesses
that for the last four years he has been stealing
from the firm money intrusted 10 his care
He saws the first time that he stole $1,000
was in 1883. In 1881 lie stole 5000 In 1889
he stole 4 GOO and this wear he had already stolen
s.. 900 1be total is $4,000 so far found out.
BARRIERS method was when Mr. Burnand told hin
10 draw a check for a certain sum, to ADO on per-
hars a thousand or two, which he pocketed. AS lie
kept the check book under lock and Key no one
discovery of u small return from the Hanover Bank,
which was not accounted for, caused general
oyerhaullng of the accounts and 1t was found that
n a,llscrcpancy existed between BARRIERS balances
and the bank sta eInent. Inc matter vas quietiv
talked over with Inspector l}yrnes at Poilce Head
quarters and Detective Sergeants heidelberg and
Doan were a'signed 10 the case.
After satisfying themselves that Barber was the
cuprIt tnc detectives went to his home IN Engle-
wood. Il. j. on sunday, but Barber was not there.
On Monday morning when Barber stepped out OF
the Chambers Street ferry -hOuse he was taken by
the officers to police headquarters He there told
Ipspector I}yrnes that his Sa!ary OF $4,000 year
as vel as portion OF the stolen money mad been
of Ashwel g. Co., No. SO Spring ST.
and that the firm mad yet 90, 800 O. the money. II
was stated by the firm that tbs money had
dwiudcd down to $500 At the Jefferson Market
pleely broken down, asked justice Duly for fur-
fher eX ami nation of his saturday at $40
d m as he said he had not had time to see counsel
Justice Duffy held him in $4,000 bail on two
Bcrnand Company and the other from H. o. Bur-
uonI uer,Oually,
New-York tribune., 1886-04-22
REASONS FOR DR. REEDS RESIGyA TI0y.

The request of the Rev. Dr. Reed. of the Madison
AveDue reformed Church, Monday asking the
Classis to dissolve his pastoral re.a5ns win that
church said yesterday by mcmbcrs tu
be owing 10 the tecline IN the congrcg ilion.
been pastor the church for wears hayng
accepted the call long after the building rrecir
There ference between DI. Reed mis- congraga.
discouraged he church las been steadily declining spite
of all has efforts t. keep II Tue
uptown of the city and their places NOT Il Il i
that while the continue there
them Tie current ~ 900 ana
the peSrens ony amot 10 SJUOO The Collegiate Church
holds mortgage the property but beyond that there was
O debt OF 90 900 one sunday several years Reed
OBTAINED subs rpton $4,000 toward this debt but some
$1,000 OF paid The Indebtedness the church
continues To increase ana is moro than $50 r
Koed feels Imself nal TO The D.l den"