New-York tribune., 1891-04-22
GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN.


The bite Of bulldog the cause OF q suit for DAM
ages tried in the City Court before Judge Van Wyck
yesterday. Henry Radke sought to recover $500 from
John Bellman who sells liquors at Evergreenave. and
GrOvest and keeps bulldog to keep the peace in the
place. Dut the dog undertook to keep piece of
Radke who had drunk beer eaten some prctzels
and sung "a song in the place. The Jury awarded $50
to the plaintiff.
Charles r. Allison, a lawyer OF No 10 Fort Greene
Place. was before Police Justice Tighe yesterday upon
charge Of inducing Mrs. Agnes Schlefer, OF No. 239
Thirteenthst, to sign paper produced in court, ad
mitting all the accusations made against her by her
husband IN suit for absolute divorce. She says that
the paper read to her and which she signed was wholly
different from the one produced In court. Allison was
parOled pending examination
crank-pn broke in an elevated railroad engine at
Fifthave. and sixteenth-st yesterday morning and
caused delay of twenty-nne minutes.
When bids were opened yesterday for tax certih-
Gates and certificates of Indebtedness Of the city, it
was found that only SsOOoOO of the 81 100000 of the
former were bid for and no bids were made for the
$4,000 Of the latter. All the bids were accepted
Tho city authorities say that the clOseness of the
money market accounts for the lack Of bids.
The funeral of Samuel NJ PettengiIl who died on
Saturday was attended last evening, at No. 90 Clln
ton-ave., where he lived for many years. TIE ser
vices conducted by DR.. Lyman Abbott, who spoke
In high terms of the mOdesty and integrity which
marked Mr. PettenglPs career in both public and pri-
vate life The burial will take place in Greenwood to-
day.
Professor ROssiter W. Raymond lectured upon Mod
ern Egypt and the Redemption in Plymouth Church
last evening He described the different sorts of people
who make up the 100000 Of population, exceeding
in density the population of Belgium the most hckly
inhabited country of Europe, the form OF government
and told how the country had been nearly ruined by
the new methods Of irrigatng and cropping.
Salvatore Rrcant was acquitted in the Court Of
Sessions yesterday of the charge OF mansaueher In
killing a fenow-countryman with shovel last sum-
mer.
The ordinance in regard to placing waste paper In
ash barrels is to be rigdly enforced
In the suit brought by Theodore Rich, ex-Deputy
Controller TO recover 5000 damages for injuries
received by falling of the step Of crowded open car
I'm Fulton st. on August l. 1880, against the Brook
lyn City Railroad Company, the jury returned YER
dict yesterday for $50.
At a meeting of the members Of the Second Baptist
Church. in Ainslie-st two weeks ago, a call was ex-
tended 70 the Rev S j. Arthur, OF Parkdale Baptist
Church in Toronto Can to i'll the pulpit made vacant
nv the resignation of the Rev. G. s. Williams. Mr..
Arthur Yesterday informed the Board Of Trustees OF the
church that he could not accept, having already ac-
cepted call to the Emmanuel Baptist Church, OF
schenectady.
Mrs Annie Schoefler Of No. 113 stagg-st. was shot
IN the left shoulder yesterday morning by her husband
The shooting is said 10 have been purely accidental
DR. Nehrbas who called in. probed for the bullet
but was unable TO find II. The wound is thought to be
seriops At the time Of the shooting Schoefier was
handling an old pistol when it was discharged The
police have made arrest.