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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-05

COTTON GINs-Tne Improved Augusta, the
- Pratt q Vanwinkle. We have 100 in stock
forimmediGte shipment; also Presses. Skating,
PullJs, etc LOMBARD & CO., Augusta
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ontinued from Seventh Page.
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WILL the parties who received three rose
w trees by mistake on Jan / kindly send
Information concerning them to No. l4g Jones
street2
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A TI4AS and Erie Engines. Boilers Tanks and
n Stacks, Crate Bars and Building Castings
LOMBARD 4 CO., Augusta, Go.
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EDUCATIONAL,

DRIVATE INSTRUCTION-Th undersigned
desires to give private instruction in English
Mathematics, Latin, Greek and French. Pupils
who wish to be prepared for college will receive
special attention. J. j. GILLESPIE, Chatham
Academy References: w. II. BaRer, superin-
tendent of public schools; H. f Train principal
city high school; Otis Ashmore, professor of
science in city high school
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CITY MARsHAL,s SALE.

CITY MARBHALS SALE.
CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE,
SAVANNAH. Ca, Jan. !, 1852. {
ON WEDNESDAY,, Jan. &, 1892, will sell at the
~ city pound, between the lawful hours Of
sale, one bay colored mare mule, and one fe-
male goat, said mule and goat having bsen i'm =
pounded ton 40 days and not claimed
Terms cash. ROBERT j. WADE.
City Marshal.
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Tor FINE CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS. 20
4 to d. l.. WATERS, Photographer, III Con
RresS street.
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lnrrsr. G F Hasman. Hatfield. A DiOck. and
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PHOTOGRAPHY STYLES and sizes from
stamp to life size; fine Cabinet Photos
specially; price 81 per dozen; no fakirs en-
ployed as solicitors from house To house; no
chrOmos given away. Business estab ished
June 4, 1865 J. N. WILSON. q Bull street.
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BoARDlNG.

4 y GOD BOARD can be had, corner Lincoln
~ and Harris, convenient to Gulf depot.
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NJ f Beals trustee lot 81 CASTOR ward,
Gugie BOurquins. lot 10 Elliott ward.
Mrs NJ NJ Brinson east part Of lot SO White
ward.
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M E have moved into our new quarters. 30
W Bay street, with an immense stock of all
kinds Of wines and liquors which we are anxious
to show and TO sell. II. LAWNS ESTATE
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I + you are in need of money and want q
rate Of interest, on diamonds, watches,
jewelry clothing, ETC., and II you want your
valuahles returned 10 the same condition as left,
patroRize home enterprise and call at the Old
179 Congress street. Z MUHLBERG, Manager
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

TURNER'S HALL for rent for meetings.
Il conc erts. amuseUe1ts. etc; recently re
FITTED eni placed Dr. frst-class condition Apply
o JOHN WOAANKA, I.3 Congress street.
Vows Twickenham Dairy. Residence. COW
y sheds. barn and enough pasture. J. T.
GIILhAkflN & Co S STABLES.
k'Ok RENT, tn cheap columns Of the Moan
mo NRWs ~ 'oue cent word" for each in
sertion; an excellent mode o. Advertising
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GHAFTINGS, Pulleys Hangers and mill work
- al kinds and repairs and supplies LON
BARD & CO., Augusta, Ga
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ITO WHOM IT NAY CONCERN: Christmas
L has come and gone and old Santa has had
his say, but RUSTlN BROS. are still making
special prices on holiday goods; como and select
nice New Year gift; We can suit your taste
and pocket; our stock is replete with the latest
designs In all kinds of furniture and household
decorations give MS q call and satisfy yourself
RUSTIH BROS.
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FOR SALE.

TOR SALE. a very desirable Henry street
residence Large. roOmy and convenient
I'll modern conyeniences. Easy termt. W K
WILLIAMSON. real estate dealer
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
II. +. TITUS & co. MAKE AN ASSIGNMENT
THE MISSING BRoKER HAS NOT YET RETURNED
-IIARIIIT1EH LES THAN eloO 900.

THE MISSING BRoKER HAS NOT YET RETURNED
LIABILITIES LESS THAN 100000.
The Stock Exchange Informed yesterday 0as
Henry E. Titus g. Co had made an assignment w1thous
preferences 10 Frederick r. Wictts, OF Glen Cove L. l.
The firm consists Of Mr.. Titus and j. A. Farsnaii,
the former being a member OF the Exchange AZ
the Office Of the concern the representatives OF Horace
E. Demng counsel for the assignee. were In charge,
but they could givo information ss TO the extent
OF the fnilure Tho assignee is . relative d Mr..
Titus and Is believed to be creditor also. He
was not In New-York yesterday, but viii Be here 70
morrow.
Mr. Titus Is tho broker who was ssid 70 have AZ
appeared few days ago, while his friends sxphined
that he had gone South TO effect negotiations that
would save his financial standing. Mr. Titus hss
been "a member OF the stock Exchange since October
30, 1884. lie formed the present frm on May 10.
1885. He was formerly o member OF the hrm OF
Titus g. Thomas which dissolved IN october, 1854
and which consisted Of himself K. II. Thomas and
william A. Shaw. Mr. Thomas retired at that time
and Mr. Parslall who is the partner OF the present
firm was the head bookkeeper Of Mr.. Titus whom he
was taken into tho firm after Mr.. Shaw followed MI.
Thomas in retiring Mr.. Titus has never been promi-
nent in the stock Exchange ard the failure ts con-
sdered unimportaut In Wall street. The losses likely
70 fan upon Mr.. T1uss relatives but the amount Of
the liabilities Is believed 10 be less than 100000. IL
was said at Glen Cove that Mr.. Titus had not yes
returned to his home.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
vuAT TIE POLICE DID.

Tho no,lce made 90 Io7 arrests in this city during
the wear 1891 As the records at Police heauquaf,c'n
read there were 71,oo1 male prisoners ".'u -,
- or,soners hut as many OF the men and women
we've arrested more than once for drunkenness or ther
oa,nces. the actual number OF NewYoTkerS VINO were
locked ND during the year is not known p7!Ahchh'sS
was the cause OF 25.lo5 arrests IT, 10 uful"
ards being men, according 10 the reco'uS ,'o
- h tho poce for l12 missing persons during the
vc,r. and 1Os Of the persons were found OF re-
u,red according to the reports received at the Zen
tral Office Undoubtedly others re urned ana inc
police we're not informed OF the iac'. vi so'e"'.
- ,t,drop who ran away from their homes, sixty
wore reported later as having returned or haVIhS
,.,, ro,r,d Permits were given at the Central Ohco
for 179 public parades, GAG funeral parades ana 2oo
masquerade balls. Abandoned babies 10 'e h'''ue e
p, ool were sent 20 the Founding AsyI ana 2oo
hodiee Of unknown persons found in the nvers'
of fine GAO members Of the police force fory-seVen
d,.d during the year. fort four were retired On pen
80 Iyenty-nine dismissed, ana twenty -oho ro-
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
AT THE ELECTRIC CLUBHOUSE.

The m nber, Of the Electric Club No l. Ea'; twenty
second.st enjoyed a New Years Eve ent rainuent ~
the clubhouse last night Joseph Howard IT., dcNefed
IN address "a Few Plain Words JournaIisin Aibit
,rrafci court pianist OF the Imperial Court Of Austria
Heinrich Grumfed, violoncelst, ond Mr. Anna h'nko"'
alto SINGER also contributed the evenings ENJOYMENT
Mr. Howard in his address euopled james Gorcon
B.nnett ST. the "lsther OF Progressive Jou rnali7n
sharply criticised methods OF Journalism seisa
onaiism being too prevalent. ana piii hgh uou'e 10
Horace Greeley founder Of The Tribune
.,Nr t;rc.ley" he said, ''was nan OF heart and
bra,n. and as the founder - great moral force his
memory stands unequaltd. Before he dsd he had tho
OF seeing established one OF the greatest moral
,.,ermers ever known. The New.York Tribune"
I,.s.s the hundred nensus p1sssas wsss Tbs aas J.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
TIE NEW COUNTY IN MICHIGAN SUSTAINED.

CNrrago, Dec 31.-A Lansing, Mich. dispatch says,
Tie supreme Court has handed down an opinion sv-
tanning the validity of the sct creating the county OF
Dickinson. As this act vas passed by tie vote Of
senator FrIdender 1t necessary for the majority
Il the court to hold that trdlender legally seated.
Thu II did by declaring that the journal OF the senate
shows that quorum was present when Senator Morse
WAS ufseated Justices Long and Grant fkd . dis
sentnc opinion In which they declare that the journal.
tnrouch aiadavits and protests which the seventeen
Republican senators fled the day succeeding the
seating Of Frdlender concusvely shows that quorum
~ Tho senate was present when the latter was
seated and that consequently his acts as senator wsse
illegal.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
REPORIs OF EXCHANGES.
NETWORKS BUSINESS FOR THE LAST YEAR AS
SHOWN BY THEM

Tho statistics OF the stock Exchange as compheu
nv Iobn Corbett Burns OF the sccrearys Office. sho"
for 1901 dealings I'm Government bonds 10 the Naue
NJ 81 $780, 800 and In state and Natlohai Doh"S VI
$3.50 OOG 700 while 2.367,o0 barrels represeh'eu '"c
transactions I'm oil and 72723o64 shares the tradhg
In stocks
A. The Consolidated stock and Petroleum Exchange
the Clearing House exchanges Represented '''i
shares in railroad and 2.o47,23o In mining stocHs'
400 -oe ooo e., vahIe in bonds and 1900 coo barrels
In oil. 49, =,
An idea OF the magnitude Of the business dohe Dy
the New York Clearing House may be gleahed ho''
tbe following figures: The total transactions Ior 'i'
wear lust ended amounted TO Exchanges ""'''"'
2c2 oil and balances Sl,G4f ,33lO2', aS against
s37 Ass 6o7 COS exchanges and $l''-d'''''l-o 'a'
oncos for 1880 TIL grand totals oi tan>acuohs TUT
+,s thirty nine years since the Clearing House was
established are; Exchanges, S959, 59,7S6,723,ll9. ana
balances $40. .sss. .770624.
The dealings at the Produce EXCHANGE sho"0N
general increase over those OF looO. Inc "'"e " ~
as follows: Flour. 4,4G 600 barrels whea'' l'""-
a7o 900 bushels corn 4O2 057 900 bushels oats lo'
597 900 bushels. - .
At tie Cotton Exchange spot salrs amounting ~
,oe o,6 bales we're reported. while the dealings IN
ontions amounted to 1924 900 bales, an increase VI
over 100000 bales over last year ,,.
The rcports Of tl, Coffee Exchange show faihHs
off I'm business. only 7737 900 ba'- having been hi
as aranst 0733 900 In 1880. The mghe'' quo'a''o"'
rcrc reached IN March and tn lowest In OCTOBER
The November warehouse deliveries were the I''s st
ever known amounting u $4,000 bags
The receipts at the Custom House Hr tne y.''
oorrceatcd sl23.542.63O % "a against Sl"i"'''.
~ 81 I'm 1890 crease Of $40 BOO =, %. ~ % ~,
been estimated that the decrease "oun ""'''' "
nbout StO.COO.OOO. -. ,.oa,ois on
The Maritime Exchange reports FEVER Nes-elS, ~ ~,
,or.d ,hnu last wear bat the l0Ss u maze Rooi p)
an increased tonnage. tn average tonnage oI ~
l cuterinE this port last year was l,-VO' a. against
g,r ofh
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01

The records Of the city's law department for last
wear show that II has tried, ut Circuit ana special
Terms of the different courts Of record. nnetyeigh
.uits. and lO2 appeals and 76O motions were argued
The Corporation Counsel examined and approved 900
contracts entered into between the ci1 anu '"ii'"
contractors wrote 800 opinions on questions submitted
80 hin, bv tbe heads OF the different departments OF
Tho city government and also collected and turned
into the city treasury ce sum Of s3oi .6ls IS. Mr'
Clark reported for the subordinate bureaus OF ms
department that in 1891 the Attorney Tor the Col.
lection OF Arrears Of Personal Taxes collected ana
maid into the city treasury about Se1' 'Voo. Inc Nor
noration Attorney collected over $1,000 and inc
R,tj;c Administrator paid into the city treasury
81 eo6 65, commissions on nota'e ,hn es'a sS was
.riaIlv fortIInatc The money sought 10 be iccov-
cred from the city In these suits aggIega'cd T24oV"'
An actual recovery Of only S3''e' was oo'a'hcu
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
THE CTTY'S NEWYEAR'S GIFT.
PIN MONEY FOR THE YEAR OF 1s92-FTNAL -
TIMATES.

PIN MONEY FOR THE YEAR OF 1s92-FINL -
INMATES.
The budget OF 1892 was finally settled yesterday by
the concurrent vote OF the members Of the TamnanS
Board OF Fstimate-Mayor Grant, Controller NJ crS,
President Barker, OF the Department Of Taxes and
Assessments, and President Arnold, Of the Common
Council Just before the estimates were closed Com
missioner Lumnis, representing the Board OF Educa-
tion appealed urgently for the restoration OF the
SO 600 salary OF Rufus c. Eeardslec. counsel to the
Board, which was stricken on Tuesday from the edu
catonal estimates, that the request was granted Mr.
eardsecs services will therefore be continued but he
will be transferred 10 the roll Of the Cor. Ji1uon Cou
sci and bo subject to his directions. The sum OF
So 500 was added the miscellaneous Items to De used
In todIfyng the municipal ordinances.
The appended table, prepared by Deputy Controller
storrs and General Clerk O'Jervois shows increased
appropriations for most Of the departments, but the
total has been kept about $4,000 below last years
budget or Including the deduction from the general
fund the unexpendcd balances being s3000000 Instead
OF 81 900 last year. the to be raised BY taxa
ton in 1892 will be about So30oOO below the amount
for 1901 reason for this decrease is that Sl"5o
600 less has been allowed for state taxes The largest
increase o, appropriation goes to the Street Cleaning
DEPARTMENT and the next to TIE Police Department,
and the Board Of Education. BY Increasing thc real
estate valuations the tax rate has been reduced from
97 10 100 The total budget lees the general
fund for 500 IS 800 9s 205 10, against s33 :"
.or last year. The detailed statement compared with
the final estimates Of / 301 as follows:
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
HILLS LAST DAY AS GOVERNOR.
HE CELEBRATES THE OCCASION BY MAKING
PROMISES EOR HIS SUCCESSOR.

PROMISES FOR HIS SUCCESSOR.
Albany Dec. 81 (speciaD.-This was David p. Hil's
last day as the nominal Governor of this State. Re
cent occurrences the history Of the Democratic ma
chine have shown, however, that while Roswell r.
Flower will be Governor de ture, David b. Hill Will
lie Goveriitr de fscto. Roswell p. Flower received a
majority Of $4,000 votes, and for this he will be
allowed TO live in the Executive Mansion. two miles
from the Capitol. and to use the Executive CHAMBER
as an Office, but David b. I'LL, from his house in
sate-st which is within stone's-tlrow Of the Cap
ito viii continue 10 contIol the Office which he has
occupied for the last years Although MI Hill
will go TO Washington, and struggle for Natlona!
reputation as a leader he Will return here each salur-
dsy and distribute the big aud Juicy political plums
a. heretofore Mr. Hill Can 10 depended upon to do
This In such "a advance senator lili IIeSi-
Dental interests Today the ExccuNvc Chamber
was crowded with Democratic Ofhceh JldeIs VINO
sssS ssSsa aRpsH'ms1sst N, sIeat coday BY My M @
Who promsed them the reappoint on the under
sor prrsoent next year. While Mr. Hin making
these promises Roswell P. Flower was in the Execu,
led been left for Mr.. Flower TO appoint, Even the
scrubwomen have been taken under Mr.. inIl pro
lection, the hope that they have husbands VINO CAL
To-day Mr. Hill promised Austin Lahrop. The state a.
E1awnr BECOMES Governor on The strength OF that
promise Dir. Lathrop has rented mouse here ior tlc
vner A. e EsaSe ciSsa the sIS STnise S'ii from Mr. @
that lie would continue to serve. men, w; n
Hil told J. h. Brown, the state DHrN Non"seio"@''
that he would probably remain where he ls -, =,
The aITan nts for the Inauguration oi hSr~e.i
Flower tomorrow have all been completed lney , 40
moi vary from these published In this morning. ;
TSbune The committee Of citizens appointed oy
Mayor Manning and the Burgess Corps VIII go 70 tc
TTscutye Mansion and escort Mr.. Hill aid MT Flower
to the Executive Chamber There they VIII lock arms arm
sod ascend the grand staircase 10 the Assembly, ttaui
be- where David b. Hin will pat himself on the BACK
aud tell how much good he has done ip ihe ~ St' g, a
plower will fol ow In a speech upon which MI h ha-
nut some hard work After the speechmatlng FRANK
Rice who counted in the Democratic senate VIII ,, az,
min; ter he oath of Office and Roswell 2. Flower VIII
say upon oath that he has neither paid nor oneTeo 70
paw given no offered to give any money or Val'aolt
ring for the giving or Withholding OF vote at the la>t
eie Ion When he has done this, he Will nave occohe
Governor In law and In name.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
Troubles OF BUSINESS MEN.
yowEI1, PREsBY CLOSE THEIR STORE AT THE
END OF THE YEAR-LIABlLII1ES

Novcu 4 presby wholesale dealers in woollcns ana
d,.ss goods a. No. 30 Whites St. failed yesterday ana
closed ND their store. The two partners sanlnei
Johnson Novel; and william Aldrdge Presby' maze
,cner,l ASSIGNMENT To John H. Bird, hwyer, giving
preferences for S-i7 900 a. follows: Mercantile >a''oA
uank. $1,000: Deering. Millkcn Co. $1,000 smith,
Hog, A. Gardner g., 900; knower & Cooley, SoVoo'
Leland Whitney q co.. $1,000; Othehsn Dyer
.o,th,rick ~ 900 Frederick Victor & AcheiS Fo,ooo
uufns : Frost So 90, all for merchandise except u
the hank. which wa, for money furnished on pron'sory
. rbe pr.fer.oces "a the merchants SO creditors,
a. ,aid ,r, for about Oue-haf OF their clalIls'
t,.,ro.t' r. ports say that the firm was formed III
January - coming out Of II. J. GOODWIN 'o' III
which FIRM Mr. Novel; had been partner ior Ten
years. and Mr.. Prcsby had an Interest therein Ior
,Lr.e years Before that MIR. Presby had been III
business In Boston, Where II IS sald hc "aS ulsu'
c~,sful At tie start the hTm claimed oap'O1'so'
10000 adding 10 IL each year On January J. i0'i'
y, ca,med sl2j.ooo The sales aggregated over
.,aooOo a wear In the trade the failure Is at
butd largely to rumors affecting the FIRMS credlt ana
..,ntng H. hank accommodations. on July the
n, tprc.cnted 10 some OF its creditors that IL Il
.irplu, of $4,000 over aEd anoVe an pos.oe U. I'm
,intrncic, since then ii lost c3iVo D! ue ia'luD M
nf Iou, Adler, ~ Chicago, winch tIe hlh "a" ia
''.a,. ,ro was lis largest loss uls year IL 10 Stiu
me urin paid oil Sl-ooo III tic l"t inVi'n % lo i,o m
rrlcrpins The liabilities sad to be- 81 oO3 or
tue i valued at 5000 ana nn,ct viii
al.o *l5l,OoO. III ls thous'N '''0 "
Jcmry F. titus and Joseph Alvin Parshall com
posing the firm OF Henry f. iS lg"ncnl l yeste,ay TO
Frederick f. WiIlcfts without preference Mr nita,
who Is ssned 9s s, dSS DECD I n dated SeSS on De-
before NJ. A. Potter iho u''' - N'
deficiency qd%sn, for sSsia ssns Tas foysa en-
tHo Ihrohers who failed TWO years ago, LII
fsvor Of dwight r. Cruikshank and others
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
THE WEATHER REPORT.

ANOTHER COLD WAVE CLOSE BEHIND THE RAIN.
Washington. Doc 3i-The depression the eastern
slope OF the Rocky Mountains this morning has moved
eastward To tho Mississippi Valley extending from IsxsS
to Lake Superior attended BY sht rain m
the Mississippi Valley general rains IN the lake resions
and rain or snow northwest. This disturbance
followed in the extreme northwest by cold wave. ina
tepcVature being from 10 to 20 degrees below seo north
Of Montana The area OF high pressure covers the Az
lantlc Coast from the ST. Lawrence valley southw7F
Epord. with fair weather aud lower temperature -
south "a North Carolina. The temps rture h1s rise2
the Sou,hen States, the central valleys ana the An
rs.ions and high southerly winds ne nd.
cations a. the temperature Viii rise on the Atlantic
Coast with threatening weather and rain FRIDAY.
c4p In New. England and Northern Ncwfoth, where snow
ma rain are Droable General rains indicated for
fhs cen raj wales and the lake region, Friday FOL
iowed hy cold Wsye and clearing weather SATURDAY.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
THE WEAR IN FEDERAL COURTS.

Tho renort OF the United States stnctAttorncys :
orco for 1881 has been compiled by the CHIEF clerk,
c1orr. y Pike. 1t shows the following amount OF
work done:
Examinations In criminal cases before Commissioners
cbields and Hitchcock 535; examinations In o'her
coeos before Commissioner Lyman. IL indictments
eled "a. criminal cases tried and disposed OF III
Irited states Circuit Court. 62 proccedins instituted
in cases Of seizure and forfeiture In rem. 30 law ana
oouitv cases 49, internal revenue civil suits . hauehS
corpus cascs reported by United states on'crS -" :
cus,oms suits tried and disposed Of 1910.
This record exceeds that OF any previous year III
,he magnitude and extent OF work accomplished
oenoc,aIlv In the customs bureau. Assistant Dlsrict
Attorneys II. C. Plat. Thomas Greenwood. James
r Van Rensselaer, and Charles d. Baker were IN
cb.r,o q, the customs cases The energetic V"rh III
the criminal branch was done by Assistant Dis'rct
A,to,ncvs John o Mott aud Maxwell Evars.
In the United states Circuit Court In l19i' "'i
octons were be :un in common law and l,soo cases
were tried and disposed Of; l39 equity SUITS were
hoard ond dl posed Of there were thirteen app'AlS
from decisions Of the United Stntcs District Court ana
forty ,ur were leard and disposed Of; my appears
r taken TO tho supreme Court and forty five to the
now Court Of Appeals 1402 motions were h'Hrd
a,d 800 aupcals We.o taken from dfcl.lon- ol IN,
T"srd Of Appfai,,rs. William j. wallace ihu
7, itanrv acnIlbe are the Circuit Judges. ana thcE
rcrc aided al times ty Justice iilatch'nrd oi me Hu
nrcmo court and Judges Benedict, enpnmn hI""h
wheeler and COKE.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
a,rArcuX1GIIrs sERvICEs

Father sclweningcr preached last night at the
,ai vo.pcr service held at :hc close of the year IL
the GERMAN Roman Cotho,lc Church "f the Assump
,io, IN West Forty nut-st. The church wa c"wdcd'
Tho l;lIs of In. church were Iiug AT midnight.
The usuol "watehnlght7 services were held In thr
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, or"-huAh ch-ahl-
twenty nnth.s aud SeventIfaVc' lhcy "c'o '""
drcted by the pastor. the Rev Dr. J. Il. Day.
trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, In East One
hundred NM iQhteen,h-st., held "warhnight' ser
,.ice last night as usual The exercises we're con
Sncicd nv The pastor the Rev. Thomas Burch
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
THE BLOCK SYSTEM

THE BLOCK SYSTEM on TIE LONG ISLAND ROAD.
The Long Island Railroad on Monday VIII put INTO
oner,tion block signal system intended to prevent
,t,o,.rs which would not have been adopted until
January Is II the disaster the New York Central
ut Hastings had not stimulated the Long leland people
10 pronipter action The system to be adopted is said
10 be largely device OF the Long Island company
Itself II will be an absolute block and on no con
d,tions will It permit two trains to be In the same
block II Is telegraphc system and no locking OF
lovers will b. employed. In the nine miles between
Long Island city and jamaica eleven signal towers
have been built OF them being specially erected
for the block signals. -Four have been in inter
locking towers. The company will also equip the
Manhattan Beach and North Shore divisions soon
as poSsbie with the bio, signals and the Tacetracks
will b. well protected In next summers season.
New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
.no,,r 4 600 FIRES TO DEAL WITH.

The Fire Department d He"-hoFK iE'lud'N i'o'' W
o- and men in nfy.sevcn engine companies and twenty
two hook and ladder companies. There were 4le5 IRE
alarms sounded during the year or the total number
g25 o, nre- BOO confined to the points OF start
inr and l7s to the luoings in which they originated
sf,vsx extended to q 4cr 'hldngs Ell were "tn-
h.a ,,itout -nsiue tr am si4 with engine stream
and for 400 more than one stream was neededi l-o-
resulted in nominal damage oaly. and in only sixteen cases
were tho buildings destroyed The estimated loss from a
fires was SO 6lsjl7 average loss OF TIoo- 81 Gov
cred by q total insurance Of S17 iO2,S3'