The New York Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1872, Page 11

BROOKLYN'S GREAT TRIAL. aie Day’s Proceedings in the Irish- Anderson Poisoning Case. THE WIDOW IN COURT. Is Sho a Competent Witness for the De- fonce?—Important Modifications of the Bules of Evidence—What Was the In- ‘ tent of the Legislature ?—A Fine Point of Law—Dr. Irish’s Obaracter in Brooklyn. ‘MORE TOXICOLOGICAL TESTIMONY. -A Doctor Who Did Not Want To Be Considered an Expert—Poison in the Gin Bottle—Ander- son's Attempt to Drown Himself— Wife Endeavoring to Reform His Habite—Sympathy for the Widow in Court, Z ts a “The great crowd which has beon in attendance uince'the trial began filled the Oyer and Terminer court room yesterday. Alter the opening of the * Court Mr. Morris (for the defence) addressed tho Court, saying:—Yesterday, at the opening of this Court, ‘we made an application to Your Honor for a writ ‘of habeas corpus to bring Mrs. Anderson HERE AS A WITNESS ‘to testify, We desire formally to withdraw the ap- /Plication from Your Honor as presiding Justice’ and renew it now to the Court, and we make the application now for the writ on the affidavits pre- sented, Judge Pratt—For the purpose of the defence hav- ing an opportunity of offering her as a witness, the ‘writ will be granted, Counsel for Defence—That is all we ask at this stage. Rachel Clark, of Yonkers, was called, and sald. -she was acquainted with Anderson and his wife, and saw them several times at the Yonkers Cemetery, where their child was buried. -Ex-Judge Lucien Birdseye, of Brooklyn, knew Dr. ‘Irish for ten or fifteen years, and pronounced his character good up to the time of this charge and shia disposition genial. P_Nilliam Weston, of 201 Baltic street, a resident -Of Brooklyn since 1860, gave the Doctor a good character, Mrs. Irene Anderson, of Yonkers, sister-in-law of ‘the deceased, always saw the deceased and his “wife on affectionate terms. The deceased was de- ‘pressed and discouraged when out of business; wit- aces on three occasions saw him TAKE A WHITE POWDER from the point of a penknife, and she asked him if he was taking medicine, and he said he was not; ‘he kept the powder in a paper. On the cross-examination by District Attorney ‘Britton Mrs, Anderson sald that the last time she waw deceased take this white powder was two weeks before his death; he complained of dys- pepsia a long time; the quantity of powder he took covered just the point of the knife, about one- sixteonth of an inch, and he made no demonstra- tion of effect after it was taken. Oliver Cotter, who Kept an oyster saloon and barroom opposite to where Anderson lived, said ‘that on the night before Anderson's death Dr. Irish came into his place for some ice for Anderson, ‘to relieve @ pain in the stomach; witness saw de- ceased under the influence of liquor. The Court ruled out an offer of the defence to show by the witness what the Doctor said concern- dng Anaerson’s condition. Grove FidM"Biie house with Anderson, testified that on the day of Anderson’s death he was called jnto the room where the patient was; Mr. Leyes was there. and Mr. Kearney was holding Anderson Up; this was between four and five o'clock; Mrs. Anderson was moving back and forth, and at wit- ness’ suggestion, brought in a bottle of hot water | tor her husband's feet; witness, at her request, went for John Lee, but didn’t find him; after her dusband’s death ) MRS, ANDERSON WAS GREATLY DISTRESSED, ‘and manifested considerable feeling; she carried on the business of dressmaking there; on the oc- casion of Mrs, Anderson’s sickness in the Summer | of 1871 witness saw Mrs. Irish there, and was in- troduced to her. Mr. Britton—Can you state that you saw Mrs. Anderson doing anything while you were there ex- cept to bring the bottle of hot water and move back and forth, as you described ? A. No, sir; witness aid he had but one cat about the house, and that | he had yet; there were cats about the neighbor. D004, as there were in other parts of Brooklyn. _ Daniel Ward, of No. 4 Mackinney street, an | attaché of the Revenue Department, knew Ander- son three years, and pronounced him a steady drinker, e deceased, On coming into the ofice, ‘would complain of not feeling well and strike his | breast, at the same time saying that there pao | wrong there, and he wished it was gone. Witness saw Mrs. Anderson at the funeral, (Where she felt very badly and had to be supported ‘when she got out of the carriage, The witness was then questioned asto the hostility between the “Irishtown” whiskey men and the oflicers and said THE FEELING WAS VERY BITTER. He was present on the occasion of the raid when Assessor Gilbert was killed, The cross-examination revealed the fact that it ‘was no more Anderson’s duty to go down and seize whiskey than the duty of the other men in ‘the office, Anderson complained of the pain in his Dreast about three weeks before he died, . Dr. Ingersoll was recalled, and said that during the sickness of Mrs, Anderson in 1871 he called at the house and saw Mrs. Irish there. She | seemed 10 have charge of the patient. | Onited States Marshal Harlow stated that after one of the government les of property seized Anderson came into his ofice and had a talk with | revenue | him. The defence offered to show what he said, but Mr. Britton objected. The defence proposed to show that Anderson made declarations as to his apprehensions result- ang from his having bid at that sale. ‘The Court ruled against fhe defence. ANDERSON'S LIFE THREATENED. Q. Before the parties separated and immediately following the sale what did Mr Anderson say to he in regard to his apprehension of bodily harm esulting to him from his baving bid wpen that property ? A. Ican state it more definitely if 1 give the conversation. Q@ You will have to answer, my office, and I asked him—— ‘ Mr. Britton objected, on the ground that it was after he had left the place of sale and gone inside, | It transpired right at terwards that the convers: ‘tion was immediately after the sale and while some arties still remained on the sidewalk in front of bs Marshal’s office, in which the sale had taken iplace. { The Court admitted the qnestion of the defence. «. Witness said:—Anderson said, “Marshal, those fellows out there say they wili ( GET SQUARE WITH MB, and that they will put a knife in my guts; that emark made an impression on my mind. (_ President James Jourdan, of the Police Board, | ‘who was formerly Assessor of Internal Revenue, | spoke of the hostility of the illicit distillers and the revenue men, and related the particulars of the waid down in ‘‘Irishtown,” where Assistant Asses- sor Gilbert was shot, near the Navy Yard gate, ‘Witness said that in the Summer of 1871 he heard that Anderson was drinking freely, and he told him that it must cease or he could not retain him 4n oMce. Anderson promised that he would stop Pp and he remained in the office up to the time he died, THE WIDOW IN COURT. \__ At this point Mra, Anderson, attired in deep mourning ana her face closely veiled, was brought Anto Court by an officer, in obedience to’ the writ of habeas corpus. Her arrival created a great sen- setion among the audieuce, who withdrew their attention from Dr. Irish and directed it entirely. ‘to his alleged paramour. Mrs. Anderson was pale and much thiuner than she was before her arrest. She kissed Mrs, Dr. Irish, took a seat beside Mra, Perry Irish, and conversed with that lady for a short time, She exchanged a glance of recognition with ‘the Dostor, who was seated in front of her. The | little interruption caused by her entrance having | passed the proceedings were continued. ANDERSON BIDDING AT GOVERNMENT SALRS. David 8, Quimby, Jr., an auctioneer, recollected | ‘that Anderson was in the habit of bidding at gov- ernment sales and running up the price of prop- erty, Which seemed to cause a feeling among the s Who had owned the property. On one oc- m, When thera was a large sale, Anderson A. He came into | <= oucet, Who | | threat, but he (witness) could not tell how much | it, taking into consideration ; in paseing the law. ™ | informed on that matter than myself. NEW YORK’ HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEK?, ; "in and bid openly saaeuialts oof = and came'in a1 im, a did not like it. They went and spoke’ to A of after the sale Anderson said-he was not thowe men, and that thay had threatened to sit is guts on Horace B, Portar, » 4gntist, of 319 Court street, was called in reference to Dr.firiah’s character, and | pronounced it good, + THE DEFENCE ATTEMPT called free 38 ‘ah 0, Anderson ira. Sari y er (eensation) sand the stepped from her seat beside Mrs. Lrish to the witness staud, District Attorney Britton—Now, if the Court please, believing it not to be ay that this person should be sworn, and feeling it my duty to tr; this case, as far as I know, according to law, object to her being sworn as & witness. onal for defence—Upon what ground? «Mr. Britton—That she is not competent, [have tated the ground upon which I rely, Counsel for detence—I sup) the ground is that she is indicted jointly with the defendant. Mr, Britton—That is one ground § now urge to the Court, Mr. Tracy, of counsel for defence—This raises & very important question of evidence, one of the most important, perha that it will become necegent to consider op this trial. The witness we offer how, We 01 er in the first place on her behalf a8 @ witness at her own request, and in the second place we offer to call her on the motion and behaif of the defendant now on trial and when the question is disposed of, if Your Honor’s opinion should be beanies the admissibility of the witness, we shall ask Lo put both of these requests in form—first, that she is offered on her own be- half at her own request, and, second, she is “ ALLED BY THE DEFENDANT Sia witnds da his ookali—the defendant on trial. Tn considering this question ty may bé Well for us to review briefly the history of the Modification of the rules of evidence at common law, which has wetauisn of Yarden tus anal the adoption of the coastitution o: then pi eded te coastituyen ubject, and in & lengthy argument contended that alter the statute Mrs, Anderson was & Ropavent witness tf elected to bo sworn e did so elect. “The équity of the statute was in crim! aad on he. catie foo ai iad ‘bgeu on tor years in tl Ha Statg in civil cases, Wer? ~~ District Aton 7 Britton Afftied that~ “s-. MRS. ANDBRSON WAS NOT COMPETENT, trial the tion of the latter as to the gutit of either would Be competent. If she vere piacotl | upon the-stand now it would not be competent in this case to prove her declarations in this regard. Mr. Britton relerred to the statute alluded to by the counsel for the defence, and said it was passed in 1869, It was conceded on all parts that at com- mon law this witness or this individual would not be a witness in this case. It was now nearly the close of 1872, and from that time to this it was without precedent that a party charged uuder such circumstances had been sworn as a witness in the case. It had been argued over and over again, and in a tribunal in this county where two of the learned judges of this Court sat, and passed upon, Judge Pratt reserved his decision for the present. MORE TOXICOLOGICAL TESTIMONY, Dr. Bird testified to the Doctor's good character, and then, being Informed of Anderson’s symptoms and sufferings when he entered Dr. Irish’s store the night before his death, said that it was a reasonable conclusion that Anderson at that time sunered from the primary cause of death, arsenical poisoning. On the cross-examination by Mr, Britton witness said that arsenic taken as @ powder was @ severe caustic; he never knew a case where it was taken a3 a powder alone; it had a tendency as a caustic, and if retained in the mouth it would certainly act as a caustic. Q. Suppose on Monday evening (that is, the even- ing before his death) Mr. Anderson vomited tfre- quently, that he purged, that he complained of a burning sensation in his stomach, that he fre- quently had great pain there, and on Monday evening he went to @ druggist and there com- plained of A BURNING SENSATION and of this pain and there vomited; and suppose the druggist knew the fact that he haa previously been in the habit of drinking more or less—con- siderably, if you please—and you were that drug- gist, what would you say was the matter with him? A. If had previously treated him for gas- witis— Mr. Britton, interrupting the witness, said he had not asked anything about gastritis, He sub- mitted that there was no evidence in this case that Anderson was treated for gastritis. ‘Then there was a long talk between the lawyers, and before any definite result had been attained the Court took a recess for an hour, THE DOCTOR DID NOT COME AS AN EXPERT, After recess Dr, Bird took the stand again, and was asked by Mr. Britton what experience he had had with the properties ofarsenic. He said he had treated Kepny but he was not an expertin toxt- cology; he did not come here for that purpose; he consMered that he was sufticiently versed in the Subject of acute gastritis to be an expert and did not consider that acute and chronic gastritis were separate diseases; the same cause which produced chronic gastritis would cause acute gastritis; he had known cases of acute gastritis PRODUCED LY OTHER CAUSES than poison, Christison was a ver, ood au- | thority on poison and stood exqeng) i read physicians and_te%!¢7'my own part, the more the from Qhy thVéstigated the more am I led to doubt wiitther they (syinptoms of acute gastritis) ever arise in this country from any other cause than poison.” In reply to a question as to his opinion on this statement, witness said:—“Natural gas- tritis—gastritis arising without the presence of any foreign element in the stomach—is extremely rare in this climate.” POISON IN THR BARROOM, Mr. Morris—Are you able to say whether the common liquors in common gin mills contain any poison? A. Ihave made no analysis, but have read extensive statments upon that subject, made carefully by chemists, and I believe that liquors 1m many instances contain poisons, Mr. Britton elicited from the witness that if that quantity of arsenic which could be held on the point of a penknife were taken bya man a very | Slight quantity would adhere to the tongue and would produce rawness, A number of witnesses were examined with ref- erence to Dr. Jrish’s character, all of whom pro- nouncd him a man of good character and kind hear Mrs, Abbie Wyman saw Mrs. Anderson the day after her husband’s death, and she mourned greatly. During the examination of this witness MRS. ANDERSON BEGAN TO WEEP, and her sobbing was heard throughout the court room, Several Dg ins ladies seated about her also wept. This little incident created a stir among the spectators. Mrs. Jamieson stated that Mrs. Anderson wanted her husband at one time to go to Yonkers, so that he might bes REFORMED IN HIS HABITS; after his death the widow disposed of some of her personal property, and witness purchased a por- tion of it; Mrs, Jamieson saw nothing but affection between the husband and wife, and when Ander- son died the widow mourned deeply, After leaving the stand Mrs, Jamieson embraced Mrs. Anderson and kissed her, Both seemed greatly affected. Willlam H. Bard knew Anderson since 1855, Mr. Morris—Do you recollect any occasion in 1855 or 1856 when he attempted to drown himself ? Mr. Britton objected, Mr. Morris contended that they had a right to show that Anderson had a disposition to suicide. unsel, however, then asked the question of wit- {he remembered any occasion when ANDERSON ATTEMETED TO DROWN HIMSELF, and Mr. Bard repiied in the affirmative. ‘rhe defence leit the matter just as 1t stood. No other witnesses were called yesterday, Be- fore adjournment Mr, Britton inquired whether the Court would ro. ‘e decision on the question of the competency ol Mrs. Anderson as a witness or decide the matter then? Judge Pratt—I prefer to reserve a formal de- ciston until to-morrow morning, but I will put an endorsement on the back of the writ remanding risoner, and in case it is determined against fence that willend it. If it is determined in favor of her being a witness, why then she will be brought up again. In regard to this question, if there are any authorities the Court would like to have them submitted, There is some doubt about THE INVENT OF THE LEGISLATURE ‘. Tracy, of Counsel for Defence—I am not | awa that this statute has been construed, The District Attorney will be much more likely to be Mr. Britton—I don’t think there are any re- ported cases: Counsel for Defence—Do you know of any decision of an Oyer and Terminer ¢ Mr, Britton—Not of my own knowledge. Counsel for Detence—The obvious intent of the Legisiature was simply to ABOLISH THE RULE ef the common law which prevented a person from being a witness when he was a y to the record. I may throw a little light on the subject and cite the case of the Peopie vs. Weekson, where it was held that the fact that a party jointly indicted with another, not a party to the record, did not prevent the ee from calling him, There was a conflict on that in the Uyer and Terminer, and I think that our General Term held that where the people had indicted two persons jointly, that pre- vented the people from calling one of the parties without entering @ nolle i—that the fact that he was a party to the record was no reason why the people could not call him. Judge Pratt—What General Term was that? In the case of the People vs. Donnelly, the General Term, First District, held that h HE WAS NOT COMPETENT . y for either party.. Counsel far defence said it was the intention of this statute to sweep away the technical rule which prevented a party from being a witness simply because he was tamed in the record, Alter some further discussion the Court, at four~ o'clock, adjourned until ten o’clock this morning, FIRE IN ELDRIDGE STREET, A fire broke out yesterday morning at No, 34 Eldridge street that caused a damage to the prop- erty of Theodore Janicki, who occupied the house, of $1,000; insured for $3,000 in the Star Insurance Company. The building was injured to the extent of $500, It is the property of Kaward Luck, = cre ee If bomm-Dr. Irish and Mrs, Anderson were of). le THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL HORROR es eed a ane the Disaster Commenced Yesterday. oer IMPORTANT EVIDENCE ELICITED. A Jury that is Determined to Find Out the Facts of the Case. NOTHING TO BE HUSHED UP. The Inquest Adjourned Until Sat- urday Evening. The Goronict’s inquest ia (he TOss of the eleven girls who perished during the Fifth Avenue Hotel fire was commenced yesterday morning at ten o'clock, in the City Hall, There was.a very large attendance of witnesses, and much interest was manifested in the proceedings, The jury is a vory intelligent one, three of its members being law- \yers, and @ strong disposition 1a manifested to make the inquiry as thoruugh and complete as pos- sible, About a dozen of the female servants of the hotel were present as witnesses, but as yet only ope woman, Mary Groves, has been examined, | GefioFal Spinola, who 1s ono of the jurors, with Mr. Gardiner, pus most of the questions which ore asked to the witnesses, and nothing 4 throw light upon the mystery of nts’ deaths was left untouched by them, vhir mer seemed (apg ya hurry to get the examination ag quickiy as posst- sarcely allow time for the necey yasked before hd would hurry SATY qUERtION eee scious wit uae bl rpgecstuat aiden ned ©” their ees bore ag ‘lightly apon tho hotet aor Possible, and this fact was commented upon by NeWe, *Pectators and some of the jurora, The evidence® Os, $e Fir: Marshal, Mr. MeSpedon, as to the origin of the #ré‘aint the locality in which it broke out, h'®S been disproved by the subsequent evidence of MY Groves, the female domestic who occupied the .%00m in which the marshal stated the fire had orig. Qated. The investigation is adjourned until Satara OAD when it will be resumed at the Fifth Aven We Hotel. William Bouton was the first witness swo.t, and testified as follows:—I reside at 42 Lexidgton avenuo; sm engineer of the Fifth Avenue Hottty on the evening of the fire I was home at my house;‘\ {I was sent for when it broke out; when tho messenger came forme it was about half-past eleven o'clock; I gotup and dressed and camo to the hotel; I don’t know what time it was when I got thére; when I arrived I found that the house was on fire on the Twenty-third street side; the fire-engines were at the house when I came; I found that myown apparatus was working; my men were working it; we have TWO LARGE PuMrs and one small one; the fire was on the servants’ stairway; it extends from the basement to the top of the house; there are small rooms on the land- ings; one room was measured, it was nine feet by six; it was used asa sleeping apartment by one of the girls; a small elevator passes through these rooms; the elevator is enclosed with wood; it has openings on every floor; the fire originated in my opinion in room No. 505; the room. was occupied by Mary Groves; some of the rooms in the attic are eight feet by six, some twenty by twelve; the windows are secured on the outside by an iron grating, which is nailed on; I couid not tell how many girls were in the attic; there might be about fifty; the rooms were occupied by scrub- bing girls; the fire had reached the attic rooms When Tgot to, the hotels, the £0" 8%, SOUR BRA the screens first put on; I took some of the tron gratings off myself; it 1s the carpenter's business to see to them in the first place. To a Juror—The screens could not be easily pushed off bya girl; she might do it if she was frightened; I did not interest myself in rescuing any of the girls; I was on the roof and saw no one make any attompt to rescue any of the girls; it was about half-past eleven o'clock when I got on the roof; the fire was then rapidly burning; hinges on the inside of the screens would have answered the purpose as well as nailing them on the outside; they were kept fastened by the girls own request, so that the men could not look in, E. D. Burr, sworn—I reside at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; I have lived there eight ‘or ten years; 1 was there the night of the fire; I went in about cleven o’clock, and was told by John F, Tracy that THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE in the laundry; 1 went up stairs in three or four minutes and found that the fire was ou the same floor with my room; I do not know anything about an alarm having been given, but when | got to my room I found the house firemen bustly working the hose; to the best of my recollection it was about twenty minutes from the time J entered the house until the fire department arrived; I was present during the entire night; I never saw the firemen behave better, and I never saw any men cooler than the employés of the hotel; I deal in stocks on Wall street; the clerk whom I asked about the fire said it was beporte to be in the laundry; I saw persons endeavoring to arouse the inmates, but did not know whether they belonged to the hotel or not; no intimation that any attempt to arouse the cede had been given to me at the office of the jotel. L. P. Jewell sworn—I live in the Fifth Avenue Hotel; 1 occupy room 69; I was in my room in my arm chair when the alarih was given by the watch- man; I heard him shout “Fire!” and “Bring the hose uick;"’ [knocked open the hose apparatus, and threw the stream ot water on the fire; I went back tomy room and found my wife had got a lot of | traps rolled up ina sheet; Isaw when I went out again that the fire was raging on the servants’ stairway; I went down to the parlor floor and took some things with me; I went over the street to a friend’s house and woke him up; when I came back I found three steam fire engines in front of the house; 1 cannot tell how long it was after the dre broke out UNTIL THE ALARM WAS GIVEN, but I was astonished how short the time was after the alarm was given until the firemen were on the ground; I was much pleased with the facility with which the servants ofthe hotel, the fremen and the police did their work. To a juror—l did not notice any alarm being | gen to the employés of the hotel on the upper oor. Some questions wete asked about the origin of the fire, when General Spinola, interrupting, said—We are here to inquire about the death of the girls, not the origin of the fire. As 1 under- | stand it, this ts our duty, ana we have also to see if there was any dereliction of duty on the part of | those who keep the hotel. Evidence continued—When cxamining Coroner %. through with. ble, and would x pian heey the | servants’ rooms I thought I would be just as safe as in my Own room in case of fire; there was a fire escape provided in the rooms; a partition separat- ed the men’s rooms from the girls’; it could have been easily knocked down; I have had no experi- ence as a fireman either here or at any other piace. Dr. Cushman, at the request of the jurors, read | the post-mortem examination:—The bodies’ were all mere or lessburned; some of them were more charred than others; | cannot say that death in all cases was caused by fire first, but I am inclined to think most of them perished that way. Captain Burden, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, sworn—About twenty minutes past eleven an alarm came in to the station house that there was a FIRE AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL; Istarted down to the hotel and went up stairs; made my way as far up as the fourth floor, when had to return on account of the smoke; I came down to the third floor and went out on the roof; I ‘was told two hours afterwards by the Chief Engi- | neer that there had been four bodies found in a room; I got asmall ladder and went upto the room; found eight bodies in one room and two in another; with some of my men we brought the bodies. down, and they were sent to the Morgue; revio' to this Thad found agirlon the parlor burned—Mary Fagan; sho was sent to Bellevue Hospital; I came back to the office and inquired if any one was missing, and they said not; I do not remember what time the case was reported to the Coroners’ office; I got to the hotel about twenty-five minutes past cleven; the bodies Isaw at the Morgue the next morning were the same I had sent there the previous evening; the order to remove the bodies was first given by ‘Com: misstoner Nicholson; the alarm came to us froin the Central Office; the alarm came about twenty minutes past eleven. To a Juror—It was about Engiee one o'clock in the morning when the Chief Engineer told me about the dead bodies; I went oP the main hall on the Twenty-third street side; 1 came out on the roof before I went to the room: THR BODIES WERE BROUGHT DOWN the same way I took the jurors up; I did not see any person trying to open the windows of the girls’ rooms; if they could have Gl Gpon Lig roo! they eg tn ee nee Friah’s o Theoroner’s {nvestigation Into the M131 2! | See : ~ would have been all e ‘Was off the windows when the bodies were found; wen I got up none of the officials of the hotel in- jomgs# ™e that there were pe missing 0! ie tors 4 ot Noor: 1 not Zmeak to the proprit re vom * wi ond Of te cngingsra ONT me rd ir 1g Servants’ ri 8 Wi urn one: ee teepecon, svorn—t Aif Fire Marshal of the city; I made @0 investigation of the catise of the fire at the Filth Avenue tet 3 it originated it Toom 605; the room Was occu| by Mary Groves a8 a sleeping room ; the room wae-six feet by nin there was an elevator in the southwest corner; a he elevator ran up to the ceiling pext to the top oor, Hi. ©, Gardiner, a jnror—I would like to ask the witness two questions, which may save two, Was there any evidence that the fre was caused by in- cendiarism or wilful neglect? Witness—Neither, Evidence continued—The means of ingress and egress to the rooms were very good; if fiey could got upon the root they would be’ as safe as upon he street (Mr. McSpedon here exhibited a plan of the apartments, which was attentively exam- ined by the jurors) ; 1 think the girls were ~*SURVObATED WITH SMOKE before the fire reached them; there were windows upon all the rooms; 1 think before the fire was (lis- Covered in the hotel at all the upper parts were filled with smoke; smoke will penetrate any- where that air will; any vigorous person, in good health, could force tie windows open; persons when in danger are not as cool as they would pe in other circumstances; 1 think nine or ten women ina room together would cause a panic among themselves; I don’t think that an elevator such as that which ran through the servants’ apartments should be permitted in a house; tho elevator should be run to the roof, so that the smoke could escape; the manner of its construc- tion made the rooms near it dangerous; even if the girls had opened the door and Rot eut in the hall they would have been suffocated by the smoke ; | the safeat way was to avoid the hall; there was no way oi escape except through the window; the stairway was very narrow ; when I visited the room next morning the bedsteads and bedding had been all removed; it looked as tf all evidence of the sleeping facilities had been removed; the STAIRCASE WAS BUILT OF WOOD; J was not able to find ont who knocked down the partition; the firemen in the hotel had been to wosk upon the frp gome twelye or fiiteen minutes had fou them h, mattress pulled over tt, Oceurre (ro Fifth Ave. * the fire on the stair: Ray Iwas on the main roo! of w_ on pictoak and fara that there | found; 1 took niy autem ‘and Twent‘up » was not extinguished; Y looked was in before I got there. laundry; ~ I OCCUPIED ROOM 505; ™“ off the gas myself before retiring; I always kee; my pepcoues in a box; I saw the fire before went td sleep come up the elevator; f got up as fast as I cond and gave the alarm; the fitat person 1saw was Harriet McLaughlin; she was standing in her own room; her sleeping room is the fire under my room; the fire came jnto my room, but f don’t know where it came from; [ don’t know how the fire originated; 1? DID NOT ORIGINATE IN MY ROOM; the window of my room was: on the back side of shoievomn it did not open on’ the stairway or the all. To a Juror—When I got down to the landing I found three men putting the hose on; from the time I lett my own bedroom until { went to the laundry I saw no fire. James Macgregor sworn—I am Superintendent of the Building Department of this city; I did not hold office when the Fifth Avenue Hotel was erected; 1t was erected before the act of the de- partment was passed; I inspected it and found hat the flre escape was defective; the lessees stated they were willing to do anything to make the rooms secure; I found on the upper floor, the attic story, that the facilities for escape were very good; the servants could have escaped by way of the windows; the wire netting was not nailed down strong and I think that a girl could have forced her way through. General Spinola—It has been demonstrated that @ man of 180 pounds could not without extreme dificulty make his way through, and | think it im- possible for a woman to break it down, Evidence continued—My own opinion is that the fire escape facilities on the attic story were ample. By a Juror—How were the suggestions you made relative to fire escapes received. A. They were acceded to by the proprietors; I suggested that fire alarms should be put up in every part of the house. ROT AV EUG MN’ put in yy t— (sensation) — I think if the girls had been’ awoke in time they might have escaped through the hall without suffocation; the suggestion about the fire alarms was made to the owner of the building and the proprietors jointly ;1 do not think that any screens should be placed upon the windows. 1 had Spinola—How were the rooms venti- late Mr. Johnson, another juror (to whom Mr. Dar- ling cordially bowed on entering the room)—I don’t think the question is pertinent, I appeal to the Coroner. Coroner Schirmer—I think the question is proper, General Spinola—I think itis proper. We have had evidence that the girls were suifocated, and it is proper we should know how the rooms are ventilated, No part of the inquiry SHOULD BE HUSHED UP, and I would like to have an answer. Mr. Macgregor—I think the rooms were better ventilated than apartments are in many tenement ouses, General Spinola—Thatis not an answer to my quese tion, There is no comparison between the Filth Avenue Hotel and a tenement house, Mr. Macgregor—Your question is for the Board of Health, but I may say the rooms were not well ventilated. At the conclusion of Mr, Macgregor’s testimony the inquiry, at the soeyeanon of Mr. Johnson, was adjourned until Saturday evening, when it will be resumed at the Filth Avenue Hotel. A NEW BOULEVARD, Meeting of the Commissioners and Ad- joining Property Owner Messrs. William C. Traphagen, William A. Seaver and John McClave, the commissioners appointed to hear the proofs and allegations of the partieg in- terested in the Jaying out of a road or public drive northward from the southerly line of 155th street to the intersection of the Kingsbridge road with Inwood street, met yesterduy at ten o'clock, in room 24, 82 Nassau street. The movement made to carry out this improve- ment isunder a special act passed April 24, 1865, authorizing the Commissioners of the Central Park to lay out streets, roads, public squares and places northward of the southerly side of 155th street. This act in some important provisions differs from the general rule of law relating to street openings. By the fourth section of the act the Commissioners of Estimates and Assessments may assess the adjoining property to the extent they may deem it benefited; but when, as in this case, the avenue is more than one mile in length, one- half of the amount awarded for damages and ex- enses is made acharge upon the county of New york. For all the ordinary proceedings of this nature the awards for land are not Vt until the expl- ration of four months from the time when the final report of the Commissioners of Estimates and As- sessments is confirmed by the Supreme Court; but by the sixth section of the act referred to the dam- age becomes due and payable immediately upon the confirmation of the report. ‘The Commissioners yesterday had a busy time hearing the opinions of the diiferent property owners in the neighborhood. Among those rep- resented were Messrs, Iseac P. Martin, W. H. Hayes, B. F, Fairchild, W. Chittenden, 8, C, Haw- ley, J. Daily, B. L. Ackerman, Chauncey Kelmer, Joseph Potter, R. Newhouse, J. Haven and the Blind and Deaf and Dumb Asylums. There was considerable discussion ag to the radius embraced in the assessments, and also as tothe current value of property in the neighborhood, The Com- missioners meet again this morning at ten o’cloc! 4 sories o| eight pecregrapne trom the cartoons of Johannes A. Oertet, lustrating il William Cullen Bryan’ now on exh{biti at JAMES’ Fine Art Rooms, 20 East Fourteenth strect. UDGE LYNCH IN TOWN, WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT HANGING!!! SEE A SPICY INTERVIEW IN THE EVENING TELEGRAM BILLIARDS. AL STANDARD AMERICAN, | BILLIARD, TABLES + and the Phelan & Collender Combination Ousn- Jong, Manufactured and for sale only by the mventor and atenteo, H. W. COLLENDER, successor to Phelan & Ool- londer, 738 Br iy, New Yorks FIRST, CUASS SX10 BEVELED BILLIARD FABLES at $300 class plairg 5x10 Tables at $300, 2} lay street, ;, frst cl GEORGE E. PATEL POR SAU GPOUe LITTLE USED | BILLIARD Tables yt Balls: Cucs, Markers, £0. all complete and in good Ocder, Apply at the Olymuis Cate, 628 Broadway, j, No.7 it; the partition separating Befcire tue generat aarm nad beet ed motein iraon was recalled, spun that he ‘all the bodies upon the floor; one of ay Ruin. "n— t of 1__ Charles H. Rim, ch sworn—l am an assistant | Ht ri * “aon duty the night the fre poet a el Seman Hotel; I went up by the Broadway cars and foutta sng building about: were bodies ~ Vadder to the window where the bodies were; #le fre hrough theyoom ber ie andsaw tie bodies lying thergs Captain Barwen | oe hora o Mary Groves sworn—I am empioyed in tke Iwent to bed at lmitpast nine o'clock; I tured’) {2eaide Parks Ap ¥ REAL ESTATE FOR SALF. the rooms from the dre escape might have been | ~~~ dome by a Se re ees =a, Seen meee | Sone : ‘aD: i) iment fc be “waxen out | A ,~PterH AVENUE, PORTY-FIPTH STREBT. RX. | of a house, but Mr. Nicholson took the responal- | iuli'size Dwell ng or, Salo rentonal i; also medi es bility; 1 was standing on the root when the chief | 40uso adjoining, unfurnished, ; sed ngineer first told me about the bodies; the screen Vv. K. STEVENSON & SON, n Ht Pino sireot and 226 Filth avenue. EAST 126TH SPREET, BARGAIN.—2t sold before Ja: jofint of cash 4a PE “MUST BE uary 1 poxt, enemas very easy; smal, ‘CER SMITH, owner, 243 Broadway. . ee a nl RGAIN.—4DJOINING TIFT AVENUE, ON A Filtioth street, beth four story brown stone House, ‘ork: worth $45,000; ; possogsion. Address IMMEDIATE Gasif tierald TI |, Herald ROME, STRERE, NO. 26 —rn35 110) for sale; rental . Dircherr, No.2 New Chambers street, OR POSITIVE SALE—AT BEST PRICE THAT can be obtained, Bixtioth street, close to Central Park, @ rst class story high ‘stoop brown stone Residence, handsomely frescoed and in perfect orders very elegautly furnisted ; owner just gone to Europe and Instructs us to voll speodilyy; has fine. present and ircat prospective value. Apply to V. K. ST VENSON & SON, 1 Pine street and 226 Fifth ave: 9,000.-22F Sane A BRICK HOUSE THAT oe . will readily’ rent for $1,000, Inquire ov the premises tor one week, 23 Bidge atr A FIRST CLA! BROWN STONE $23.000. House, in East eighth street, for sale furnished, or will be sold unfurnished. The house is in the most complete order, For particulars apply to the owner ati91 Pear! street. $76. 000.~EY FIVE STORY HOUSES AND tores, corner avenue B and Seven- teenth Street, or would ‘exchange for a House on west side or piace’ in the country worth $15,000 or $20,000. OWNER, 429 Wost Sixteenth street, F AND LOT Apply to G, W, nue. West Side. VERY DESIRABLE INVESTMENT—THE THREE Kh stoop House 109 Second avenue; in com- i 24x10 toot. tree! SMALL DRUG STORE ON ONE OF FIM PRIN pal Uioroughfares of B. “ dross de 2 Wo feral sen ok 7 for aalo cBeap, Ad: —— A GROCERY STORE FoR SALE.—STOCK, PIx- tures and Lease i ‘inetegmtia airect and Second ewennes et oe N OLD ESTABLISHED MANUPA ness; long catabliahed and has its “Gade secured ta Baiah? aint SBGO rca esate watt ean ott tate gee Understood. Address H. M, C., box 140 Herald oilles. A = SALE, ONE OF THE BEST LEASRS OW a Fourth averiue, pyar Unica square, rin it rome of . erannum; long lease. LIAM A ork: Ro. 6 City Half place, asl EAP, DOWNTOWN SAMPLE mg ne ways Corner Liquor, st its, Oyster Saloons, Hotels, Cigar. ag larket Stands, Drug Stores, uutacturing Business, 3, Meat Mer! tes, Confectionaries, . MITCHELL'S Store Agency, 77 Cedar atre@t, BARGAIN FOR SOME GERMAN,—FOR : Oyster Saloon, and Liquor, Store; good locatlen: rent $45 per month; 36 Rivington street; cash, 11 from 12 to 6 o'clock. MEAT MARKET FOR SALE.—SPLI pa oa ness stand; located. densely popuiata net food: large rade; sinall capitel required. "Pa lars 2 Chainbers street. A if GEORGE W. SIMERS, Store Agengy. _ A WELL ESTABLISHED GROCERY BUSINESS Fos salo. 'y profitable, extensive cash trade; tdva- assed; enterprising party chance miRke » Particulars 23 Chambers street. RS, Store Agonoy. 2 mn ir GEORGE W, CLASS CORNER LIQUOR STORE ON FIRS’ Se See coe nin; lease, low rent; ust be sold this week. LLOYD, 3 Broadwage : meni FINE RESTAURANT FOR SALE—DOING> & large, first class business; receipts over $200) pee week “Hor ‘particulars apply to'Ne 0. BishOl, me Broadway. N_EXCELLENT AND WELL LOCATED LIQUOR Store, 15 Ann street, opposite the Herald and new Post office, for sale cheap.’ Apply to THOS, GAFFNEY & CO., No. 6 Centre street, 2 BARGAIN.—STORE 438 CANAL STREET, THROUGH to Vestry street, for sale low; Trinity lease lt years; $1,250 per yoar rent. : H. P, DE GRAAF, B (A. TINE BUILDING SITR ON N the island for sale—Containing 8 lots, overlooking the Hudson aud Harlom rivers and Westchester county | within tires minutes of cars; only $9,500, G. LES! , 112 Broadway. LEM LOTS, ON MATH STREET, BETWEEN Seventh and Eighth avenues; tureg Lots, waieh are offered below at market No. 5 Pine street. BARGAIN, —FOR SALE, IN WEST FORTY-SEVENTH. reet, between Fain nnd S| th avénies, brown Stoho high stoop House, 20x55; hardwood anisi; painted throughout; in perfect ordgz; Wrice only $31,000. 77%" QUDEN & ¢, Brohdway, corner’ Seventeonth st. @ Sevres a ES I ha j}OR SALE—RBARGAINS ON SIXTH AND Bhighuatd avenuds, above Central Park; these avenugg aré completed, 190 feet wide ;5) tect wider tha Fifth Avenue ; tota.on Furth avenue, north of Lath street, are sclling for 2 IN) nor cent iors than Sixth ov Seventh, Aramis SiiboF Musiters iols on Sixth aud Neventh 3 h not more thad Fitth avenue yf Tedth strect. Apply w W! H, RAYNOR, No, Sq Pine wrest elites ar aan nn SABA JOR SALE AA BARGAIN—A PLOT OF LOTS, IN- cludh a whose fronton Tenth ayenue, near Morn- ply fo WM. I, RAYNOR, No. 54 Pine lots? thd bibs ae LIVE STONE FRONT GOUSE FOR SALE WEST Viitw-Mtth streots medium size; moderate price conventawddy artanged ; Maborstely Auisheds has French, mantels, mi"Zors, Ac., by Potion & Stymas. Apply on prem: Uu™ ERSY PLAVE, EIGHT! INTH streots.—¥aluaite att cheap House, in portect rdor, 26x60x109, Sailors’ Sony Harbor lease} price onl} Seo; agpund Fout low: Tor gale by E. HW, LUDLOW 30., Nd.:3 Pine streot. Re € i —FIFTY-FIPTH \STREET, ,BETWEEW | 37.500 nin Sixth avenues, middie of block; well built house; 20x55x1 Ae pertect order. Apply to E, H. LUDLOW & CO., No, d Pine otreet. Miseellancous. USINESS RESPECTFULLY SOLICIMED. BY JOHN 8. EWEN, Real Estate Broker, 39 Nassaulstreet, Rety erences by permission :=-M Bounor & Co.p20 Broad street; Messrs. Buchan &e 0 Elizabeth stree le (Oe aly PROPERTIES IN LARGE NUMBERS FOR /J sale—Offering Great inducements to capitalists and investors, AMES PRICE, 200 Hudson street, ET. BROOKLYN PROPERTY FOR SALE AND TERALD BRANCH OF FICE—BROOKLY ADVERTISEMENTS POR THE NEW YORK HERALD RECEIVED AT OUR BRANCH OFFICE, IN THE LONG ISLAND SAVINGS BANK BUILDING, CORNER OF FULTON AV. AND BOERUM ST. OFFICE OPEN From 8 A. M. TILL 8 P, Me ON SUNDAY FROM 3 TO 8P. M, CARRIERS AND AGENTS’ DEPARTMENT NU. 7 ‘FRONT STREET, BROOKLYN, WESTCHESTER COUNTY PROPERTY Y . FOR SALE OR TO RENT. T IGHBRIDGE, 19 MINUTES FROM GRAND © tral—l}¢ Acres, adjoining W. B, Ogden's e: $5,000; h an remain; good morigage taken fi bal- ance; opportunity seldom offered; fine investment 14 Broadway, office No. 1. HUDSON ESTATE. JERSEY CITY, HOBOKEN, “CITY AND BERGEN REAL For Sale. A CHRIETMAS, PRESENT. 70 APPRECIATE. —SE- Jorsey City Heights; many registered at comp prices: private sale exclusively; convent ent, healthy locations, ‘ap (ly increasing in Value; pret- ty Cottages, $1,600 to $4,200; handsome, commodious Resi- dences, $4,000" to $6,000; French roof and all modern styles; terms to please JOU, |. PLATT, fersey City Heights, opposite Court Hou: PROPERTY OUT OF THE CITY FOR SALE OR TO RENT. ALE, WANTING FARMS. SPOR SALE, TO FARME gardeners and farm laborers trom the Old Country, good Farm Lands (virgin soil), at $25 per ac x years’ credit; the soil is a good productive loan r the great markets of New York and Philadelphia, by rail- road, where from 20 to 40 acres constitute a good farm, when partly planted to fruit; trom this locality a greater quantity and variety of fruit is sent to market than from any other place of equal area in the United States; tt ts in the midst of a thriving community, with good road! stores, schools and manutfactories; female members o families and others can proeure work at straw sewing, shoe work, buttonmaking, clothing work and oth es; many English, {rish and Scotch farmers h ‘and aré prosperous; numbers of gardeners trom the vicinity of New York are locating; papers containing full information will be sent free of charge. Address C. K, LANDIS, Vineland, N. J, HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE—IN. JACKSON: ville, two miles from Matteawan, New Jersey; a new two story House, three rooms, a halt and pantry on the the saine on the second floor, und good cellar, ished. ALFRED 0, SMITH, A DOCK AT HASTINGS TO SELL OR LEASE—900 feet front or less, by 200 deep; two large stone Build- ings, water for steam, &c. River on one side and ral road on other. Apply to WM. CROMWELL, 4 Liberty st, (ose COTTAGE—8 ROOMS, 1 ACRE, CARRIAGE J house; grounds elegant; beautiful view of bay; sur- roundings ‘first class; five minutes’ walk from Staten Island ferry ; $4,000, terms easy, DARRIN, 50 Broad st. ARM FOR SALE—120 ACRES; EXCELLENT LAN first class improvements ; clevated, healthy loc: a very, desirable property ; $15,000; very easy terms, Ad- dress J. W. ATWATER, Riverside Station, Con: SECA COUNTY, NEW YORK, NEAR brick house, splendid land, uhencum- change: prive, $10,000, G, C. SNOW &°CO., 239 Broadway. GYARM IN Lake; 97 acr dered, for sale or REAL ESTATE. TO EXCHANGE, BARGAIT TO CHANGE FOR CITY PROP erty, the DeGraaf House, Morrisania, 20 lots, stone house, greenhouse and grapery; in view ot Central Park, the Sound and Palisades; ‘no encumbrance; all ‘n improvements, moder! PrUL: P. DEGRAAP, Bowery National Bank, CASH EQUITY OF $15,000, PAYING SEVEN PE A in wood improved rty, in the city of N ark, to exchange for New York city Residence; excess in value will be paid In cay GTLMEAN, 294 Broadway. XCHANG! FOUR STORY BROWN STONE FIRST E ‘clags House, 25x60, near the Central Park, for W ernor Southern Lands and some cash; a rare chance, Address EXCHANGE, station G. Fyzgearon VARUASLS TIMBER LANDS NEAR the city, three first class Pianos, Merchandise and Mortgages, ror Improved Property or Furniture. Apply to JAMES 'D. RAY, 41 Liberty strept. FIRST CLASS OYSTER AND DRINKING 3ALOON for sulo—In consequence of death; best on Bighth avenue. Apply at 28 Gansevoort street, between Hudson and Greenwich streets. FIRST OLASS CORNER LIQUOR STORB FOR sale—With hotel aceommodation for 30 men up ainire; full of guoste at preacnt; en years’ lease, Appiy to WM. ABBOTT, No, 6 City Hall place, or 1,202 Secor avenue. OR SALE--A NUMBER OF LARGE SECOND HAND Saioa, in wood order; wilt be sold very low to close ply at 265 Ways OR SALE—A STOVE AND HOUSE FURNISHING Goods Store, with Horse and Wagon, Apply at Sixth avon, hour Thicty-frshslrece. |. ke O% SALE-A LIQUOR STORE, WITH LRAS i BY and Fi stares erieot, very cheap. Apply ab | Wb Uutsongiteel = : TAOR SALE—A FIRST CLASS SHADES AND CHOR od ‘business, situated in the best Fr ai Ses eee Ne yeurd lease. Addrome SHAD! Sa SO. Sh Seas ey = 2 LEASE, STOCK AND FIXTURES OP Rion SALE TT une avore, near one of the rinelp At feat 2 maly (gb. GAFENEY & 0O., forties, Up town, a, eee eee Bowery, = ING SHO, POR BALE—s PLUMBING AND Gas Fi Word with sinall Stock; rent low, Inquire at tw. Broadway. OR SALE—A FIRST CLASS BAR AND RRA taurant; best location on Broadway ; good lease, &c., d Lib tern owner in other business, Address @) SN OR SALE~A CORNER LIQUOR STORE LEASE; went; good reasons aiven for selling. Apply ab sto ‘est Twenty-fitth street, for two days. WE SALB-SEIGHT YEARS’ LEASE, BUSINESS FIX- turds handsome household Furniture of ti promises No. 37 West Twenty-cighth street, near Bri 3 way; elegant par, restaurant aud everythi complete, for w first clasd business, uf sidheh 3 F R SALE—AN O40 RetABLISHED PAYING BUSE- negs for $3,000; hat’cash, half mortgage ; proprietor wishes to retire, Principity with true name and reat: se wade el a5 LC EEE JPOR FALE —24 YEARS! LEASH WITH PRIVILRO! of renewal, ofa one story Bulldog, 25x50, on Wei Thirty-tourth strect, opposite the new, Manhattan Mar. Hy of room (ur liquor amd eating business | Foe ra Ply toJ. WALL, om the 8, toot rty-fourth street. 1OR SALE—A PACKING BOX FACTORY, IN COM. plete running ordi ‘ood runvpf custom; the ler ; has a foreman will stay if wanted ; this is a Practical man. Apply to JULIUS LEVY, 108 Columbia 'st. JOR SALE-AT A GREAT SACRIFICE AS TOWN owner ‘wants to retire from business, # first clast Boot and Shoe Store; locativn best down’ town; estab: lished 15 years; for both custom and ready made, Foo further “particulars inquire at MITCHELL'S Stora Agency, 77 Cedar street. i OR SALE—ON ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS avenues in Brooklyn, a’ first class Tea and fi Grocery Store; doing un oxcellent cash, trade, woul not be sold only the businessis too laborious for the pres: entowner. For particulars apply on the prenrfyes, Myrtle avenue. FOr arr SMALL OYSTER HOUSE, IN AN BX- cellent location; for sale on’ account of the ownes not being able to atiend to it; smail capitat rey quired, Address OYSTER, box 16 “Herald Uptown ranch oflce, For SALE—THE STOCK AND FIXTURES OF TH® neatest Fancy Goods Store in the city; @ barcain foe cash. An ply ate. 5 Sixth avenue, one door from Fiity second stree| OR SALE—THE SPLENDIDLY FITTED UP LIQUO! tare, 408 DeKalb avanti, Brookiyiy, with a new, fo ull beer’ pump; price $500? three ‘yours’ lease, oJ. LEONARD, No. 1 State street, New York, — WOR SALE CUEAP—A NEATLY FITTED-UP SALOON, corner of Thirteenth street and Second avetnio; reat son for selling, owner has other business. Apply og premises. OR SALE CHEAP—A FIRST CLASS LIQUOR un Store, situated in the best location, neatly fitted bt Going 8 good business, Apply at 69 Newark avenue, pity. M ETAIL DRUG STORE FOR SALE.—A WELL B& tablished business, in good location. Apply te HEGEMAN & CO., 203 Broadway, New York. WAFES FOR SALE, AT GREAT BARKAINS—HER fing’, Wilder's, Lillie’s and Marvin's, ll sizes, sacs 1 atS, G. QUIRK ond hand ‘and good’ as n S72 Maides, lane. $350 WANTED-FOR A GROCERY STORE ANI QIU Groceries; lease to run one year from Mag and longer if wanted, Inquire at 161 Greenwich street. * 300 For, SAbe- AN ESTABLISHED DINE do. + Room, now'doing a very. profitable. b ness, In a desirable location, with very cheap rent; satin factory reasons given for selling. Address box 146 Here ald oMte KET ON FOURTH AVENUE FOR SALE LOW)« 354, between ee aud Twenty-sixth streeteg yror SALE—ONE ENGINE “AND BOILER, PuORSR vor; to be seen. Funning. BROS", Twenty-second sirect and Eleventh avenue. OR SALE—A DOUBLE ACTION MEAT CHOP! 4 knives; small Steam Engine and Boiler, $173; also Mont Mill82 knives, can be sharpened when wo ing. , complete; also. jorse Engine, Orse $50 Apply at 342 West Sixteenth street’ sii TEAM ENGINE AND ROILER FOR SALE—15 HORSE: power; steam engine in ranning order; also locomar tive Bolter, attached to the same; Will be sold low It lied for Immediately, Apply to W. 8. MELDRUM, |, roadway. - ly WASTED—A COPPER OR IRON STEAM COIL, TO lay flat on the bottom of round vat, six teot diameter. Soneeme with price, &c., CHEMIST, Herald Uptowa ice. yoo LYNCH IN TOWN. WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT HANGINGII! SEE A SPICY INTERVIEW IN THE EVENING TELEGRAM TO-DAY. HOLIDAY PRESENTS, [Qig ty PRESENTS, MUCH BELOW THE REGU. ) Yar store rates, at, 189 Chatham, square,—New and second hand Gold and Silver Watches, Gold Chains, Dia- mond Rings, Earrings, Studs, & aml other jewel hought, sold and exchange BARNARD & SON’ jewellers and Refiners, 135 C! am square. «, B.—' highest price pald for old Gold and Silver Plate. FLOUBAY, PRESENTS “FINE, SELECTIONS | 1 Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Watches, Opera and Vest Chains, Diamond, Coral and Gold Jewelry, sterling ver, finest silver-plated Ware, Cuckoo and French Cloct retailed at manufacturers’ prices, at FRANKFIELD CO."S, 209 Sixth avenue, corner Fourteenth street, and 328 Eighth avenue, corner Twenty-sixth streot, OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A BEAUTIFU: cated Farm, acres, one hour by rail from C cago; elegant residence, rn and outhouses: | ree chard. For particulars address C., box 124 Herald Up- town Branch office. 10 EXCHANGE—TWO THREE STORY HIGH STOOP French root Houses in Brooklyn, first class, each house 26x50, extension 20x15, lot 100x100; New York Tene- ment FOR TIVEN CARTER, No. 4 Pine streot, room 10, IN DE. PREE AND CLEAR, xchange tor good Farin, B) acres PTOWN HOUS! sirable tesallty, to or more, not over 60 mil to $15,000. Owne! Broadway. $10,000, ee iw EEL & HURON, 900 from, city: value from $10,000 n MONTFORT & FRANCE, 175 HARLEM ane, enue. REAL ESTATE WANTED. D—A MEDIUM-SIZED HOUSE, IN A GOOD a eeaen orn, worth from $13, to $1400), in Mert) ¥ cee ae Par ee ASL i Brontwey, RPORATION NOTICES, TION NOTICE.-NOTICR 18 HEREBY Oar n that the Committe on Public, Works of the Hoard of Aldermen will meet in room No. 8, in the City Hall, on Friday noxt, the0ch instant, at 3 o'clock P. Mi for the consideration o¢ the Project of introducing al into the city uf New York for extingulahing fires \d other purposes. All persons luterested in the subject re hereby. nopied to be present at the above named ad pla ume ithout further notification, JONOVER, = Commitjer on Pyvlig Works, poresse SACRIFICE OF IMPORTED GOODS. The Original Dollar Store, 667 Broadway. Cheapest place In the city to buy Presents, Articles costing $3 and $4 each to Import, for'SL. Tt is generally acknowledged that the Original Store, in tue ae 7 Broadway, is the cheapest place to buy Holiday Presents. cite mock Ae well One Dollas articles taal cost $3 to $4 cach to import. cheap at the old stand. Everything in the Toy line at less than you can buy elsewhere. All the Sovsities D. WILSON, Bowery, Just above Canal street. ——AvPROLOGY, THR REVELATIONS OF PRO- ti, “Past, Pe sent and Future; Ate RNORteS fessor Maurice wo! Love, Business, &c. Oftice, 68 East street. MADAME D, Ross, THR ORLEBRATED CLAIRVOY, Ftd Mitta Eatin een mate nd visitors; causes i "brings together those long separated; lucky 183, WELLINGTON BUSINESS, png absent rvoyant, tells of business, losses, thet friend @ romedy for drunken of anime bands or wives, and ayes looky eal ‘Gall of Wile ] A Twenty-ciguth girect yeas Four Wy