The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1876, Page 8

8B NEW YORK HERALD; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT, ER $5,000, No. se oe a these whole of witness’ THE COURTS. to clean and pile up the burned bricks. Bis bill, amounting to $1,500, was considered exor- Ditant, and another married twice and tM@t he was a mason. Soe ee then rested, and a recess was taken “ROOM FOR ONE. MORE’ Mandisis in 15 care and 102 stamding eutside on th. HOMEWARD BOUND. The next count was between Grand several certificates of deposit subsequently came person was employed by the insti- to the Daal 08d ave pe ; each one of them bore the | tation to count the eriak. che seein EN teeta by and Bleecker indorsement of Mr. ‘ogi witness ‘with the | due as $400 less, which sum was accordingly paid. Mr. | After the recess John A. Taylor, associate counsel, Streets, from a quarter past five to six P. M. Twenty- direction of Mr. King in ‘the $112,800; | Horan, however, brought suit to recover the additional | opened the case for tie arguing that the pris seven Care examined showed tne following results :— when previously at (he bank Mr. King nm | $400, as charged in bis bill the case came to trial | ober was insane beyond all doubt or cavil, and, in sup- The Receivership of the Bleecker Street Railroad Company. his expectation of recel money, and provious to bis making this deposit Mr. Ku not signitied to witness bis intention of so. ; Mr. King had previous- ty bad transactions with the Bank; witness did ‘Tot ask or recetve an capitan of the unusually large | transactions of May 30, 1872, and the manner in which | Mr. King to distribute 1%; the cashier, Mr. MAKING THE RECEIVER A PARTY LITIGANT | dss Ie Wert Maen teens oat eke ietisent ‘i 1, esterday before an holdin had i Tour, Cireuit, “After ‘idence for the plant had | been submitted, Mr. Ji K. Develin, the defendants’ | counsel, stated that he was satia(ied that the claim was | ajastone and he did not wish to appear as resisting the payment of a legal claim. On his consent accord- ingly @ verdict was directed for the plaintiff for tho sum sued for, | port of that theory, reading from voluminous autbori- | ties upon the question of insanity. Burroughs, he said, was born about forty-five years ago. At the age of ten years he sustained an injury behind the car, near the base of the brain, from which he became | stupid. He was unable to learn to read or write, and he was therefore put to learn the trade of a mason. At twenty-six years of age he married a girl | named Maggie Camp, with whom his relations | The Third Avenue Packing Process De- scribed from Close Observation. A BAY AMONG CONDUCTORS AND DRIVERS. for witness to act upon; witness knew of precautions | TOMBS POLICE COURT. were pleasant.- Before he married Miss Camp 4 coments taked so as to ascertain whether the proposed distmbu- the woman whom he shot knew him; three months | tion of the money was Bonafide. The witness was not Before Judge Plammer. titer the death of the frst wife the woman whom he u Theatrical Managers at | "SE*RE 2, soheon, former secretary oftbe | Jenn palo pegs ep sriig Mapes married, Burrougha; ay the aa of te marrage to Valuable Statisties as to the Way a Soulless we - f v A . . the prisoner Miss Kinsmore resided in the bouse wit! Loggerheads. Txeite Mail Company, was recalled. He test fo Muy | street, yesterday morning took the gaarter past ten | Burrougla’ mother; the knowledge of her former i. | Corporation Gives Us Dangerous Transit. WW in 1872 were R. G. Ralston, George |. Kingslond and Henry Clews; the next report of the Auditing Com- mittec afler May, 1872, was on December 17 of the same | o'clock Fulton ferryboat Farragut to Brooklyn, When | about midway across the river he jumped overboard. licit connection was productive of constant disquietude ja their home, though he loved the very ground on which she walked; Burroughs, though a hardworkin, There's room for one more! Let us bustle bim in! rer full PROGRESS OF THE BURKE-GARDNER SUIT. | year; the witness read the report, which was received | The officer who was doing duty atthe ferry caw the | man, was addicted to the use of ram; her treatment o! Fieve’: 0 panel Tak ¥ evidence, and in which the Aaditing Committee | man struggling im the water and immediately, taking a | bin was not of a character to allure him to bis home; Let the poe nd atten ae recommended more care in the making of loans and |. small boat, rowed out and succeeded in rescuing hitn. | when his wife left him he began to drink more than What mats rake in the fares? in the taking of collateral securtty; of the checks previously ulladed to $650,000 appeared in the books in the aecount of the San Francisco agency; witness Tomembered no settlement made with Mr, Stockwell of Qn the application of Alvan S. Southworth, receiver of the Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad Com- pany, to be made a party defendant in the suit of John oe i A - cows; also | Clams or demands having referenee to the amount o! ML-Hariow as trasice against ie Seamer. tb ck; there was a settlement of a claim against Jn the suit of Sistare against the company, there was 4 | 4ir, xtocxwell for the cost of repairs of certain steam- Jong argument yesterday before Judge Barrett, io | slups pascliangl of bias senerery, Poh found po Me ward to be ungeaworthy, and for certain notes of the Supreme Court, Chambers. Mr. Algernon S. Sullivan, | fiowe \achine Company received io prior sctllement who appeared for the receiver, after reciting the re- | oj a claim for $1,140,000, being the aniount of the in- teiver’s allegations of fraud, negligence and mts- | vestments of company in Panama Ratlroad stock, Mavagement of the road on the part of the late man agement, stated to the Court that the application was — made on the gtound that the receiver, by the order of | Judge Davis, was absolute recoiver of the tranchises, | and hold possession by the specific order of the Court; that although it was true that he was not by that order joined as a defendant in the foreclosure suits, the scope | {3,1 rem shares of Pacific Mail stock, which he Dad rer the Board as being sold at’par, *paying the money for not boon sold, but was still in the hands of his brokers, Mr. Bennétt—Heads I win, tails you lose? Witness (laughing)—¥es, he expected to get $125 for ; | remember no other settlement by Mr. Stockwell, m of about $1,000,000 has also been made by | detivered to him by the Vice President, Mr. Francis | | W. G. Bellows, to enable him to carry about Lee od | prted to | the same and afterward claiming that the stock had | | Yesterday afternoon Barthurst was taken to the above | | Court. Justice Flammer believing him to be suffering | | from mental aberration committed bim to the care of | the Commissioners of Charities and Correction. ALLEGED LARCENY OF JEWELRY. On Friday last Rosanna Donovan, altas Lizzie Wal- | lace, called at the residence of Mra, Addie de Grasbe, | boarding house keeper, and said she was a dressmaker in want of work. Mrs de Grashe went up stairs to see if she had anything for her to do and Rosanna was left alone for about fifteen minutes, when she was told that there was no work then ready.’ The next day Mrs, de Grashe missed a quantity of jewelry, and Miss Donovan, | who, it 1a said, is an ex-convict, was arrested for tho larceny. Yesterday’ she was taken to the above Court and held to answer. The property was not recovered, TRIEST AGAIN IN TROUBLE, Ludwig Triest, of Broslau, Germany, yesterday, im the Court of Special Sessions, pleaded guilty to having | the way of his ealyation. | 'The ever; the Sunday before the Saturday on which he shot her the prisoner attempted to cut his throat with a carving knife, and he bears the marks to this day. Would the District Attorney say that that was simulated? On the Monday nig he sent for a pious woman to pray with him for the light of salvation. The prisoner did pray for an hour and a baif with that good women, saying his wife was the only obstacle m risoner was perturbed and restless throughout the entire week preceding the tragedy. They would show that ap uncle and cousin of Joseph Burroughs were insane. ‘The court then, at four o'clock, adjourned til) ten | o’clock this morning. j THE SHOOTING OF MR. JOHNSON. INVESTIGATION BX THE CORONER YESTERDAY— THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THE POLICE THEORY OF SUICIDE. Yesterday an investigation was commenced in the “Shove up ¢ room for one more.”” Tho above refrain of the conductors on one of the city lines of horse cara, when, off duty, they meet for | convivial intercourse, is & good illustration of the view. which these men take of the rights of the passengers who ride on the city horse ear lines, Tho average con- ductor has come to think that every citizen’s hand is against him ; that the passengers, sinco the introduction of the bell punch, voto him a thief that should be watched, and hence he {s perfectly callous to the wishes or comfort of those who may entrust themselves to his care, Now and thon » new conductor who has been gently reared and educated appears on 6 street car, with the firm resolve to elevate the position in the respect of the masses by extreme politeness and earnest concern for the welfare of his charge; SSSBSSSTISSSSSSALSSSSessses PLELLESLELVERSSREERNEEERERS * Conductor refused a r. {Riise pickpockets iter One passenger fell off. A number of cars were not counted, the crush being go dense that the reporter could nefthcr get a foot- hold on the platform nor count the passengers owing to the high rate of speod at which the car pussed. Speaking of THE SPEED OF THE Cal of the order permitted him to be admitted if necessity | the company apon bim’ for money expended by bim at 7 5 % | but be soon discovers by the glancos of the pas- ‘it ‘were shown, and Mr, Southworth’s sworn statements | Washington in obtaining the subsidy without the au- | stolen three copies of a German newspaper and was | Kings County Court House, before Coroner Simms and sengers as he collects bis fares and sounds the pi) 4 90 ere remount bry Reesl Petrarch | thority of the Board of Mireciors for such expenditure; | sentenced to the City Prison for ten days. Triest is a jury, touching the circumstances attending the death | 75 to 100 i { for’ tae encoun Wore before the Court to prove that necessity, that the | tar ciaim was first made against Mr, Stockwell, wit: | the man who some time ago induced Julia Homann to | of Mr. John Johnson, who was shot by two highway- | punch that every man in his car has his eyes upon Aira Parner nto oe pe in vod @ act ord Woort nada right in equity to join= Bim in thoaction | nossthonght, in December, 1872; Mr. ‘Stockwell was | leave her home In Cologne, Germany, and come Wit | pion on the mornin "of January 3, at the corner of | *im—in fact is a ‘‘spotter’’ upon his honesty, brs Nareia hgh ‘n old conductor givos amd that the exergise of this right was | not at that time in the country; there was no action of | him to this country, whore, after refusing to marry, he i sified ipouis pherri:diketen “Aehdaseaneebeaied Lash Neseses S88 56 - Giscrotionary, depouding upon the recetver’s | tho Board of Directors yn the matter at that time; it | abandoned her. They were subsequently married at the | Lafayette and Throop avenues, Assistant District yin aes 7 hy ae Btatement of fact, his sole object being t© | camo some timo after; the settlement with Stockwell | Essex Market Police Court by Judge Otterbourg, ‘Attorney Snell appeared for the people during theex- | It was with tho view of sccaring reliable statistics as | PNA Ten A. Ml i SPO oto six Ps M., ball a, Jind Protect all the interests involved, as he was bound to | was made in August, 1873; after the fuitilment of his amination. to the crowding of cars that a few days ago an attaché apart; from six to hine P. M., two minutes apart, and do by order of the Court. The papers alleged con- Bie on te Blescker stroce in the interests | yomber, witness thought Stockwell was discharged Jacob Sharp and others, Messrs, Scribner & John | from all claims against the Howe Machine Company’s E. Devlin and Miller resisted the motion, while Mr. | notes and expenditures for repairs of steamships; 3 Patterson, for Mr. Sistare, assented. Judge Barrett | Stockwell, while Proeident of the Pacific Mail Company ook the papers, permitting, however, Mr. Southworth | did not borrow any money in Bis own name; {t was the to make further statements as to the condition of the | cusiom of the company to make loans on security when Foad and its management. they had large ees; no such loans were ever In Mr. Southworth’s affidavit tt is alleged that the | made to Stockwell; witness stated that as Act- examipation which he has been able to make of the | ing Treasurer he had no authority to inquire into agreement under that settlement, in the following No- ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. * Before Judge Smith. BURGLARY IN AVENUE ©. Thomas Brown, of No, 129 avenue ©, was ‘held in $1,000 to answer for burglariously entering the bakery store of Robert High, No. 136 avenue C, and stealing | fourteen cakes, valued at $30. The alleged burglary occurred on the 3d of January. John B, Whittaker, artist, of No. 745 Lafayette ave- nuc, was the first witness examined. He testified that on Monday morning, January 3, he was awakened about half-past five o'clock by the report of a pistol shot, and immediately atter heard the cry of “Murder!” he got up and, proceeding to dress, walked toward the win- dow; saw that it was very dark, and again beard the cries ot ‘‘Murder!”’ and ‘‘Help!’’ rushed down stairs, of this paper was ordered’ to spend an entire day on one of the horse car lines, count the passengers in the care at various hours and carefully note the namber on eaeh car who were not provided with seate, In obodl- ence to these instructions he selected the Third avenue — ine, and entered a) his investigations at seven minutes to seven A. M., stationing himself fn the wait- ing room of the company’s depot at Sixty-Afth street, where he could count tbe contents of each car arrivin jater an extension of head until mornl One broad street like Third avenue, where there is ‘erruption trom vehicles, cars can be run quarter minute headway, and tho Third Avenue Com. peng: has no excuse for not, mornings and even! ving a sufficiency of cars to prevent all packli the rate of from 60 to 100 per car. The packing of in one car to the roader may seem, impossid writer, anti! he made an actual count, did not bel: that 1t' was possible to put 77 persons on a car; yot it is Bffairs of the company reveals a condition | the matter of the cheeks, inasmuch as he was obliged : from points above, as well as those who at that point | Of things to the last degree Injurious to the | to obey orders given him’ by the Vice President; he Pry followed by his wifes opening the, door found hat am | digombarked to take less crowded cars bound down, | 20ne every day. Fights of all the parties in interest and @ | gubsequently discovered that the entries given to him, POLICE COURT NOTES. Soop; waited. for the cry thinking it was in the opyo- | #@¢ those who remained in the car on leaving the de. combination of systematic intrigues and corruption ‘and wanton extravagance which has for years been a Gotriment to the public trafic, and an injury, jf not a fraud, upon the stockholders and credftors ba ygense | Folely to the supposed future advantage of a small clique of stockholders and bondholders; thet the com- pany is entirely controlled and subyeried by a faction and which he made et the time, were misleading as to the purpose for which the checks were issued, The examination was then adjourned. DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—-CHAMBERE. At Washington Place Police Court, yesterday, Judge Morgan disposed of forty prisoners, There was not one case of aserious offence, William McGee, of No. | 144 West Thirty-eighth strect, gave $100 bail for viola. tion of the Excise law, and Michac! Blanchard was held | in $300 for stealing shoes, valued at $3 50, from Fred- | site direction from where he found the deceased; he | was followed by his wife with a light, and found 3 Johnson on the centre of the walk on his knees; the deceased stated he had been assaulted by two persons, | and seeing: the dangorous position of his wound wit- | ness asked him if he conld give any clew to | the identification of the parties; Mr. Johnson said pot on the down trip. The following table shows the result of the count asto , ‘THR BOUTHWARD PLOW OF TRAVEL, ‘This covered the poriod from seven minutes to seven to quarter past eight A. M., with the exception of the cars that arrived at and departed from the depot between ten and fifteen minutes past seven, whiie the writer was RAPID TRANSIT COMMISSIONERS, Messrs. 0. H. Palmer, Everett P, Wheeler and E. L. Lawrence, the Rapid Transit Commissioners appointed by tho Supreme Court on she Ist of December last, will give a hearing to-day to al! persons interested in ‘of its managers, who manage it in the intorests of a . iy away ee railway combination, in whieh the profit results to such By Judge Barrett. erick Shortell, Ng. 407 Hudson strect. | nothing more than that one was tall and tho other a temporarily away the location of routes referred to in the. authority » Mention was made yesterday that a warrant was | short man, oue of them wearing a slouched hat; with Ss y x. . iT managers through other companies rather than The Mayor, &¢., v3. The Bleecker Street and Fulton | jcsqeq by Judge Dully for the arrest of one J. G. B. | the assistance of a neighbor Mr. Johnson was picked 4 = Fosé river. to the Now York Elevated Railroad Company, through the ee, company ; that i oma the ater vais Ratiresd | Company. —Motion sranied. Fulton | Campbell, an employé tn the Sherii’s office, on a | Up and carried to the house; previous to lifting him up Tab itee By nde e provision of ee Rapid beige Moe pase raed by ent management of the said company. aoe pare | + The Peowle; Ae ayey ml gesker i rect and Fulton | charge of robbery. Mr. Campbell was not the sus- | he stated that bis assailants had climbed over the fence és ay ° 4 | tho Inst Legislature, the eolsion ol shad a yooney have bocn wrongfully and unlawfully expended | Ferry Rullrodd Company. Receiver joined as « party | hoeted person, being & young man of excellent charse- | near to where he lay; he then doubted the tact and o3 RiP8 Fy | sloners ss to tho routes, will probaly, be: fines Gnises in legislation, and that the management of defendant without prejudice. ter and reputation. asked me if he really was shot; he further stated that | Na of Oar. ry a3 a$ the usual number of legal quibbles are brought 4 She company” has been | wasteful, provigal and | Rouell vs. Higgins. —Complaint dismissed with $10 | be was sorry he hadn't gone found by Tompkins ave- nt 8 - | ward by property ownors on the various routes or extenvagent in’ the extreme, He avers, furtuer, that | ‘cn: ; ; COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. ad’ of through Throop; in Throop avenue he es [easy z others who may be opposod to rapid transit, Soe ee er ee ere eredt | cele IMEC ee no. |i, oramin Covar—Citimemie--Helk by. Juape: Bat xpected to meet a friend, whose name he men- Flies s wa al «i the stockholde! itors thi ¥ , y 2 ey % : by . that he should be joined as party defendant in order | Stearn vs. Tett,—Nos. 20, 37, 4, 75, 76, 77, 78, 98, | Honed at tho time, but witness could not remomber; Py [PRE £ : BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT. Schaterman.—The Laat Dusseldrop is sufficient, but Nathan must be rejected. Gernian Savings Bank vs. Bartow.—The affidavit is denied, and there is not enough in the facts as they ap. to protect their interests, and that this action may be caatiously and carefully defended, and which, under the | present circumstances, It is not, that the conduct ofthe | faction is not made in that disinterested manner which | pear upon all the papers to justsfy the Court in reitev- 4g necessary for the protection of the stockholaers and | Ing the purchaser, His motion must be denied, but creditors, and for the protection of alarge property, | there may be one more adjournment of a week, Which, through negligence and mismanagement, has | City Firo Insurance Company vs. Raynor ct al—Re- been allowod to deteriorate in value. It is farther al- | port contirmed and order for payment made, Jeged that this action, brought to foreclose tho first | Emmet et al ys. Dolan—Guardian ad litem ap- morigage, jnvolves,' besides the mere issue as | pointed. to 0 making and. oxeouting of the mortgage | Fridway vs. Bresten.—Proof of service dofeetive. and the bonds and the default in the jy | Shepard vs, Humphrey.—Demurrer adjudged to bo | ment of the interest, many varied and complicated i8- | frivolous and judgment for the plaintiff ordered, with suee, such as the validity of the appointment ofsaid Har- | costs. Jow, ‘as trustee; the validity of many of the outstanding Tally vs. Tully.—Fifteen dollars por woek awarded onds and obligations; the question, which is a material | ag allmmony and $100 counsel fee, ‘and important one, as to what property is covered by | Lathrop vs. Livermore.—The property described in a, 7 1 109, 113, 159, 177.’ Cali from . 187 to the end of cal: | endar. ScrREuE Couxt—GexERa. TerM—Held by Judges Davis, Brady and Danicls,—Nos, 161, 102, 171, 173, 178, | 104, 105, 110, 177, 434, 145, 124, 188,’ 107, 111, 139, | 170, 119, 120, 125. i urREME Cocrt—Srecial TeERM—Held by Judge Dono- hue.—Nos. 311}, §2, 202, 232, 245, 247, “251, 255, 269, 271, 285, 986, 287, 288, 204, 206, 807, B10, 40, 19, a9, 40,"44, 40, O1, 64, 99, 08. supreme Covrt—Cincurr—Part 1—Held by Judge | Van Vorst—Nos, 61, 351, 975, 1001, 1015, 2200, 1079, | 1105, 2809, 1107, 1111, 1118, 1115, 111%, 1118, 1121, 1126, | 1127) 1131, 1183, 1135, 1189, 1143, 1147) 1163) Part 3— | Hold by Judge Lawrence.—Nos, '1784,’674 Js, 2077, 2274, | 2229, 1673, 633, "2275, 59, 1180, 200, 183035) 1040, 1658, | 872, 1783, 1916, 1490, 112534, ‘576, 226, 1250, 672, 1824, 970. he was very anxiods not to bo taken to his house, fear- tng the trouble would afflict his wife; witness took him jnto the house amd seut for a physician; when found | his pantaloons pockets were turned inside out and his ‘vest wag open ; witness said Mr, Johnson was decidedly frightened; probably it was more of a worry than a fright; his solicitude was for the position in which bis family were placed; when taken iuto his house he re- peated the same statement of the occurrence over and over again to his wife and others; he always adhered to the statement that he had been assaulted; from the first he had made up his mind that he was going to die; from the first he said that he could not identify the assailants; ho said one of the men placed his hands | on his eyes and the other placed his bands ou bis mouth; did not notice any impression of finger prints on his face; never bad any previous acquaint- ance with him; witness’ house 16 distant about sixty 4 Bry 2S rel nd i eB8E so Guus wns us Ourpuny DISTRIBUTING THE EXCISE MONEYS. Aregalar mecting of the Board of Apportionment | was hold in the Mayor's oflce yesterday afternoon, Comptroller Green, Mayor Wickham, Aldermen Lewis | and Fox and Commissioner Wheeler wore present, A number of small transfers were made from one account to another, The Comptroller was authorized to issue the follow- fng:—-vadgment bonds, $5,000; Croton Main stock, $60,000; City Parks Improvement Fund stock, $25,000. Comptroller Green handed in ‘a number of applica- | tions from benevolent organizations for recognition in tho said first mortgage, the éonilicting interests be- ! Mr. Liyermoro’s affidavit is exempted from the lien of | | 3 32) the dispensing of excise moneys. twoon the first and second mortgage bondholders; the | the judgmept, ‘ itorgrton Covnt—Tara1 Tenw—Part 1—Held by Judge | ee eget) Reema ee pena i4| The ollowing resolution, offered by Mayor Wick- sale of tho franchises and the property. As to the | Devlin va, Shannon.—Motion granted wnless back , Moncll.—Nos. 879, 741, 509 967, $67, 1305, 787, 1901, | esa etting over the fence; witness was pay " ham, was then passed :— amount received from such sale and ita proper conduct | taxes are paid within five days. 1907, 771, 1217, 1479, 1307, 831, 745. "Part _2—Held by | is 5 per. 7 Whence’ ths Bansdcot Saine vs, Sane.—Same. the stockholders and creditors depend for the recovery | ne. As Stoopel va Olava. —Answer on judgment to be friv- bf anything upon their stock and claims, and a fair | and ‘proper distribution of the fund among | olous and judgment accordingly, with $10 costs, Svrerion Covrt—Sraciak Tauw—Held by Judge | . 7 3 “ \ 6 numerous claimants and parties in interest. | Rice vs. Livermore.—Motion granted, on payment | Sanford.—No. 20. Fe ste evil Bid fod aan be bei 36) futoj and whereas, the Board is impremad with Among the other important allegations set | within five days of $10 term fee and $10’ costs of this | Common PLeas—Equiry Tenu—Rela py Judge Daly.— | oes identi eons on the other side of the street that 20 EB at tions purpose: forth in aifdavit is that he —believes | motion. No. 16. * jmasphoy, fenced o} po rrtped eh i 13 : . Johnson that the additional rights [Ean to the company by | Jackson vs, Caldwell. —Opinion. the Lawes of 1873, chapter 199, have greatly increased | Hoppin vs, Coxzeng—Report confirmed and order for ‘the value of the franchise, and to such an extent that | distribution granted. the stockholders ax well ag bondholders and creditors | | Taggart va, Adinag,—The first branch of the motion would be sccured in their investments by a prudent | was operation of those additional chartered rights. He further avers that the receipts of the company during | date of the assignments; that defendant is entitled to; his receivership, and dating from December 27, 1875, | the rest of the metion cannot be denied, and de- have been fully twenty-five per cent in excess of the | fendant’s time to answer reduced to five days upon receipts of the company during the same period of tho , the entering of the order on this decision, No, coxts, io result of a elerical error, and whatis sought |) MARing | was furnished bofort and atthe agreemont, viz :—The | Justice Shea. Judge Spetr.—Nos, 930, 350058" 916, 1326, 1783, cl ee 218, 802, O84, 726, Coamrox PLEAS—TRIAL Terw—Part 1—Held by Judgo | Van Hoesen.—Case on, No. 573. No day calendar. Part 2—Held by Judge Van Brunt.—Same calendar as published yesterday. sovnt—TaiaL Taaa—Part 1—Held ba Jos, 2282, SU, ; 3707, 9819, 8799, 5075, 6251, 5106, 4817,’ 6521, 6522 Part 2—Held by Judge McAdamn.—Nod, 1079, 2780, | 868, 9699, 0849, 6243, G244, 6245, 6260, 6552, 2614, 3796, 6140, 6548. 6883, 6440, 6500, | Part 4—Hela by ‘Judge son that reached bim; after hearing the shot not more © than from threo to five minutes elapsed before witness ond Mrs, Whittaker the scene; the shirt was dark; the were, alternately, “Murder !’? “Help!” deceased told witness that the assailants went over the fence as soon asthe shot was fired; did not hear the bark of a dog; not know that there ever was a dog in those | ‘Whittaker, wife of the artist, was also examin and corroborated in gubsiance the evidence of her usband. Annie M. Johnson, widow of the deceased, testified that her husband left home about twenty mimates to | six o'clock on the morning of the 3d inst.; be wasim | “r | = AER ELEN st | egecheegneeueatersuusseseseaseesces re 1,803] 668] 1,807] 1,136 during the ent winte fund to benevolent. sosiet and institutions the sum of jed to the relief of the desti- therefore, i Ly adjous ill be wee cieiae iad beneeiteal “tects or fttaons are especially organized for the direct eller BOARD OF POLICE. The Board of Police Cominissionors met yesterday, provious year allowing for the Wiferencein the num: | as dofendant was right in roquiring the date of the as: | Sheridan. Nos, 6241, 6514, 6240, 5408, €483, 5808, 6185, | f° pepe Bp gtd gl eek Bitar General Smith presiding, ; r of cars in operation on the road, all going to show, | sigument. | 8501, 5502, 5467, 5724) 5606, 6620, 6544, 4028. ts USOAl “aptEHen Sy CS Ste) See ae ae os F ge claimed, the previous fraudulent management of | Levy vs Curtls.—The bill of particulars furnished is | Count ov Gexenat Sussions—Held’ by Judge Gilder. Beg dine ren Mr. and Mrs, Whittaker and | “From the above table it will be seon that in a little | A communication from Evorett P, Wheeler, calling 4 ; the affairs of the company. a sham, and no bill at Ail, The defendant must furnish, within ten days, a further bill of particulars, stating | sleev | arso: amo vs. Patrick Crowley, violation election | —The People vs. Francis F. Marshall, continued, | th; heart, on belug Drow ; jusband said, ‘lam shot in the room he said, j over one hour, during the rush of persons above Sixty- third street for downtown pornts, thirty-five cars dis- the attention of the Board to meritorious services rene dered in a recent siJk robbery case by Detectives Keely “OUR BOYS.” Specifically the ‘names of the worthless and. irre: | laws; Same va John Gullary, misdemeanor; Same ve, | Ob, look! 1 am dying run quicaly, | foe Father | charged at the Sixty-third street depot 555 passengers a . sponsible persons to whom the plaintiff sold goods, the | John Cochran, do, ; Same va’ Morris Fitzgerald, do, ; | Maloney Tn ona Be nee Redgaoen eis tek of the 1,832 with which they arrived, and that they still | 2d Dunn, of the Central Office, and O'Neil, of the A suit has been brought by Augustin Daly against | rocnective dates of such sales, the amount of goods Lester Wallack to recover $1,000 damages for mfringe- | gold to each person, and the prices to be paid by each, ment of his alleged copyright interest in the drama | and also what part of such prices has not becn paid by : i ! each, or be precluded from giving any evidence of thelr “Our Boys” Mr. Daly avers in his complaint that he | counter claim, avd pay costs of this motion. porcbased the right to prodace in this city the play |“: By Judge Lawrence. from Mr. J. H. French, the outhor’s agent; that he | Mutual Bank va Griswold. —Findings as settled. was to pay for the play a royalty of $30 per night aud | Dawban ve. Butterficld—I cannot dispose of this mo- tion until the referee makes a report of the testimony Same vs. John White, do. ; Same vs. Matthew Manning, do. ; Same vs. Peter Regan, do. ; Same ve, James Eitz- | gerald, do.; Same ys, William Watson, do, THE BROOKLYN RING SUITS. At the office of Mr. John B, Parsons, the represcnta- | tive of-the State in tho suits against the members of over his face and when he came into the house | there were marks on his forehead; witness called t! attention of Dr. Bowron to the finger prints; they | were visible avout one week; on the morning of his | death he told witness to send for Dr. Bowron and go | up and call the children; he sald, “I fecl that 1 am dying; 1 am going fast; witness then said, “John, our ‘candidly, for you think that you al ing to | with 576 remained crowded and persons unprovided with seats, It must be recollected that this is an illustration of the ae process at the depot, where the company despatcl other cars for the City Hall to acoom: flow from the Harlem cars. About oight A. M. the traMec on the through cars from points above the becomes less and less as the day passes. The passen- the over- roceeded om their way down | Ninth precinct, was referred to the Commitiee on Rules and Discipline An application from A. G. Agnew, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Moody and Sangey Revival Association, requesting the detailment of policemon pot begins to diminish, and it | atthe Bi proatoeis for two months, was referred to the Rules and Discipline Committee. |seeeesassegesvensse Leave of absence for two weeks was granted to Police going the Brooklyn Ring, No, 56 Wall street, a conference | die and that you are about to meet your God;”’ witness | Surgeon Walker on account of illness. i . .. | said further to her dying husband, “John, I want to heserBapiec Sorsog rs pein ‘atom General Fair- | Soy’ you one question. Did you do this yourself” the child, Mr. Parsons, Nathaniel Cottren, and two mem- | qyirig man looked at the witness and replied, “Ob, vers ot the Brooklyn Taxpayers’ Association, The | 10 $35 for cach matinée performance; that Mr. French | goon after informed him that Mr, Wallack was anxious to eens the play, but that he réfused to forfeit his Tights and paid $500 In advance; Mr. Wallack practi- ly insisted upon his alleged rights and produced this [se om a meal Ve imererr on and seven—are usually laboring men and mechanics proceeding to ih rork They are Toning" patie | cyan aE cas ren ae may . Carter, worktng girls, and occasionally a mer sclerk or & | py, rs fartin, Tw ’. Thirteonth; | professional man who takes an early start. After seven ene Se ht iI gcse ken on the examination before him. If he has not acopy of the minutes of the testimony before him the | parties must furnish the minutes taken by them, or by | | the stenographers cmployed- by them, ‘and a memo- | randum must be furnished to the Court pointing out P| ‘Annie, how could I do such a thing? why should Play at his theatro, Mr. Wallack clams a prior pur- | @base of the play. The case camo up before Judge | Sanford yesterday in Superior Court, Special Term, | when a number of witnesses were examined, including | ‘Mr. Theodore Moss, the treasurer of Wallack’s Theatre, | and Mr. Floyd, thestage manager. Substantially the game facts were testified to as those embodied in the | yarious affidavits submitted in the argument for an in- | junction, which was fully reported at the time in the HRALD. Messrs. Glinn, Kees and Mousgomery ap- | vared for Mr. Daly and Messrs, A. Oakey Hall and | epjamiu Franklin for Mr. Wailack, THE BURKE-GARDNER CASE. j The trial of this case, in which Mrs Virginia C, Burke sues to recover some $60,000, claimed to have | ‘eon taken from her father, Captain Alexander, after bis death, the facts of which have been published, is its slow Jength along, before Judge Van | 01 The case for | In the caseof Michael H, Wilzon and others against still draggin Hoesen, of the Court of Common Pleas. the plaintiff, however, was concluded yesterd the coniplaint was dismissed as against Mr, 7. Graff and Charies 8, Westcott, There still remain as de- fendants Mrs Ira C. Gardner, her husband, an orign- nal defendant having died Gardoer, James M. Graff and wife. The defence will open their case, and the probability is that the trial | ‘will occupy several days longer. BILL KING'S CASE, THE EVIDENCE BEFORE A REFEREE IN THE PA- CIFIC MAIL COMPANY'S SUIT, Farther evidence in the suit of the Pacific Mail wherein there minutes differ, if there is any difference. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM, By Juage Van Bruat, Kiernan ys. Abbott et al. —Findings signed. Tormay vs. The Mayor, &c.—Demurrer sustained, By Judge Donohue. New York State Loan and Trust Company ys, Helmer | eration and became conversant with all the facts et al —Demurrer sustained and orders signed, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM, By Judge Sedgwick. Beck ve. Lawrence,—Case settled and ordered on file, By Judge Sanford, Tyng vs. Marsh et al.—Bond approved, Whilbeck vs. Security Life | Order for commission granted. SUMMARY OF LAW CASES, ‘surance Company,— | consultation was private, but no definite conclusion was reached regarding the alloged frauds, After the | conference the Attorney General informed a reporter that he had not yet decided whether he would repre- | missioner Fowler, of the Brooklyn Board of Cit Works. When he had given the matter careful co! | would be theybetter able to decide as to bis future course, Mr, Férchild said he also intended lookin, | into the actions brought by Mr. Parsons ageiaal | Messrs. Kinsley, Keeny, Fowler and Bliss. He did not | yet know what the next’ move would be, but was satis- | any criminal proceedings by Mr. Parsons, He intended to Visit Brooklyn at the earliest opportunity, in order | to investigate several matters of public imterest in that | ity. |THE BURROUGHS WIFE MURDER, | sent the people in the trial of the indictment of Com. | | fied that there was no fikelihood of the institution of | » and pending the suit, James | CLOSE OF THE TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSE CUTION—OPENING OF THE DEFENCE—A PLEA OF INSANITY, The trial of Joseph 8. Burroughs for the murder of, | his wife, Elizabeth Burroughs, was continued yestor- | day tn the Brooklyn Oyer and Terminer. Christopher Bell, William A. Lewis and John H. Smith testified to the bark Petrunia, Judge Blatchford rendered his de- | cision yesterday in the United State Distriet Court that | there must be a decree for the libellants, with costs | with refererce to ascertain damages. In the Marine Court yesterday before Chief Justice Shea, there was atrialin the cose of Bernard Degitz Sati oe fe eat Despatch and Transportation | the appearance of the prisoner in a hardware store, on ‘ompany. Suit was to recover $900 as the value | Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, on Monday night prior to the of certain goods forwarded by the company t Galena, | murder; he wanted to buy a pocket knife; was shown Iil,, and destroyed by the great fire of Chicago. j dofence was that the goods were destroyed erithous | Se¥erkl which he and his companion thought too Steamship Company against William S, King, ¢x-Post- master of the House of Representatives, was taken to- day before Edwin M. Wight, notary public, as Com- missioner, at No. 109 Drexel Building. Mr. Henry 8. Bennett appeared for the plaiptit(s and Mr. Jobn N, Goodwin for the defendant, ‘Mr, Alexan¢er H. Palmer, the first witness called, testified that in May, 1872, he was cashier atthe Fifth Avenue Hotel in this city; he was at that time ac- Quainted with the defendant, W. S. King, avd saw him on the last two or three days of that month in the office of the hotel, when he presented to witness several cer. _ tifeates of deposit; witness identi®ed certain eniries in bis cash book of date of May 31, 1872, te credit of th jefendant, amounting respectifely to $400 and $1,450) and also debit entries of $800 and $500 respectiv the amount of $400 Mr. King panded in cash and witness to crovdit bis account with it; the next w: check for $1,45917; witness could not say who signed the cheek or what bank it was on; it was tadorsed by W. &. King, who said be would want the currency for it, | which withess gave bim the same day; the next transaction was the deporit with witness of a check for $5,000, indorsed by King, and $400 cash; this occurred on June 1, at which tme defendant told wit- ees that he should want bim (witness) to pay a bill from Tiffany & Co. for $2, which witness paid as Instructed; tbe po Aree nag with aan was the 1) im the jance due him of $2,900, which | v r trausention appoars op the cash books Pant a; wit. | me Hength | Nt was finally decided to put the case on ness did not remember paying a sum of $125 on Jane | bs? he oped ral ae Monday siterecen. Ties Hr GA, Dracketty the books showed euch'a | opiZ, whe, Court ot Gencral Semions yesterday the trial payment, but 1 must have been meade by Mr. Gi of Francis F. Marshall for alleged arson was continued, Aue other cashier; on June 2 the books showed | Avwistant District Auorney Herriog prosecuting. Cap. another accoant paid Tiffany & Co. of $38, ond also iets Srenier, ene Fes, that witnoss paid efeudant personally Se oo nike Matsbal Chiriey¥, Wil ‘aude uumber ef other wi of Mr. Benuett witness produced the register | arm’ w: od to ting teeees when the f | giarm was sounded and to finding the flames jssui Sana: Shing ee Pa rae * King's | frou a leap of material betieath the counter. A rubber d that he arrived nt the head cn thee day. wie. | tube connected with the gas pipe in the cellar was also n found stretched along the floor, and from it the ind coul bot state Positively, but Mr. King could Kot | yuable fluid was pouring into the apartment, The de , eee Woy ad bed three days om this occasion. | fence hag not yet been opened. (ella hove taller of ihe Notional Park a suit brought by Mr. Weed, as assignee of James ned Tewembered Me. King coming to |. Benedict, against the Mutual Benetit Insurance * Company was tried yesterday betore tef Just in the furenoot of May-90, i872, when wite | Noneil, or the Superior Coury and rencited jan dic found, In the suit of Worthington involving the question of the sale of a scat of a mem: ber to pay a judgment creditor, yeete missed by Judge Donohue. He decided that the suit should be brought as a ereditor’s suit, Melville Ward has brought evtt aganst James 8. Sturgis and others to recover $12,000, which he al- standing that tbe defendants woald put in $30,000, | which he says they failed to do, The case came on for trial yesterday before Judge Donohue, in Supreme Court, Circuit, The defence was that the plaintiff got enthusiastic on the subject and put the is own accord. Judge Donohue took the papers, re- serving his decision. . = Justice Joseph F, Daly presided at the Court of Com- mon Pieas, Chambors, yesterday morning, to heten to arguments of counsel on the question of temporar; alimony pending the divorce suit in which ,Dr, Jose if Walker ts plaintift. The court room was crowded by the fricnds of the contestants in the suit, and by @ throng of curiosity seekers who were cager for rich developments. They were all scomingly disappoimted on hearing Mr. McAdam request that the case be fur- ther postponed in consequence of the uaavoidable sence of General Dyott, senior counse! for the pli Um My. Perry strendously opposed the motion for | adjournmont, saying that hie side bad everything in Teadinoss to proceed, After disenssing the question at 5 gn ily ee Foca Mowtly 1m large bills, | apisnal of the complaint, | Mr, Benedict obtained Of the State National Bank at a tothe | gurance on bis life for $10,000 jn the company me ig13,000 to pay a ncte of Mr Ki Br good and subteqnently shot himself in the head witha pist ser siay 16" aogethier, with $40 63° ihearean; | Gis ,Shorily aflorward. | The suit was pressed oo the i yn peteely OF the Fisct Natnened | Found that be had been subject to attacks of brain evry tess lesued six phar ste | congestion and that he shot bimeoif while laboring un- der such an attack. The defence was bo cominitted ordet Mo. 2647 for $25,000, No. bse tor pores | Suside, ond thos violaied the pohey, which Judge #itjony, Ne, 4000 for 5,000, ool ie | ‘inst Mr. Mclean, | President of the New York Stock Exchange Company, | the complaint was | mney in of Assistant Fire | wear the Cackellc Provectord wae burped Jobn ‘Horan | one they were willing to take, when Burroughs wanted it on trust, to be paid for ‘to-morrow,”’ and was re- fused. Matthew Ryan eaw tho prisoner the night before the | tragedy; had known him five years; he came asking | for work as a bricklayer; saw nothing peculiar in his manner | fault of the transportation company, and the jury go | Small; they were both in liquor; they at length found | | leges he paid as a part interest in an enterprise for | _Dr.A W. Shopard testified that in the post-mortem making paper pulp out of rice straw, with the under. | which ue made in conjunction with Dr. Nesbitt he found that deceased bad 4 bullet hole in the torehead; | another bali passed through the throat and penetrated to the Nee ‘i oe be eg se or nine months regnant; the death of the child was consequent the death of the nother, ee rolman Delaney, of the Righth precinct, testified that he was sent a woek before the death of Mrs, Bur- | ronghs to the house whore she lived, and she said she | wanted the prisoner, her basband, put out; witness Ee him out, though the prisoner begged of her to let | bim come back aud “he would be a better man;” Bur- | roughs was not exeited then, Mrs. Roof testified that she had known the prisoner | for nine years; once heard the prisoner curse deceased | and say “1° Kill you;’? witness was toid that the pris- | oner wanted money trom his wife and ber refusal to give it to bim led to the trouble; she left him on ac | count of hie drinking three times altogether; on the Tuesday night before the murder witness was prosent | tn Mrs. Barroughs’ room, when the prisoner wontdowa | upon his knees to his wife and asked her to return and live with him; Burroughs on that occasion said to the witness, ‘Didn't the ible say that a man should seave | everything and cleave to his wife!" to which witness replied, “Yes; but he bado’t jeft anything, not even the rum bottle, ”? John P. Jarvis, whe boarded with the deceased, testified that Burroughs said to that he would get his little billy club and beat ber brains out if she didn’t g up and Gx bis supper. | | Blea Jane Slater testified that the priconor was kind to his wife when he was sober, but that when he was in liquor he was very abusive to her; heard him once he would ‘‘cut her throat belore morning; said if she bought clothing instead of victuals he would kill her; saw him throw a stool at her once; was & membor of the Eighteenth street Methodist Episcopal church , he was once arrested on complaint of deceased for drunkenness; he had threatened that ‘he would mash her brains out,” Arthur J, Heaney, a pawnbroker, testified that on November 10 Burroughs entered his shop and bought @ pistol, for which he paid $2; the pistol shown witness y tho D.strict Attorney was the same one that he sold | Whe prisouer; the Sur was troubled With and wanted something to ki ina, ‘oa hs, | patting the pistol tis Docket, stood by the stove talking for an bh aud a half about how some women Would save money gad then others get twice the risoner and is wife once | Pendleton; Dandan vs, Katen. | such a thing’ ob, no, no, no, 1 did not do it;” ab | | the timo Mr, ‘Johnson was hardly able to |-speak, and these were the last words | he ever uttered; on New Year's Day while | in eburch deceased seemed much affected by the sermon and wopt; when he returned from church he told the witness that he dreamed three nights that he ‘was to be assassimated; deceased did not seem to be | | despondent before bi assassination, and never | | had a pistol in his possession in his life; when he was | brought to the house his vest was unbuttoned, his pan- | taloons pockets were turned inside out and fastened in | his watch pocket was $16 95, which was pinned into old witness that asmall man had un- | t while {a tall man held him, the small | man saying “the pocketbook is tn hero,” and thrust- | ing bis hand into the inside of the vest; witness thought deceased had said that it was the small man that co to the absence of important witnesses the ine | quest was at this point postponed until next Tuesday, mer ad | COURT OF APPEALS. . Aupany, Jan, 25, 1876. In the Court of Appeals to-day the following busi- ness was transacted :— APPEALS FROM ORDERS. No 353. Cyrus Lawton, appetiant, vs. James Green, 1 bom cag seg bey by N. D. Lawten for appellant and 8, Hand for respondent. No, 49. The Peopie ex rel, the Tenth National Bank, appellants, vs. The Board of Apportionment, respond: ents,—Argued by HH, Anderson of counsel of appel- | lants and by Jolin H. Strahan for respondents, ‘No. 349. William P. Glenny, respondent, va. Jere- miab H. Stedwell and others, appellants, —Sobmitied, GENERAL CALENDAR, Arnold vs, Nichols —Argument resumed and con- cluded, No, 137. George Alexander, respondent, vs. The Ger- Fire Insurance Company, appellant. —Argued by B, C, Chetwood of counsel for appellant and by J. L. Smith for respondent. No, 857. Thomas Hamilton, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, &c., defendants in ‘error,—Argued by Peter Mitchell of counsel for plaintiff! in error and by B. K. Phelps tor the peoplo. ‘No. 140. Horatia N, Slater and others, respondents, vs. John W. Mesercan, appellant.—Argued by N. C. Monk of counsel for appeilant and by F. B. Churchill for respondenta, DECISIONS HANDED DOWN. vudgment reversed aud new trial granted, costs to bide ‘event.—Hawkins vs, The Mayor, &c.; Barlow vs, yers. Judgment affirmed, with costs.—Whitbeck vs. Van Rengselaer. Vesant vs Garcia, Schiffer vs Praden. Judgment of General Term reversed and that of Special Term ailirmed, with costs. —Clark ve, New Yorks Life Insurance and Trust Company, Order of General Term reversed and that of special Term affirmed, with costs,—The People ex rei. Atkinson vs. Tompkins. Order aflirmed, with costs. —The Mayor va, New York and ©. Ferry Company; People ex rel. the Mayor va, Appeal dismissedg with costs-—In re. New York C, and | ©. Railroad vs. Cunningham, Motion for reargument denied, without costs to either | party as against the other.—Ten Eyck vs. Cratg. ! Motion denied, with $10 costs.—The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company vs Barnes; Lyon va Wilcox. Motion for reargument denied, with $10 costs,— | Bl #ls#e# 2] the class of passengers changes Eerie ; the Foughly dressed mechanics are replaced by dapper clerks and eed partners in business irms, Along between haif-past cight and aquarter to nine a new element appears in the persons of rosy boys and girls | on their way to school. The movement cityward of these various classes of the community keeps the down. | cars well patronized until half-past nine or ten o'clock; then there 14 little travel until two P. M., unless it be a fine day for ladies shopping and visiting. Morning travel below Sixty-fifth street shows the same variety of people who are the victims of the con- ductors and their employers. The better to exhibit the traffic at various hours of the forenoon the writer counted the passengers, and herewith gives the results , in tabular form. DOWNTOWN TRAVEL BETWEEN §:46 aND 9 A. ML The sonnts were made between Sixty-third and ‘Thirtieth streets :— : » REMARKS. The gers were, durmg these hoa: largely made up ol business men, young school iris and boys, with an occa- sional female adult, Sars 4M. (BOUND Between nine and eleven o'clock A. M. the patrons of the MIDDAY TRAVEL All the northern bound cars in the morning are very sparsely populated, as are the southern bound ones in the evening. Between eleven and three P. M. there is little or no difficulty in securing s seat in either an up ordown town car. About three o'clock the tide of travel insto flow northward again, The class of people is largely made up of bankers, brokers, inswr- ance officials, city officials and others, whose duties end at or about three P, M. The following figures show the Card va. Barnay, number stagding in upward bound Motion denied, without costs to either party as | andfourP, M, The number “cooepy ing sana wan et Ine the Loner gre People va. Horton, Socoe — iy jotion granted, and remittitur ameuded go as to give | No. Number Standi dennant's respondents in the plaintifi's appeal fe Car. Inside. be sSuyome, the judgment dismissing the complaint costs of such | 32. 7 1, and. denying apy costs to either party as | 305. 6 inst the other upon the other appeals to this | 69. 8 ourt.—Chipman vs. Montgomery, 206. ‘4 COURT CALENDATE 208. 19 ‘The following is the day calen of the Court of | 36 s Appeais for Wednesday, Jan, 26, 1876:—Nos. 141, 75, | 200 8 90, 95, 950, 144, 145, 9 6 _emene 168 4 SUPREME COURT CALENDAR, = | ip-0000: H ie aw faaasr, Jan, 28, 1676, > | Woresresees ‘ Supreme Court, Gene or morrow: xen 2M, 145, 149, tn 198, 162, 164, 77, | 120. oe i 165, 190, 19%, 151, 166, "fs," 108. 170, 171, 172 | After this there passed MM. 15 care and 174 with au average of 1 standing. 17 cars not full & 10} 31 9 road included all &) 34) 12 classes, and were 6} 27 6 largely made up of 9) 33) passengers by the 4 2s 6 trains centermg at 1a} 6 | 82 the Grand Central 18} 51) 29 Depot, whose rustic 14) 52] 30 appearance was a 10] 44] 22 distinguishing char. | 7 7] 1b acteristic, 10] 47] 25 6; 2 7 12) 45) 23 especially at night, Jobn Nicholson, Fifteenth; ‘Edward tt, | third; James Morphy, Thirty-first; Cornelius Smit! Thirty-first; E. R. Choate, Thirty-first, The following persons were appointed policemen :— Charles Davenport, P. H. Creedon, P. A. Nugent, Pied Smith, Martin Keough, Maurice Fitzgerald, john Hartigan, Edward Kiernan, Herman Wi John D. Sullivan, John G. R. Kelsey, Patrick Cooper, Jr.; Herman WASTING CROTON WATER. THE FREEZING OF SERVICE PIPES—A COMMUNI= CATION FROM COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL, Mr. Campbell, Commissioner of Public Works, yes- teruay !#sned the following communication to the public;— The extreme cold of last winter caused Debates of the Croton water in many of the sorvice pipes, a to prevent this the people resorted to the it run through the fawcets contin This apg ‘was resumed this season. 18 shown by the immense Sem A of water drawn during the hours when all business at rest. Stores are closed in the evening with the ‘aylor, William H. Gri James encaiy, FB Crowley, 3. G 2, of lettin, } faucets open, letting more water ran through them at night than is used during business hours, In consequence of this waste it is impossible to regain the supply drawn from the Feser- yoirs in November last, when the aqueduct was | closed during the annual inspection, The reser- | voirs want nine feet of being full, and the water is still falling, decreasing the preasure and stopping the supply to the upper stories of buildings, ‘The aque- | duct 1s bringing in all the water it can with safety, aud if this waste is not ped and con- gomptlon reduced to the of the juet, son peers will ve fur r untls large portion of the people w! Tecel a folt | supply of water will be without ft. Thus far the temperature has furnished oceasion to fear the Pipes could be so protected as to greatly Pablic Works, not obviate, the di of | He, the danger of NOt AG CAMPBELL, Commissioner of Jasvany 25, 1876, ———_—_—_— THE CITY'S HEALTH. The Board of Health met yesterday, but transacted no business of consequence, The following statistics were received :— There were 600 deaths re) during the week endin, Saturday, the 224 inst., being 68 more than were reporte revious week and O4 less ti the corresponding week in 1873. The sctual number of deaths which oc- Curred during the week ending January 15 was 524, or 172 less than occurred ducing the, ting period of 975, ‘an, mee cee rate of 25.94 per 1,000, estimating eh eas incrense of 14 deaths reported duri wee from amalipor. 13, from a inerin, © trom monoo, oe Soe pacetionla. Mrarecoptalus ond ictere: a Tae riensngitle, 7. feo couK ‘rom’ hydrocephalus and 4 | Ft os iy a Peano ern, 40 01 children uoder 8 years of age, und 30 in Institue Pa 4 of veatlatina, 2 of rt disease, id nephritis, than wore re: comparative statement of cas = # diseases for tho two weeks ending January “aa, Smallpox... THE CUSTOM HOUSE, Three thousand two hundred ant seventy cigars, from Palermo, in Sicily, which arrived horo per steamsuip Acadia, addressed Wiilersten Bakcr, and fastened in . paper packages, bave been seized for this irregularity, Qigar boxes will Lave to be brought to the selaure . {CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE} no freezing of pipes, and at small trouble and ¢: the pip at smi anomish, if