The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1877, Page 6

THE SIOUX BRAVES Their Impressions of the Indian Territory. HE MALCONTENTS. Bpotted Tail, Red Dog and Standing Elk Think of Their New Reservation, ‘sae ee VISIT 10 RED CLOUD’S WIGWAM. ea haeelgiat Laramie, Dec. 25, 1876. atleman who has been on a visit to the friendly Bioux says the {ndians who visited the South with a _ View of selecting a location in the Indian Territory for the northern bands, under Spotied Tail, are greatly iH with the country they saw, and if the govern- | Mout desires it be thinks there will be uo trouble in Femoving tho Brule and Ogaliala bands, He talked with many of the chiefs and head mon, who said they liked the new country, and thought it much warmer and pleasanter to live in than their present reserva- ton in the northern part of Nebraska and Wyoming. Bpotted Tail was very reticent, and said he would pot talk about it until the Commissioners come egain, but admitted he saw nothing on his Southern tour that displeasea bim. He expressed fFeat confidence in the justice of the government, and ¥aid if the Great Father wished him and his people to FO to the Indian Territory they would have to obey the Great Father's wishes, Ho described the land he had visited as one of ‘sunshine and flowers,” and said all the Indians who lived there were good peopte and loved the Great Fatner. STANDING ELK’S INTENTIONS, Standing Elk said he waated all his people to go to the South to live, and would move as soon as the Great Father was ready for them. He mtended makinga Breat speech, in which he would tell the Indians all he saw and urge them to go with him to the South, He 4 bad no doubt after thoy had listened to his speech they would be content to go. THE BLACK WILLS C Red Dog also said he liked the new land, and would * try to persuade his people to go there with him. Only twoof timdelegetion wore opposed to moving to the Indian Territory, and 1: was believed their opposi- thon was not on account of any dislike to the South, Dut because they thought the Indians were giving up the Black Hillson too easy terms. One Indian said the government ought to keep them all thoir lives, for ‘the gold inthe bilis they wad taken from them was th more than their livelihood. Another warrior d “our people are always ready to move on any ms offered them, and I think that wrong. The lig are ours, and if we give them up why not get a ood price for them?” When asked what he would do the Great Father told him be must take what was ‘offered aud go \o the Indian Territory, he replied, “In forthe Great Father has had so much trouble lately with his rea cuildren; he is apgry avd would punish me il I disobeyed him.” Alver thinking over it a minute he added, *But I tell ou the Great Father will not require me to go South if 1 do not want to go, and if we want more for our Jand be will tel! bis great rich man topay it The Groat Father isa good man, andi! his white agents wrong us they doit in the dark aud keep it from tne of our Father,” HRD CLOUD DESPONDENT. Our informant also visited Red Cloud and found e deposed chief in ueep griel. At first be refused to k, but by degrees was brought out and spoke freely ' his wrongs. He said he had been the friend of the i ives, and had doue the best he could for his people. ee 1t'was uot eavy to do ali the whites wished, und ail at once, for there were many minds among the Indiuns He thought ove of tne great causes of fuiiure in obtain. * fing what they wished was the impatience of tho whites. They would not wait, bat told you to-day and expected iy done to-morrow. ‘I! they would only tell the chiefs their wishes and wait little then the chiefs would bring the Indians round to ao all they desired. _/ When asked why he did not obey General Crook’s ‘orders and come in with his band, he replied he was coming a8 soon as he could, They would bave moved next day to where General Crook desired them, and had made their arrangements to start in the morning, but the General came in the night with his troops and teok tuem all prisoners, He was asked if he felt badly about Spotied Tail ing mado chict over his band and he said “No, (Spotted Tail coald never be a chief only to name er iis people, He was suill their ebief, und they puld obey. him though tue government bad made jotted Tail chief, He was getting old and did not much What bappened, only he would always do vest he could for his peopie. He had scen the at Fathor and be was good man, but had some agepts and wicked soldiers, who deceived the Great cheated und ubusedbis red children"? The old chief has evidently had a very sever set back at e hands of General Crook, which ali bis Indian olidity and cunning cannot hide, FURTHER DETAILS OF THE BATTLE ON STINE- ING WATER--MR. YARLOTT'S STORY OF THE SURPRISE OF THE HOSTILES BY THE Crows. Bozeman, M. T., Dec. 23, 1£76. The particalars of the Indian battle on Stinking Water, in the Big Horn country, have been received trough Mr. David Yariowt, a trapper. Mr. Yarlott, Dick Smith and anower white man were trapping on @ branch of the Stinking Water, when a Snake Ludjan | dashed iuto their camp and told them the Sioux were ing and to pack up andieave at once. Yarlott and men fled toward the Snake camp, which was above wrapping camp and on tue main branch of Sunking r, ‘hey found the Snakes in a state of great excitement, retreating down the valley and doning everything. They said about 400 Indians, supposed to be Sioux, had dashed @own on their camp about daylight and, charging Wirough it, carried everything before them, The Snakes were completely surprised and offered very little resistance. Fiying to the bills, they rallied tor a Hime, bat being pressed on all sides, broke and re- treated down the valley. Their retreat soon became a rout, and they cut off their packs and robes that they “puight travel tne faster. “Where was a Crow camp on Stinking Water, fifteen miles below the Snake camp, and to this the Snakes yas. The Crows were under Crazy Head and Black- foot, two noted chicfs, and they wanted the Snakes to stop ana fight, but they were so demoralized that they fled on down the valley and struck out for their reservation on Wind River. 5 ‘The Crows packed up avd moved their camp some ong position and the , fifteen miles, whore they bi. women aud children were ‘Tue Warriors then set out to find the hosivle Indiuns, and soon alter dark came upon their camp. lhey we joicing over the victory they had obtained over the Snakes, and were unconscious of danger They evidentiy did ot the Crow camp and thought the Snakes they defeated were the only Indians encamped tn the vale Jey. Mr. Yariott said 1 was a glorivus chance for a | slaughter, but the Crows were too wenk to risk an as. | gault, as there wore only sixty of them all told. Tho | Hostile camp was very large, and, Mr, Yarlott thinks, contained fully 400 warriors, well armed, | THE HERD crept upon the apd were #0 ne ould hear the 1 They were Chey ‘Arapit few of them Sioux. Soon at might Gropt into the herd and stampeded it, The Z ‘And Arapahoes were sleeping lly when irs¢ alarm was ¢ the whole camp sprung & scone of ind fusion fol- the Crows shouting out Absa * (Crowe) to enemy know it was not the defeated Snakes d returned, In the panic that ensued the ows drove off jorty-nine horses und three mules an away With them. The arapaboes and Cheyeno not follow that night, not knowing the strength of ir enemies, and vy daylight tue Absarakas wore with tueir booty. Crazy d started at hight with the village and pushed hard for the y, about 10 miles distant, on Stillwater, j FAN AMUUSCADE. Arapahoes und Cheyeunes followed @ short dis- Dat turved back, fearing (hey were being drawn trap by the Crows. There was only a small os, under Crozy Head and Blackfoot on i Water, but evidently the hostiles thought jo Crow Vilinge Wes around somewhere and wan ambuscade, Tho Crows arrived sately at joncy With all their stolen stock, avd are much over the af Among the borses captured 18 @ fine American horse that belonged to the Seventh nite States cavairy. The Crows also got two car- sand volver that belonged to Custer’s mon. LOBKES OF THE SNAKES. , Yarlott. does nqt kuow how many Snakes were fn the attack wade on them by the Arapaho epnes, butsaw a good many wounded, and two squaws und (wo warriors lay dead ip The Shakes ost every thing—lodges, skins Mr, Yariott says for miles along the tine at the trail strewn with ‘robes and hing abandoned by tho Snakes. He ave picked up a wagon load Of fine hort distance on the Ural, © Loss OF UE CHEYENNE! of the Arapaboos and Cheyennes js not is believed Lo be small, as the Svakes were id did oot ght much. O01 ot know | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUA still missing at last accounts, and two of the Cney-, are known to have been killed by Crows, Mr, 6 the above account from Mr. Yarlott, who semploy for « long time, and’ says @age saw the captured horses at last Monday. the Crow Agency THE DELTA KAPPA EPSILON DINNER. The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity cewbrated its thirty-second anniversary last night by adinner at Delmonico’s, which was by far the most successtul that has been given in New York by this brotherhood, Seventeen of the thirty chapters were represented, embracing Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dart- mouth, Cornell, Amberst, New York, Rutgers, Lafay- etie, Williams, Wesleyan, University of Virginia, Bow. doin, Troy Polytechnic and Rochescer, Fully 100 persons were present. ‘The toast, “Our #ratervity,” was re- sponded to by Charles Hallock, “Our Absent Brother”? ‘ag taken in charge, from a bartender’s point of view, by Henry 8, Carr, This speaker had evidently had an intimation of the new e Department, which is announced ip avother column. His bumorous. He was appropriatety followed by Brothers at the Bar,’’ This was responded to by A. M. Biglow. ‘The Medical Protersion’? was rep: resented by Dr. W. T. Lewis, Alter other toasts to ‘The vress” and ‘Kindred Fraternities’? the enjoya- ble occasion ended, The officers of the evening were, President, Dexter A. Hawkins, of '48, Bowdoin; Vice Presiaent-, A. M. Biglow, ’56, Amherst; V. Dabney, '5, University of Virginia; Royal Crane, '57, | Dartmouth; and Secretary, Charles Hallock, ‘54, Am- hers. The Fraternity, which is the iargest college secret society in the World, was shown to be in tho highest possible degrce of prosperity, Leutbrs were read from Buyard Taylor, Sidney Webster, James T. Ficld and otuers, regretting their inability to be pres- ent, NIPPING SIN IN BUD. REPORT OF THE SOCIETY YOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE, Atthe annual meeting of the Society tor the Sup- pression of Vice, beld last evening, the annual report of the operations of the society for the year 1876 was road, Mr, Samuel Colgate presided, and Mr, Comstock prefaced the report with some descriptive remarks, in the course of which he taxed the District Attorney with indifference as to the objects and purposes of the society, Whilp admitting that that official bad always treate : him with exceeding courtesy, he was persuaded that due diligence bad not becm used in the prosecuuon of the cases of venders of obscene literature. The report gave a sum- mary of the operations of the society from the date of its loundation, It appears from that document that 16,700 books haa been seized und destroyed prior to by the agents of the association, Only 16 were udded to this aggregate during the iast year. Books seized in process of manutacture prior io last year, 4,400; during the year, ‘Tho obscene pictures and photographs seized and royed prior to January 1, 1376, atounted to 201,600; during the year, 533. Prior to 1874, microscopic pictures had beeu seized to the number of 7,250; during the year the number seized was 150, There bave been seized mn all to date of January 1, 1877, by the agonts of the society, 1,092 negatives and piates, 30 frames for printing photographs, 350 engraved steel and copper plates, 536 wood cuts and electrotypes, 14,400 peunds of stereotype plates, 50 lithograph stones, 6,072 packages of playing cards, and about 70,000 articles failing within tne purview of the statute; 21,000 letters have been seized, 4,815 newspapers suppressed, and 6,000 names of dealers in the United States ascertained; 51 arrests have been made during the yeur against 193 prior to 1876. Of the former 28 were convicted or pleaded guilty, and 2 were sent to the insane asylum. Alter some remarks from the president the meeting was adjourned to Thursday evening, January 11, when the Rev. this city, and the Rev, Dr. Joseph T. Duryea, of Brook- lyn, will address the fathers of New York on the in- portance of sustaining the society in its work, AT DEATH'S BRINK. Shortly after nine o’clock on Wednesday night a sleighing party, consisting of three ladies and three gentlemen, residing on First avenue, this city, left Duteb Kills to return home, The Thirty-iourth street bout at Hunter’s Point had just been rung off when the party drove up. They passed through the gate, and, without paying thetr fare, drove toward the boat which at the time was moving out of theslip. The gate officer, ferry master and bridgeman seized bold of the horses and attempted to check their speed, The team by this time had reached tho edge of the bridge, and, becoming unmanageable, sprang after the receding boat which was about three feet from the bridge. The fore feet of the team struck the edge of the boat, the hind ones remaining on tne bridge. In this condition the party were rescued from their periloas position, just as the hoofs of the animals slipped from the stern and were precipitated imto tne water, breaking the pole of the sleigh off short as they fell, leaving the sleigh standing upon the verge of the bridge. Both jadies were injured, but not seriously. 1t was supposed at the time that one of the men had fallen overboard, which, however, was not the case. Every eflort was made to save the horses, which were valued at $1,200, but without success, and in a few minutes they were drowned. It is alleged that the men were intoxicated at the time and refused to pay their tare. Mr. Beekman, the owner of the team, ro- fused to take the robes and sleigh, saying that they belonged to the ferry company, whom he would hold responsible tor the loss of the team. A SAD AFFAIR. DEATH OF MINNIE LONSDALE, THE NEWARK ACTRESS, ‘As anticipated in the report printed in yesteraay’s Henaup, Miss Minnie Lonedale, the actress who was 80 terribly burned in Newark on Wednesday evening through her clothing having caught fire accidentally in her dressing room, died last evening at St, Michael's Hospital, whither she bad been removed for better care, Her outward injuries were not so severe as at first supposed, but the beliof is that she inbaled the flames while being rolled in the snow, wrapped up in ‘in, Underhill’s overcoat. This, it is beheved, caused her death. Her real name was Mary Reagan, Sbe was about ninetcen yeags of age, and had been on the stage only about six months, Formerly she lived im New York with her fatuer. Tho latter and a sister, together with Rev. Father J. J. O'Connor, attended her in her dying hours. She was engaged in Paterson tor Wara’s Opera House, where she met her fate. A geotieman who saw the poor creature immediately alter the flames were extinguished, said the sight presented was the most horrifying he ever witnessed. When Underhill’s overéoat was taken from the girl it crumbled intoa mass of ashes. No blaine is attached to any one for the fatality beyond the giri’s own carelessness, HAMILTON'S GAME SPOILED. A man giving the name of H. B, Hamilton, of gentle manly address aud retiring manner, of medium height weighing about 160 pounds, with dark hair and side whiskers, the latter cut short, wearing a dark gray beaver overcont, called at the store of Messrs, Wilson & Roake, manufacturers of engines-and boilers, No, 261 Front street, on Wednesday mornivg, and stated that he had come from the West to purchase some machin- ery, After examining some of the stock he leit the place with the avowed fotention of comparing prices with tue goods of other bouses, He returned in the a(ternoon and purchased a vill of $200 worth of ma- cuinery, offering in paymentadraft for $275 of the First National Bi of Springfield, Hi, on the Ninth National Bauk of this city, The dratt wos signed by F, W. Tracy, cashier of the springfield Bank, with a properly guaranteod indorsoment of Hartston. | purchaser, who was familiar wich the names of m prominent Western houses, requested that the § the deaft in excess of the bill be handed to him in cash, This the machinists declined to do, but offered acheck lor the amount, which was accepted, Yoster- day the paym of the check stopped belore banking hours, that 1 might be ascertained if the draft .was genuine, ‘Promptly at ten o’cloek Hamilton pre- sented the check at the Bowery National Bank tor payment, but found that he had been forestalled. It Was subsequently learned that his draft tor $276 was a forgery, but be may yet succeed In passing off the check tor $75 of Messrs. Wilson & Roake, THE GREECE ASHORE. ‘The steamship Greece, of the National Line, sailed from her dock yesterday morning at eleven o'clock. After passing through the Narrows she went ashore on the Staten Island west bank. Ata late hour last eve- ning she was still aground. No particulars wore Jearned as to the cavse of the mishap, but it was thought that she would get off saloly this morning. THE CIRCASSIAN’S DEAD, The bodies of the following employés of the Coast Wrecking Company, lost on the Circassian, have been identified Japtain Jobn Ellie, Philip Kernes and Patrick Donohue, of Stapleton, Staten Island, and Luke Steilman, of No, 200 Nineteenth street, Brook. lyn, The bodies are to be sent on to this eity for in- torment, A subscription of $15 from the workmen employed on the government drilling seow, stationed at Diamond Reel, tor the widow and seven children of Stillman, was received by the Coast Wrecking Com- pany yesterday, and will be given to the widow, THE QUANG A special meeting of the Board of Pilot Commission- ers was held yesterday to try Sandy Hook pilot Mr Isaac Gaynor, Jor stranding, during # fog, the British steamship Quang Ze, in the upper bay, while inward bound. Messrs, Henderson Brothers, consignees of whe vessel, and the British Consul, were the prose- cutors, it having been proved that the pilot bed al- lowed the Quang Ze to be towed up entirely under the direction of a tugboat, in the good piloting of Gaynor had confidence (ine compasses of the steam ship being incorrect), the Bourd, holding the offence proved, suspended Gaynor during ihe pleasure of tho Crow warrior | Oars persons indicted us | John Halt, of | which | ALMOST A DISASTER. BURNING OF THREE DWELLINGS IN WILLIAMS- BURG AND NARBOW ESCAPE OF THE IN- MATES, Shortly before seven o’clock yesterday morning & fire broke out in the contectionery store No. 226 Grand street, Williamsburg, which rapidly communicated to Nos, 228, 224 and 222, The tact thatallthe bydrants in the vicinity were trozen prevented the expeditious use of water, and thus aided the spread of the flames, Patrolman Hoadley first discovered the fire, and im- mediately exerted himself to arouse those of the in- | mates who were not yet up. In No. 226, where the fire broke out, the family were aroused, but the heavy smoke had apparently somewhat bewildered them, and they came down leaving four children in the front room on tho second story, who wore finally rescued by the ofticer, who was nearly smothered betore reaching the street, he having to feel around in the dark forthe young- sters, Two of them were carried down in a blanket, In No, 224 Mr, and Mrs. John Leonard, who were married on New Year's Day, were with diificully res- cued, the smoke baying overpowered them, They were got out of their apartments upon an awning and thence reached the ground by means of aladder, Had the fire occurred two hours sooner loss of hfe would bave been certain, I'he Fire Department worked with a will when water was-tivaily obtained, and in a litte over an hour the flaines were entirely subdued, ‘The losses and insurances on the buildings are as follows :— No. 228 Grand street, three story frame house, owned and occupied by Frederick Kyuast as a dweil- ing and woy store; loss on building, furniture and stuck, $5,000; insurance (Phasnix Insurance Company), $2,500 on building and furniture aud $1,600 on stock and fixtures, J, Wilson, Mr Kypast's son-in-law, oc- cupied the top floor, and lost $500 on furniture, on which he bad bo insurance. No, 226, two story frame dwelling and store, occu- pied by 5. F. Lutz as a confectionery, with manutac- tory in trame butiding in rear; joss on stock, fixtures and furniture, $1,200; on machinery avd goous in pro- cess of mauufacture, &¢., owned by George Fucurer, $3,000; imsurances,' Lutz, $600, and Fuehrer, $1,000, both in Germania Insurance Company. * No. 224, two story frame dwelling and store, occu- pied by John Leonard, plumber aud dealer in stoves; Joss, $6,000 on stock, ixiuresand lurniture; insurance, Phenix Insurance Company, $2,000; Citizens’ In- surance Company, $2,000. No, 222, two alory’ frame dwelling and store, occu- pied by J. Gabie, dealer in fancy goods; loss, $3.5U0 in siock, fixtures and furniture; ivsurunce, Conunental Insurance Company, $1,350, ‘The buildings Nos. 222, 224 and 226, owned by Mr. R. Irving, of this city, were damaged $3,000, on which tho insurance could not be ascertained, The total loss was $22,200; insurance known, $11,050, THE CROWS’ Oscar Hudson, the uegro who attempted to murder his mistress by roasung her on a stoye in a tenement building at the Bergen Crows’ Nest,’? in Jersey City, was brought up for examination yesterday before Justice Keese. Hudson was compelled to marry one of bis own race some time ago; but he did not leng live with her, and be took to himself Martha Sbattio as a partner ‘The only offence thus far alleged against Martha is that she was making too free with her neighbors, Rose Herbert testifled that Hudson kicked Martha, forced her over to a stove where a large kettle oi NEST FIEND. | water was boiling, thrust her arm into it and held her there till she was terribly scalded. Sarah Matthows testified that Hudson cried out that if he had a razor be would kill Martha, ‘The prisoner made the following statement: Martha was drank yesterday: she vad a quart hottle of Tum, and was toting it tnrouxh the house; she toox w ple ture down to saran Matthews, aud when I come home I tole her she must not misbehave so: 8 sulted me; sho was so noisy that J , picked her up and carried her into # little room to put her on a loun, to keep hor quiet, ge Rnd ns we passed the stove she put out her arm und stuck it into the water; L didu’'t put her in no stove; 1 had two ragors in the house an’ if 1 wanted to use one I coula hay done it; that Mrs. Matthews lies; she hain’t no use for me, she hain’t. ‘The prisoner was remanded for further examination, THAWING GIANT POWDER, A FATAL EXPLOSION IN MOTT HAVEN. Patrick Lawlor, a Mott Haven contractor, has a num- ber of men employed at the corner of Mott avenue and 160th street, A quantity of giant powder hasbeen used there of late in blasting away rocks and in remov- ing impediments. Michael Mulroy, a quarryman in the employ of Luwlor, yesterday came into the house of John Kailor, at Mott avenue and 149th street, with a number of curtridges, which had been frozen together, and set about thawing them. There was a siove in the apartment, and Mulroy sat down beside it holding the cartridges close to it aud mean- time conversing with the inmates of the house. sud- deuly six two-pound curtridges exploded, wrenching the walls from their plices and completely demolish. ing the rear of the building. George Kailor, a boy of four years, was instantly Killed, and Mrs. Kailor and her female infant were very severely injured, ‘the explosion soon brought a crowd to the shattered use and the body of the dead ebild was carried out and thy other sufleters removed tw a place of safety, Mulroy was badly burned about the bouy and seemed in great pain, He was sent to his home, but put under arrest until the Coroner, who 18 notified, has made an sBVestigation, MEETING OF MILKMEN. AN APPEAL TO BE TAKEN IN THE CASE OF SCHRUMPF, Tho Milk Dealers’ Association met last evening ta No, 98 Allen street to hear the report of the commit- too appointed at the previous meeting to confer with counsel with a view of bringing tne cuse of the con- Victed milk dealer, Daniel Schrumpf, to the Su- preme Court, The chairman, Mr. Schacfer, reported that the committee had ueid oue interview with Schrump(’s counsel, Mr, Lawrence, and that It had been agreed to appeai Irom the verdict of the jury av General Sessions, The mi kmen look upon the case as aiilerent from the one tried yesterauy betore Judge Gildersleeve, Final consustation im regard to the caxe will be held with counsel to-morrow. The mem- bers of the Association were assessed $1 per mosh to deiray the costs of the suit, IN WONDERLAND. Mr, William I, Marshall will deliver bis lecture, “Ap Evening in Wonderland,” before the »choul Teachers? Association, at Steinway Hall, this afternoon at four o'clock. The lecture will bo illustrated with seventy. five or eighty views shown with « powerful oxy hydro- gen light, “OUR FIRST Mr. De Cordova delivered his lecture “Our First Baby” before a large and intelligent uudience in the Puillips Presbyterian churel last evening. BABY.” CHIEF A largely attended reception was given to Chiet Justice Waite, at the residence of William M, Evarts, last night, Tue le profession was lurgely repre- sonted, and almost every prominent member of the Bench and Bar was in attendance. ‘The evening was enlivened vy brilliant salies of wit from Mr. Ruius H Choate and by a few snort complimentary toasts, THE QUEEN OF CONFIDENCE, In tho Court of Quarter Sessivus at Jersey City, yesterday, Mary Hansen, alias Mrs. Gibson, was ar- raignef on two indictments, The first charged that on November 1, 1876, she cheated Horace Farrier out of the sum of $1,210 by representing that she was about to receive a large sui of money; that she was the sole devisee of Archbisvop Francis Xavier Baden Baden, in Germany; that ceive $700,000 from tbe esta to ber by Cardinal MeCioskey. § od her with resenine tions, by whieh sho received from Samuel W, Garret- sou the sum of $1,305, She pi indictments aud Was remanded aded nov guilty on both for trial MYSTERY, Augusta Kebne, a girl about sixteen years of age, employed in (he plaiting establishment of Charles Schwarz, No, 21 Sixth avenue, left that place by a pre- vious arrangement on Sunday afternoon, to be present atu New Year's party given by her parents at their residence, No, 201 Kugers street, Newark, Since this time her father and friends bave been eagaged in an ab- solutely fruitless search, no word or trace having been found Ot her attor she had leit her employer's. — Miss Kenne is rather prowy, fully developed, and a casual observer would cail ber eighteen years of ago, Fritz Keline, her father, drives a delivery wagon tor one of the Newark breweries, MARKING THE ‘TIME. William Egan, a truck driver, who said he resided at No, 81 Mulberry street, was committed for trial by Justice Bixby yesterday for stealing « watch, valued at $15, from William Bennett, of No. 153 Sixth avenuo, while he Was intoxicated in the saloon at the corner of Sixth avenue and Iwenty-fourth street. A TERRIBLE PIOLURE. Patrick Fagan, of No. 307 Kast Forty-sixth street, was found drank in the street yesterday and was locked up. At the Filty-seventh Street Police Court it appeared that Fagan’s wife was in the Lunatic As} jum, some of his children were in the Juvenile Asylum and another was lying dead ata friend’s house on ANOTHER | Staten Island, He was discharged, b OUR POLAR EXPERIENCE, Yesterday’s Snow and lee Troubles in the Streets and on the Rivers. —_+__—_ STREET CAR AND FERRYBOAT MISERIES, —_—-——_—— The storm king still maintains his grasp upon this great city, and the ice and snow in the streets and rivers and on the houses stil! afford occasion of annoy- ance and discomfort to all who are compelled to be outside of a comfortable home, The same deplorable lack of public spirit in the departments of the city government 18 still shown as has becn noticed since the fall of snow on New Yoar’s night, and the dirty and slushy snow still lics in the streets unmolested by the broom of the public sweeper. The little snow al- ready removed bas been carted away by private citi- zens and corporations, ON THE HORSE CAR LINES. The streets traversed by the horse cars have been kept fairly clear of snow by the constant use of snow ploughs and sweepers, and the Second, Third ana Fourth avenue lines haye come down to two horses to euch car, The Avenue B, Avenue D, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Avenue companies still uee four horses, and the Churen Street and South Ferry line and the cross town lines up town still find it necessary to drive two horses instead of one to each car, The Broadway stages were compelled all day yesterday to use four WIND AND WEATHER, The temperatura yesteraay was a few degrees colder than on the previous day, and the wind biew stronger, The signal office in this city yesterday morning reported that at‘a quarter to eight the wind in this city was travelling at the rate of § miles per hour, but at balf-past ten it had increased to 17 miles, the thermometer at the game time was 12 above. At Cheyenne, W. '., the wind was blowing at the rate of 28 miles an hour; at Oswego, N. ¥., 20 miles; Philadeiphia, Pa., 15 miles; Rochester, N. Y., 12 miles; Washington, D, C., 8 miles; Sydney, 25 miles; Boston, 13 miles, and at Father Point, 25 miles Snow was falling at Rochester, Montreal, in Canada, and Michigan, TaN 108 IN THE RIVERS. ‘Tbe ice in tho rivers during the past two days has been exceedingly troublesome to navigation. Yester- day bardly any water was to be seen so dense were the masses of ice, It isnot of a very heavy charac ter, but packs two, and three feet deep, and conse- quently the progress of the ferry boats is very slow. It ig utterly impossible for a sailing vessel to come to the city either via Hell Gate or Saudy Hook without the assistance of steal All the vessels which were anchored in the rivers have been towed to their docks. Some half dozen vessels which received pilois outside several days ago have not yet made their appearance, having, no doubt, hauled off during the snow storm of the Jst inst. and been biown still jurther off by the strong nor’wester which succeeded it, Although po such wholesale detention of ferry boats occurred yesterday, asin the East River on Wednes- day morning when’ teu ferryboats became jammed in the floating ive, yet the delays were numerous, espe- cially in the East River, to the annoyance of the many professional and business men of this city’ who live ip Brook' The South and Hamilton avenue terryboats occupied from half to three-quarters of an hour in crossing, The usual time is about ten minutes, The boat Columbia, of the South ferry, became jammed betwecn the masses of floating ice yesterday morning, and it was half an hour belore sho could be extricated. Detentions were also frequent on the Wall street, Fulton and Catharine stzeet terries, and at the latter ono of the boats was compelled to return to the slip after a fruitless effort to penctrate the thick amasses of ico, On the Hudson River, owing to the great width and straight course of the river, the detention of ferry- boats were much less frequent, although in the ing, during the ebb tide, when the ice was fl down from above the city, the boats occupied con- siderably more than their schedulo time in making the passage, The large quantities of ice in Hell Gate and clus- tered around the northern end of Blackwell's Island, afforded a serious obstruction to the sound steamers, and the Harlem steamboate found it difficult to mako their trips in anything near their schedule time, The State of New York forced her way through the ice early in the morning, and at the present writing no accidents have been reported, THE WILLIAMSBURG FRRRIES. All through the evening toe Williamsburg ferri perienced great difficulty in making their trips, ¢! of the ice being toward the shore Irom the Navy toward Hunter’s Point. With the incoming tid oon, @ large cake, oxtending to eithor iver for a considerable time, blockaded the Roosevelt and James slip ferries. About one o’ciock the pilot of the Montana, William MeAliister, determined running the blockade, aud with a full head of steam dashed his bout against the ice To his delight he found the fleld to be rotten, thoug some eight inches thick. He was compelled to back three tines, and only then succeeded in slowly forging his way ubead. ‘The passengers crowded the bows in spite of his requests to go astern, and thus belp bin in the emergency by giving a light bow and more lev- erage, but the excitement was too great on boara, as every one feured u “stick” that might last for some hours, ‘Tne Montana’s success encouraged the Idaho and Nevada, of the same line, and the Fulion and Republic, of the Umon Ferry Company, headed "toward him to assist in’ splitting the cake, The result was that when the ice was broken the boats were all together—tive in a space less than half an acre Greetings were exchangeu by the pas- ngers on cach, who will jong remember such an un- sual rencontre. Ail through the late afternoon the ice interfered with the regular running o! the boats, and tho diflicul- ties were so great that at hall-past nine P.M. they were withdrawn from the Rousevelt street tine and ail passcugers taken to Grand street ip this city. This jerry was then found to be scarcely any better, but the shoriness of the route made it more practicable, ‘Tue boats were occasionally carried up aa far as Filth street and then getting into the slack water chey crept down along the shore to the slip on tis side, ‘The Grand street, Willhamsburg, and the Houston strect ferry companies were also much impeded, vut did not meet with so much impedimentas did the others in cousequence of the slight protection afforded by tho Hook, ‘the moving ico spent its greutest force ata point below the staruing pot on the Williutmsburg side, thus giving them the benofit of its set off. The trips of the boats, however, were irregular all tho evening. ; THE JERSEY FERRIES, Tho drift of ice in the North Kiver was so heavy Jost evening that the Jersey City ferrybouts were great}; delayed, Trips were made’ withditficulty every halt hour after half-past seven o'clock, The ferrybout pilots say that the ice floes on the Hudson dering the ensuing month will be the severest known tor years, The schooners at anchor on the river from Bedloo’s Island to Weehawken were brought to the docks on the Jersey shore, THE SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT, ‘The Kast River wos fuirly choked with ice last night, which had set up the rivor with the evening flood tide in ponderous cakes, or rather sheets, forming a nearly impassable barrier, Up to eleven o'clock the ferry- bouts had continued to plough their way across = by carefully picking their_~— way, now running into a strip of comparatively clear water, and then pushing doggedly through a fold of ice cakes, grinding apd bumping along as they were carried up stream, The eleven o'clock boats from Hamilton and Fulton ferries were not so fortunate, however, Almost immediately after leaving the slips they were caught du a resistless ice floe, which carried them along with its flood, at times opening suflictently to permit them to gain a little, and then sweeping them out of their course before, Although the beary Wheels wero able to crash through or drive aside the smaller cakes a broad sheet would once in a while make @ dead set for the boat and push it sideways up the river, while ws pad dies were helplessly churning =the —wator | to foam, From the shore the huge bouts | presented a curious spectuclo as their lights seemod to dart to and fro, like will of the wisps, when borne to the one side or ‘the other by the current or their wheels, a8 each happened for the moment to get the mastery. TUE DELATKED TRAVKLLERS, Oo the shore, in the ferry houses, the belated tray- ellers had gathered in crowds and Were awaiting, half 1m amusement hail in vexation, the arrival of the boats trom the Brooklyn side. Some were grumbling loudly, others beating an impatient tattoo with their heels, ‘and a considerable number had taken in the situation and were renged in a dumb line along the wails, buried in their over coats and their unspeakable reflections, One gentleman told the reporter that he had been in the ferry house for more than ay hour and had nade up bis mind to pass the next two houre there, for he had no hope of seeing the boat come in ull the ebb of the tide. The — saloons near by wore doing a thriving business, and there was an unchecked stream circulating between them aud the ferry house ively rate, Ie amusing to witness the desperate haste with ere moving down Fulton wnd ¢ to outeh the boat whieh they seemed to fancy was just on tho point of starting. It is probable that the last panting arrival felt some- what taken aback when ho learned that about an houg and a half was left to him during which to catch pis lost breath. The only persons, however, who appeared thoroughly discontented, were the toll gate keepers, who had the air of having been driven halt wild and balf imbecile by the extraordi- nary stroam of ingerrogatories which they had passed through. THR: BRIDGE AND THE TUNNRI. The winter experience of the residents of Brook- lyn, Jersey City and Hovoken makes them earn- estly long for those two great projects which are mow under way—the East River Bridge and the Hudson River Tunnel, With the com- pletion of these two enterprises and the building of the Rapid Transit Railroad in this city, the inbabi tants would be 1n a position to dely the elements that now 80 easily block all tr THK DRTENT! THE MAILS. The severity of the snow storm has been felt for any miles outside of this RY 5, 1877.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. railway trains on all the roads have been more or less detains The mails arriving at the Post Office yester- day were, on an average, from one to two hours late, and the Erie, West and Southwest mails, which should have arrived at a quarter to eight o'clock A. M., did not reaeh the city until ten minutes to eleven A. M. The mail which left san Francisco on December 28, only arrived yesterday, being one day behind. Two mails ure now overdue from Havana, and all foreign mails are overdue, O¥ LONG ISLAND. Trouble trom the drifting snow still continues on the railroads of Long especially at the east end, oD she main line and branches of the old Long Island road, Trains are running with comparative regularity on the. Southern, Central and Fiushing and North Shore roads, but turther east they nave been all off time since Mon. day pehh Conductor Sam Hobson has been **stuck” since Tuesday near Southold in drifts ten or twelve feet deep Show ploughs, though cunstantly in use, Appear to be of littie utility in opening the cuts, as the hight snow immediately drifts in behind them as they force their way through, Mail eommunication to Sag Harbor and Greenport and the intermediate postal sta- tions has for the time been entirely suspended, CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES, A meoting of church members was held last evening attheChurch of the Disciples, in East Forty-fitth str in accordance with the forms and requisitions of the Congregational Church, to adopt a now organi- sation for the society, Before calling the meeting to order Rev, Mr. Hepworth, in a brief, eurnest prayer, invoked the Divine blessing upon the new undertaking of such moment to the church and besought the guidance and protecting cure of God in the years to come, He then, as chairman ez officio, called the meet ing to order and explained in afew words the reasons which had jed the society to resolve upon the proposed step. Upon bis suggesuion Mr. Arnold was nominated as scribe apd unanimously elected. The regular busi- ness of the meeting being then declared in order, tho followiug reso.utions were offered by Mr. James W. Ranney :— of the Congregational New Yor. eafter recognized us the These resolutions, on being seconded, Chairman and unanimously adopted, news beiore Lhe meeting, the election of nine trustees, managers of the financial concerns and general affairs of the church, was taken up, and, In accordaace with 8 vote of the meeting, a committee of threo was appointed by the Chair to retire and select nominees to.be presented to the meeting. After a brief interval the committee reported, prreeting the following list which was then elected by a formal ballot;—Russel Sage, Jumes W. Ranney, F. P. Furnald, Jr; H. M. Cummings, F. 1.’ Hopkins, E.’ Alliger, James Thompson, T. W. Weston, and E, Maynard, Throe of the above named gentiomen wero clecied tc serve for one year, three for two years and three for three yeurs, their respective terms of service to be determined by a private arrangement among them- selves, In the interval, pending the report of the committee, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the pastor’s salary for the year ending January 1, 1878, be $5,000, Upon the announcement by the tellers of the result of the vote for trustecs, there being no further business, the meeting adjourned, after a bendiction by Mr, Hepworth, ST. STEPHEN'S FIRST PASTOR. A requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the late Rov, Dr. Cummings, the first pastor of St. Stephen’ church, was celebrated at thut church yesterday morn- ing. Rev Dr. McGlynn officiated, and delivered the sermon on the occasion. “Dr. Cummin) said Dr, McGlynn, “eleven years ago stood whereIam now Btanding, and preached to his congregation words of righteousness and thankfulness.’’ The musical part of the services was impressive, INSTALLATION OF A PASTOR. The Rev. Alexander McFarlane was Installed last evening as pastor of the Hudson place Baptist church, Brooklyn. Rey. Dr. P. 8. Henson, of Philadelphia, de- livered the installation sermon. Dr. J. W. Seurles welcomed the new pastor to Brooklyn. ‘The charge to the pastor was given by Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage, of this city, and the charge to the churcn by the Rev, Dr. J.B. Thomas. The newly installed pastor delivered the benediction. HELP FOR THE HUNGRY. THE BOARD OF RELIEF AND THE NIGHT REFUGE. A meeting of tho Board of Relief of St. John’s Guild was held at the Astor House last evening, Mr. B, P. Baker in tho chaor, Mr. Wiswall, master ot St. John’s Guild, made a brief statement of the work ana needs of the.guild. He said that thero wore now 4,857 families regularly supplied with food by the guild; that there wero 363 new applications for relief to-day; and that there wag every probability of the number being largely incroased. One visitor had given as the result of his visitation among 170 families in one ward, that 142 families wero without fire, two-thirds were without food of any kind, and all were more or less destitute of clothes, and bedding. Whole families of children were found without rags to cover their nakedness, and sick and delicate women Were in sull worge phght, In view of this terrbie condition of affairs a sub-committee of the Board was appointed, consisting of Colonel F, A. Coukling, 3. L. M. Barlow, Charles O’Conor, H. K. Thurber and B. P. Baker, to make a special effort to obtain contributions—ali dona- tions to be sent to Andrew W. Leggat, treasurer, No, 42 East Fourtoenth street, Rooms of the Voluatoer Visit. ors of St. John’s Guild. A BLESSED CHARITY. The Night Refuge Association having completed the parchase of the butiding recently occupied usa hos- Pital for strangers, situated on the corner of avenue D aad Tenth street, bave fitted itup ina convenient manner for the nightly accomodation of some ot our fiuating population, and inst night opened it for the first tine for the reception of ine mates, Separate departments for the accommo. dation of men and women are arranged on different floors. The building is of so large a size ay to justily the management in hoping that they will ve able to house ali who sre at all likely tw apply, pro vision for over 200 being already made. All of the rooms are wel’ heated, und the bunks have been made tolorably comlortavle, while ample apparatus tor bathing and washing, both of the clothes and pe son, 18 set up in all tue rooms, It 18 hoped that i few days the managoment will be abie to supply meals to the Inmates. Irce, or ata very low price, Nowern: standing the short notice and tne rather out-ol-thie- way site of the “reluge,” twenty applicants for ad- mission presented themselves withio half an hour after the opening of the building, and a considerable number of workingmen—or rather men who have no work—obtained shelter for the night. DISTRESS AMONG THE JEWELLERS. ‘The employ és of the watch factory at Marion, Jersey City, ninety in number, are in great disiress, as they have been unable to obtain their wages and they havo appoaled to their fellow-craftsmen through the country to procure them employment or give them pecupiary assistance, On the the 16th ult, the minety hands bad $120 divided among them, and they have received nomoney since. On Christmas day they wore tur- nished with a bonntiul dinner by some generous Jadies and gentlemen of the city. The concern has been insoivent for the past few years, - CASRS OF DISTRESS, .. A sick man and his wile are in distress at No, 306 ‘Mott street, roar house, second floor, A widow and her four children are destitute at No, 272 avenue A, third floo ‘A poor woman and three children are in sad want in the basement of the house No, 16 Little Jones street, botween West Fourth and Bleecker streets, CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. Chickering Hall was crowded last ovening with Jadies and gentlemen who had been called to assist in the colebration of the second anniversary of the Society for tho Prevention of Cruclty to Children, tage was occupied by Mr, John D, Wright, Presi- August Belmont, R. L, Stuart, B. B. Shear. sor Howard Crosby, Rev. Drs, Bellows Choate, as C. Acton, Henry The’ most interesting ‘portion mertainment = were the speeches the President, by Drs, Bullows, Crosb by Tyngand Mr. J. H. Choate and A, M. Powel, rts showed that the society now numbers 600 that nearly 800 cruelly treated children received, relieved and cared for; that ni had been branches of the parent society have been organized in other cities here and abroad, and that more money is needed to enable the society to extend its sphoro of usefulness, AS on the first anniversary occasion, Prince Leo and the other noted little acrobats who were rescued were exhibited, and Ma and the Union Gle lub furnished the m THE BROOKLYN FIRE, At the inquest Jast evening concerning the Brooklyn disaster, the only evidence of any importance given was by Police Officers Patrick Rourke and Thomas Collins, Rourke testified that ho ran up the gallery stairs to the first platform, and could go no irther on account of the dense smoke; agsisicd several people down the stairs, and afterward put bis oar to the stairs near the platiorm, but hear- Ing no sound supposed the people were ail out of the gallery, Collins swore that be heard cries of help on the gallery stairs; went up and asfisted somo people down; did not go back again, but went im below. BROOKLYN THEATRE RELIEF, ‘The total receipts at the office of Mayor Schroeder in aid of tho Brooklyn Theatre suffel amount to $12,511 15, The contributions to the fund in question received by Mr. Danie! Chauncey, of the Mechanics’ Hank, amounts to $16,002 85. The treasurer, M Chauncey, acknowledges the receipt of a check for $93 26, the amount realized by a beneft for the suffor- ers given at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D, C., De- comber 13, 1876, YO FRIENDS ABROAD. The steamor Suevia took out yestorday forty-six bags ty, and asa result, tho, | register of letters, containing 31,949 letters, of which 467 wero and soyenty-four bags of papers, ’ ASHTABULA’S CALAMITY. Yesterday’s Proceedings at the Inquest. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ‘IGNORED, pee EMS ACSA a! CLEvBLAND, Obio, Jan. 4, 1877. Ab Ashtabula special to the Leader gives the follow ing account of the inquest proceedin; The Coroner’s jury rqussembled at nine o’clock this morning. E. W. Lockwood was tho firat witness and testified that he was at the pumping house, near the depot, just before the accident; James Manning, engie neer at the pumping house, had just been telling him whata good engine he had; they had facilities for attaching hose in four or five places; did not say any- thing avout attaching the village fire hose at the pumphouse; left the pumphouse at balf-past six o'clock to go home; on his way met train No. 5, which seemed to be allright; did not hear the crash as the bridge went down, the night beimg very stormy, Sut saw the lightof the burning wreck immediately; did not go back till the next morning, when he examined the track and ties, but saw no indications of a train hav- ing jumped the track; there was no snow on the bridge when he passed over it A FIREMAN’S STORY. The next witness was George Brake, who resides in Ashtabula, Ho heard thealarm of tire on the night of the accident, and, being foreman of the Protection company, hastened to the engine house. Witness said:—The team usially employed could not be ob- , and, as some delay was experienced in starting, was probably three-quarters of an bour belore we arrived at the railroad crossiug; 1 asked why tho en- gine already there was notat work, and was told by Mr. Strong that there was uo use, a8 water could do no good; I sll made endeavors to get the engine into Operation, and asked Mr, Culver if 1 should take the engine down upon the ico; he answered that hehad no authority in the matter; L examined and found no drag ropes or anythi:.g else to gov the steamer down with, and { finally abandoned the idea; neither the orders of Mr, Strong nor those of any one else had any inflaence upon my action; | thought then, as now, that the fire could have been checked Letter by engines than by the use of buckets; 1 received an order from the Chief Engineer not to set the engine; some twenty or thirty buckets were being used in throwing water; Mayor Hepburn gave him no orders, NO WATER NEEDED, E. A. Hitchcock sworn, said:—Is foreman of the steamer Neptune; bas been connected with the Fire Department for nine years; met Mr, Strong betore reachipg the scene of the accident; asked himif the Fire Department was needed; Mr, Strong replied, “I don’t think we need any water ;”’ I then told the driver he had better not try to take the engine down as the snow was very deep; went immediately to the wreck; wondered that they did not want water on the fire; bad not seen Chief Knapp or Fireman Brake up to that time; met Mr. Strong and said, ‘*{s there any need of water being thrown?" Mr, Strong replied that he thought water was of no use; this was his only reason for not putting on water; his opinion is that by using water as soon as it might hi been used more lives would have been saved; the steamer was ready for use soon after it was on the ground, und if it had then been used thinks the fire could have been extinguished and nore bodies might have been iden- tifled; he would have proceeded to throw water on the fire if nov for the order of Mr. strong, STRONG'S ORDERS. Captain George, of Ashtabula, testified to the sub- stance of the conversation betweon Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Stropg which he overheard, ONE OF THE BRADLEY WaTcfizs, Four watches were found in the wreck to-day, three of them so badly burned that they were mere mi of metal. Oue of them was marked on the inside case, “Will C, H. Bradley,” ang has been forwarded to Mrs. Bradley in San Francisco, FUNERAL OF ANOTHER VICTIM, New Haves, Conn., Jan. 4, 1877, The funeral of 1. C. Crain, one of the victims of the Ashtabula accident, took place at West Haven to-day, THE FUNERAL OF MR. BLISS. Evmira, Jen, 4, 1877, The funeral services over the remains of the late P. P, Bliss, one of the victims of the Ashtabula dise aster, are to be held at Rome, Bradford county, Pa, abcut twenty-five miles south of this city, on Sunday next, He was born and reared in that vicinity, Rev. Dr. Goouwiu und D, W, Whittie, of Chicago, are to conduct the exercises, SAFETY OF 1RON BRIDGES, Puiaperaia, San, 3, 1877, To Tux Eprror oy tHe Herany:— Relerring to my letter in the HeRap of this date, if my statement that iron is more hkely to break under a sudden shock or blow in very cold than in warm weather be true, your inference that iron bridges are not absolutely a8 safe as those of stone, is not only logically correct, but is practically so, whenever bridges aro so constructed that the iron is not defended irom the eflects oi blows by the ine terposition of some elastic substance like wood, A danger known and properly guarded against often Decomes an vi. ..cntof salety, And I, therefore, say that, although thero is much diflerence of opinion among engineers as to the fact whether iron does or does not become more or less brittle in cold weather, yet itis safer to assume that such may be the case and guard properly against its evil results. lt is to be hoped that the United Stutes government commission on iron and steel, now sitting, will make a series of careful experiments on this point “What precautions shall we take? The capacity of iron to resist steady compression or tension is not affected by cold. Direct blows are all we need fear. We have enough experi ments to satisiy us as to this point. What we should do 1s to take all possible precautions to prevent trains leaving the track, and, 1f Uney do, to make a floor sys tem of wooden umbers ww “cushion the blow. ’? Make them strong enough and close enough together to prevent the wheels breaking them down or pushing them apart. ‘There has been a great improvement in the arrango- ment, and as regards the strength of the floor systema, of bridges outit within the last few yeurs. The older bridges are detective in this respect, and to this the attention of railway olficers and imspectors should be first directed, Whether tho floor sysvem or the trussea of the Ashtabula bridge first gave way bas an imp: tant bearing in the cause of its fall, While itis com. paratively easy to guard tho tron work of a britge Against shocks, where the trussed are entirely below the floor, it ga difficult problem to thoroughly protect the trasses of ‘through’? bridges, where the iron work stands up on each side of the track. e first thing 18 to have a good floor, and substan. I guard timsers ouiside the rails, and as near te then as possible. These gunrd timbers should extend beyond the bridge and upon the embankment for some distance und then spread out wide enough to catch the wheels of the derailed train aud bring them back to the centre of the bridge, Second, there should be massive stone parapets on the abutments at each end of the bridge, to protect the end posts, on whose stability the satety of the whole structure depends, If stone cannot be got, clusters of heavy piles should be driven into the em- bankment for the same purpose, With these precaus tions thoroughly enforced the danger from bridges would be greaily diminished, In my next F will speak 01 the safety to be deriyed trom inspection of briages, Your ovedient servant, THOMAS C. CLARKE THE RAILROAD GUILLOYINE, The work of human destruction continues on the railroads in Jersey City. Yesterday forenoon a boy named Thomus Mannigan, thirteen years old, was pains over the Provost street crossing of the Ene Railway when he was struck by @ locomotive and ine Uy killed. The body was taken to No. 191 Tweifta feet, where the boy resided, THE FATAL FRONT PLATFORM, Goorge McGill, a young man, residing at No, 423 Third avenue, fell {rom the front platform of car No, 168 of the Third avenue lino and had his leg cut off, STREET CAR PICKPOCKETS, Complaints have lately been lodged at the Central Office that pickpockets were plying their criminal avo- cation with great success on the Third and Fourth avenue rajiroads. Detectives were set on the wateh, and yesterday two hotorious pickpockets of “Poodle” Murphy's gang were arrested, James Wilson, alias Pretty Jimmie, and Willian Dale, alias Billy Dewey, were the vamos of these worthies, ard onthoir persoue were found two valuable watches, one*No 38,416 W, bd 6 maker, N, Y.; the other No. 41,419, N. We Co, maker DEAD IN A BARROOM, An unknown than, about forty years old, was found dead yesterday alternoon in the liquor store No, 168 Weat Filty-second street, A FATAL FALL Michael McGough, aged forty-one, of No, 618 Easy Fourteenth stroet, fell down a flight of stairs yostere day while in a state of intoxication and died soog after, FELL DEAD, An aged man, named William Stokely, of No, St Second avenue, loli dead yesterday in front of Park ro z " wlothss a