The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1878, Page 4

4 HIS OWN DESTROYER. Shocking Suicide of a Young Bo-| hemian Cigar Maker. ae IN LOVE AND OUT OF WORK, Reasons for Blowing His Prokop = Muzik's Out Brains. A young Bohemian cigar maker, Prokop Muzik by pame, finding himself out of work, and disappointed in his expectations, placed the muzzle of « loaded shotgun to his head early yesterday morning and blew out his brains. The young man came to this country three years ago, in the expectation that he would make a rapid fortune in the pursuit of bis trade, that of a wmachinirt. ‘Hoe was well educated, and his parents are well-to-do people in the old country. At home he was provided with everything thet one of his class and station could desire. He was sent to a neighboring college with the intention of advancing his education sufficiently that he might learn the profession of a civil engineer. His youthiul mind, however, had become possessed pf other ambitions. At the age of eighteen he fled from school, dreading an impending draft, and went to Vienna, where he learned the trade of a machinist. He had been informed that there was abundance of employment and a high rate of wages for that sort of skilled labor in thi rountry, and it was this information whieh at first Induced him to turn his attention to that particular tine of business. When he considered that he had mfficiently mastered the mysteries of his craft, he took passage for America, and landed in this city full pf ambitious prospects and sanguine expectations. ‘To his infinite disappointment he soon discovered that his talents were not at 4 premium, and that bis mechanical pretensions were not songht ®fter or appreciated. He found uncertain employment and a precarious rem tion in an east side shop a few 1 after his arrival. He worked away, hoping for better times and a more liberal recompense for his services, but as neither of them appeared he became despond- mt. He left the machine shop, and his friends lost tight of him for a considerable time, Tt appears that she captivated the romantic Muzik, who admired and loved the daughter of his host, without, however, at the time professing his secret attachment. Mr. a interested himself in pro- ring Muzik work in a cigar factory in Ninth avenuc, where he was employed as buncher. He seemed to be contented with his position, and more 80 with the advances he was making in the esteem and affections of his benefactor’s daughter. Although no formal engagement was made it was understood between them that should fortune prove propitious they would become man and wife. FORTUNE'S REVERSES. Matters, however, went from bad to worse with Muzik until he found himself dixcharged from the tigar factory and with no prospect of work before aim. This state of affairs continued until eight days ago, when be suddenly made up his mind to ‘seek another boarding house, as he conelnded that his hospitable friends, the Kleckas, could but ill-afford to be burdened with him longer. In accordance with this resolve he moved to a_board- ing house, kept by John Rnd, at No. 32 Ridge street. He made vigorous efforts to find work, but was repeatedly disappointed. Tues- day wes the birth day ot Mr. Klacka’s brother, snd Muzik called — him and presented him with his photograph. In the evening he called to see an old friend named Prank Stranad, but the latter was not at home, Muzik returned to his lodgings, and was shortly after joined by Stranad, who had called, having learned that Muzik was im search of him. ‘They remained in social tonversation for some time, when Muzik presented fis friend with a pencil, penholder and umbrella. The young men then left the house and separated on the sidewalk. Muzik proceeded to the house of his sweetheart, and, having spoken a few friendly words, read the family good night and took his departure ome. SUICIDE. Arrived in his room, he loaded a shotgun, which he had borrowed trom the landlord, with buckshot and water, Taking the weapon with him he went into the yard, leaned against a brick wall and discharged the contents of the gun into his head. A CHANGE FOR THS BETTER. At last he reappeared around his old haunte very much pe in appearance. He was dressed neatly, and had regained his original hopeful disposi- tion. ‘He had plenty of monéy, which he freely spent among his oldtime shopmates. He said he had received large remittance from home and that he was ing to travel, to see more of the United States be- © returned to his Fatherland. With this oxten- in view he provided himself with a travel- « from Yankzizka No, 431, of the ¢ Odd Fellows, of which he was a member, thereupon set out dpon his travels and visited the leading cities, spending a sufficient time in each to quiintance of his countrymen, and re- ceive frow them a royal seud off to his next point on the route of his travels. In this wey he found his jonrneying ag conemic, and had a good time OUT OF FUNDS. On his retarn trip he sojourned for a while in Phil- a lelphia, where he was received ax a guest and treated 0 visiting brother by Walhatta Lodge, Paul Kelttaltner Loag: 1 Harmony Lodge. His round ot junketing lasted six months end he found lumself in New York again a tew months ago, mnessed @ great deal experience and Topographical knowledge but precious little money. In this leasant emergency he found it necessaty to go to work for a living. His old trade was a drug in the market, and it Was useless for him to try to gain oyment in that direction, There was 4 man, howe an old acquaintance of his, who had befriended him on other oceasions of fuancial embarrassment. He had boarded with this tejond, and to that hospitable roof he bent his foot- The family grected him with a ronnd of hand- and he was bade to make the house hix home, g so to study his own convenience, not theirs. They were a very worthy and thrifty family >t Bohemians aud they were employed in the manu- ‘acture of %. consisted of husband and wite, Mr. and Mrs, Wenzel Klecka, two young but grown up daughters aud Mrs. Klecka’x mother. The eldest danghte ¥, is a bright-eyed brunette, tbuut nineteen years of ag A VICTIM TO At a quarter: M. the people living in the neighbe rt, but paid no par- tiewlur attention to it, as an adjoining baker was in the habit of shooting at the rate which infost his backyard until five o'clock the lodgers, 10'S WILE. yesterday morning, when Otto Kemp, as he was Pp ng to go to work saw the lifeless remains weltering ina pool of blood. Officer Geary? of the me of Thirteenth precinct, wes summoned, and the body was removed to an undertaker’s shop in Third street. Ellinger was hotified, and his deputy, Dr. Golivchmrdt, made an wuatepsy and grant burial Permit. ‘The bouy will be interred by the members Of deceased’« body + DISAPPOINTED MAN'S CONFRSSTON, Upon his person were found two letters. One was fn his own handwriting, in his native language. It stated that he belonged to a wealthy family, When be left home he had no necessity to seek his | fortune in thie untry. He had been in- formed, however, that wee easy to make | money here and’ he, therefore, ran away from his parenis ring to be independent and to return when he wonld have earned a fortune in his new field ot labors, Atter wing his trade Viewna, the letter went on to say, he sailel for this city, tnd then follows a recital his strug few and his dis arded with rt. Klecka,” he etst Tor sole tiny ifell in love 1 with his danghter mmutifnl and virtnous, a «that Ta poor to make her my | pair of ever being able to support her in manuer I xuonuld like my wife to be | freated and as she deserves, But thie will end al, 1 desire this letter to be published in fall in the Delnicke Listy (a Bohetmian paper in thix city), but not to gend word of my fate to my parents, snd the news would kill him. Treqnest that my body be buried by the Odd Fellows of my lodge they bury me decen As and dying fequest that Mise . her father and faintly follow yy remains to the yrave rhe other tter was one which he had recently ro- ceived from his father requesting and urging him to feturn home aud not to be a wanderer in a foreign and, WANTED TO DIE. James J. Bervard wie arraigned before Jndge Otterbourg at Jefferson Market Police Conrt yesterday tharyed with having atterupted to commit suicide by aking a large of hydrate of chloral, He has deen in the only a short time, and boarded with Mrs. Catharine Finlay at No. ds West Thirty-second street for the last three weeks, Yesterday appear at Dreakéast or lunch, and bis absex stud some curiosity in the minds of the people in the louse. On going to his roo: told th coolly that he had swallowed 140 bydrate of chloral and was tired of living. They called in the police, and asthe young gentie- nian was able to sit up bad him arrested. To Judge Utterbourg Le tated that he was unwilling to live, noney. His brother-in-law lad induced from Canada, he amid, to yo into the th him. He had disposed of # #190, and yiven that n Workl-—to his brother-in Jaw, who, lio alleged, bal misappropriated it. He ford the Judge that he would have @ bard timo to keop Lim from committing suicide, He was sent to the Tombs for medicai examination. ‘che pussengers on the Williamsburg ferryboat usurann ¢ pt—ald | The body remained in the position where | My father is old, | George Washington were thunderstrack yesterday morning at seeing a Well dressed German woman rua wildly to the end of the boat as it was nearing the New York side, throw off her hat andsshawl and make an attempt to leap overboard, A deck hand -dand prevented her from doiug so. She was m into the custody of Officer O'Brien and ar- ned at Estex Market Police Court, where, after ing her name as Catharine Beeringer, of } 3 Stagg strect, Brooklyn, she fainted. She the Tombs by Judge Wandell, and then, through the tustrunventality of Warden Finn, was restored to her friends, MISS WALDRO FUNERAL. A PRIMITIVE AND TOUCHING MAINS CARRIED BY FRIENDS TO ST. CEMETERY. ‘The funeral of Miss Cornetia Waldron, the descend- antof Peter Stuyvesant’s secretary, occurred yesterday afternoon from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Maria Higgins, No. 8 Lafayette place, The remzins were de- posited in the family vanlt in St. Mark's Cemetery, Within a few yards of the tenantless tomb of A. T, Stewart, and the obsequies were conducted with a modesty and simplicity that was in accord with the life and habits of the deceased lady. Many aged read- ers of the Hera, as they perused the account of her sudden taking off in her eighty-seventh year, recalled long forgotten memories of the old lady and of her family in the days when the site of Cooper Institute was far beyond the city’s limits; and a num- ber of them congregated at the modest house, where the body lay yesterday afternoon, to pay the last tribute of respect. Before the hour announced for the service the little parlors were filled with relatives and sympathizing friends, while others crowded the hall and the staircase without. In the back parlor— an old-fsshioned room, with a few family portraits in last century costumes on the walls—lay the plain, black cloth-covered casket. Th ed hands were crossed upon a white satin habit, aud a lace cap con- fined the gray tresses of the dead. Rey. Mr. Reinke, of the Moravian Church, standing at the head of the coffin, read an impressive funeral service, and fol- lowed it with a touching address Be ‘he Sleep of the Just.” Then the friends took a last look upon the beloved face and the pitiless wood shut it in forever. A TOUCHING SCENE. The house stands upon the rear of the lot, the front of which is made into a little lawn. Into the midst of this the casket was carried and rested fora few minutes on trestles. Upon the sidewalks outside groups of curious yet sympathetic spectators were assembled, and from the windows of opposite houses the inmates looked to see the procession start; for it had been announced that there would be neither hearse, carriages not paraphernalia. Miss Waldron had always entertained a eng | dislike to the custom of thrusting the remains of a dear one into a hearse and trundling off with it at a half gallop. She always regarded this as wanting in respect for the dead, Not one of her family had ever been buried from a hearse, and the surviving sister determined that her body should be borne tenderly By. loving friends to its last resting place. A black velvet pall was spread over the coffin, and upon this were laid emblems formed of immortelles, tea roses and iy; leaves offered by sorrowing friends. Four men wit! bared heads then took the sad burden upon their shoulders and carried it out through the gate. Upon the sidewalk they paused a moment. Nothing had been arranged beforehand, but spontaneously a dozen gray-haired men ranged themselves on either side of the bearers, the relatives and friends fellin behind, and so the mourntul procession started on its way. THROUGH THE STREETS. ‘There were few dry eyes in the party, and as it axsedl noiselessly through the streets thoughtless Foungers and hurrying men of business, who would have pzssed a cortége of prancing stecds and nodding BURISL—T3E RE- MARE'S | plumes without a thought, paused with instinctive Teverence and bared their heads before that simple group. Old acquaintances of the dead an moved by the memory of kindnesses re hands, «welled the procession until it numbered more than a hundred persons—imnany of them ladies, and not afew among the number whose years are’ fast drawing to aclose. Along Lafayette place to Fighth street and #0 across Third avenue ant down Tenth street to the churchyard they passed, Outside the the tall iron fence ‘crowds had collected to see the primitive procession arrive, but nothing could have been more quict aud respectful than their conduct. The vault opened for the reception of the remains is one of those close to the railing on the north side of the Cemetery, and the displaced tabiet bore the inscription, “Edward Higgins, 143 show- ing it to be the resting place of the family of Miss Waldron’s married sister. The latter lady, with her grown up children, stood beside the open tomb while Rey. Mr. Reinke read a brief prayer, and the casket was lowered, Street boys lined the outside of the fence, gaziug between the iron bars down into the vault, but they were well behaved and seemed awed by the ceremony. The relatives and immediate friends remained beneath the branches of an aged willow that stands sentinel over the tomb while the last sad details were being completed, and until the marble slab,was returned to its position and shut ont Pe light from the last resting place of Cornelia Wal- ron. The funeral services over the remains of Naval Constructor Samuel M. Pook were held yesterday afternoon at his late residence, No. 269 Franklin avenne, Brooklyn, Rey. Dr. Nye, of the Clermont Ave- nue Unitarian Church, officiating. The remains were enclosed in a silver ornamented rosewood casket, cov- ered with black cloth. At the request of the famil: of the deceased floral contributions were omitted, Among the large number of persons present were Naval Constructors Delano, Hart, Webb, Hitchman, Hoover and numerons other naval officials. The re- mains were taken to Boston last evening for imter- meut. THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS PAINE. To THE Eprron or Tuk Heraup:— About one mile from the village of New Rochelle, on the White Plains road and upon the farm presented by the State of New York, stands the monument erected to the memory of the patriot Thomas Paine, In these days of body-snatching and grave robbing it may be a duty of somebody to ask who is to protect the tomb of thix great man from desecration, The body was taken out and carried away from the vaifit many years ago by his admirer, the late William Cob- ett, who, upon his last visit to America, many years ago. entered the vault, took out the body and carried it to England, and, report says, carried away same time a quantity of cord wood from the Paine farm, ting the body and the timber as profitable need not say that | the » is an object of noto- riety to visitors, and that few persone visit New Rochelle who do not make a journey to the tomb of Thomas Paine. Each visitor has a curiosity to gratify, and to be able to show a pices of the tomb of Thomas Paine—either of the shaft, the plinth or the platform, each and all of pure white marble—of no common event; and hance the shaft, the plinth, the base, the platform and also the eap eeach been hacked by visitors until the monu- ment ia defaced and sadly needs the restoring hand some friendly committee who will repair the monu- | ment iteelf and rejuvenate the wails and coping, to show that we asa people have not forgotten that America in her need had a faithful friend in the per- son of Paine. The space, including the monument, is about twenty feet square, with a rude stone fence. more ridety coped, and enelosed with « front railing of iron, with a vate which is always on the swing. The monument originally designed and cut was very artistic, but time and the bh have made sad havoc with the structure. The shaft is probably ten feet high, with a three-inch mould- ing, and a tweive-inch plinth, about five feet square, resting upon a platform, say! six feet in length and width, oll of white marble, Upon the front, noxt to isa bust of Mr. Paine enclosed with a laurel wantly executed, and above tue bust is an inseription: world | To do good i y oantry: my religion. =Pain Moto Ieend thi# communication to ask whether the na- merous friends of Mr. Paine will not take measnres to repair the #baft and the enclosure, and let the name of ¥0 illustrions a statesman be at least re- ting his tomb frou desecration, al- ly has beon “Stewartized” by having n carried away toa foreign country without the ople, and although many persons at time saw the famous Cobbett and his help digging into the vault and taki t and carrying away the remains, ‘The work was conducted in open daylight, afarmer with @ large family residing within # few feet of the tomb and seving it daily, and probably oftener. The laud upon which the monumentis situated has | pasved ont of the hands of the Paine fansily, and probably religions prejudices may account for th permissive carry yearly of parts of t monument, rid er, chisel and stone, until the original is mueb defi I hope that the friends of Paine will visit the monument and set the stonceutter at work to repair it. Very truly, 8. RIANS. “HUMANT tive Commiitee was held Ameri- A meeting of the Ex yesterday afternoon at the headquarters of th an Soviety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, James M. Brown in the chair, There were aleo pres ent N. M. B , Nathan ©. Bly, Benjamin D, Hicks, Henry Berg, Rlbridge T, Gert; lps, Fred latin aud others of th President re} i that b » will of @ lady who h «qneathed the whole of the «ame had been fortnne to the soe din the deposit of the institution. the Iat of Janna ety had pros d #1) cases in the cities of Brooklyn and New York. The agents bad also interfered in 2,501 cases of crnelty and reieyed the suffering dumb antinals without 5 resting the offenders, Over eight hundred disabl and condemned aniinals had been humenely ¢ stroyed, aud the ambul hod been called inte ove injured le, Darin the same period over five hundred complaints had been reveived from citizens and tho evils complained oft remedied, reqtisition upon 191 oe “king of visitors | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. os TURF TROUBLES. IMPORTANT CASES BEFORE THE BOARD OF RE- VIRW OF THE NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOC! TION-—THE ‘‘EWENTY-FOUR” RACK AT UTICA— WHY EDWIN FORREST WAS BEATEN. The Board of Review of the National Trotting As- sociation continued in open session yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Colonel Charles W, Woolley in the chair. The greater portion of the day was devoted to the investigation of the alleged fraud in the “twenty-four” race at Utiea, N. ¥., trotted on August 14 last, The supposed combination and conspiracy of drivers, with the view of defeating the bay gelding Edwin Forrest, since purchased by Mr. Robert Bon- ner and now retired from the turf, is set down by many intelligent turfmen as the greatest fraud of the year. Forrest was beaten and the ‘job’ was so cleanly perpetrated that those interested in it made large sums of money. The inquiry of the Board purposes tobe of the most thorough character, and perhaps the “true inwardness” of the affair may be fully reached before the case is closed, Forrest had won first money in his class all through the great trotting circuit, which began at Cleveland, beat- ing on every occasion the same field of horses as ap- peared against him at Utica. On the morning of the race he was an immense favorite over the field, but seemingly ina moment and just before the horses were culled, the betting changed in a remarkable manner, the field then bringing more money than Forrest. ‘The first heat fell to Forrest, in 2:18; the second heat he landed outside the distance flag, in 2 Gus Glidden drove him these heats, ‘The judges, in view of the fact that Forrest cut his quarter during the second heat by a collision with Woodford Mam- brino, and of the great outery of the spectators, made the horse start in the third heat, there being a new driver, Higbee, behind him. Higbee proved of no account and Forrest was beaten, the third heat being in 2:20 and the fourth heat in 2:21:% ‘The chestnut gelding Edward won the race, The same day Forrest was defeated he passed into the hands of Charley Green, who, it is said, paid $15,000 for him, and the next week, at Hartford, Forrest trotted an exhibition trial in the wonderful time of 2:1434 the first heat and in 2:16 the second heat, the latter with two breaks. This under Charley Green's driving, who had not become acquainted with the horse’s peculiarities, if he pos- sesued any different from the majority of fast trotters. ‘THE JUDGES OF THE RACE TESTIFY. So much had been said about the event, and so widespread was the insinuation that the judges of the race were unpleasantly mixed up with the “combi- nation” said to have been formed by the drivers to bext Forrest, the Utica Park Association sent a large delegation before the Board. Among them were Colonel Hutchinson, the judges in question, and several drivers. Colonel Woolley conducted the ex- amination. Colonel Hutchinson was first to testify. He had no complaints to make; knew the previous records of the horses, and was on the track that day without prejudice in any respect; while in his box he received a telegram from Philadelphia warning him that the race was a frandand he thought it peculiar that the betting should take such a somersault as itdid. If there was a fraud perpetrated it was so skilfully conducted he could not detect it. In his opinion the selection of Higbee to drive the third and fourth heats was a poor one, though he did not attribute wrong motives to the judges in this particular. ‘The judges are men of high standing in Utica. ‘Mr. M. G. Thomson, presiding judge the day of the race, next made a statement. He reviewed the race in detail, explaining the reasons why Higbee was placed behind Forrest when Glidden was removed, and the reason why Charley Green would not take the vacant seat, Higbee was passing under the stand atthe time, and his selection was due to his being easily reached. Green refused on the ground that he had business that required his attention at the time. After the third heat another change was asked for by many, but the judges thought such a measure would do injustice to Higbee, and would be a confession on their part that they had made a mistake. The crowding ot Forrest to the fence in the fourth heat by Trampoline and Deck Wright was admitted, but neither of the drivers of thes» horses was punished. Mr. Thomson is now impressed with the idea that there was a combination formed that altered the general char- acter of the rae; but as the judges saw nothing wrong, and had no evidence. of a ‘job, no action was taken. Mr. I.C. McIntosh and Mr. A. M. Osgood, associated judges with Mr. Thomson, in- dorsed the latter's statemonts, and were anxious to convince the Board that they’ felt there was no ap- parent wrong in the race. Mr. McIntosh spoke 0: telegrams received cautioning them against a “job,” and from the facts he regarded some things con- nected with the event very queer. All the judges think that Higbee drove to win. Neither had a dollar on the race, Mr. Thomson acknowledged that he had seen Forrest trot all his races trom Cleveland to Utica. JOURNALISTS, DRIVERS AND SPECTATORS, Mr. William T. Chester, a journalist, referred to the matters of suspicion that surrounded the race, and was told befure the horses were started in the first heat by Dan Mace that Forrest would be beaten. His opinion (formed during the race) was that it was a “Job,” and he still entertained such belie! Mr. Hamilton Buabey also a journalist, testified to nearly the same effect as Mr. Chester. Gus Glidden, the driver of Forrest in the first and second heats, was examined at length. He knew of nothing wrong, and could give no clews to the Board to get at the bottom of the affair. He said that he wax not interested in the pools, but if he could have won the race it would have been to his advantage. When asked how, Glidden admitted that he had been given certain percentages of the winnings of a few friends during the circuit. He also admitted he had “stood in” that day with Mace on his horse Darby “just for a hedge.”’ Edward Pyle, driver of the chestnut gelding Edward, the winner of the race, also thought every- thing was all right and that Forrest was “beaten on his merits.” Pyle bad not sent uor authorized the sending of telegrams to Philadelphia announcing that Forrest was to be “pulled.” Mr. Burdett Loomis, of Hartford, who was in the timers’ stand, was free to say that there was a gen- eral disposition on the track to gamble on the race as being a “job.” Charley Green, driver and trainer, heard of no com- bination, and thought Higbee drove as well as any- body else could have done under the circumstances. Forrest atter the race. and Mr. George B. and felt there was a Mr. B. 8. Sheldon, of Rochester, N. Y., was of the same opinion. During the meeting at Rochester the preceding week he had been approached by a party with the view of asking him if Kdwin Forrest “could throw the twenty-four race” on their track. The messenger eaid the affair would be worth $1,000 or $2,000 to him if successful. Mr. Sheldon told him that he had come to the wrong place, and if the best horse did not win both horse and dri would be expelled. At Rochester Forrest won quite handily, beating the same horses that opposed him at Utica. ‘The case is still open, and may not be decided for a long time. The Board feei that they should sift the alleged fraud to the bottom, and that the guilty should be punished, THE PROTEINE-DONESETTER CASY, The ci of Mr. H. V. Bemiiss «nd Frank Van Ness ys, the Chicago Jockey and Trotting Club also re- ceived attention. This protest of Mr. Bemiss has created some stir among turimen. It was in the “free for all” race at Chicago, October 11 and 12 Green said he pw Mr. Charles Keri lust. The bay stallion Bonesetter, represented py Mr. Bemiss, had won two heats in the race, and when the fifth heat was trotted patrol judy o4 Were stationed around the trae in first, aud, had the heat be won the race. Instead of the judgox called it “dead brown mare Proteine. ing the heat away from the stallion were that he lett his teet and ran w great deal. Proteine finally won the race. Mr. Bemiss presented 1 vite to show that the patrol judge had mu take, and that Bonesetter wae level throughout the heat. He aske that the decision of the jndyes be re- versed. THE COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB. Ataregniar meeting of the Columbia Yacht Club, held at the rooms of Dr. Perrine on ‘Tuesday evening, December 3, 1478, the following officers for 1879 wero unanimously elected : Commodore—Robert MeWhinney. «© Commode Abner Lb. Inglee, ick, Weaver. hairman; Colonel A. H. Louis P. Wiegman, Joseph Trustees: phn Frick, Rogers, Dr. J. O. Perrine A ; ‘The club possesses an excellent club house, foot of West Kighty-sixth street, in one of the best ns on Mauhattan Island, and the coming sea- , itis exp , will be a lively one with ite mem- 4 pilities for reaching the club honse will | the two elevated rowds running to et aud Ninth avenue before next | springs wht owners are expected to add their yachts to the feet, Several improvements are contem- plated, and in time the Columbia Yaeht Club will be | dam Fairy Queen, purchased by Me. Jardin one of the best in the vicinity of New York, WRESTLING MATCH, Edwards have been hampionship medal of af at Cosmopolitan Joe Ryan ond George A. matched for $150 and the California,” the affair to com Hall, No. lat, BASEBALL LEAGUE, ChRYRLAXD, Doc, 4, 1878, ‘The third annual session of the National League of Professional Baseball Players met to-day at the Ken- nard House. Syracuse, Buffalo and Cleveland clubs between him and the | ‘The reaxons alleged tor tuk- | ny strong wfiida- | a mise | | 19th ult., while being exercised at MiddJeh were admitted to membership. The championship | Foe, Kirtling, Orphan and eight others, thereby fin- pennant for 1878 was awarded to the Boston Club. E. Young was re-elected secretary. jessrs, Carver and Hall, of the Louisvilles, and No- lan, of the Indianapolis, asked to be reinstathd, which was refused, President Pettit tendered the resignation of the Indianapolis Club, which was accepted, ‘The following ‘amendments to the constitution were adopted :—Requiring the place of meeting to be in some city where no League club had been stricken out; 10 club shall be allowed to send one of its players to the annual convention; managers of clubs shall not bo allowed on the field during # yame. ‘The vulo declaring that no game shall be played be- tween League clubs or between League clybs and non- League clubs before the commencement of the cham- plonship series was amended by adding the words, ‘excepting local clubs.” The pitcher's position was changed from six fect square to & spuce six fect long by four feet wide; also the pitcher shall not turn his back to the batsman while in the act of delivering a bull. A resolution was adopted giving the Milwaukee Club twenty days in which to pay their indebtedness and withdraw honorably from the League, at the ex- piration of which time, if not paid, they will be con- sidered expelled The League will be in session to-morrow. PIGKON AND GLASS BALL SHOOTING, THE CLOSING MEETING OF THE MONMOUTH (N. J.) PIGEON CLUR—NEW YORK WINS IN THE FREE FOR ALL GLASS BALL SHOOT. Rep Bank, N. J., Dec 4, 1878. ‘There was quite a large gathering at the last shoot of the Monmouth Pigeon Club, which came off this afternoon, ear Ocean Park. It was the last regular shooting meeting of the club for 1878, and “Old Probabilities” could not have given the Monmouth boys @ better day for their sport. The Monmouth Pigeon Club has only been one year in existence, yet it has grown. rapidly in popular favor and to-day nwun- bers among its members some of the best amateur pigeon shooters in New Jersey. The club numbers thirty-six members. During the past season they have had twelve regular meetings and seven compet- ing matches. At each monthly meeting of the club there is always one frec-to-all contest, in which, as is the case to-day, some of our New York boys ofttimes come off victorious. The sport opened with the contest for the club’s badge, a trophy which has been long heid by Mr. Green, the captain of the club. To-day Mr. William Houston, a member shooting at the lowest rise, won the ornament. Then followed a handicap sweep- stakes at five birds, Hurlingham rules, in which William Smock made the highest score, The third event was a sweepstakes at seven birds, Long Island rules, Mr. Edward Prince being the victor. The closing event was a free-to-all glass ball shoot, Mr. William J. Nelson, of the New York Gun Club, win- i yy.’ The following are the full scores Ockanrort, N. J., Dec, 4, 1873—Moytary Mrgt- ING MoxmourH Pickon CLUB—MATCH FOR CLUB'S CHAMPIONSHIP BaGpr.—Ten contestants at 10 birds Tica shot off each, handicap rise, 80 yards boundary. at 5 birds. SCORE. Yards Rise, William Houston.. 21 Edgar C. Green..... 25 William Smock, 8 David Conover, Jr.. John McIntosh. .... ©. 0. Ogden William Wer William Houston.. Edgar C. Green..... * Fell dead out of bounds. Same Day.—Hanpicap Sweepstakes at 5 birds, 5 traps; ties shot bird and bird, miss and go out; ounces shot; Hurlingham rules governing; $3 trance fec, eight competitors. SCORE. Yards Rise. Killed, William Smock. 11111-11111 10 11111-11110 9 11110—111 7 10111-1110 6 1110* 3 10101 3 10110 3 William Pyke.. 10001 2 * Fell dead out of bounds. . William Smock won first money, Mr. McIntosh sec- ond end Mr. Weeber third. SAME Day.—PIGEON SWEEPSTAKES—$2 entrance, at 7 birds, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary; Long Island Club rules governing; ties for second and third money shot off at 3 birds each. 80OR! Killed, 1111111 7 1110111-111 9 1O011111-101 8 1100111 5 H. M. Marion . 1011011 5 David Connor... 1110001 4 William Pike. 1011001 4 Mr. Prince won first money, Mr. Smith second and Mr. Ralph third. bs Same Day.—Guass BALL SWrEPSTAKES—Free to all, at 15 balla; $2 entrance; 10 contestants; 18 yards’ rise; 3 traps; Bogardus rul SCORE. Broke, William J, Nelson........ 111, 110, 111, 111, 111 M4 William Smock 101, 111, O1, 111, 111 12 Edgar Green. 111, O11, 110, 111, ONL 12 Charles A. A 110, 10 10, 110, 111 Ww . M. Mi O11, O11, 101, 001, O11 ” C. Conover... 100, O11, 101, 011, O11 8 Charles Ogden. 100, 100, 11%, 000, 111 q L, 090, 100, 101, 101, O11 Ka 010, 111, 000, 010, 00 5 110, 000, 090, 0 2 * Gun not cocked. SHOOTING OFF A TIE MATCH, Lone Bnancu, Dee. 4, 1878, Last Saturday, at the meeting of the New York and New Jersey amateur pigeon shooters at Shrewsbury, Mr, Alden Smith, of Monmouth, put up as a trophy @ handsome marksman’s gold badge, for which there were twelve competitors. Mr. W. J. Nelson, of the New York Gun Club, and Mr. William Smock, tied, and there being @ number of other contests on the programme for that day it was arranged that these entiemen should shoot off their ties to- day. At eleven 0 this morning Mesars. Nelson and Smoc were to shoot the tie off on the same «pot where the shooting took place on last Saturday, Ten birds were given cach man at 21 yards rise, 40 yards boundary, Long Island rules, the same as at the last match, governing. ‘The bet- ting was in favor of the Monmouth boy, as Mr. Nel- ton in all his shooting with hix club heretofore had never been known to make a very creditable score But Mr. Neison agreeably disappoiuted his friends to- day, aud won the trophy by a couut away ahead of his The following is the score :— opponent. Nelson. Smock Killed, 9 MILES JOHNSON DEFEATED BY JOHN H.’ OUT- WATER. The contest between the old and young pigeon shots—Miles Johnson, of Robbinsville, N. J. | Johu Henry Outwater, of Rutherford Park, N. J.—was attended by the friends of the principals only, not more than thirty persons witnessing the mutch, which took place yesterday at West Side, near Jersey City. Rhode Island rules governed, Fine flyers, hard to hit, had been selected, but two “duffers”’ being placed in the trap, The shooting was adinir- able, several of the birds falling dead ont of bounds, Mr. Johuson was compelled to retire after hitting his twentieth bird, youny opponent showing better form, The old er shot was uot satistied with his dis- play, and the preliminary arrangements were imme- diately made tora mateh at firty single birds for at least $200 a side. Tho following is a summary of the shooting :— Marcu ar 21 Binns, Rhode Island rules, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, for a stake of $400. ‘led. Outwater., LOLTLILODLALILItT1ION is Johnson... LIDITLLLOOOLLLTLOOTIIR b Hteferve, Mr. Remmey, Judge for Owtwater, Mr. T. Townsend, Judge for Johnson, Dr, Talbot. Ww the shove match had coneliwied William Taylor, an old expert, and Dr. Huyler shot at three birds for @ «mall stake, with the following ae Hu Taylor SPORTING EVEN! Elebam Lad, winner of the Rous Selling Stakes at Manchester on the 19th wlt., was bought in for 200 guineas; and Laurier, winner of the Mile Selling Stakes, was bonght in for 165 guiness, The two-year-old colt Mosstrooper, by Adventurer, at the m1 the , dropped dead Cobham Stud for 1,400. guine Misenus was bought in for 200 guineas, after win- ning the Trial Stakes at Kempton Park on the 2ist ult., when Mr, Elliston purchased Templar, winner | of the Thames Selling Stakes, for 290 guineas, and Mr Market street, on Monday eveuing, 2d | C, Hibbert purchased Gimerack, winner of the Seiling Hunters’ Stukes, for 165 giineas, At Auteuil, on Sunday, 17th ult, Baron Finot's | Muscadin won the Prix de la Croix de Berney, beating Brimer and three others; also the Prix de Courbevole, wherein he defeated La Nageur, Belle Petite aud four others, Girofia secured the Prix d’Adieu, and Gha- paize won the Prix de Cloture, beating Doublon, Clin and | | the ; Third | not be s ishing up the season, ‘The engagement of Madden, the constant rider of Kinscem, with Hesp’s stable, closes with the end of the present season, and he will in future be first jockey to Mr, Baltazzi and Baron Springer. Au experiment will be tried next year at the San- down Park Second Sprin; ing, in the shape of the Walton Two-year-ol £1,000, with the winner to be sold under Lord Exeter's conditions of £200, At Warwick Police Court, on November 22, G. Swan- wick, of Nottingham; George Wilson, of Birmingham; W. Lee, of Nottingham; I, Houghton, of Nottingham, and 8. Sykes, of Liverpool, were charged with betting, in contravention of the act, at Warwick races, aud the Beuch inflicted a tine of £50 and costs in euch case, All paid the fine except Sykes, who did not appear, and in default of payment the alternative was three months’ hard labor, While bunting on November 19 with the Cottes- more hounds Lay Dixie mot with a serious a It appears that in dismounting from her horse to the ussistunce of Captain Middleton, who had come to grief at the Mauton brook, her hubit caught in the pomiuel of the saddle and her horse becoming tright- ened reared and fell backward on her, severely crush- ing her and causing slight concussion of the brain, Assistance quickly arrived and she was removed first tothe house of Custance, the jockey, who resides close by, and thence to the Malton, Her Ladyship is said to be progressing favorably. ‘The French sporting papers give extracts from the rogramme of the approaching Nice races, which are ‘o be held at a date not yet fixe. early in 1879, On the first day there is to be the Prix de Monaco (the cup), u steeplechase handicap plate of 20,000f. (£800) and an object of art for all horses; enirance 500, (£20), 100t. (£4) forteit, less if declared on the 2d of January at noon to M. Merelle, No. 4 Place de la Con- corde, Paris, ‘The second to receive 1,500; the third, 1,000t., and the fourth, 500/, Distance about 4,200 metres. On the second day there is to be the Prix de Monte Carlo (a hurdle race handicap) of 7,500f, (£300) for all horses. Entrance 250%, (£10), 1l00f, (£4) forfeit, und only 25f, (£1) if declared on the 2d of January, at noon, to M. Merelle. The second to receive 1,000f, aud the third 500f, Distance about 3,000 metres. On the third day there is to be the Grand Prix de Nice (steeplechase free handicap) 10,0008, (£400), tor horses which have run at Nice (on the first and second days) iu 1879, Entrance, 250f.; 1,500f. for second; 1,000. for third and 500f. for the fourth, Winners after the publication of the weights 3 kilogrammes extra. stance about 4,200 metres, THE LONG-DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD. (From the Sportsman, November 20.] Mr. Ward has deposited £10 in our hands on behalf of “Blower” Brown to bind a match with O'Leary for the long-distance championship of the world and the Astley belt, upon the conditions under which it is held. Ward is willing to have the match decided in either Chicago or New York, and proposes that it take place in February, so as not to clash with the Inter- national competition which is proposed to be held in London in the spring. FOX HUNTING IN GREAT BRITAIN. The Field gives the following eight reasons why fox hunting should not be abolished :— First, its extinetion would lead to vastly increased absentecism on the part of our landlords, and to the breaking up of many a country house in which high cheer is now kept winter after: winter. Second, the dividends of well-nigh every railway in Engiand and Ireland, and of not afew in Scotland, would be seriously diminished. Third, it would be difficult to imegine any blow which would fall more heavily upon our horse breeding resources than the suspension of the demand for high bred weight-carry- ing hunters and for covert hacks. Fourth, there would follow an utter subversion of the social and poli- tical advantages resulting from the intermixture upon an equality of ‘all sorts and conditions of men’ who meet in the hunting field. Fifth, @ vast majority of the tenant farmers themselves would miss the fun and excitement of a sport which is of no slight value in carrying them through the dreary season of winter, when the country is least attractive, and when farming operations are in great measure at a standstill. Sixth, the equestrian prowess of the nation in its entirety would suffer a sensible abatement. Seventh, the manly courage and healthy open air life upou ‘which, gene- ration after generation, Englishmen have ‘justly prided themselves, would be liable to sore discour- agement. Eighth, there would be a decreasing mar- ket, which would be inost felt by tenant farmers, for hay, oats, beans and straw. RAPID TRANSIT. THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RATLWAY CARS TO BE HEATED BY STEAM—SATISFACTORY EX- PERIMENTS—PROGRESS OF THE WORK ON THE EAST SIDE, The Hrraty having intimated a desire to test the preparations made for heating the cars of the Metro- politan Elevated Railway a special train was placed at the disposal of a Henatp reporter yesterday by the directors. Several of the officers of the company were on the train, which, receiving no passengers and making no stops, completed the round trip—from Ree- tor to Fifty-eighth street and back—in little over half an hour. The cars were heated by the process which has been adopted by the road, and although the day was too warm to feel the grateful effects of the heat it was demonstrated that the system promises complete success and that the cars will be comfortably warmed even during freezing weather. THE SYSTEM OF HRATING. The system is as follows:—Cast iron pipes, three and a half inches in diameter and half an inch thick, run under the seats, and, for the thorough comfort of the passengers, the company have placed cast iron | plates over these pipes between the cross seats in | order to afford protection to the dresses of ladies. Between the cars the pipes are connected by rubber hose sufficiently long and flexible to sccommodato itself to the sharp curving of the cars at Chambers and Amity strects, The steam is supplied from the dome of the engine and easily regulated by a globe valve and a gauge. The pipe passes down under the floor of the engine to the platform, where the flexible rubber hose is coupled on, and the steam passes through the hose into the pipe of the next car, At the rear platform the flex- ible hose, which has received the steam throu gh the pipes on the right, passes round to the left and thus returns the steam to the tank, It is the company's intention in cold weather to keep the cars warm all night, in order to prevent freezing and also that the first cars starting out in the morning may be comfortably heated. The tempera- ture to be maintained will be from 40 to 45 degress, although if occasion should require it conld be raised to 60. Yesterday being a very warm day for the winter it was 75. When the trains are over- crowded no heat will be supplied, unless extremely cold weather should render it necessary.” THE PASSENGERS DELIGHTED. The system appeared to be most thoroughly studied out and every contingency can be kept Warm from either end, no matter how often the engines are changed. Among the passen- gers great satixfaction has been expressed at the com- prehensive arrangements made for their comfort. Corresponding grumbling is heard on Ninth avenue over the stoves which have been put up in the cars of the New York Elevated Road. Mr. Bishop, acting vice president, sai¢ yesterday that in making the expori- ment of itig the cars by steam on Third avenue company had already assumed a sufficiently large risk, and if it should turn out successfully then next winter the cars of the Ninth avenue road would also mplaints a phat «on the Ninth avenue road Toust the people atone end of the car and leave them cold at the other. The cost of the heating apparatus now provided on all the cars of the Metro- politan Elevated Railway is $20,000, In addition the company have put down rubber matting on the stair- ways of some of th oon fitted with this great protection against the eurmulation of snow and ice. Mr. Bishop promised rubber matting would be put down on the stair- ways to the Third avenue stations. Aa to the cover- ing of their stairways, suggested by the Henan, he thought that the steps uried more quickly when ex- osed to the sn, An experiment would be inade at the lanover square station, however, within forty or fifty days, to protect the stairways and also the sides by an iron covering. THE BAST SIDE ROAD'S PROGRESS, ‘The additional section to EBighty-ninth street, on avente, will be opened next Monday,” or sooner if possible, The running time will be thirty-five minutes, which is complained of as being fer too slow The running time to Harlem has been fixed at forty-five minutes, which is also a disappointment to the patrons of the road, It was yonerally thought that the running time to Harlem would not be over thirty or, at the utmost, thirty-fAve minutes, Mr. bishop says that it may be to forty ininutes after the road is in thorow ning order. By the Ist ot January the company hope to have 145 cars and 65 engines for the east side road, and the total equipment will be 205 cars aud 35 locomotives. This, maximam, however, will eured for some months to The progress on the Chatha: eraliy complatned of as being extraordinarily slow & Unsutistactory tor a public work of such gr tance and so Urgently needed by the people. “THAT NOISE A Henatn reporter, while endeavoring to learn the cause of the noise heard by many residents of this city, about half-past two o'clock on Monday moruing last, and which was thought to be an explo learned yesterday that acannon had been discharged at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the morning in ques. tion, A siuiii quantity of straw acctdouuly caught fire mu a cow etibie at the rear of Colonel Broone's rosidence, near the marine barracks, but was ex- tingtished without damage. According to naval custom, When even @ spt is seen within the gov- ernment grounds a gun is diset as an alarin. ‘This may be solution of the mystery, rovided so that the cars | very em: | stations, and the others will also | DESTROYED BY FIRE. BURNING OF THE BROOKLYN PACIFIC MILLS LAST NIGHT—TERRIBLE GRANDEUR OF THE SPEC~ TACLE—THE LOSS ESTIMATED AT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. ‘The Pacific Mills, Brooklyn, were destroyed by fire last evening, involving a loss estimated at $200,000, At twenty-six minutes past six o'clock the alarm for fire district No. 25 was sounded by the bell in tho City Hall tower, and the first section of the Fire Department, summoned by the alarm, gave & prompt response to the call. When engines Nos. 2, Sand 4and truck company No. 1 reached the burn- ing mills, which are situated on Columbia street, be- tween Pucific and Amity streets, they found a yolume of flame issuing from the third story, in the rear part, on the river front. Chief Engineer Nevins, realizing the dimensions of the threatened conflagration, and the value and importance of the surrounding property, sent out word to ring the second alarm. The latter su:m- ions was sounded six minutes after the first. The next engines to arrive on the sesne were Nos, 1, 5and 7, and No.3 truck. Attachments wers made to hy- drants tor blocks around the neighborhood and six streams of water were speedily brought to bear on the burning — buildings, front and rear. The structure, which was of brick, was three stories in height and fronted on Columbia strect, being numbered from 30 to 38, inclusive. It was well stored with meal, oats, corn and other material used chiefly for horse feed, Ad- joining the amills were two three story tenement houses on Columbia street and four on Pacific street, These domiciles were crowded by poor fami- lies, who, on Dbeholding the grip that the fire fiend had on the great —_strueture that adjoined their frail looking habitations, became panic stricken, and with the assistance of their neighbors at an early stage of the fire began to move out, They piled their furniture, bedding and humble effects on the sidewalks and their remained moodily and gloomily watching the progress of the fire, Great crowds assembled on the piers along the water and on the streets and eagerly watched the out- bursts of flame and the volumes of tinted and be sparkled smoke which shot out from the windows and doors of the mills. A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE, Shortly after seven o'clock the flames communi- cated to the great elevators, which rose to an elevation of about onc hundred and eighty fect on the water front. One of these was brick and the other of tim- ber, The flames shot up rapidly from the roof of the mill to the elevator, and" speedily enveloped the wooden structure. The latter in the course of demolition presented a magnificent spectacle from the piers and along the river. ‘he framework was dry as tinder, and sent forth # white sheet of flame which, when it reached the sumunit, gave it the appearaace of a burning light- house. ‘Phe lower parc remained intact for upward of half an hour, supporting, as it were, a giaut fire brand against’ the darkened sky. ‘As by de- grees the smaller timbers fell from the burn- ing tower they sent up showers of sparks, and ex- cited exclamations of admiration among the spectators. Several additional engines were subseyuently called out by the Chief of the Fire Department, and copious streams of water were poured in upon the ruins. At a quarter-past cight the west wall of the main build- ing fell out with a loud crash, and a few minutes later the frame elevator fell in and myriads of sparks shot upward. The firemen then had their work completely under their control, and there was no longer reason to spprohend any spread of the fire. The Pacific Mills, which were built in 1861 for a pork packing establishment, have been for the past ten or twelve years leased by David Dowes, the owner of the property, to Charles H. Heuberer and others. Mr. Heuberer is the present leasee of the mills, which are used for grinding feed for horses. | About seventy men were employed there. Mr. Heuberer last night stated to a reporter that there was about 100,000 bushels of grain, ail that the mill would hold, stored there. He said that the value of the stock destroyed was about $75,000, and of the ma- chinery between $45,000 and 360,000. The value of the building wes about $0,000, The property was fully insured, but he could not tell in what companics the policies were held. As to the origin of the fire he said he could learn nothing more than that it broke out on the third story of the building, on the northwest side, on tue water front. ‘There were no fires or lamps in that part of the mill, and the employés had just left the place for the da; The Leg continued to burn and smoulder through- out the night, and, as a precaution, a couple of streams of water were kept playing on it. FIRE IN PATERSON. THE CONTINENTAL HALL BUILDING ALMOS? TOTALLY DESTROYED—ESTIMATED LOSS, THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, A fire broke out in Continental Hall building, corner of Main and Van Houten streets, Paterson, N.J., at half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, which proved the most destructive that has occurred in that city for # long time, the aggregate lose emounting to from $30,000 to $35,000. Continental Hall building is a large three story and basement brick structure, with a frontage on Main street of 75 feet and on Van Houten street of 150 feet. On both streets the lower floor was taken up with stores, which were among the finest in the city. The second floor was cut up into stores and apartments, while the third floor was mainly taken up with an immense public hall, one of the largest in Paterson, and the retiring rooms and offices connected therewith. In the panels between the windows throughout this hall were painted Continental figures of considerable merit, much more than life size; hence the name of the building. SPREAD OF THE FLAMES. ‘The fire originated in the rear of the store of Alex- ander Simon, on the Main street side, in a manner which is as yet unknown. Mr. Simon was absent, being in this city, wyither he had been summoned ta | the bedside of his father, who was supposed to be dying. It was very difficult to get the fire under con- trol, owing to its location, for the flames rushed through a ekylight in the rear, and on gaining the second story spread in every direction. ‘The firemen, especially those of Protection steamer No. 5, worked nobly, the latter mounting the tallest ladders on the trucks and carrying streams to the third story through the windows. Afterward a num- ber of others mounted to the roof in braggadocio, and then occurre.t one of those disgraceful fights be- tweon firemen that is too often the result of the volunteer system. With the flames dencing and leaping about them, in the {io ged of thonsands of spectators on the streets below, # short but fieree fight was engaged in over the entanglement of the hose of two rival companies. It was partially the re- sult of an old feud of years standing. About time the cry went up that the walls were ai ing. way, and the building was cleared in an incredibly short time, They did not fall, however, and the firemen afterward redou their efforts, and about half-past three A.M. yesterday the flames were finally subdued, LOSSES AND INSURANCE. It is dificult to estimate even approximately the losses. That on the building itself is placed at trom $10,000 to $15,000. It belongs to two sisters—Mra, Walling Kip and Mrs. Jacob Meselis, both of Pater- son—and was ineured as follows:—Mre, Kip—Liver- Re »1 and London and Globe, $3,000; Manhattan, ork, $3,000; Farmers’, Pennsylvania, $2,000 Pheonix, Hartford, $1,000; total, $9,000, Mrs. Meselis— North British and Mercantile, $6,000; Gasrtiea, London, $4,000: total, $10,000, Grand total on building, $19,000, Commencing ou Main streot, north end of the building, the esti ted losses and insurances are follows :— W. Mills, hardware, loss vater; insured in the Continental, New York, £2,000; Scottish Commercial, — $2,000; lin, Philadelphia, $1,000; People’s, $1,000, Alfred Stoutenborough, dry goods; lows by water, $3,000; insured in the New Brunswick, $3,000; Fire Association, Philadelphia, $2,000. Mor- rix Levine, clothier; lox#, $6,000; insured in the Mill- ville, $1,000; Humboldt, $1,000; Firemen’s, $2,000; Newark, $1,000, Alexander Simons’ loss ba- bly $3,000 to $4,000; insured in the Impei York, for $2,000; Adriatic, $1,500; Continental, $1,000, KB. Gillmor & Co., hattors, estimats their lose 3,000; insure l in the Newark, $70; Hanover, $150; Millville m0, ‘The loss of R. Levy & Sigler, ow | decorative painters, will reach 22,500 to $4,000; no ine surance. James Van Orden, liquors and resteurent, “s heavily; no insurance. Devoe, dry gouds, suf- fers but a slight Joss through water, J. 8, Acker. man, manufacturer of plaster mouldings in the base. ment, also sustains a considerable loss; no insurance, RESCUED FROM THK FLAMES, ‘The aged and bedridden caine of Mr. Morrie Levine was rescued from the burning building with much difficulty after the flames had gained groat headway. At one time it was rumored that she had perished; but soon after 4 couple of brave firemen were seen to bear her out in triumph amid the cheers of thousands on tho streets, SHERIDAN AND MCLELLAN. A business meeting of Military Order Loyal Legion, United States Commandery, of New York, was held last night at eight o'clock at Delmonico’s, with Gen- eral George H. Sharpe presiding, ‘There was a large attendance of military men. Colonel Donglass Camp. bell was installed, and Captain Bzra Sprague; lw ‘Twentieth Connecticut volunteers, was elected a member, Attor the business mecting was over the chairman announced that sonw distinguished visitors We pected. Very svon Goneral George B. MeCle rived, and was informally received by the Comman ery, He was soon followed by General Phil Sheridan and several friends, The whole distingwished party enjoyed themselves socially for several hours,