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them fears were also entertained that they might have been beguiled into some den and robbed. Inspector Thorne sent out a general alarm to look out for them. AN UNSAFE FURNACE FLUE. An exantner of the Buildings Burean yesterday reported that the furnace flue at No. 35 West Fortyfifth-st. was so nnsafe that the building was danger of being set on fire by it. Inspector Esterbrook issued an order to have the flue reconstracted. GOSPEL WORK IN TWO PLACES. At the Bowery Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, No. 243 Bowery, where there are reading-rooms for men and Gospel meetings every evening. young men are assisted in finding employment, and the New- York City Mission has a church at No. 174 Grand-st., presided over by the Rev. John Dooly. Formerly both societies conducted a joint work at No. 134 Bowery. THROWING SALT ON THE STREETS. In the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday Officer Lopez of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals charged Edward Murray of No. 791 Seventh-ave., John Cullen of Fifty-ninth-st. and Tenth-ave. and Joseph Keirn, of No. 149 West Fifty-first-st. with throwing salt on the roadbed of the Broadway Railroad Company. Justice Patterson held them each in $200 bail. NOT GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. Samuel Josephs, the driver of a butcher cart,who ran over and killed ten-year-old boy named the Joseph O'Brien, who was playing in front of house at First-ave. and Seventh-st. on August 21 1882. was tried yesterday in the Court of General Sessions on the charge of manslaughter in the fourth degree. It was shown that he had been driving rapid rate. but be declared that his horses had been frightened by a passing train on the elevated road and that he was thus unable to control them. Josephs was acquitted by the jury. ACQUITTED THROUGH A POLICEMAN'S NEGLIGENCE. Ludwig Rasmussun, who was charged with saulting Joseph Sturmer, of No. 113 Forsyth-st., was arraigned for trial yesterday in the Court of General Sessions. The brass-knuckles with which was charged that the assault was committed were not produ ced through the neglectof the officer whomade the arrest, and the defendant was acquitted. The District-Astorney then wrote to Police Superintendent Walling reque-ting him to issue general order directing police officers to bring with them to court, when they are summoned as witnesses, the weapons employed, or articles stolen, to be used in evidence. BROOKLYN. The sidewalk in front of Grace Church was a mass of ice yesterday. The sleighs that are run by the Lafayette Avenue Stage Company this year, are well patronized by women and children. The policement were ordered yesterday to stop coasting in the street, one fatal accident having occurred. By the will of the late P. H. McCartan, bequeathing about $200,000, $40,000 is left to various Roman Catholic charities. The Mayor and Controller burned up paid and cancelled bonds amounting in figures to $5,845,000 the City Hall furnace yesterday. The rain vesterday caused the guardians of Prospect Park to drop the ball early in the afternoon. Ifit freezes now the ice will be in much better condition than before. The Brookl City Railroad Company paid to the City Works Department yesterday $20,000, its share of the cost of new pavements recentiv laid in Fulton and other streets, where its tracks are laid. The name of the East Brooklyn Baptist Church si uated in Bedford-ave.. near Myrtle-ave. has been changed to the Bedford Avenue Baptist Church. Henry G. Burnham, a former member of the Board of Education, died yesterday at No. 130 South Second-st. He was born in Connecticut in 1827. By trade he was printer He left four children. The funeral will take place to morrow. A suit to recover $5,000 from the city of Brooklvn for loss of life brought by Mrs. Catherine N. Vincent, mother of O. S. Vincent, clerk who was killed in a explosion of gas in a safe vault in the Municipal Department Building ou June 24, 1878, came to trial in the Circuit Court yesterday. William O'Brien died yesterday at No. 519 Hicksat., at the age of ninety-seven years. By trade he was carpeuter. Michael Trappal, who had reached the age of ninety-t died at No 95 Cambridge-place. He owned a tannery in Furman-st and was largel ly engaged in importing hides. The snit of Mrs. Pauline Wills against her fatherin-law John Wills, to recover $20,000 as damages for the alienation of her husband's affections, was dismissed yesterday as there was no evidence to show that the defendant enticed his son from his wife. Alexander Jefferson, the negro who recent ly committed double murder and tried to kill himself before he was arrested, is nearly ready to leave the hospi al. His defence will be Insanity, based upon an injury to misskull when five years old, and sunstroke " hen he was twenty Congressman Smith, of the IIId District, conferred with Mayor Low lay in regard to the proposed Brooklyn Federal building. The Mayor thought that he first thing to do as to ha the three commissioners appointed to select site. Shortly after the bill for the appropria ion was passed, Secretary Folger appointed one of the commissioners. but the appointee has since died. Nearly six months have elapsed without the appointment O the other two. JERSEY CITY. There were no new developments yesterday in the bank cases Washington B. Williams, the receiver of City Bank, has requested the depositors the institution to present their 88-books as soon 28 possible, so that they may be compared with the bank-books Boice, and Shaw. his son-in-law are mtillingail. and will all probabili remain there until the date of their trial, as all their friendaseen to have deserted them. LONG ISLAND JAMAICA Mr. and Mrs Isaac Bennett celebrated their golden wedding on Tuesday evening. They were the recipients from their children of many valuable gold presents. LONG ISLAND CITY. The Board of Aldermen are taking preca preserve the books of record of ex Mayor DeBevoise's administration They requested the Police Como sioners to detail two police officer to guard the books for fear of a fire breaking out at the City Hall. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. MT. KISCO. A house carpenter named Moore, of Mt Kisco, while at work with a circular buzz accidentally eut off several fingers of his right hand William Wright a resident Whipporwill-st. on retur ing home, a few evenings ago, suddenly taken ill and fell lifeless on the floor soon after entering his house, PELHAMVILLE At public meeting of the residenta of Pethamville, to take into consideration measures to have the low lands in that locality properly drained, committee consisting of William H. Sparks, John Case and William H. Penfield was appointed to present the matter to the town Board of Health BCAWANA The name of Cortlandt station on the Hudson River Railroad, below Crugers,has been changed to Oscawana, its original name. The change 18 const tered objectionable,org account of its liability to be confused with Lake Oscawana, in Putnain County PEEKSKILL -Colonel M. E. Deegan, who prepared the State camp ground near Peekskill last summer, visited the camp grounds a few days ago and made preliminary arrangements for the resumpt work there. It is said that the National Guard authorities intend that the rifle practice of the New York and Brooklyn regiments shall be held on the State camp grounds near Peckskill, instead of at Creedmoor. STATEN ISLAND. NEW BRIGHTON. seals appeared on the ice yesterday in th Kills. Captain Mark Stephens, double-barrelled
