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transferred $20,000 to the appropriation for Charities and Correction for 1876, for the relief of the poor adult blind, from of the appropriation for 1875, that amount being in excess what is required for salaries, repairs, supplies, and out-door poor. The railroad companies yesterday began the delivery of specific lote of grain intact, when this was called under the terms of the contract with the Produce Exchange, The rest of the grain, however, is transported indiscriminately of and delivered according to the grade called for in the bill lading. In the suit of Frederick J. Vesscher against the Greenbank Alkall Company, an English company, tried before Judge Larremore in Supreme Court, Circuit, yesterday, plaintiff's the The found verdict for plaintiff for $4,649 jury claim is that the defendants failed to fulfill a contract for the delivery of caustic soda. By the breaking of the crank of an engine on the Elevated Railroad last evening, trains were delayed nearly two hours No damage was done. This is the second of these accidents, and the reason assigned that the old engines are of not strong enough to pull heavy trains over the hilly part the up-town route. An application was made to Judge Barrett in Supreme Court, Chambers, yesterday, for an order authorizing William H. Newman, receiver of the New-York, Utica and Ogdensburg Railroad, to ane the subscribers for the stock of the Company on their subscriptions, only ten per cent Decision of the subscriptions having been paid in by some of them. was reserved. The Coaching Club of this city will have a parade to-morrow afternoon at 3:45. The members will assemble at Madison-square, move up Fifth ave. to Central Park, and con tinue as far 38 Stetson's The return route will the be place down Fifth-ave to Fashington- square, and thence to be starting Eight will participate, and it promises to a spectacle of unusual interest. The Controller of the Currency has granted the Bank of the State of New-York permission to resume business. The new President said yesterday that the next course would be to apply to the Clearing house for readmission. He added that he was not in hurry to resume the business of the bank and could not designate the exact day when it would be opened ; but it would be at some time bet een now and May 1. Edgar Ketchum, the chairman of the new committee called for by Charles O'Conor to make some arrangement to examine into the charges against him, states that the Committee have met and tried to devise some way to make an investigation which shall be thoroughly fair, but so far have been unable to decide on a plan which shall meet all the exigencies of the case. An advertisement for men to go to Philadelphia, application to be made at No. 243 West Twenty ninth-st., drew a crowd yesterday to the store at that number, occupied by Mr. P. Lowenthal. The crowd increased until Mr. Lowenthal to Police Headquarters for assistance. It was telegraphed finally explaine that the ertisement was bogus one, and the men went away disappointed. Three organ-grinders, Autonio Britt, Andrew Bruno, and Francis Franciscowijohi, were arraigned in'the Court of Special Sessions yesterday on complaint of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, which charged to house b house from that they requested employee the children Court to be lenient with them. They ging, each fined $30. One of them immediately paid his fine, and walked triumphantly out of court. By an order from the Secretary of the Treasury. dated Feb. 9, the United States Revenue Marine Service veasels have been supplied with and will hereafter use a distinguishing Coston night signal, showing while burning be the great colersed, white and green in succession. This will auxiliary in rendering aid to wrecked or stranded vesaels on lake and sea coasts, since it will show distressed vessels that assistance is near at hand. The Corporation Counsel has given as his opinion, n regard to the legality of continuing the contracta for supplics for the Department of Charities and Correction. that the contracts should cease at the end of 30 days and new ones OF then for definite period. The that notice to this effect should be given to the contract the contracts with butchers and fish dealers ors,and that should cease 30 days from April 19. The new school building in Fifty-fourth-st., near Eighth-ave. will be ready for occupancy in September The primary department will accommodate the pupila of Primary School No. 40. now at Seventh ave aud Forty -ninth-st. May The lease for the bilding now used for this school The expires Board of Ed be renewe for less than year. and cannot vain to obtain quarters for the remain cation, aving tried have in ordered the school to be closed during der of the session, May and June. The Western Union Telegraph Company's cable ship Prof. Morse arrived yesterday with President William Orton, Dr. James O. Green and A. S. Downer, who have been to the West Indies on a tour combining business with please are. The steamer arrived at Havana from New York on April 4. and on the next day she proceeded to pick up and repair the second avana cable, which had been snapped one mile from and eight miles from Havana. This cable was laid landing from 60 to 80 fath oms of water By the evening of was In perfect working order. having two or been three grappled days in spent next steamer The heavy shore end of the first cable, laid in 1867, recovering the to Key West. The trip home was made in seven days from Havana and four days from Key West. BROOKLYN. Col. Titus, Arkansas State Agent, charged with blackmail by Augustine R. Ma Donald, as yesterday discharged from citatody. About 500 creditors of the broken Central Bank were yesterday paid a dividend of 10 per cent. There was a previous payment about three years George Wilson and Patrick Boyl were yesterday convicted in the Court of Seasions of participating in the rob bery of Mr. Billon's Jewelry store in Hicks-st. ou March 24. They were remanded for sentence. Parker P. Baldwin yest terday recovered $5,000 in City Court from Win. H. Jenkins for injuries received the through the alleged negligence of he d'efendant in failing to cover avation on the latter's premises. Detectives yesterday mad a descent upon the policy shop kept by Francis Willi 18 and Edward Lynch at and Fourth and Fifth sts., are sted the proprietors, South seized the books, papers, and slips belonging to the concern A company has been formed for the purpose of building a narrow gauge railroad from the foot of North Thir teenth st., through Maspeth. Wintield, Newtown, Flashing, Bayside Hempstead, Glen Clove, Oyster Bay, and Cold Brocklyn Spring Harbor to Huntington A ferry the Ferry, and the foot of Twenty third Falton termious York. The cost the road will be about $800,000. It is expected to be in running order by Aug. 1. Gen. Slocum, President of the Board of Public Works, yesterday renewed his resolution of the day previous, recommending that the Board advertize for proposals for facing the claim of the Storage Reservoir, urging that the Mayor and Common Council had requested them to finish the dam and impound the water. Commissioners Fowler action and Adams would op be posed on the ground that such and was doubtful whether the city had right unlawful. work independently of the old contractors. The resoluti was lost. JERSEY CITY. Robert Morton was assaulted and badly beaten by gang of unknown persona at Grove-at. and Newark ave. yes. terday about 4 a.m. The Catholic Children's Home at Pavonia-ave. and Eric-st., which was presented to the Society by H. Henwood, will be opened May 1. The Children's Home, which was for nearly in this building, is now located on the Hights. is The New-Jersey Central Railroad Company building new ferry boat to provide for the expected increase travel this season. By the new time-table which will take effect May 1, trains will run regularly to Long Branch and Philadelphia. Officer T `hompson of the Third Precinct was arrested yesterday, and gave bati to appear for examination to charge of assaulting William and Thomas O'Neil, answer whom he had a taken to the station-house for being drunk and disorderly. John Ryan, age 18. of Watts-st. New-York, and Felix Donohue, age 15. of Leroy and Greenwich sts., New. York, were committed yesterday for stealing locks from gates 40 the Abattoir. The stock Yard Company has lost about at in the past two days, and has been annoyed by these thefts for year. A horse attached to Luhrman's grocery wagon be came frigh tened in Newark ave yesterday, and, running away. struck lamp-post at Jersey ave., throwing out the driver and