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whose places had and ruary 8 by Mrs. Cookling and Mrs. Williams, no accommodations for the saleswomen were seen. Justice Kilbreth sent for the persons named, and they appeared in court in the afternoon and were paroled for examination, which was set down for Thursday next. BRINGING ONE THOUSANDTH OF THEIR FACE VALUE. John H. Platt, the assign ee of the Market Savings Bank, sold the assets of that bankrupt institution at the Exchage Salesroom, No. 111 Broadway, vesterday morning. Nearly 200 persons were present, Although the face value of the securities represented $400,000, the bidding was very slow, and the sales amounted to only $399. The first securities offered were ten promissory notes amounting to $14,540, ilno indorser. and secured by 882 shares of the waukee and Minnesota Railroad. They sold for $105. Three notes of small amounts, secured by gold watch, a brass watch and brooch brou $15. A number of bonds of defunet companies and building lot of land in Milton, UIS er County, N.Y., sold for $65. Four $1,000 bonds of the Minnesota Rapid Transit Company. after some W ry bidding. were sold to a Mr. Bonner for $205. and the bonds of several bankrupt manufacturing companies sold for $9. After he sale a discussion arose between two men for the possession of some brassjewelry, which resulted in the police ejecting one of them. BROOKLYN, Permits for the erection of eighteen new buildings were grauted last week. The managers of the Bushwick Avenue line have retaliated upon the Anti-Bobtail Car Association by removing the stoves from that class of cars. Joseph O'Neil, while temporarily insane vesterdav. leaped from the thir story window o No. 24 Flushing-ave. where he lived. but received only a slight sprain t to one of his ankles. It cost a number of persons to whom Justice Fisher resterday sent invita ions $10 each for not clearing the ice and snow from the gutters and sidewalk, in front of their respective houses, Justice Walsh yesterday held Henry Pnrdy, mate of the rig Hannah G. for the Grand Jury for the kil ing of his step-father, Charles H. Smith, the foot of Washington-st. on the night of Febru6. ary Erhardt Schneider, convicted two weeks ago of manslaughter in the third degree for ku ling Jacob Joerger, was granted a new trial by Judge Moore vesterday on the ground of the discov of new evidence which would show that the killing was done in self-defense. Allan W. Johnson, sixteen years old, son of John Z. Johnson, of No. 111 Fourth-st., E. D., strangely disappeared from home four years ago, and was given up as dead. Recen newscame that in St. Louis, without means, and yesterday, through his father's aid, the young man was able to rejoin his family. The counsel for the defendants in the suit brought by the Attorney-General against the Lafavette Insurance Company. and Herbert Giroux, its president, moved before Justice Gilbert vesterday that the a! legations of rity to he investment of the funds of the company in he complaint be made more definite. Th Judge reserved judgment. After the action of Prine pal Gallagher, of Public School No. 5, in excluding Miss Theresa King. daughter of Simon King, a colored man of means, and the approval of his action DV the Board of Education, King obtained from the City Court a mandamus compelling Mr. Gall gher to show cause w Miss King should not be admit ted into chool No. 5. Judge Neilson yesterday he rd the arguments of counsel, and reserved his decision. It was not known until vesterday morning whether or not Commissioner Rones, of the Board of City Works, was still the president of the Brooklyn Trust Company. He has now settled the question by making the specific announcement that he resigned the presidency of the Trust Company previous to his official acceptance of the missioner= ship. By the change of position his sal ary has been duced one-half, the salary of Commissioner being $5,000. Chief Engineer Van Buren, of the Board of City Work< has submitted his annual report. He it is not economy to delay fur her n extensio of the water works of the city, which should be commensura with its growth. He fav rs the construction of another well between Jamaica and East New- York, with connecting l'eries running east and west to pt the wa te water take the place of an open canal. To extend this waterway to Freeport would st $1,000,000 and give an increase of 5,000,000 gallons of er daily. He makes fur her recomme dations as to the storage of the water. and says that a four eugine is needed. As to cleaning the city's stree 8. Mr. VanBuren thinks the appropriation for repaving is insufficient. NEWARK. George Brown, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, while engaged in coupling cars in Railroad-ave. on Friday night, wa crushed between the bumpers of two cars. He died early yesterday morning. Daniel Bizitt, an inmate of the County Insane Asylum, commu ted suicide on Friday by throwing f himself headlong from the window of his ce Bizitt was arrested few weeks ago for swindling by means of subscript tion paper. and was commit ted to the County Jail, where thre days ago he be came viole tly insane and on Thursday he was removed to the Insane Asylum. Here he became more violent, and he was placed in a cell on the third floor. At noon on Friday Bizitt ma le sudden dash at the window of his cell. wrenched off he iron bars and flung himself to the ground, striking on hus head and breaking his neck. V-JERSEY. PATERSON. In the Passaic County Orphans' Court at Paterson, N. yesterday, the judge signed the decree the admission to probate of the will of Sarah P. Dale. Mrs. Dale was the widow of Thomas N. Dale, a prominent silk manufacturer of New. York and Paterson, and wh n she died an estate va ued at $60,000 was left to her older son, T. N. Dale His bro her, Frederick S. Dale, contested the will on the grounds of testamentary incapacity and undue influence. LONG ISLAND LONG ISLAND Chief of Police has appointed to the Police Commissioners to raise the number of men on the force to fifty at present there are only thirty men to cover lifteen square miles of territory. BRESLAU -Lewis Kellar, arrested for grand larceny, in taking goods which were in the possession of the Sheriff, was arraigned before Justice Wagner, yesterday and commi ted for the action of the Grand Jury in default of $1,500 bail. MONTAUK POINT.- The schooner Jolin D. Buckalew. of Perth Amboy, from Hoboken for Newport, with coal, went ashore yesterday morning five miles west of Montauk Point and is a total r reck. Thomas Green and Lester Cohen, two of the crew, drowned. LITTLE BAYSIDE.-Ame Merritt, a sailor on the fishing smack Townsend S. Jackson, was knocked overboard by the boom of his vessel on Friday night. in the heavy gale that ailed pear Little Bayside. He was drowned. The body was found yesterday morning near the shore. ROSLYN.-' hog disease, known as the black plag e, hasmade its appearance among the swine Roslyn, Sea Cliff and Glen Cove. The animals linger for several days with the di easea after death the meat turns purple The Rev. H. Porter Peck, of the Andrew Theological Seminary, has declined the call extended to him from the Reformed Church STATEN ISLAND. STAPLETON HEIGH S. On Washington's Birthday, hare and hound will meet on tapleton Height The start will be made 9:30 a. m., and the members of the New- York Lacrosse and Staten sland Athietic Clubs will take part in the sport. CLIF ON.-A branch of the Society for the Prevention of Crime has been organized, with Melville M. Johnston as president, E. C. Bridgman as secretary and C. H. Heustis as treasurer. The society 18 incorporated and will immediately begin an active crusade against unlicensed liquor sellers. RICHM ND.- The public school has been closed