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EVENING REPUBLIC. A D1ot1on to adjourn was made and lost Tuesday Evening, .Jan 4, 18'76 I.'HE COUR.Ui;R COMPANY, FUBLIBBESS A...~ PROPRIETQ-BB First .Ueetin#; of the Centen- nial Fathers. A ld 8tmons then addressed the Council >t~k mg lor the appomtmentof Wm A Doomson as one of the Sealers of W etght> ~>Ud Measures, and made a strong plea in h1s fa\ or He called upon the Council to stop m Its mad career and appomt good men DAILY Q@URIER $10 per annum EVEN!NG Jml>UBLICz $5 per annum WEEKLY COURIER .,1 50 pet annum. Bares of\'AdvertiS!ng made known at the Counting Room. 0~ No 1fi7 Ma•n Sllreet Buffalo X Y LOCAL DEPARTMENT. 'rHE EVENING ItEPUBLIC. The Paper on Ute Streets Yesterday A-fternoon A Live Tl.VO Cent Daily In acc01dance WJtll. announcement THE EVE~ING REPUBLIC WRSIS~Ued !rom thiS ot!ice A Bolt and the Slate Broken. Ald. Asaph S. Bemis Elected Pres1· dent, ana Rensselaer D Ford C1ty Clerk \' lliayor Becker's Inaugural Message yesterday aftmnoon n the place ol THE Coui &c • &c &e n R & REPUBLIC and at two cents a copy on It was not \Cry genemllv lnown that the the streets rhe IS>llc contamet! a report of the Common Connell of 18 6 would hold their first organtzat un of the Coum.al the :\layor s Mes sage a 1 ep nt of the opemnf.( <>f the case of The I eople •na not ( COl ge D I ord and the lateHt mtelh~encc t to the on,emplatcll movement• of J\It J o•e ph Bork In u! I twn to th s rt conta nc I tb lull altcmoon As o crateu Preso d!opwtcileo tl!e latest local new• tbe c1ty attor lc I the late t market eport.' an I stock quotatwns 111 to tile hom of gomg to press and reproduced the mo L valual le mat tet of THE t;OURHH A '\ ERY I AR( Ji EDI 110~ of knE ~VENmG REI UBL!C W\' pltntcd ,ld-nn the •ttccts the otic was as hvely ''\can ea,rly oe tmagllle I Ample \\ the editwn was supposed to he tt w\ exhauste I au I tell COl ~1derably ~ho t uJ the dcman l which con tmucd qmte late mto the cvcnm,., I he pub Itshms and edttoro me detCLmmcd that lHl EvENfNG Rl!lPUBLIC s!:!~l! be mads :me ol the --mG!It1;r!lpular vehwles of news 111 the country A 'GOOD TWQ-Cl!i.o.~T JOU.RJ:!AL haolong ueen a need ot th1~ ctty-ono which \hould m additwu to the general news of the day gt ve the latest telcbmphtc and IE>ca.l news and market rcporto 1he pt,ce asked for 1t no one-will mtss and thme ue none so po01 who may not read their d !y paJ e1 and keep posted In the afflllr> o! the WO!ld Tlll!l ~Vl!lNING REPUBLIC Will oe >CUt to subscnbets at tho rate of forty two cento a month or tivc dollars a year anti w U ue sold on the str ects for two cents :-.io other papc1 n the country, whtch \>old for th<> lllcC cuntam> an e JUal amount of matter or 1wh complete telcg1 aphw and local repot ts IS o pms w til be spared to make a fir•t cl tss JOU!nal aotwtth•tandmg the smallnes~; ol the 111 and we feel confident that a very! tr,_,e uc tlatwn wrl! toward the enterpn>e Matters 111 Briel • -'I he Week ol 1 1aycr 1 hemg ob•e• vc! at Asbury .ill E Cburcb -A case ol small]oxwasLepOltedontieneca btreet yestenlay Ch\' e 1t out -At ten o'clock last mght the theunometeJ was below .the lreezmg nomt -Cnm1nal and othe1 tntcrc Lc I will io well to perru;e I he 1 o! e t <!isttcH gtven m an other column -Shelb) \Allcl!hl wa• e1owtled last mght and the pert or mance pa,~ctl ofi m fine Hty le There w1!1 be a mat nee tt the Adelphi thts afternoon -The Lathe, C 111011 11 a} er meetmg w tll be held thts after noon m the !ectm e IOom ol J!s bury M E Church at 2 o dock All laches are earaeotly mvrted to tttcnd -No one should f01get that the Gmman Military Band grve a concett at St James Hall to morrow owenmg m a1d ol the Ladtcs Union Monument Assoc1atron \. -Those who would enjoy a pleasant even mg should not tall to pwcure their tickets at Cottier & Denton > musiC store tor the Ctty Guar I Cadet• I all at ><t James H tll on } r day next \ -The I< xecuttve Committee appointed at thi> !ate meetmg ltl wga1d to the prorosed Catholic Vhauty Ball aiC re 1ue•ted to meet this (Tuesday) evemng at ! o docl Punctual attendunee rs re tnested ~ ----------- \English Without a lflaster\ The lollowmg I> a verbatzm copy ot a Jetter receiVed ye~tenlav I y ' Mam •Lieet hou•e from a tov monufactuung titm tn b:Clmany It 1s deltcwusly funn) I 1 t tho•c ot us to the manner born who tlatte1 <HU\elvcs that we can manage prctt.} well tn a. Iotcign tongue will reacltt ant! be humble We rndebtcd one of ourfr cud8 fo your address and allow us with fh s to n ted yo to- enter nto corres pondence With o r firm How you v ll t:iee by the au nexed Price lu~t so 1r Orance the manufa t tr ng of 1 0Yti and to enlarge o r SI here of busmcss m the Umted States of North Amcr ca v th wh ch we. do busmees smce many years 'i:C rc JUC t al this firms whtch meddle wttb the roportation of the above named art 'Cle to giVe us the orde ~ as we know a rely that Nobody nour brat ch has tbc p lCCt! lower aud de em d bona better as the undcrs gncd firm lJ on the follo-w ng terms we be~nn the relation t z e g vc to the I nceR 1 otcd 10 per ceJit Dtscount and hrec mot ths cred1 but on tb.c conLrary we de-- mand that you g1 e l o an accrcdtty over the nca ly amo mt of the orde whtch must be 1 ayable m the sayd trme and made out at Hamburg Bremen or ever a large place m England or France Iu case yo 1 shall be unknown With the both towns of aambarg & Ere ~en we allow us to name you any forwardtng agents whtclryou. can g1.ve your rem1ttances as also tbe goods to a farther letting of the vessel We hope that you Will g1ve the abo;e ym r prompt attentron we awa1t. yo early answe and rema n yours very truly --- Tile New- Uity Treas.trer The new Crty fre •surer M.r J\iurtin Kel!e1 \\l!l!l take possession of hiS o:Jilce this mornmg and enter npon the d1ocharge o( his dntlCs In VIew of the compii~atwlls of tbe late Treas urer'\ a!Iatrs M.r H:ellet wrll a~sume no 1e sponSJbthty m vol vmg htm m any r e!ationship With tbe unsettled aftans of the office He wrllreeo1ve and recetpt lor all moneys patd 111 and will pay all city OH!els p1esented as far as his funds wtll adrntt It \\Ill 1eqmre some tune, necessarily to stuughten out matters 111 the office but meanwhrle he \Ill keep thts part of the mty govm nment m motion J\1:1 Keller has appointed as Deputy Treasm er Jlir M C Zunmetman a thoroughly competent man, who bas already h ttl two H trs exper 1ence anti JIIr Chas ~mtth tlle pre•ent m eumbent as hook keepet NEw YORK & llloNONUAHELA t;oAL co ELECTioN -rhe annual election of the New York & M.onongahe' 4 Coal Company was held yester<lay afternoon at the office No 509 .Mam Street, and the followmg gentlemen were elected d!Jectors for the ensumg year Joseph L Haberstro John Howell John Schusler John Stellwsgen John P Einsfeld John B Schlund Jleney L French Harvey L B1ssel1 J Cohen John G Langer F X Kattenbach H!l'am A Lewis Charles Gerber FALSE ALARM -The alarm of lire sounded fl:\lJll box 81, at half past seven o'clock last even~, was caused oy the burnmg of a plle ot straw m the ~ear of the house No 1378 Nt agarllo street The. straw cau~ht fire lrQJII the IIP'\I.'ks of a iocomotl ve on the N 1: C & H. B.. and altqough the their serv Cl1 \ CLI< RK ThA next bu• ness 111 01 le1 wa the electton of City Clerk Hts salm y w '\ fir•t tixe I at $2,000, and a ballot wa tilen t •l<cn w th the followmg tesult RDFord I Walter C Wmohtp 11 .M.r Wmshrp had lleen the •late man but the1e was a maJonty lor hts opponent am! Rensselam D F otd, Democrat w a• declared elected 5AL~IIIE8 Aid hrmon\ oJ!ered a tesolutwn ptOVJdmg that the salaues of othm officers to be ap pomled by the C01nmon Conner! ue fixed the rune as last year The resolution was a<lopted BUILDING COI'IIMISSIONEI~ On motwn ol Aid Keenan the Connell next pl\oceeded to the e!eetton of a Commlllstoner of Public Building., Aldermen S1mons and Van Allen offictatmg as tellers The 1esult was us lollows Wilham Hennch :Samuel M Pooley __ -···------ The Chan declared J\ir Hennch elected 1\IARKEr CLERK 15 14 <luiv A ballot 101 Ulerk of the Market~ wa. thell had with the followmg result John Mahoney --:::::::::::14 John K Wolle_ .• 12 Mr John :Mahone~, Democrat 11 a• acwrd mgly dedat ed erecwd CITY 8E.ALE.IIS Aid Weber Wl<t! anxious to sp<:ak conet:rn tng the sealers, but was called to order A ballot was then tuken for three 8ealers of We1ghts and llfeasures and the followmg was the vote I Wm FerrlF.I 24 Geo N Brown 15 Peter Funk 15 Joseph Gastel 11 Wilham A Doblnson II Wm Henr ch 1 Jacob Stanch 1 . MeHRr~ Joe) 11s Brown and 1: unk wen:~ declat e l elected POUNI> KEEPEH~ A I a.llot wa:s then taken fo1 1 o-und J{ecl et ami AHst,tant J o m l l\eeper re~ultmg '' fol lo' /\t l Keep(:' Auth ny Cauahfield 13 t has Gale 12 Io a ~ John K ss nn Messrs <.:aughfiel I ant! Ius•mget cltred elected I ARI I(EEPlf:RS A b Lllot \'\'then taken fm kecpeto ol lh v 1 u:-. I a1 k 1csultmg ai; follows L(J rt Hou:.e 1 t1 k I I hi I Murphy 14 N cholas Br ck 1 lol sot.. Pa k A d \\ l\Ialoney Heacocl Park Jacob .F shcr 1 Uharles Cro ker f 'Yo II S t1 eet B t wl (:J round John Batch H Von ad 1 unk 1 I hose bavmg the highest numbe1 of vote» w~1 led \d luly clectc I CIIY HEX10N A ballot \\a,; then taken 101 ( 1ty 1-icxton 1 e tltmg ao followo 1' anc sJ Kmf j.., J oh M ~ ogarty 1° \ II Neal 1 1 otal \6 1 bCie bem~ no chmce another 1 allot wa• I •lien whtch 1e~mte\l ao follows Francis J Kraft 14 J obn M li ogarty 5 A S BemiS \' A ll Neal I Jacob Bensmgcr I Do aid Bam 2 rotal \6 lilt l\t aft wa\ declared duly elected On motwn ot Ald. Hanavan a- comm1ttce of two co J•rstm~ ot Aid Srmp,on and l'fml wa• appo nted to wait upon tbc ll1ayor and m orm htm that the Counctl was ready to heat :m) lOmmnmcattoill he may ha\e to make rill' oFFICIAL 1 Al ER \I 1 tell b p<e•cntc I the followm, teMulu t ton and moved 1 to adoptiOn Resolve l That he B tlfalo CrJ n ~c c al A l ef\ lt,sr. lJe and hereby IS designated as the official paf!!!r of tl o ctty for the cnsumg yea m which shall be 1 ubllshcd all ordmary notices and other matter rc lU red by law and the ordmances of sa d c ty to be pub! sl ed for wh1ch publlcatwn there shall be allowed t;;atd paper an am01. nt not exceed ng one h 1lf the ratcl'! I o ;ved by 1a\ for the r ul heat on of legal notlces Aid Amlt o\e off ere 1 a substrtute leotgnat- m., TnM t OURIER as tbc otlictal papel Lo>t Aye 10 uoes 14 A motwn by All Van Allen that action ur defe11e! fm one week was table I md a mo tion to adJOUIIl was lost I be tc•olu!ton ol Aid ~ Clll' Ayes 1 noe; II f!IO>I1HE MA\ Jl '!lie Comm<tteo apJ om ted to watt upon .M.:ayo1 Bed cr 1 eturned Unngrng hts me~\'agc A!d Ambto•e moved that the readmg ol the mco\age be dtspensed wrth mtl that 500 copies be orde1e I punted Aid t erus mo~e! as an amendment that tl!e message be rea I <.: uue I I be Cle!k proceeded wtth the Ie:Hhug unttl a motwn l y Aid Auchmvolo that tnc fm thm teadtng lJe lhspensed wtttt was carrte I fhe ( ot n 11 tuok a 1eccss until two o Jock l' l\1 Ar1ERNOON SEl5810::-l At the appomted hom fot te assemblmg all the Aldermen wetc on hand and also a btg crowd of •paetators who filled the lobby to ovm flowing so that the se1 v1ces of two or thi ee policemen \W e1 e foun t necessary to pre •cno otdc at the entrances • There \Vas swea on the lw\\\ of some of the ctty fathers md l lou I tn the1r ye> 1 ut the late wa• qellle'' IJ!y In oken MORE ABOUI Pl<INliNG Alu Wh1te offmed a resolutwn a lowmg :0;1 000 to the Sunday NcW8 for the pubhcatwn of t synopsis of the prococdmgs Aid l'erns movQIJ a~ an amendment th •t the B ttlalo Eve:tung Po~t be substttuted All Amb ose Sal I that 111 reference to tbJS exit a pnntm!J: t)le Counctl took the stand a ye r ago to o tve tho :>I 000, and 1t seemed to hrm that the 1 actiOn ha l been approveu by the peopt He hoped the Council would take the same hboral v1cw th1s vea1 He moved as ' lltrtber amendment that the whole sul~e t maLlet be teferred to tbRCommtttce on I' mance when appomted Aid i:ltmons msmuatetl that the $1 000 w s saved ll\t yea1 because the othel srtle ha 1 no 1 tpei but he thought a!tct all 1t would be a ~oou thm1!; 11 lbe money could be saved to the tax payet:-; and he was m tavoi of the p101 osc l retenmce Aid Wehet con•hiCJc I that the Aldermen ou,ht to fa >e the rnustc at once anti say whether the Past or tile l:iunday New~ Rhoulcl b we the $1 000 He made t plea Ill uehalf ol tile last name 1 JOUlllal The amendment to 1 elcr to the I< mar cc Com mittce when appomted wa' C!\flled Ayes noCE~v 'I HE GERMAN PAPERo Aid Weber ollered a resolutiOn prov](bng th 1t the }11 ete P1 esse and Republ~kane1 I e destgn 1tot! to puhli\ll such ot!icml matter as ts of mterest to the Germ m tax pavers, each 1 apet to JeceJvc $1 -~0 payaole quarteTly Aid Ambrose saul the other s1de owed therr v ct01y to the German people and be thought none ol the 1 eader ~ ol that class should be tgnor mt. He offer cd a substriute desrgnatmg all the German dathes-the I!'rete Presse Dc1dok1 at Republtkanc? and Volks(? eund each to 1 ecer ve $6 \ lor the year All Webet Ral! the laot speaket had 1e I eatedly told him that to the vrotor s belong the spoils ' His side had h11.cf a victory at the polls out to- lay he w L~ soit y to say they had been cheated out of 1t Aid ntmons moved as m amendment th11t the whole matter be refeiTed to the Conumttee ou F wance when appomted The amendment wa• earned Ayes 18 noes!< l'IIES:SENGER Aid Ferns otreted a tesolutwn destgnatmg J Charles Greztnget as messenger of the Couo- ct! for the enswng year Aid Ambrose presented a substitute, destgn atmg Fredenck Bendel The substitute was tdopted Ayes 15 noes 11 NO CHANGE Ald Aunhmvole offered a resolution desu1:n atmg Edwald Wrtt a\ Jamtor of the south end of the ctty butldmgs dunng such ttme as they are ocenp1ed Aid Batn moved a.ts an amendment the name of John Berg]]\Jud Aiel Hul)avan thought tt hardly worth whlle to make a change, tn conSideration of tbe •hort time the old buildings would be occupted He moved to lay the matter on the table Lost A vote on tbe amendment resulted 111 a tre, anJ the Chair declared it lost A vote on the ol\lglllal motum also resulted m I3 to li/, ami the ~ decliued the resolu- 1 tion lo•t. As the matter now stands, there IS COI18(lquently no chang~!_ lUitiiOit MASTER~! Aid hm•p•on offeted a Je•oluhon tnf.( namuel Eldudge Hawley Klem Connell as Ha1b01 Jllastei ~ iesig'nat and Jahn The resolution wa::; adopted bv ~damat10n OTHl<R APPOINTliiENTS Aid Benzmger offered a resolution desrg natmg Jacob Piing as por•er for the Clmtun Street Market Aid Ambrose otteted a •nbstrtute des1gnat mg Anthony Bruso The substttute was adopted-ayes la noes 10 By resolutton• offered by Ald Whtte and adopted Wilham Rmg, Ma1 tm Bahan and Patnck Doyle wet e appomted bndge tender~ lot tbe Mwhtgan stteet bndge and Edward I oomey portet and John Gtbson assistant por te1 fo1 the Elk t;treet .Market aml Patn<:k M lhouey and Patnck Kennetlj lmdge tPndet s 101 the Ohto 'tt eet bn lge and rendered the oceaslon a Very pleasant fu~lli <>t y of a <lepat'tmg yeru B JOE B(}RK. The Defaulting Trt>asurer Still the Talk ofthe Town. A Ltttle l1ght from the Offtce . Treasurer's Mr Bork Expecled in the City YeRte:r- day But Failed to Come-He is Inter• vie\W'ed a't Clifton by a VoDJ.JD.:..t:t:ee of H•s Bondsmen-What He Has to THE LOVER OF GOOD LIVING Will Bear Testimony to the Fact that The OCEAN HOUSE Is the Finest Restaurant West of New York. AT 'I'JllS Tilii!E THE PROPRIE fOR IS MAKING OYSTERS A SPECIALTY I By t re•olutwn o!iered l y All! Bam Heruy ~tewa1 twas appomted r 01 tet and John Wan !er a••tHtant porte1 tor tbe W a•hmgton J\iar ket By a tcsolutwn offered by Aid l:lmrth Phthp N I hecker was ppomte I porter fo1 the north end ot the Ctty Bmldmgs SaY to The111-Arrest of Mr Business Partners Bork's THESE INCLUDE rHE SADDLE ROCKS THE MILL PONDS THE EAST RIVERS THE MORRIS RIVER AND THE COVES AND ARE RECEVIVED Aid ~cal oft ere I a resolutiOn lestgnatmg Wm I ~lcConnell a Insp< tor I Dtetlgmg f 1 the cusmng yc 1 AI! Auchmvole move I that the Jesolutwn I c teleuctl to the Commtttee on liman<c when a1 pomted Lost Aves 11 noes 15 The 1 eso utwn \as amen !etl so as to make Ute ::iUJ enntun lent • pay 52 dO pel day for set vtecs tell tlly 1 cl fot med an I 1t w ts then 'lopte 1 Ahl :-.1 cal ofteted a resolutwn aJ pomtmg l'atn k 0 Connellmght watchman ol the mty bml! U!(o '!> All Lothll lge ollCJe! < •uhstttute dco gna t n~ ~It 1< on:t m c fo1 the position Adopted AIl Ba n oflered a rcsolutwn t!eongnatmg Jolm 1 etC! IS a!'j Cit~ Dcav~.:nec Al 1 1 cuts m vc I to amen I 1 v t[ 1 mntmc llemy llloxlcs 1 he amend ut w t ,t an I tbc Oll 0 lllal e~-;ol u t on ado pte l \ld Bam lle>ente I u reoolutwn at I omtm., Gc01 ge Cottle; Inspector ol Otis AI I Bakel moved to amend by oul stttutmb Lbe name ot W Jlllam l:lhearer 1 he amendment wa loHt and the Jesolutwn w ts then adopted On motiOn ol Aid Bakel the Co mc1 I ljotune 1 IHE POLICE COUKI UompJete Report of tbe BnliJnes\ Done 111 tile Pohce Court for the Year End'1.DI:' Decem.ber 31st, 1875 Clerk J tmeo J< Htll yesterday a1ternoon u1Jm1lted lo the i:lU! crmtem!ent of I olJeo the tollo\ tn~ carefully !lepaied •tatement of tbe l uome s done m the Pollee Court Thoma• \ Km~ l'ol ce J lohce Jot the l cal 18 Iota! an read and wr te 1:1nnot read and wr tc Total 1\la t.!~ ~emales Total Cude la yea s of age l rom 15 to 21 years fi'rom 1 to \5 .) ears ~rom 25 to lO years li rom 30 to 40 y ars I rom 40 to 50 years f< rom 50 to 60. ye~ 'S Jv HO Jcaro r tal WAR! ANTS Number of warrants 1ss cd dunng the year 1 247 201i J4o8 Number of warrants returned ·--·---··-· Nom ber of warran :.s not returned ~ tmbet of acqUittals and dtscharges ~ Af:'\ES SENT TO H GHEU COUJn f:l - RAR EEl Total 'l he total numbet ol case& disposed ot duung the past yeat was 2 6~6 :I'HE ORPHANS AG~IN. A llandso111e Donation tavla fro111 Ba• ~on oR~ Bu~FALO CouRIER It !SA/good thmg to be an orphan now a lays rema1ked a ftwnd lately and sutely theJe never was a time when so much was done for these forlorn little ones as at present The chtldren of St James Sunday School, Batavia this Winter demded to go Without tben usual Chnstrnas gtlts that they mtght be be\towed on the ch1ldren of the Church Home 111 thts mty, and on last Wednesday there ar r1ved, by exptes~, a. latge box well filled wtth all the r eqmSites of a Chnstrnas tree and more substantial donatiOns of Jlannel towels etc for the mmates m general On New Year\ eve the d1strtbutwn ol g1fts took place 111 the presence of a number of the fuends and patrons of thP. Home The Cht'lst- mas ttee bote a burden of tovs and holiday books and games, and a table was heaped w1th the remauung contents of the nchly stored Chtlstrnas box After all these bad been distubuted, the matron, asSistant and teacher were each presenwd With a handsome volume, &c, &c, &c ~lr Joseph Bulk the de!aultmg treasurer and hiS atrans contmued to be the talk of the u1ty ycstetday an I the 1 tobah1hty of hls re tum dunng the day was duly canvassed The several trams I rom the Falls we1e watched by mteteot d pattJes wtth a good deal ol eagerness an ! there can be htt!e doubt but the commun ty at l:n ge would be very glad to see Mr BOik back 11 only that he m1ght help to rescue the affaus of the CJty and h1s credttors gener ally ft om a confuswn w htch seems confonmled enough lllE AMOUN~ 01 !HE Dl!:fiCll ba\ m,., I een apJ!OXJmately ascertamed ao a fraction le>1S than $oa0 000 th81e a1e hundreds of JUCsttmrs temammg to be answeted m te fmence to llH.i I Cal estate Ousu c~s brs methodr~ of r t) mg taxes lot parttes who h~nded then money mto the oncem of whwh Lyon B01k Co '\etc the pi O{netor s and the var Ions Ill terests w1th whwh he had Identified htmselt m one way or another Most o1 these (1uestions he .could a us wet better than anyone else-m deed nobody else could answer them J\1:1 Boxk 1 connected wrth one PROFI!ABLE CONCERN tt lea•t and we announce the fact lor the sat- IS!act!On of hrs creditors One ot the enter 1 nsmg and prosperous plamng mills of the (!ltV IS that Of KLAUS SCHWARTZ & CO whJCb 1> sttuatetl on the em ncr ol Wtlham and Bork street• lilt Bork 1s the Co \ and uas undoubtedly been 1t\ finanCial manager Most of the houses bmlt by lllr Bork and oth pr~ op~r •tmg m the East Buffalo real estate were bmlt by the firm named and we learn that now they ate the owners ot one very 1m portant contract loi government wmk mclud mg the umlding of !tic boats Yes•erday aftet a h tHty m ven tory they estimated the tirm to be worth $60 000 ovel theu ltabiht e• We do not know the preCise extent ol Mr Bork s mterest hut presume tt to be a thJtd wh ch would render hts assets m thts quarter avatlaLie lor $20 000 'll\'E RESOURCEt:i OF THE C!'l Y whtch IOI the 1 ast foyt years have been prac ltcally l\11 Botk\ resources are as follows fhc amount ratsed by e:cncral City tax, by lo cal assessments and by moneys reeerved from \anousother sourc~s-the rates collected by the Water Cornmt•sJoneL• the money collect ell by the Ma:~ 01 lot hcenses moneys ootamed I y the sale o! ct ty bonds 101 the varrous funds uch as those of the Pru k the Wate1 Works ~xtens10u tile C1ty .and County Hall Build mg the tax loan fund etc moneys collected I y the Market Clerk moneys recerved on old taxes alld tax scrtp etc When all these re omce• orne mto the Trea,ury they become consolidated lund an~l when the <tuestiOn IS asked unon WHA'l FUND I ll\h Bork dtaw, the answer rs that he drew upon the consolidated cash resources of the fteasuty The vanous funds are all nght on the books, but m place of the cash on hand wbtch shoull have been for thcommg wrth 1 eferet ce to them there are substrtnted l\it Joseph Botk s checks on Lyou & Co as already tc:;cJ bed and such other memoranda as he uw fit to cal! cash In conversatiOn ves ter da v \\ tth l\1t Gordon Batie y Ia te DEPUTY TREA!SU&ER and the book keeper !ear ned that the Chas i:lmttb CASH HECEIPIS wo o! the tre ~~uty duung Mr Bork's two term~ of four years ending on the 1st 1nst we1e nver twelve mtiiiOn dollatR 01 to I e more pectfie $1Q 11U 106 74 fHE AMOUN1 lAID OUI ip to the 1ulh ol December was $11 366 823 10 too much money for one man to handle unless he 1s reasona!Jiy honest ::; nee the d~tte named all the lndeutedness ol the crty commg due at the close of the yeat has been pard-we hope Mr l:lotk wtll cxplam when he comes home 1 10bably 01 some one 1n hts confidence may lor him JUSt how 1t comes that the ctty can •fford to have lvmg a10und loo>e, sueh a t-iUrplus as would allow a Treasuret a rna gin of $3o0 000 on whtch to dtsport himself !liE BONDSMEN 8 COMMI'ITEE ANI> MR BORK At a meetmg ol lllr Bor k s bondsmen held\ on Fuday last as 1revwus!y repm ted m our colmnns a committee was appmnted to 1nves ligate the sttuatiOu 1: esterday this commrt tee pa1d a vrstt to the abscondmg Treasurer whom they met at Clifton and w1th whom the;j held a lengthy conversatiOn 1\lessrs Charles E Young .A:ugw.t Hager \lexander J\iartm and Jacob Davts proceeded to Clifton by the mne o clock tram ou the Cen ttal yesterday lllormng The fitth member J\lr Box had JOtned J\1r Bork at 8t Cathat mes the previous cvemng The entne patty that ts of the comtmttee returned by the 7 vO tram last evemng 1\lH YOUNG • the chauman ot thts committee of bontls men and to htm the repGr ter s made appl!ca- twn for further startlmg developments but the commtttec as Jepreoented by tts spokesman was mclmed to be retrcent and VCIY httle not tlready made publte was cltmted The obJect ol the vrstt as otated by llfr Young, was to mtervrew the fugthve Joseph With regard to his atlmrs generally-to obtam a complete knowledge of the &tuatron, a11d pa1 tlculru:ly as to the amount and condit1on of his defictt Allio to asce1 tam hi• views m regard to his RETURNING TO BUFFALO and h1s oprmon as to what he coulu do toward teahzmg upon hts propelty il per mttted to asSist m closmg 1t ont They cJ< pected to meet Bork at eleven o clock but were obliged to wa1t untrl one when he anved from St Cathannes m cornpao:y With Mr Box rhcy met at the Wmdsor House and the con ver•at10n whrch ensued ocoupted about tour hours Joe was EVIDENTLY IN HNE FEArHER, lookmg well physiCally and cheerfully dts- posed Retuement and the fresh Ca11ada au have seemmgly bad a good effect m recunerat- rng h1rn The lengthy conversatiOn above al Iuded to, was, we a1e mtormed, largely of a genmal characte!, each of the VISitors havmg any number of questions to put that were prompted by curtol!ltY or mdindual mterest Now and then, however, the gift of the Assocrate Board, and to this THE INTERVIEW pleasant surpmc was IOlmediately added an was brought down to square busmess, but what other, as Dr Lothrop, on behalf of the Board I the real prospect of thi!i buSiness talk was '\ presented the ¥ener-.<ble Chaplam of the Home J exactly what the committee do not yet c-are to w1th a purse contammg something over fifty d1vulge Bork was oceaswnally mchned to ex qollars The bigliest good humor prevlliled, hili1t some temper, and to md,ulge m ntuper&- FRESH FROM THE BEDS DAILY. ALL OUR OYSTERS ARE OPENED FRO!Il TilE SIIELL PLA.L\' STEW 25 CEN'rs :MILK STEW 30 CENTS SADDLE !lOCK ROAf3TS l<RIES BHOILS AND 8'1'YI\ S OCEAN OYSTER HOUSE. 11 I() 11 Welil swan st., Lion but Ill thiS the commtttee were not m ehned to encourage b1m an I he was hccked With the suggest ton that the v \ c met ns uu•mess men 10 IALK AND ACI BUtilNl He srgmfied his enttre wtlltngue , to cm w U t..ck to the ctty Ln l we a c gtveu tlw a:-~ Ul :mce tilat he \\Ill Ielmn mthet to lay 01 to mouow Indeed we ate toll he mlcn led to 1etuu yc te1day l ut the IItCl \ilCW la~tcd ncar ly unttl the clo c ol the day and he then d~c1 I cd to watt He expteosed the posill\e 1 cit I that 1f he wete allowed to devote h1 a.ttc1 uon to the assrstance of the ass1gnccs o Council Commrttee m clostng UJ hl& allan s lH cou 1 I WITHIN NINJ 1 Y ])A'\ sattsly the commumty that hts 1e II and per sonal propel ty 1s amply 8llffic ent to cover all hts mdebtedness to the Ctty He (h I not ex pect to eocape the penalties of hts m •con ~. bts only desue t e1ng to t-i tvc In h tend~ tro\dt bemg mvolvcd m hts own IU!ll The amount of hts dcfalcatwn he st •ted was II om $3~0 000 to $360 000 Hts estate he c•t mated as woo th II om $3u0 000 to :>aOO 000 At the conclusion of the mterv ew l\h Bo k 1 etmned to l';t Catharme' The bon lsmen wtll meet to morrow evenmg lot the JJUrpo~e ol hearing the comm ttec • 1epott at lllaske s Hotel on l\lohawk •lleet whet e then future tegular meetmgs Will be held 'I hey ptomrse that a' h st as delimtc mtormatwn con~eramg JIIr Bork s aftans IS lcvelot ed tt shall I e g1vrn to the public ARRFST OF MR I OHK o PAHrNEI<o Y csterday mot mng l:lhcrtft W ebet at the mstance ot Thomas Clatk Esq Jo>ued and served o1de1s o! aflest upoa J\iessrs James ~ L ven John M-cM.anuo and Byt on H Wescott the I rutners ol the defaultmg Crty Treasure! for wttbhold ng and mtapptopna tmg fun !s patd by lilt <.:lark 101 ctty taxes Hubsequently the three gentleman name l appeared before th<' ~bert !I 'olunt Lttly and were ..Umttted to l a I m the sum of $2 000 cacb The 1 ondsrnen ol lllr Ly'i!H are Geo f.(e W Smtth 111 ! Wtlham Do ls\\orth ol Mr ll1cMauus Davrd I< Day and J J! Dcrna1est nul tllo•e of Ml Wcs ott Mo,es Smith and Stevenson Hume Lake and Canal Navigation fhc exttaordmny weathet ot the pa't week 01 two has oper erl navigatiOn ratbei premn tu1ely and cau>ed events to tran~pue that are wtth one except on-when navrgat10n wa OJ en tile entuc yeat-unr recetlented fhere 1s not a particle of tcc m the bav cteek canal or tnbutaty streams and the ptospe ts seem good for a mtld wmtet-11 \c have any : l'f1tbm sovCJal days three loads ot wheat have oecn shipped by canal to Lock! 01 t aff01d In!( employment tOI tbe tug Double Exhau't the only ~mall tug !llt ommrsswu at present hecently l\11 GeOige J:i rellls an l two othe1 A>htabula 0 par tiC• pUichased homllles•r Thomas and li:rlwatd Mal them the tug J ( Ingla» YestCJda} morn ngthenew owners got steam up and al out eleven<> clock lett port [OI home The tug whistle l a partmg salute, whiCh was reopen de l to by the lrttle .Jfkcf. a\t-tst and also trowds of people who ehe~Wecf'voctfcr ously 0BII UAIU -A notiCe ll a! othc1 COlUlllll an nounces tbe death at I as• Chi stmn J\lisoto SJppt on the lst mot ot ~11 Jay Hyttt a well known lawyer of tbts CJt} It •eems that he went south some ttme ago m search of health he havmg been au mva!t ! fm even or e ght months past Ht• Wife was wtbh h m at the time of his deatb J\It Hyatt was auout 101 t) yearl'i of age :.nul came hither from I cnn Yan about fifteen l ears a.,o He was admttted to the bar here and for a ttmc was a clerk m the ot!ice of J ~ 1 azet & <.:o patent att01 neys Hts attentwn bemg thus tmned to patent law he ente1ed mto a partnershtp w1th the late J\Ir I< 01 hush and the firm o1 F 01 bush & Hyatt was vmy successful rn that ltne ot law busme:ss About two yeats ago J\1:1 Hyatt became the partner ot E C Spta,ue a conncct101 whtch w ts oontmue ! fm 11Jout a year Jill Hyat was a man of gteat acquuemento ami ao1ltty ln hts chosen department and was m cverv rt opect au tnol trus1ve tnd e~l nahJe e-ha a ter A 1! A1AL DRINK -Between five md s1x o clock last evamng John Becker and <.:harle, .Bill\ two laborer~ emplore ! at the malt-house of L L Crocker an Spnng •treet went mto a bru-n attached to the pt em oes »!tet a Junk of w h1sky They had two bottleo htdelen Ill the barn one hemg filled With whtsky and the other With fusrl oil and by mtstake they dtanl a liberal amount ol the latteJ About seven o clock the loreman of the eottLhhshment foun I Becker dead 1ll the malt-house aml shot tly afterwards Bllls was lound m a nea Jy defunct condition Becker \\ \\ taken to his home No 690 Jllruhson stteet and Coronet Almendmge1 was notified The <iecea•ed lea \OS a wtfe and o!X children who wme dependent upon htm for support Brlls was 1 emoved to h s home No M Orange at1eet, anJ pi OJ e1ly ca1ed for i:lPECIAL .illEEHNG 0~ Til> lliE~BY1ERY OF BUFF AI 0 -Apphcatwn haVll!g been made m accordunce I With F 01 m of Government chaptel X sectron X notiCe 1s hereby g ven that a specral meetmg of the l'rcsbytery of Buffalo will be held 111 the Westmmster Church Buffalo on Tuesday the 18th day of January mst , a~ 3 o'clock P .ill. to I Take actiOn on the apphcatwn of Rev Isaac Riley to be recetved mto tbe l'te,iJytery from the Class!Jl of New York II To take actwn on the <:all ofWestmmster Church upon Rev lHaac Riley to be therr pastor III If the way shall be prepamtl to mstall hun as pastor over satd ehur eh A L BENTON, Moderator FREDONIA N Y Jan 1st 1876 S tJ WORDEN rhmsday mght offender an l hal!' Pusou 1 he PI L'oner tS an old l'!i r ve l ae term In State lNHTALLATION Of ODD FELLOWS -At [t regnlat meetm., ot N tagar a I odge No 25 I held la•t evemug the lollowmg oJII ero were mstallcd for the \n•mng term by D D ( .ill J\Ic~cht an and 1 t mt• N <• -Uhas N Woodwr.r l J. G -John lYI La g I S .;....ebas < ehnn/( I 8 -JameM S Irw '1 J01::;eph W Best W-Geo A l\h ll p ( LCW!S (. w !ICQX R ,; N. G - W c!hngtvn Sm th L S N G-Wm Burk .R IS l fT -BenJ H Uppe1 I S I (J - -- } ~rguson R S S -Isaac S Mcllob rt I S S John Dn er T. G -chas Demnnng 0 G -Fred B1ddlecome Chap -Geo A Moo c \' P. G -Ja<Y b H Burehly ':IT stee~ -Brigham B Clark Chas Lankier H D l arwell hu ROVINU -At noon ye•terday the condrtr on ol J:<me Kelly shot by the man Glassmann l:la~urday mght was greatly Improved In fact a br othm of the wounded man stated to a reJie•entatrve of thlll p 1pe1 that Jamea left hts bed hunday mght and yesterday mormng ex- pre~s~d a wt•h to go out hut of course was not pe1 mit ted to do so It tB saul the chances for ht• ult mate recovery-are m h1s f.avot 1876. • Evening Republic, A Bail} FOR 86 00 PER ANNUli. W c neg to annouucethat we- wtll LBB w the first num ber of the EVENING REPUBLIC, ly (EVENING COURIER AND REPUBLIC) Monday January 3d at the rate of $5 00 PER ANNUM. 01 4i! Ceutl! per Montll, delivered to any par of the C t) or by mail {postage pre x:;rod ) to any post office m the Umted lltates 01 Canadas Cen:ts. fl EVENING REPUBLIC will eontam the leadmg EDITORIAL and LOCAL MATTER pqb I shed n rHE BAILY COURIER, together w th the LATEST LO(AL REPORTR AND TELE GRAPlllC News from All Pal'ts of the World to the hour of :pub heat 01 7 he extremely low prwe at wbtcb. the REPUBLIC 1s offered wlll be an mduce ment to those who ean not afford to pay a larger sum Spec1al Inducements to Advertisers Advert smg rate• made known at tbe Counting Room ~ IIE COURIER CO SO GLAD! NewYearsPresents 'IOYS, BRONZES, FANCY COODS, Regardless of Cos-t. 1\.dam, Meldrum & Anderson~ AMERICAN BLOCK 396, 398 and 400 Mam street. OUR Holiday Goods! NO\W OPEN. Chotce and BeautifUl Articles Each Department. EARLY SELE01 IONS THE BE~T. FLINT & KEl\TT, 261 M&m Street. LUMBER.
