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HIS OWN DESTROYER. Shocking Suicide of a Young Bo hemian Cigar Maker. ix l.oyi: and orr of work. Prokop Muzik's Reasons for Blowing Out His Brains. A young Bohemian oigur maker, Prokop Muzik by Came, finding himself out of work, ami disappoint."! in his expectations, placed the muzzle of ? loaded thotgun to Ins head early yesterday morning aild blew out hia brains. The young man came to this country three years ago, iu the expectation that he woulil make a rapid fortune iu the pursuit of his trade, that of a machinist. If.. was well educated, and his parents are well-to-do people in the old country. At home he was provided w ith everything that one of his i lass and station could desire. He was sent to a neighboring college with Hie intention of advancing his education sufficiently that ho might lcaru the profession of a civil engineer. His youthful mind, however, had become possessed of other ambitions. At the age of eighteen he fled from school, dreading an impending draft, and went to Vicuna, where he learned the trade of ? machinist. Ho had been informed that there was abundance of employment and a high ruto of wages tor that sort of skilled labor in this Country. and it was this information which at first Induced him to turn his attention to that particular line of business. When he considered that he hail ?efficiently mastered the mysteries of his craft, he took passage for America, and landed in this city full of ambitious prospects and sanguine expectations. To his infinite disappointment h" soon discovered that his talents were not at a premium, and that his mechanical pretensions were not songbt after or appreciated. He found uncertain employment and a precarious remunera tion in an eust side shop a few months 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 ent. He left the machine shop, and his friends lost light of him for a considerable time. it 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. Kleeka interested himself in pro curing Muzik work in a cigar factory in Ninth avenue, where lie was employed as buneher. He seemed to be contented with his position, and more ?o with the advances lie was making in the esteem arid 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. rOSTCNK's HKVTB8U8. Matters, however, went from bad to worse with Muzik until he found himself discharged from the Cigar factory and with 110 prospect of work before aim. This state of affairs continued until eight da) a ago, when he suddenly made up his mind to seek another boarding house, as he had concluded that his hospitable friends, the Kleekas, 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 Hud, at No. U2 lt'dgo street. He in ad. vigorous efforts to Bud work, but was rep. abdly disappointed. Tues day was the birth day of Mr. Klaeka's brother, ?nd Muzik called upon him and presented him with his photograph. In tho evening he called to see an old friend named l'rank Stranad, but the latter was not at home. Muzik return."1 to his lodgings, a.l wss shortly after joined by Stranad. who hud called, having learned that Muzik was hi search of him. They remained in social conversation for some time, when Muzik presented his friend with a pencil, penholder and umbrella. The young men then left th.- house and separated on the sidewalk. Muzik proceeded to the house of his ? weet'ieart, and, having spoken a few friendly words, bade the family good night and took his departure home. ?cirnnc. Arrived in his room, be loaded a shotgun, which he ?ad borrowed trnm 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 gnu into his head. A rilAJtoK FOB THK BKTXKR. At last he reappeared around bis old haunts very mnch improved in appearance. He was dressed neatly, uml hud regained his original hopeful disposi tion. He had plenty of money, which he freely spent among bis ohltime shopniates. He said he had received a large remittance from home au<l that he was going to travel, to sec more of the United States be fore he returned to his Fatherland. With this oaten sihle object in vie w tie provided himself with a travel ling certificate froiu Yankxi/ka Lodge, No. 131, of the ortlcr of Odd Fellow-, of whic h he was a member. H>- thereupon set out upon his travels and visited the h ading cities, spending a sufficient time en each to li ake the acqu tlntanoc ot his countrymen, and re reive from Uidn a royal ?> nd olT to his next point on the route ot 1 .is "ravels. In this wny he found his j"UH;ev!ng agr< able and economic, aud had a good tn ic i it while it la-ted. out or rtrsi.s. '.i ins return trip hi aojonrned for a while in Fhil a le lphia. where he w as received as a guest and treated a- waiting brother !>v Walbatta Loelge, Paul Ke lltaltli r Loelgf and Harmony Lodge. His rounel of junketing last' 1 six months i ud he found himself in Sew York again u tew mouths ago, p waeased of a great ileal of experieticc and topographical knowledge but pr-eious little money. Iii thi unpleasant e mergancy he found it necessary to go to work for a living. His old trade was a drug In tin market, anil it was useless for hini tn try to gain employment in that direction. There was a man, however, an old ai^uaintane'e of his. who ha I befriended him on other occ asions of Bua-ie lal embarrassment, lie bad boarded with this I aid and to that hospitable r of he bent Ids foot ps. Tiie family gr<" ted bine with a ronn I of hand shaking. and In was had' to make the house his home, ind in doing so to study his own convenience, not iheirs. They were a ve*j worthy and thrifty family >i Bohemians and they were ??inpl< yd in the manu '.icfur" of Cigar*. They consist**! of husband ami ante Mr. and Mrs. W eti/el Kh cka. two young l?ut I r wn up daughters aud Mrs. Kleeka's mother. 1 In i Ide-t daughter. Mary, in a bright- ved brunette, kbwut nineteen years "1 ag". a victim ro orpin's wius. At a quarter-past eleven P. M. th- people living in the neighborhood In ard the r port, but paid no par te itlur attention t t. as an adjoining baker was in tie habit of dim ting at thi w hich infest his backyard. Tin bisly remained in the position where it tell until flv o . lock ystcrdajr m ruing, when "ue of the lodgers, Otto Kemp, as he was pie pn.ing to go to work saw tie lifeless remains weltering in a pool of blood, ffffli-er (ienryt of the Thirteenth premiet, was summoned, an ! the body was removed to an nnae-rtak' r's shop in Third atn "t. for out 1.dinger was not tied, and his depnty, l>r. Ool'i e hmidt. nisoe an autopsy and granted s burial permit. i'he tio iy will b? interred by the nmian l . do* ise 1 s 1 i!?i . v to -? i iHiiv ri.n map's oorntamt. T'pon bis je r- oi were found two letters. On-' was In his own handwriting. In his native language. it stated that be Is lotiged to a wealthy family. Wli'-n he left home hi had no 11? . ?sit> to se-ck his fortune iii this i untri, it tiu 1 been in fonned, however, that it w-xs eaay to make money hire ati I In . th- r-f r< , rati away from , his parents, desiring to in iitei- p"tulent and to return wheci ho would hav' trued a fortuni in his new field j Ot labor* AlPr ie arum his ti ad< in Yi> una, tin ? ledti r went on to say, h" stile i for tlits eitv, tied tlie ii follow1 a recital of hi- strug *b-S alllt his ill- .J?}!?'? I:tI ts. '"I 1 ardi-'l with Mr. K! klv" li< st*t- f or . aii'tinc. ?ndfe!l in love w til hi- Isugl f. i Mle is beautiful and virtuous, and my so'.e trmitile i* tbat 1 am t"" poor t" nrnka bor my who. Id- pair f ever tieing abl? to support her in lie manner I should Tik> my wile to lie treated and n- *h? h serves. lint this will end all 1 d'siri' this letter t" l?- publish'-! in full In the iftfntrfr bitty ;a BuhetnUu pap'-r in tbts city i. lint not to send wofd of my fate t" my parents. My fatbefls old, and tlm in w* woul'l ieiil him. I r? .|nes'that mylxsly he burled by th< '*111 Hows of B] lodge, and that Ih-y bury tie dercntly. \* ? i.e. and dying wish I feejue .f 11inf Mis- -- , he-r father ami tsuiily follow Biy remains te, ih' grave. i'he other 1-?? t? r was on, wide Ii he t ad ree ently re ceived from hi- tat lie r r> eiue -nug and urging lion to r-turn hotte an 1 not to mi a wanderer in i loi'-lgn land. WAM'KI) TO IjIK. James J. Bernard w is arraigned before Judge Dtt. rbourg at Jefferson Marked Police Court yesterday ?barged with having attempted to commit imlidrie by Mkitig u Inrge dose of h) Irate ot chloral. He hue ?'en iii the < ity only a short t me, ami boarded with tli- < athariie Kinlay at No, 3<>4 Weal Thirty-anosd ft re"! for the last three we? ks. V sale relay he did not ?ppoar at 1 rc.aki* t or lunch, ami ins absence erw st.si Mini'' curiosity in tin miBlbe of the people m th? hoiise. On going to his feoui he told them very coolly that he had swallowoel leu grains of livirate ot chloral and was tired ol living. lk?y ( ailed In tlx polie e. ami as the young gouUe loan was able to sit up hsd hltn arrested In Judge Uiterleoiirg he eUteel tliat In was unwilling to live, having no mone y. Hie brother-in-law ha t induced hi in I- oiii' from i leiiaela, h? ssid, tn go into the edultrv b'isiii'*es with him. If>> had elisfMmd of ? 1. .usuian ' poll') III fiflO, and given tint ? mount tli he had Ii th' W rid -40 hi* t>fOttacr-l? Inw, who, in alleged, ii? 1 mi-appropriated if. He fo ci the Jiuigu tli it ho woulil have a bard time lo ho p iiii,i from commuting suie'idn. lie wee MM to tlmTombs tor medic j examination. The psMfiBgcra on tbe MUiiamaburg ferryhuat George Washington wore thunderstruck yesterday morning at seeing a well dress.. I (lorir.au woman ruu wildly to the oudof the boat as it was uearing tin New York aide, throw off her hat and'shawl and make an attempt to leap overboard. A deck hand seized aud prevented her from doing so. Hhe was g:\en into the custody of Ottieer t) Rrien and ar raigned at Essex Market Police Court, w here, after I giving ber name as Cathariuo lie cringe r. ot No. 14U I Stugg sired. Brooklyn, ?hc fainted. She was sent to I the Tombs by Judge Wandell, and then, through the | instrumentality of Warden Flnu, was restored to hi r trii nils. MISS YVALDKONS FUNERAL. A PRIMITIVE AND TOUCHING Ul'BIAL -T.IK RE MAIN'S CARRIED BY FRIENDS TO ST. MARK S CEMETERY. The ftim ral of Misa Cornelia Waldron, the descend aut of Peter Stuy v? sai.t's sis-rotary, occurred yesterday afternoon from the residence ot her sister, Mrs. Maria iiiggilis, No. s Lal'ayi tte place. The remains were de posited in the family vault in St. Mark's Cemetery, within a few yards of the teuantless tomb of A. Stewart, ami the obsequies were conducted with a modesty and simplicity that w as in accord with the life and habits of the deceased lady. Many aged reail era of the IIluvlu, as they perused the account of her sudden taking off in her eighty-seventh year, recalled long forgotten memories of the old lady aud of her family in the days when tho 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 aanouuctsl for the service tho little parlors were filled with relatives and sympathizing friends, while others crowded 'ho hall aud tlic staircase without. In the back parlor? an old-fashioned room, with a few family portraits in last century continues on the walls?lay the plain, black cloth-covered casket. The aged hands wi re crossed upon a white satin habit, ami a lace cap con lined the gray tresses of the dead. Jtev. Mr. Keinko, of the Moravian Church, standing at the head of tho coffin, read r.n impressive funeral service, and fol lowed it with a touching address upon "The Sleep of the Just." Then the friends took a last look up >n the beloved face and the pitiless wood shut it in forever. A TOUCHING SCENE. The house stamls upon the rear of the lot, Uir front of which is made int ? u little lawn. Into the midst of this the casket was carried and rested for a few niiuutcs 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 nor paraphernalia. Miss Waldron had always entertained a strong 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 he borne tenderly by loving friends to its last resting place. A black velvet pall was spread over the coffin, anil upon this were laid emblems formed of immortelles, tea roses and Ivy leaves offered by sorrowing friends, l-'our men with bared heads then took the sad bnrden upon their shoulders and carried it out through the gate. Upon the Niilowalk they paused a moment. Nothing hail been arranged beforehand, but spontaneously a dozen gray-haired meu rungeit themselves 011 either side of the bearers, the relatives and friends fell in behind, and so the mournlul procession started on its way. THROUGH THE KT11KKXS. There were few dry eyes in the party, and as it passed noiselessly through the street* thoughtless loungers and hurrying men of business, who would have passed a cortege of prancing steeds and nodding i plumes without a thought, paused with lustinetive | reverence and bared their heads before that simple I group. Old acquaintances of the dead and tenants, | moved by the memory of kindnesses received at her ' hands, swelled tho procession until it numliereil more | than a hundred persons?many of tlieiu ladies, anil I not a few among the number whose years are last drawing to a close. Along Lafayette place to Eighth street and so across Third avenue an 1 down Tenth street to the churchyard they passed. Outside the the tali iron fence crowds had collected to see the primitive procession arrive, but nothing could have )>ecn mom quiet and 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 tablet bow the inscription, "Edward Higgins, lHjs," show ing it to be the resting place of the family of Miss Waldron'a married sister. Tin- latter lady, with her grown up children, stood beside the open tomb while Kcv. Mr. lb inke read u brief prayer, and the casket was lowered. Street boys lined the outside of tlie fence, gazing between the iron bars down into the vault, but they were well behaved and seemed awed by tlie ceremony. The relatives and immediate friends remained beneath the branches of an aged willow that stands sentinel over the tomb while the last sail details were being completed, aud until the marble slab,was returned to its position and shut out tlie light from the last resting place of Cornelia Wal dron. SAMUEL M. POOK'H FUNERAL. The funeral serviros ovur tho remains of Naval Constructor Samuel M. l'ook were hold yesterday afternoon at his late residence. No. 2(iit franklin avenue, Brooklyn, Her. Br. 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 family of the deceased floral contributions were omitted. Among the large number of persons present were Naval Constructors I>e]ano, llart, Webb. Hitehman, Hoover and numerous other naval officials. The re mains were taken to Boston last evening for inter ment. THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS PAINE. To thf. Eorron or the Heum-D:? About one mile from the village of New Roehelle. on the White Plains road ?nd upon the farm presented by the State of New York, stands tho monument erected U. the memory of the patriot Thomas Paino. In these days of body-snatching and grave robbing it may be a duty of somelxsly to ask w ho Hi to protect the tomb of this great man from dews-ration. The body was taken out and carried away from the vaiflt many years ago by his admirer, fit" late William Oob beU, who, upon hts last visit to America, many years ago. cuter-sl tin vault, took out the body and rarried it to England, and. report says, earned away at the same time a quantity of cord wood from the Paine farm, and appropriating the bod.v and the timber as a profitable speculation. 1 need not say that the tomb of Paine is an object of noto riety to visitors, and that few jswsons visit New Ko< hello who do not make a journey to the tomb of Thomas Paine, Each visitor lias a eunositv to gratify, and to be able to show a piece of the tomii of Thomas Paine?either of the shaft, the plinth or the platform, each and all of pure white marble?of no common event: aud hence the shaft, the plinth, the base, the platform am' also the cap have each been hacked by visitors until the monu inent is defaced and sudly needs tho restoring hand of ? uue friendly committee who will repair the monu ment itself and rejuvenate the walls und coping, to show that we as u people have not forgotten that America in her need had a faithful friend in the per son of PaUie. The spai e, including the monument, is al>out twenty feet square, with a rude stone fence. mor? rudely coped, and enelowd with a front railing or iron, with a gate which is always on the swing. Tie- monument as originally designed and cut was very artistic, but time and the lia king of visitors have made sad havoc with the structure. The shaft is probably ten feet high, with a three-inch mould ing. and s twclve-incli plinth, about five feet squar", resting upon a platform, say six feet in length ami width, nil of white marble 1'poti the front, heat to the road, is h bust of Mr. Paitie enclosed w ith n laurel wrcatli. elegantly evented, and above the bust la an inscription: ? The world Is rn> ennntrv; To <le guild is in) reliaiun -Wsi'i Muttn. I send this communication to nek win fher the nu merous friends of dr. I'aitc- will not fake measures t.i repair tic shaft aud the enclosure, and let the riiinie of so illusirions a statesman be at leist, re sjss te<l by prot< ting his tomb from desecration, al tliongh his body lias liecu "Stewnr'i/.'sl" by having b.-en carried away to a for *gu country without the cor sent of tin people, and although many persons at the tinM *hw the famous Cobb. tt and his help digging into the vault and taking out and carrying away the remain*. The work was condUi ted in open daylight, a farmer with a large family rosining within a lew f. et of the tomb and seeing it daily, and probably of toner. The laud upon which the monument is situated hns passed out of the hands of tie- Paine family, and probably religions prejudices may account for the permission carrying sway yearly of parts of tin monument, rudely broken oft with hammer, chisel and stone, until tho original is unu-h d?<aceil. I hope tiiat the (rtends of Paine will visit the monument aud set the stonecutter at work to repair it. Very truly, H. H U MAN IT AKIAN8. A n eeting of the Executive Com mil tee was held yeate -la;, afternoon st the headquarters of the Ann ri can s ?-I'-ty for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ?faiiic- M. Brown in tin- chair, 'flier were also pres ent V >i liei kwitli. Nathan (J. Ely, Ik njainui ii. ilu ks, Henry Berg, Elbridge T. (terry, Itoyal Phelps, Erederie (ltdlatin and others of the Hoard of Manage ment. file President reported that lie had received the will of a laity who had bequeathed the whole of In r fortune to the society, and tin same had liei-n placed 111 the deposit safe of tile institution. Since the 1st of January flic *oc|ety hsd prosecuted ?Vu cases in the i ties of Brooklyn snd New York. Tin agents licwl also interfered in a,MM rases of cruelty slid r licxrd the siifn ring dumb auto als without iir restlug t ?v?-t- eight Imtidrisl disabled ..lid condemn'-! siiiumIh had li en hum inly d> stroyed, and the atnbulsn.es bed lieen called into requisition upon l'.'l orcasiona to i. mnvo injured snnuals troin the stents to the hospital-.. [luring the same pcrmd over five hundred complaints had benn received from vitUsris and the evil* complained 01 remedied. TURF TROUBLES. IMPORTANT PIKES BEFORE THE HOARD OF RE VIEW OF THE NATIONAL TKOTTINO AHSOCIA TION THE "TWENTY-Fol'B" RACE AT UTICA? WHY EDWIN FORREST WAS BEATEN. The Board of Review of the National Trotting As sociation continued in ojwn sesaiou yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel diaries W. Woolley ill the chair. The greater portion of the day was devoted to the investigation of the alleged fraud in the "twenty-four" race at Ctica, N. Y., trotted on August 14 last. The supposed combination and conspiracy of drivers, with the view of defeating the l?ay gelding Fdwiu Forrest, since purchased by Mr. Hubert Hnn lur and now retired from the turf, is set down by many intelligent turfmen as the greatest fraud of the year. Forrest was Is aten and the "job" was soelc.inly perpetrated that those interested in it male large sums of money. The inquiry of the Hoard purposes to be of the most thorough character, and perhaps the "true inwardness" of the ufl'uir may be fully reached before the ease is closed. Forrest had won tirst money in his class all through the great trotting circuit, which began at Clevelaud, beat ing on every occasion the sane- held of horses as ap peared against him at Utieu. On the morning of the race he was an immense favorite over the held, but seemingly in a moment and just before the horses werecallol, the betting changed in a remarkable manner, the held then bringing more money than Forrest. Tlie tirst beat fell to Forrest, in 'J:1N; the second heat he landed outsi le the distance flag, in 2:20. tins (Hidden drove him these heats. The judges, iu view ot the fact that Forrest cut his quarter during the second hi at by a collision with Woodford Maiu brino, and of the great outcry of the spectators, made the horse start in the third heat, there being a new driver, Higbee, behind him. Higbee proved of no aeeount auil Forrest was beaten, the third heat being iu 2:20 and the fourth heat In 2:21'a. 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 $1\00(> for bira, and the uext week, at Hartford, Forrest trotted an exhibition trial iu the wonderful time of 2:14>j' the tirst heat and in 2:10 the second heat, the latter with two breaks. This under Charley Green's driving, who hail not become acquainted with the horse's peculiarities, if he pos sessed any different from the majority of fast trotters. THE JIT DUES or THK HACK TESTIFY. So much hud been said about the event, and so widespread was the insinuation that the judges of the raee were unpleasantly mixed up with the "combi nation" said to have been formed by the drivi rs to beat Forrest, the Uti'-a l'ark Association sent a largo delegation before the Board. Among them wore Colonel Hutchinson, the judges in question, and several drivers. Colonel Woolley conducted the ex amination. Colonel Hutchinson was tirst to testify. He ha<l no compliant* to make; knew the previous reeords of the horses, and waH on tho truck that day without prejudice in any respect; while in his box ho received a telegram from Philadelphia warning him that the raee was a fraud and he thought it peculiar that the betting should take such a somersault as it-did. If there was a fraud perpetrated it was so skilfully eonducted 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 iu this particular. The judges are men of high standing in Utiea. Air. M. G. Thomson, presiding judge the day of the raee, next made a statement. He reviewed the race in ili-tail, explaining the reasons why Higbee was placed behind Forrest when (Hidden was removed, and the reason why Charley Green would not take the vacant seat. Higbee was passing under the stand at tlie time, and his selection was due to his lieing easily reached. Groon refused on the ground thut he llad business that required his attention at the time. After tho third heat, nuotlicr 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 liud made a mistake. The crowding ot Forrest to tho fence in the fourth heat by Trampoline and Heck Wright was admitted, but neither of the drivers of these horses was punished. Mr. Thomson is now impressed with tho idea that there was a combination formed that altered the general char acter of the raee; but as the judges saw nothing wrong, and had no evidence of a "Job," no action was taken. Mr. I. C. Mc intosh and Mr. A. >1. Osgood, associated judges with Mr. Thomson, in dorsed the letter's statements, and were anxious to convince the Board that they felt there was no ap parent wrong in the race. Mr. Mcintosh spoke of telegrams received cautioning them against a "job," and from tlie facts he regarded some tilings con nected with the eveut 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 from Clevelaud to Utiea. JOUKNALlKTfl, MUVRBR AND H1TCCTATOK8. Mr. William T. Chester, a journalist, referred to the matters of suspicion that surrounded the race, ami win told before the horses were started in the first heat by Dm Mace that Forrest would be beaten. His opinion (formed during the race; was that it was a "job," and lie -still entertained such belief. Mi-. Hamilton Bnsbey also a journalist, testified to nearly the name effect as Mr. Cheater. (Sua Gliddeu. the driver of Forrest in the first and second heats, wae examined at length. He knew of nothing wrong, and could give no clew* to the lioard to get at the bottom of the affair. He said that he wae not Interested in the pools, but if he could hare won the race it would have been to bin advantage. When asked how, Gliddeu admitt -d that he had been given certain percentages of the winning*) of u few Iriciids during the circuit. H<- also admitted be hod "stood in" that day with Maco on his horse Darby "just for a hedge." 1.1 ward Pyb, driver of the chestnut gelding Edward, the winner of the race, also thought every thing war nil right and that Forrest was "lieateii on his merits." Fyle bad not sent nor authorized the sending of telegrams to Philadelphia announcing that Forrest was to lie "pulled." Mr. liurdeft Looiuia, of Hartford, who was in the timers' stand, was free to sav 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- I body else could have done under the circumstances. Green said he purchased Forrest atter the race. Mr. Charles Kerner and Mr. George B. Alley, of New York, saw the race, and felt there was a "job" in it and that Forrest was not driven to win. Mr. 11. H. H he Id on, of Uoehester, N. Y., was of the aatne opinion. During the meeting si Hoebcster the preceding week he had to en approached by a parly | with the view of asking him if hdwin Forrest "could throw the twenty-four race" on th> ir track. The messenger said the affair would lie worth f l.lMSi or I2,0U0 to him if successful. Mr. Sheldon told him that lie had come to the wrong place, uml if the best horse did not win both horse and driver would be expelled. At Bocbester Forrest won quite handily, beating the same hors-s that opposed him at Utiea. The case is still open, and may not lie derided for a long time. The Hoard feei that they should sift the alleged fraud to the bottom, auil that the guilty should be puuish)sl. TDK PIWmiNK ItOSKSF.-TTI II CASK. The case of Sir. H. V. Bsmiss and Frank Van Ness vs. the Cliiragn Jockey and Trotting C'lnb also re ceived attention. This protest of Mr. Bemis* liss created some stir among tun men, it was in the "free for all" rare at Chicago, Gctolter 11 and l'J last. The hay stallion Bon?satt< r, represented by Mi. Betuiaa, bad won two lieats In the race, and When the llfth heat was trotted patrol judges were stationed around the track. Bonesettar <-?tit" in tirst, ami. had tin- heat been given him, wouhl liave won the race. Instead of giving Bobesetter the heat the judges called it "dead" between him and the brown inarc Proteins. The reasons alleged tor tHk ing the heat sway Irom the stallion wi re ttist ho left his b et ami ran a great deal. Proteins Anally won the race. Mr. Bemlss presented many strong affida vits to show that the patrol ju lg< had made s ntls take, odd that Bonosetter w*s level throughout the host. He a<ks that the decision ot the judges lie rc vraad. THE COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB. At a regular meeting of the Columbia Yacht Club, held at the rooms of Dr. Perrlnc on Tuesday oveniug, December it, 1*78, the following othrers (or l*7tf wero unanimously elected Commodore- Itols-rt McWblnney. Vice Commodon?Abuer |l, I tig Ice. HecP'tury?Joltu Frisk. Treasdrt-r?Joseph A. Weaver. Measurer W. J.Grcaceu, Steward?Plillip Houseman. Trustees?John Frisk, chairman; Colonel A. H. Bog era, Dr. J. C. 1'crrlae, Louts p. Wicgmau, Joseph A. w sever. i hi i-lnb Possesses an axrellant club bouse, foot of West Kighty-slxth stre? t, in one of the best locations on Manhattan Island, mid the ooming sea son, it is expected, will be a lively om witli Its inem b- i s. '1 he facilities for reaching tin club bouse will 1>. increased by the two elevated roads runtiing to Kiglity-sixth street smi Ninth avenua berort next spring. Many yacht owner < am ex pi* te 1 to sihl their ysi'htstb tip- tl- t. h? v rsl Improv minis are content pis.i I. ami in title Hi, Colutilbia Vis lit t liib will bo otic of the liest in tin- vti tnity of N< v York. WKENTL1NO MATCH. Joe Kyan and George A. Kdwards havn been latched for llfib and the "champtonship medal of allfornis," the affair to cone- off at Cosmopolitan loll. No. .VI Market street, on Monday evening, UJd ist, BASEBALL LEAGUE. I'LKVKLUSD, Dee. ?, 1*7*. The third annual session of the Natiousl League of Professional Baseball Players met to-day at the Kcn nard House. By recuse, Buffalo and Cleveland clubs were admitted to membership. Tho championship pennant lor 1878 was awarded to the Boston Club. N. E. Young was re-elected secretary. . Messrs. Carver aud Kali, of the LoulHVilles, and No lan, of the ludlauupolis, asked to be reinstated, which was refused. President Pettit tendered the resignation of the Indianapolis Club, which w as accepted. Tho following amendments to the constitution were adopted :?Enquiring the place of meeting to lx> in some city where no League club hud been stricken out: no club shall be allowed to scud one of its players to the uunua! convention: managers of dubs shall not be idlowcd on tho Hold during u guiile. The rule declaring that no game shall he played be tween League clubs or between League dubs and lion* League duhs before tile commencement of the cham pionship series was amended by adding the words, "excepting local clubs." The pitcher's position was changed from six feet square to a space six feet long by four feet wide; also the pitcher shall not turn Ills buck to the hutsmnu while in the act of delivering a ball. A resolution was adopted giving the Milwaukee Club twenty days in which to pay their indebtedness und withdraw honorably from the League, at tho ex piration of which time, if not paid, they will be con sidered oxpellod. The League will be in session to-morrow. PIGKON AND GLASS HALL SHOOTING. THE CLOSING MEETING OF THE MONMOITH (N. J.) PIGEON CLUB?NEW YultK WINS IN THE FREE FOB ALL GLASS BALL SHOOT. Bed Bank, N. J., Dec 4, 1878. There was quite a large gathering at the last shoot of the Monmouth Pig?on Club, which came oil' this afternoon, ucur Ocean Park. It was the last regular shooting meeting of tho club for 1H78, and "Old Probabilities" could not have given the Monmouth boys a better day for thetr sport. The Monmouth Pigeon Club has only been one year in existence, yet it has grown rapidly in popular1 favor and to-day num bers among its members some of the beHt amateur pigeon shooters in New Jersey. The club numbers thirty-six members. During the past season they have had twelve regular meetings and soven compet ing matches. At each monthly meeting of tho club there is always one free-to-all contest, in which, as is the case to-day, some of our New York boys ofttiiu vs come off victorious. The sport opened with the contest for the club's badge, a trophy which has been long held by Mr. Green, tho 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 live birds, Hurlingham rules, in which William Sruoek 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 hall shoot, Mr. William J. Nelson, of the New York Gun Club, win ning first money. The following arc the full scores of the four events:? Oceanport, N. J., Dec. 4, 1878?Monthly Meet ing Monmouth Pioeon Club?Match for Club's Championship Baudk.?Ten contestants at 10 birds each, handicap rise, 80 yards boundary. Tica shot of! at 5 birds. sooiuc. Yareit Rite. Killed. William Houston.. 21 11111110 11 it Edgar C. Green 25 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 1 W William Smock 25 110 111110 1 8 David Conover, Jr.. 21 1*01111011 7 John Mcintosh..... 25 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 C. O. Ogdcti 21 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 William Weeber.... 25 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 t f, H. M. Marion 21 0 n 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 G. Price 21 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 L. Hendricks 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ?_> Tirt. William Houston., 11111 0 E igar C. Green 110 11 4 ? Fell dead out of bounds. Same Day.?Handicap Sweepktakrs at 5 birds, 5 traps; ties shot bird and bird, miss and go out; 1 '4 ounces shot; Hurlingham rules governing; $3 en trance fee, eight competitors. scout. Yard* Rue. Killed. William Smock 27 1111 1?1 1111 10 John Mcintosh 25 1111 1?1 1110 ? William Weeber '25 1111 0?1 1 1 7 Edgar C. Green 27 loll 1?1 10 ti L.Bostwick 21 1110* 3 Samuel Pyke 21 10 10 1 3 llcnry Houston 21 10 110 3 William Pyke 21 10 0 0 1 2 * Fell dead out of hounds. ? William Kmock won flrat money, Mr. Mcintosh sec ond end Mr. Weeber third. Samk Day.?Put icon Hwkepstakk??$2 entrance, at 7 birds, '21 yards rise, HO yards boundary; Long Island Club rules governing: ties for second and third money shot off at 3 birds each. aeons. Killed. Edward Prince 1111111 7 Aldan Smith 1110 11 1?1 11 9 Mr. Ralph 10 11111?10 1 8 L. Tenbrook 110 0 111 5 H. M. Marion 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 ]>avid Connor 111 0 001 4 William Pike 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 Mr. Prince won first money, Mr. Smith second and Mr. Kslph third. Samk Day.?Glass Ball Sweepstakes?Free to all, at 15 halls; $'2 entrance; 10 contestants; 18 yards' rise; .j traps; Bogardus rules. SOOB I'.. Brol.e. William J. Nelson Ill, 110, 111, 111, 111 14 William Srunck 101, 111, tail. Ill, 111 12 Edgar Green 111. Oil, llo, HI. till 12 Charles A. Adams 110, 100. 110. 110, 111 10 H. M. Marion oil, on, mi. ool, Oil R. C. Conover 100, Oil, 101, Oil, Oil 8 Charles Ogdeu loo, loo, 11*, 000, 111 7 L. Hendricks 000. list, 101, 101, Oil 7 Mr. Ralph 010. Ill, *00, (HO, MO 5 H. Houston 110, 000, 000, 0 2 * Gun nut cocked. SHOOTING OFF A. TIE MATCH. LoNO BnAKCH, Dec. 4, 1878. I,ast Saturday, at the meeting of the New York and New Jersey amateur pigeon shooters at Shrewsbury, Mr. Alden Smith, of Monmouth, put np as a trophy a handsome marksman's gold badge, for which there were twelve competitors. Mr. W. J. Nelson, of the New York Gun Club, and Mr. William Siuoek, tied, and there being a number of other contests on the programme for that day it was arranged that these gentlemen should shoot off their ties to day. At eleven o'cloek this morning Messrs. Nelson and Siuoek wore to shoot the tie off on the same ap it where the shooting took place on last Saturday, fen birds were given cuch man at 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary. Long Island rules, the same us at the last match, governing. Tile bel ting was in favor of the M.inmoiitli boy. as Mr. Nel son in all his shooting with his elub heretofore had never been known t?i make a very creditable score. Jiilt Mr. Nelson agreeably disappoint**! his friends to day. and won the trophy by a count away ahead of hia opponent. The following is the score:? Killed. Nelson 111111110 l> Sinock 101 1 10 10 0 6 MILKS JOHNSON DEFEATED BT JOHN H. OUT WATER. The contest between the old and young pigeon shots?Miles Johnson, of Robblnsville, N. J., and John Henry Ontwaler, of ltutbcrford Park, N. J.?wss at tended by the friends of Hie principals only, not more than thirty persons witnessing the match, which took place yesterday at West Side, near Jersey City. lihodo Island rub's governed. Fine flyers, hard to hit, had been selected, but two "duffers" being placed in the trap. The shooting a as admir able. several of the birtis falling dead out of bounds. Mr. Johnson was compelled to retire after hitting his ; twentieth bird, ills young opponent showing better ! form. The old crick shot was not satisfied witli his dis play, and the preliminary arrangements were imme diately made lor a match at filty single birds lor at least f'Jftft a side. Tbo following is a nummary of the ?hooting: ? Match at 21 Hinns, Rhode Island rules, 21 yards rise, 8(i yards boundary, for ? stoke of $4ft?). A Wed. Ontwater.. 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 l i o 11 is Johnson... 1 1 1 1 1 1 I own 1 1 I 1 1 Oft 1 1 IK 15 Refers*?, Mr. Renimey. Judge for Optwater, Mr. T. Townscnd. Judge for Johnson. Dr. Talhot. When the ill ov* match hail conoltldtid \\ lllhilll Taylor, an old expert, und Dr. Huylcr shot at three 1 birds for a small stake, with the following result: ? Killed. Huylcr lift 2 Taylor Oft 1 1 .SPOUTING EVENTS ABROAD. Klsliam Bail, winter of tho Rous Helling Stakes at Manchester ,,n the I!)th ult., was bought in for 2ftft guineas; ami l.nirti r, winner of the Mile Hi lling Stakes, was bought in for 185 guineas. The tv,O.ycat-old coll Mosstrooper, by Adventurer, dam Fairy (Jiieen, pnrehnsc I by Mr. Jnrtliue at the Cobham Html for I toft guineas, dropped dead on the I'.'tli nil., while being eierclseil at Middlaham. Miai'uua was bought in for 29ft guineas, alter win ning the Trial Stakes at Kemptoli Park on the 2ist ult., when Mr. Kllistnn purchased Templar, winner of the Thames Helling Stakes, for 29ft guineas, ami Mr. C. Hlbbert purchased (linn-rack, winner of the Helling Hunters' Slake*, for I'll guineas. I At Auteiill, on Mntiday, I7fh ult , Huron Kinot s I Alii? a*iiu won the Prix do la Croix do Hartley, beating i Brituer uud three others; also the l'rtx da (Jourbcvoie, wherein ha defeated La Nagaur, llalle Petite and four other*, tltrofla aeenred tits Prix d'Adieu, and tiha pat2o won the Prix da Cloture, beating Doublou, clin For. Kirtling, Orphan and eight others, thereby fin ishing up the season. The engagement of Madden, the constant rider of KiiiHoeni, with Heap's stable, closes with the end of the present season, and he will in future he first jockey to Mr. llultazzi uud Baron Springer. Au experiment will he tried next year at tho Sail down Park Second Spring Meeting, in the shape of the Wultou Two-year-old Plate of ?1,000, with the winner to ho sold under Lord Exeter's conditions of flW. At Warwick Police Court, on November id, 44. Swun wick.of Nottingham; George Wilson, of ihrniinghant; SV. Lee, of Nottingham; II. Houghton, of Nottingham, and S. Hykes, of Liverpool, were charged with hotting, iu contravention of the not, at Warwick races, and the Bench inflicted a hue of ?50 and costs in ouch case. All paid the hue except Sykea, who did not appear, and ill default Of ]iayuicut tlie alternative was three mouths' hard labor. While hunting on November 19 with the Cottes more hounds Lady Dixie mot with u serious accident. It appear^ that in dismounting from her horao to go to the aaeiatuueoof Captain Middleton, who had coma to grief at the Muiitun brook, her habit caught in tliu pommel of tho saddle and her liors.- becoming fright ened r.-ared and fell backward on her, severely crush ing her ami causing slight concussion of the brain. Assistance <iniekly arrived uud she was removed iirst to the house of distance, the jockey, who resides close by, and thence to the Malton. Her Ladyship is said to he progressing favorably. Tin: French sporting papers give extracts from tho programme of the approaching Nice races, which aru to be held at a date not y.)t fixe 1 early in 1879. On the tlrat day there la to he the Prix do Monaco (the oup), u steeplechase handicap plate of Ji.oOUf. (?800) and an object ol art for all horses; entrance 500f. (?20), lOOf. (?4) forteit, less if declared on tho 2d of January at noon to M. Merelle, No. 4 Place de la Con corde, Paris. The second to receive l.AOOC; the third, l.OOOf., and the fourth, if. Distance about 4,200 metres. Ou the second day there is to lie the Prix de Monte Carlo (a hurdle race handicap) of 7,5<A?f. (?:>oo) lor ull horses. Entrance 230f. (?10), louf. (?4) forfeit, und only 25f. (CI) if declared on tho 2d of January, at noon, to M. Merelle. Tho second to receive l,00of. and the third SUOf. Distance about 5,000 metres. On the third day there is to be the Grand Prix do Nice (steeplechase free handicap) 10,000f. (?400), for horses whicli have run at Nice (on the first and second days) iu 1870. Entrance, 950f.; i.joof. for second; l.tftttf. for third and 5U0f. for the fourth. Winners after the publication of the weights 3 kilogrammes extra. Distance about 4,200 metres. THE LONG-DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP OP THE WORLD. [From the Sportsman, November 20.] Mr. Ward has deposited ?10 in our bauds on behalf of "Blower" Brown to bind a mateh with O'Leary for the long-distance championship of tho world and the Astley belt, upon tho conditions under which it is held. Ward is willing to have the match decided in either Chicago or New York, uud proposes that it take place in February, so as not to clash with the Inter national competition which is proposed to ho held in Loudon iu the spring. FOX HUNTING IN UBEAT BRITAIN. The Field gives tho following eight reasons why fox huuting should not be abolished:? First, its extinction would lead to vastly increased absenteeism 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 dividenda of well-nigh every railway in England and Inland, and of not a few in Scotland, would be seriously diminished. Third, it would be difficult to imagine 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 on equality of "all sorts und conditions ot men" who meet iu the hunting field. Fifth, a vast majority of the tenant farmers themsulvi s 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. Sex until, the luauly courage uud healthy open air life upon 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 most felt by tenant farmers, for buy, oats, beans and straw. RAPID TRANSIT. THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY CARS TO BE HEATED BY BTEAM?(SATISFACTORY EX PERIMENTS?PROGRESS OF THE WOKE ON THE EAST HIDE. The Hkrali) having intimated a desire to teat the preparations made for heating the cars of the Metro politan Elevated Railway a special train wua placed at the disposal of a Herald 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 Hec 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 effocts 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 HEATING. 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, thn company have placed cast iron plates over thee- pipes between the eross seats in order to afford protection to the dresses of ladies. Between the ears the pipes aro conuoeted by rubber hose sufficiently long and flexible to accommodate itself to the sharp curving of the ears at Chambers and Amity streets. 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 tho floor of the engine to the platform, where tho flexible rubber hose Is oonplo.il on, and the steam passes through the hose Into the pipe of the iicTt car. At the rear platform the flex ible hose, which has received the steam tit rough the pipes on I in- right, passes round to the left and thus returns the steam to the tank. It is tho company's intention in cold weather to ke p the cars warm all night, in order to prevent freezing and also that the first ears starting out in the morning may be comfortably heated. The tempera ture to lie maintained will be from 40 to 4/5 degrees, although if occasion should require it could lie raised to (ML Yesterday lieing a very warm day for the winter it was 75. When the trains are over crowded no heat will he supplied, unless extremely cold weather should render it necessary.' THE PASSENGKIIS DELIMITED. The system appeared to lie most thoroughly studied out and every contingency provid'-d so that the cars can he kept warm from either cud, no matter how often the engines a"e changed. Among the passen gers great satisfaction lias 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 Koad. Mr. Bishop, acting vice president. Mil yesterday that in making the experi ment of heating the car* by steam on Third avenue the company had already a sinned a sufficiently large risk, and if it should turn out successfully then next winter th" cars of tile Ninth aventte road would also be bested by steam. The eoraplaiatn arc very em phatic that the stoves on the Ninth avenue road roust the people atone end of the ear sml leave them cold at the Other. The cost of the heating apparatus now provided on all th" cars of the Metro politan Elevated Railway is .f'jei.UOO. In addition the company have put down rubber matting on the stutr ways of some of the stations, ami the others will ulso be soon Atted with this great protctioii against the accumulation of snow ami ice. Mr. Bishop promised that rubber matting would lie put down on (he stair ways t'i tin Third avenue stations. As t<> the cover ing of their stairway*, suggested by the Herald, ke thought that tha steps uriod more quickly whan ex Bused to the sun. An i xperiment would lie made at the aaover square station, however, within forty or tifty days, to protect the stairways and also the sides by an Iron covering. I Hi; HAST SIDE RilAD's PHOORKBS. The additional s ?lion to Eighty-ninth street, on Third avcBUe, will be opened next Monday, or sooner if possible. The funning time will be thirty-lire minute., which Is complained of as being fur too slow. The running time to Harli-iii has burn fixed at forty-five minutes, which is also a disappointment to the pu/rous of th'- road. It waa generally thought that the running time lo Harlem would not he over thirty or, at th> utmost, thirty-five minutes. Mr. I.ishop says that it may he reduced to forty minutes after the road is in thorough running order. By the 1st ot January the company hope to have 1H5 cars and AS engines for the < a-t side road, ami the total equipment will bo 'infi cars ami %"> l's'oinotlves. j'liis, maxlintiin, however, will not lie sis'iin il for some months to come. The progress on the i hatliam rtrnd branch is gen erally complained ot as lining extraordinarily slow and unsatisfactory for* pit bile work of eueh great impor tance and so urgently needed by tin- people. THAT NOME. A IlKRALn reporter, wliilo endeavoring to learn the cause of the noise hoard by many residents of this city, aim at htlf past two o'eloek on Monday morning last, and which whs thought to lie an explosion, leafBed yest Mill that a camiou had been discharged at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on tho morning in ques tion, A siuiio quantity of straw aerhlehialy caught tire 1U a Co# elude at the rear of C'ulonel liroonic's residence, U'-ar the linriM bsrracks, but was cx tiugnislud without damage. According to naval custom, when evan a spark is seen within the gov ernment grounds a gun Is dim-barged as an alarm. Thia may lie a solution of the mystery. 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 flra JuHt evening, involving u loss estimated at $200,000. At twenty-six minutes past six o'clock the alarm tor tire district No. 25 was sounded by the bell in the City llall tower, uml the first section of the Fire Department, summoned by the alarm, gave a prompt response to the call. When engines Nos. 2, :i and 4 and truck company No. 1 reached the burn ing mills, which are situated on Columbia street, be tween Pacific and Amity streets, they found a volume of Haute issuing from the third story, in the rear part, on the river front. Chief Engineer Nevins, realizing the dimensions of the threatened conflagration, and tiie value and importance of the surrounding property, sent out word to ring the second alarm. The latter sum mons was s lunded six minutes after til.) first. The next engines to arrive on the so mo were Nos. 1, 5 and 7, and No. a truck. Attachments were made to hy drants for blocks around the neighborhood und six streams of water were speedily brought to bear on the hurtling buildings, front and rear. The structure, which was of brick, was three stories in height and fronted on Columbia street, being numbered from :W to fid, inclusive. It was well stored with meal, oats, corn and other material used chiefly for horse feed. Ad joining the mills were two three story tenement houses on Columbia street and four on Pacific street. These domiciles were crowded by poor fami lies, who, ou beholding tho grip that th? fire fiend had on tho great stmctUN that adjoined their frail looking habitations, becamt panic stricken, and witii 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 sidewulks and their remained moodily and gloomily watching the progress of the fire. Great crowds ussembled 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 aud doors of the mills. A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE. Shortly after seven o'clock the flames communi cated to the great elevators, which roso to an elevation of ubout one hundred and eighty feet on the water front. One of these was brick ami tho other of tim ber. The flames shot up rapidly from the roof of the mill to the elevator, and speedily enveloped the wooden struct ure. The latter in the course of demolition presented a magnificent spe tucle from the piers and along the river. The framework was dry as tinder, and sent forth a white sheet of flame which, when it reached the summit, gave it the appearance of a burning light house. The lower pari remained intact for upward of half an hour, supporting, as it wore, a giant 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 subsequently called out by the Chief of the Fire Department, and copious streams of water were poured in upon the ruins. At a quarter-past eight the west wall of the maiu build ing fell out with a loud crash, and a few minutes later the frame elevator fell in aud myriads of sparks shot upwurd. The firemen then had their work completely under their control, and there was no longer reason to apprehend any spread of the firs. The Pueifie Mills, which were built in 1861 for a pork packing establishment, have boon for the past ten or twelve years leased by David Dowes, the owner of the property, to Charles H. Heilbcrcr and others. Mr. Huuberer is the present lessee of tho mills, which are used for grinding feed for horses. About seventy men were employed there. Mr. Henbercr last night stated to a reporter that there was about 100,000 bushels of grain, all that the mill would hold, stored there. He said that tho value of the stock destroyed was about $76,000, and of the ma chinery between $45,000 and $60,000. The value of the building was about $80,000. The property was fully insured, but ho could uot tell in what companies the policies were held. As to tho origin of the flro he said he could learn nothing more than that it broke out on the third story of the building, on the northwest side, on tae water front. There were no fires or lamps in that part of the mill, and the employes had just left the place tor the day. The grain 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 ALMOST TOTALLY DEHTKOTED?ESTIMATED LOSE, THIBTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. A lire broke out in Continental Hall building, corner of Main awl Van Uouten streets, Paterson, N. J., at half-pant eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, which proved the moat destructive thut has occurred in that city for a long time, the aggregate lusa ?mounting to from $ lie,000 to $35,000. Continental Hall building is a large three story and basement brick structure, with a frontage on Main street of To feet awl on Van Uouten street of 150 feet. On both streets the lower floor was takun up with stores, which were among the finest in the city. The second floor was cut up iuto stores and apartments, while tho third flooi was mainly taken up with an immense publio bull, one of the largest in Paterxon, 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 ths building. sritKAO or the flames. The Are originated In the rear of the store of Alex ander Simon, on the Main street side, in a mannoi which is ss yet unknown. Mr. Simon was absent, 1 icing in this city, wltither he had been summoned to the bedside of his father, who was supposed to b? dying. It was very difficult to gut thu fire under con trol, owing to its locution, for the fiames rushec through a skylight iu the rear, and on gaining th< second story spread in every direction. The firemen, especially those of Protection steamei No. 6, worked nobly, the latter mounting the tallest ladder* on the trucks and carrying streams to th? third story through tin windows. Afterward a nura ' tier of others mounted to the roof in braggadocio, and then occurred one of those disgruceiui fights bc 1 twe-m firemen that is too often thu result of the i volunteer system. With the fiames dn.ing and leaping slioiit them, in the nressncn of thousands of J spectators on the streets below, s short but fierce fight was engaged in over tho entanglement of ths 1 hose of two rival companies. It was partially thu re sult of au old feud of years standing. About ! this time the cry went up that the walls were giving way, and the building was cleared in nn I incredibly short time. They did not fall, however, and the firemen afterward redoubted their efforts, | and about Ualf-p.iet three A. M. yesterday the flames I were finally subdued. LOSSES AND INSURANCE. It Is difficult to estimate even approximately the losses. That ou the building itself is placed at from - $10,1X10 to $15,000. it belongs to two sisters?Mrs. Walling Kip and Mrs. Jacob Meselis, both of Pater son?and was insured as follows:?Mrs. Kip?Liver pool and London and Globe, $3,000; Manhattan, New York, $3,01X1} Farmers', Pennsylvania, f.'.ixx); Phtrnlx, Hartford, $1,1*10; total. $9,<*Xt. Mrs. Meselis? North British and Mercantile, $0,iXX); Guardian, London, $4,000: total, $ln,<xx>. Grand total on building, II'.i/Xxj. Commencing ou Main street, north end of the building, the esti mated losses and insurances are as follows:? O. W. Mills, hardware, loss about $5oo by water; insured in the Continental, New York, fj,000; Scottish Commercial, fi.iXH); Frank lin, Philadelphia, $1,000; People's, Tr.-uton, $l.'XX). Alfred Stontrnborough, dry goods; loss by water, $3,000; insured in the New Brunswick, $3,OIJ0; Fire Association, Philadelphia. f'J.OiXL Mor ris Levine, clothier; !n?r, fti.txxi; insured in the M111 Ville. tl,rxxi; llnnilioldt. $1,?MMI; Firemen's, U.ixiO; Newark, $l,(XXi. Alexander Simons' loss is proba bly $3,000 to $4.'HXi; insured in the Imperial, New lork. for $'J,"XX); Adriatic, $1,1100; Continental, It. Glllmor k Co., batters, estlmafj their loss ut $3,<xxi; Insure! In the Newark, $7ft0: Hanover, $150; Millvillc, $3,1X10. Tile loss of K. Levy ,V Sigler, decorative palrib-rs, will reach $3,-VXi to $3,ixX?; n > In stirance. .lames Van Grdi u, liquors and restaurs nt, loses heavily: uo Insurance, lfevoo. dry goods, suf fer* lint ?'slight loss through water. 3. 8. Acker man. manufacturer of plaster mouldings in tin baee uicut, also sustains a considerable loss; uo Insurance. BiacUkb rno* ix* flames. The aged ami bedridden grandmother of Mr. Morrlr Levine was rescued from the burning building wtth much difficulty after the flames had gained great headway. At one time it. was rumored that she had perished: but, soon after n couple of brave firemen were seen to bear her nut in triumph aiuhl the elivera of thousands on the streets. HRKBIDAN AND M'CUCLLAN. A business meeting of Military Order Loyal Legion, United Mates Cominandory, of New Y'ork, was held last night at eight o'clock at Ikelmonieo's, with Gen eral George II. Khar)*- presiding. There was slat go attendant;# Of military men. Colonel Douglass catnp bell was installed, and Cab tain F.xra Mpragtle! Ism Twentieth Connecticut volunteers, was elected a member. Aitur lb- business meeting wss nver tho chairman announced that com- distinguished vtattors were ex pected. vary aoou General George It. Mecb-llan ar rived, anil was Informally received by tho Command ery. He whs soon followed by General Phil Abaft da u and several friends. The whole distinguished partT enjoyed themselves socially for several noma.