New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-03
CITY ITEMS.
THURSDAY. September 2

THURSDAY. September 2
FIEE AND Loss or LUE.-The Pscking-Box
Factory Of Thomas BlOomer 90 Goi-si took FIRE from
come unknown Cause. probably from The hands OF an
inc-ndiary s5ou, half past three this morning and eeips
flled with highly comoustioe materials was soon en-
trey Destroyed Tue building Of brick. eve and
half stories high. and occupied solely for the making OF
packing -boxes sius,ed In street not much more
than twenty feet wide, lofty building WAS not an
easy object for the engines to act upon but we never
say IRE better ms2szed. Our hremen deserve-ss
they always do-the creates; creds for the perfect or
der. GOODNESS and efficiency with which they went
through their dsi:ul, and dangerous abor..
negro man named William Flors who slept In the
second s:ory caushi BY the asnes and did not sue
coed escaping His body had been discovered at
ten tbs morning
The establishment has been buried down several
times before and no,insured At s Everything In
II lost the value OF the stock on hand se couldnot
ascertain With any precision /, considerable how
ever. There finished boxes in the building worth
some thousand dollars and Mr. Boomer account books
contained charges to the amount Of about $1,000 more
of these be will doubtless succeed in collecting con
siderable part The building belonged 70 Mr. X. ant
vas probably worth $4,000 more TIA; altogether tho
los. will be from a.teen TO twenty thousand dollars.
IL Hon. GEO. l. MARSH ana lady arrived THIS
morning from the East and have taken lodgings at the
Aston House. Mr. Marsh delivered the snnusl address
before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard univeF'
sity ih, year-s performance which elected universal
commentsiiol-
ImMeRAvTs-On Monday and Tuesday $50 i'm
migrants were added to the population Of the City.
IMMIGRANTS ~ AUeUsr-During the month Of
August the number Of immigrants striving here has been
a. folow..-From Grea, Britain. s2il France. 4i76
Bremen, 1896 Hamburg go; Belgium i.iii Holland.
COS; Norway and sweden, 100; all other parts, 3i2
Total, l7.20i
~ The following which originated in an
evening paper, snscks rather strongly Of the peculiar
oil used By writer's Of strong Imagination:
MYSTERIOUS AYFArR On Monday evening last an
ee. young lady got into one of the YORK
vile omnlbuses tn the BOwery snd went out % Carriers
Hotel She was shown into back psrlor, where she
rsmsinet long time without calling for anything or
speaking 10 anybody when At last Mr. Carter b1Dg sus
pcious tina, something wrong went 10 ard told her
tina, II she wished 10 remain Ia bis house all nsht be
could accommodate her with private room. she re-
Piled that she would not remain there long 10 trouble
him or anybody else as she would very soon de Mr.
Csr,er theo called his wife who discovered that
the young lady had swallowed lsrge quantity OF auds
nun an ounce and half vial WAS found under the
table empty An officer OF the police and physician
wer In, sent lor and by OF the stomach
pump her lite she has since refused 10 hls
close her give any clue ny when her nome may
b. kuown or hes motive Tor attempting 10 destroy ner
life She still remains NJ Csrters Hotel 10 lOrkynle
SAVE Blows UP-On Tuesday night some per
sons entered the OF xes-rs Charles Burkhater
Co. loaded the lock OF the sais with sunpowder attach
ed a slow match snf retired, probably expecting tnst
the explosion would rot attract iouch attention, ana
that they then could carry ont their plan OF robbery
The explosion which took place shout hall past eleven
proved 10 be very loud breaking much sass out OF the
windows and thro~og rhe safe out o. It's place Po-
lceman named Allen Who ives near. surused the Cause
of the noise and steps accordingly 80 that the rob
bers kept prudenty Ia the shade Nor would they have
been much enriched had their plsn succeeded.
RoBBgRY.-The Hamilton House atthe Narrows
was entered al an early hour yesterday morning through
window and the iron s-is Ia the n e. In which was
kept the silver plate belonging to the e-,aoshment and
about $500 In each taken thsreiTom some OF the board
ers hearing noise like that a vehicle drisiHg up 10
the door raised the window for the purpose OF sse.r-
tanning the The presumption H. thst those Ia the
wagon we're In the robbery tor the box con-
tanning the plate unrdsd OF IL roo
bers becoming alarmed GU percrising inst inry nAd
aroused the attention OF tbs inmates The sovO ID essn
they carried Of
PoIfcE.-Catharine Swaney and Bridget Swa.
ney were last night arrested by officers Wbrosft and
Lyons of tho Tenth Ward charged with stealing three
shAwls worth $l5, dr-ss worth $3.50. aud a 2oid
ring worth 49, from Cshsrioe Rose 24o Motts 10
D
rested by officers Campbell and Jetres, OF the Tenth
Ward charged with stealing $3.50 worth OF jswelry
from Henry Abrams ~ StAnton-st. They were locked
40 Joseph Smith last night arrested by officer
Hill of the Eighth Ward, charged with sw ndling He
IL seems has been in the habit OF purchasing goods at
different establishments which, being sent "a directed
he would receive and pass without paying III. bill
He obtained from Mr. Pendegast two pairs OF corsets
upon Whose complaint he was arrested AZ MS resi-
dence were found qusnuiy OF dry geoas spoons
&c which are supposed to have been obtained the
same way. lie was committed for examination
The Jersey City Ferry House at the foot OF Corssndst
was entered ev nights since and robbed OF rnsset
leather valise containing valuable papers worth up
ward of $1,000 to the No arrest hss yet been
made John Croker. an escaped conVict from BLACK
we'll, Island was arrested last night by officer Donovan,
of the Seventh Ward. He was sent back Michael
snyder aud Jacob koer last night srrested by OH
Ger Hopping the Third Ward, charged with stealing
tour barrels OF meal Detained for examination. Mary
Barry wa. lsst night arrested by officer Madden Of the
Fourteenth Ward. charged with stealing 10 pounds OF
beef from James Reese, Center Market she was de-
Z tain