New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-12
BROOKLYN ITEMS.

LAYING \ iokNEk-s' iONk-- CNNNtudN
afternoon the ceremony Of laying the cornerstone
of the York->; u. E. Church was performed IN
presence of some hundreds Of spectators. The
Church IS situated The site Of The old one, corner
of Gold and lorh-S,S., winch was taken down TO
make room for the new structure, whchls 10 De %
feet bv IS and Is estimated 70 cost $4,000. The ex
orcises were opened by the Rev Mr. Perry Of New
York, reading the lst chapter Of EpheSianS. sfhc
choir next sang hymn. Rev Mr. Hough OF VIII
Hamsburg Impored the divine approval ana grace
and protection rom accident OF ali engaged III lts
erection Accr the singing of another hymn By the
choir, very eloquent and appropriate address Was
delivered By Rev. Mr.. Wahely Of Newark, at the
conclusion of which subscriptions were taAea up
in AID Of the building funj-it was announced that
$500 was requisite for present purposes which was
proposed to collect in s. shares forty of which were
therefore subscribed FOR and a considerable col
lected IN smaller shares. The history Of lork-st
Church was then read and Bishop James came for
ward TO perform ;he ceremony OF laying The stone,
which he did with the usual solcmnites he also
read list of the articles deposited the stone and
enclosed IN a loadon box, VIZ / Bible, Methodist
hvmn-book a catalogue of books and tracts pub
hshed bv the Methodist Episcopal Church, reports
of the Missionary Society and of the sunday School
Union of NJ. T.. Church, minutes of Annual Con
ference minutes OF Newton East Annual Con-
ference, sd Session, Methodist Almanac for 1872,
Brooklyn City Directory, statistics and history OF
Methods, Episcopal Church lOrh-st. Brooklyn,
Papors and The Iadepead,at Press of Williamsburg,
&C. &c At the conclusion Of this part of the cere
monv the choir sang the doXoogy, and the proceed
inqs were terminated by benedictlon from Rev
Mr. Latham
4 MoNsTER.-A shark, seven feet long,
was caught at Red Hook yesterday morning. On
dissection. the remains Of hat appeared to be the
bode, Of two boys were discovered IN his Stomach
One Or two BOYS who went bathing of the docks,
are missing.
Jrsr SAyED.-On Sunday evening, as
woman named Ms. Macready was stepping out Of 4
small boat with her child her arms, At The foot of
Hudson-as, she missed hcr footing and fell INTO the
water. Notwithstanding the sudden immersion,
she still had the presence Of mind TO hold her child
above the water, until her husband took II up.
ACCIDENT. -Yeste rday morning, about III
O'Clock, Patrick McGougal, the foreman IN Mr. Trap
nal, store, on the wharf at Fuman-st, Was dread
fully injured BY bale OF wool falling on him lie
was taken TO IN residence IN Columba-st where he
lies III 4 very pre- ds.Ou' Sit-A'l"44'
ANOTHER WIFE. We hear that Patrick
Golden. of Williamsburg, whose wife and daughter
were butchered Just FIX weeks ago, was married one
da, tins week 10 a Young glr not long from Ireland
New FIRE ENGNEs.-Nesterday alter
noon. Hamilton Engine Company, No. Is, and Con
tnenial Company, No 8 brought home thef new
engines from New-York. where they were con-
s,ricted and proceeded to the foot Of Brdgest, for
the purpose OF testing their power No - first took
suction, and supplied No. With water but IN con
sequence Of the bursting Of the rbarrel OF the for
mer machine, the trial Was suddenly cut short, and
the COMMANDS With bands Of music, marched
through the street,, and then proceeded to their re
>nectiye quarter. where they enjoyed themselves
with conyIy.ai.iy during the rest Of the eYeniIg.
pg,cBEs.-It IS stated that the Peach
crop IN the vicinity Of Flushing vii De very hgh''
The dry weather OF July prevented proper growth
KILLED BY A FALL.-On Saturday nlght,
q man about IS years OF age w'iiie going up the
s,oop OF ms residence, at the corner OF Prince anu
Tllsry-sts fell over the railing to the grounc' us
lance of about II feet, and vas killed The Coro-
ner held an inquest on the body, and Fefalc' III ac
cordance vas returned b. the JuD
RrscrrD FROM DROwSISG.-A boy about
: year, Of age While al play On Thornes dock,
r,,rnan.etreet fell into the river, when ms play
roa,es fed N alarm. Cnes were heard by Custom
House officer Hewitt and another gentleman, who,
IN nroceedlng 10 The edge Of the dock, discovered
the boy clnging with dsm grlp to the carcass Of
dead horse He hung Oh TIL ne was rescued
DRowxED. About 10 O'Clock Sunday
night. as one Of the South lerryboats was entering
The sip i; struck rather violently against the sde'
which caused a young man, name UNKNOWN "H'
vas seated on the rail- TO be pitched overooafo'
Every assistance was promptly rendered ou' "i'"-
out success. and t was not until sometime ai'cf'
ward, that his body was found.
Roar TpsEr-Two CHILDREs DROWNED
On SUNDAY e,eniIg, a small boat containing ~
nersor-. TWO men two females ard NO eni'a'sn
ra..,pe ND the East River and "heh "p''''' w.
-, ~, one q the ferry boats moved ON u
the lin. heading directly for the ooa' ne P'io'
- ~. sngine immediately and avoided con-
-. ~, the CANCER 50 a;armeithe females tha' 'hey
IN tbeir seais. aaI rIsalnS % he opposite
- tie s.oa. c1fsize; ~. ieasins the "ho.r parry