The New York herald., 1866-08-01
BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE.

SUcIpE.-A man named Charles Finn, aged thirty
eight years, residing at the corner Of Columbia and
scdgwick streets committed suicide the night OF the
18th ult, by jumping into the East river a. the foos
OF Dcgraw street. HIS body has not yet been re-
covered
FiRs EAsrKEs DrrxIcr.-Ata quarter before
twelve O'Clock Monday night. ire discovered n
the large wooden barn Metropolitan avenue near
Kaibncisch's chemical works. owned and occupied by
Chipman White manufacturers and reiners Of keru-
oil fhs building very old and nnammabc. snd
IL took but few minutes 70 consume the entire edlhce
The loss is about eight hundred dollars, upon which thcrs
no insurance
AZ -four O'Clock yesterday morning the house OF Mr.
William Wilson, In Tompkins avenue near Halsey street.
entered by unknown person, who cut the gns
pipe in the cellar and placed quantity Of indammabie
material saturated with coal oil undcr the gas meter.
10 which they set fire. The act was discovered before
the fire had made much progress, by the prompt action
Of tho police The loss by hre and water was estimated
at 400 covered by insurance in the Bowery and ths
Brooklyn Insurance Companies
FiRKxrss RIor While some OF the companies were
proceeding to the are Metropolitan on iasl
Monday night, when Hose Company No. and Hook and
Ladder Company No. reached the OF North
Second and Sixth streets Il Is charged that mem
Der OF the Hook and Ladder Company assaulted the
foreman OF the Hose Company. Tho HOOK and Ladder
Company backed up the rowdy conduct Of their mem
ber and the route 10 the Ore challenges thrown
out used and the police put AZ defiance On tho
return from the re similar disgraceful conduct took
place % ns norsn & ~n,n nsSs
is 10 suppiant the present system BY paid nrc depart
ment
CArruRs or BuRoLARs. six O'Clock yesterday morn
ing ocer Of the ory-fourth precinct four men
running In q very suspicious manner through Navy
street He phrsued them, and after short chase
ceeded IN arrcsting Patrick Fnnerr On returning 10
tho place tho had nrss been there WINS
found concealed behind fence about three thousand
cigars The prisoner had In his possession, when captured
seven dollars pennies and also the scale weights from
the which had robbed the gang Subsequent
" another officer VIM Fitzgerald, alias "Sosy,"
suspicion Of having been concerned IN the burglary
afterwards asccrtancd that the stolen goods wcro
taken from ths Cigar OF Hunt Sou st The corner
Of Lafayette snd Fulton avenues which had bcen enered
and robbed during Tho night The prisoners werc heia
fov examination and Trial
ExYloum on A szrI~-A MAS sxvnxts iNuHKp.-
About half past O'Clock last evening loud report
heard In tho vicinity OF the hydraulic works. at the
ner a Bosrum and Van Brunt sects which found 10
have proceeded from the explosion q she'll appears
that man namod Bcnjamln johnson wss engaged In
breaking old shells whom, happening acrcs one winch
vss loaded suddenly burst scattering the pieces In ala
directions for distance OF three hundred yards and
severely vounding johnson In the wrist and hip He
vas conveyed 10 the Long Island Hospital by oiccr
OF shs Fory.third precinct where medical aid pro-
cured The wounded about thirty years Of age,
and lived at No. 81 Hamilton avenye