The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-16
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

New RAILROAD TRACK AT THE BArTERY.-About one
O'Clock yesterday morning large company Of laborers
appeared at the northeast corner OF the Battery and
broke ground preparatory to laying track from the line
Of West Street and Tenth Avenue Railroad direct 70
the main gate Castle Garden. The police made their
appearance in a few moments and directed that opera
tons should be suspended Mr. Snyder, who was super
intending the work. accompanied the officers to the First
precinct station mouse, followed by crowd q
emigrant runners and baggage smashers, who seemed
determined that the work should be stopped
Mr. Snyder exhibited permit from the Street Commits
sioner allowing the track extended but this
NOT deemed SUFFICIENT and telegram was to Super
intendent Kennedy, asking Instructions. Answer ~as
returned that Il was . matter with which the police
could not interfere and the work was resumed again
about four o'clock IN the morning and completed at Al
early hour last evening The laying Of this track.
appears done by arrangement made between tbs
Commissioners OF Emigraton and the President OF
the New York Central Railroad. the object being
to protect the emarants from the thieving
and swndng processes to which they have heretofore
subjected their transit from Castle Garden the
depot The design lie to place the emgrans and their
baggage board the inside the Garden compe-
tent officer will be placed Ia charge OF each load Of
landed al the depot THIS measure is violently opposed
by the runners and sharpers who hang about the outside
The Garden bu. has been deemed one the best By ~
Commissioners OF Emieration which they could insli-
tute for the protection OF omigrants
SUICIDE THE EIGHTH WARD About noon yesterday
gentleman called at the Eighth precinct station house
and informed tho onoer 10 command that man named
Jules Joseph Perrer mad been his in
Broome street, Saturday evening at eleven O'Clock,
since which lime he had not made his appearance and
that on some OF the boarders endeavorng TO gain ad
mttance TO his they found the door locked the
inside and could elicit response 10 repeated calls
made TO arous, the inmate On receiving this
intelligence Captain Mills two officers to the scene
who broke open the door Of the missing mans room
and found him lying dead the floor In pool OF blood.
Al his side lay revolver one OF the barrels OF which
had been discharged. On investigation wound
discovered IN his lett breast the nipple and It
is supposed from the direction which the bullet took
nm anfar M hat hauA
directly through the heart, causing instant death.
From the appearance OF the body which
must have committed the deed Of self-de-
srucIion Saturday night Strange 70 say, person
rooms Immediately adjoining that OF the deceased wcrc
occupied The inmates OF the house state tnat Perrer
was Frenchmao thirty years Of age and that he bad
he had not lived happily II is said that a.
accident that occurred 20 him in New jersey
some time ago, by which his right hand had been
much disabled had him int, state OF despond-
ency which may have had something 10 do With his
led mmediaey after the body had beea discovered to
hold inquest none had been held up 70 eight o'clock
last evening
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT John Lawlor, who re-
sides at Seventy and First avenue, jumped
Of . Second avenue car last evening while going up
town and was severely injured
CuB VS. KSUE.-Timothy Sullivan, o young
twentyone years OF age at the the complaint OF Mary
Sweeney. Of 81 Mulberry street, was seized BY officer
Mcconnell OF the sixth precinct police, whereupon no
drew q large dirk knife, handling The same as II ION
murderous thoughts intent" The ofnc1r beholdng
the gtterng weapon grasped his baton and gave Tim
othy BAT the head with such good effect that the
naked Toledo" dropped by The beilicose young
man. who also dropped himself. When picked up &c
asceraned that lie had received couple OF wounds
which necessated his removal 10 Bellevue Hospital
FIRE ESSEX STREET, Shortly bofors nine O'Clock
last night fire broke out In fancy goods store No l4l
ESSEX street, owned by Mir Paine, and bafore t
could be extngushed the entire contents OF the
store were destroyed Loss about $500; no insu-
rance The adjoining cigar store, No l4lh, owned
by Charles Locnmund, Is damaged to the ex-
tent Of $500; insurance. Inc names extend
ed into the ballroom connected with Harmony
Garden Nos 13e to las Essex street. kept oy Charles
sucer damaging the fixtures by SMOKE AUG WAFER 10 the
extent Of $4,000, fully insured rue ounulngs are
owned By john Bechte. They are damaged TO the ex-
tent of 81 900; sad TO be insured.