The New York herald., 1869-06-20

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| REVENUE CUTTERS IN THE LOWER BAY.-The
.-nited States revenue cutters Mahoning and Nc
cr;o, gh cruising in the vicinity OF Sandy HooS
,ons,ns Tut for Cuban 1libnsters.
P,,soxES BY MIsrAKE.-James strapp, living at
tho corner af Tbrty-third street and Seventh ave-
nue. Yesterday Was taken pGs0B 10 Bellevue
II 10 be medicine. =
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ofice Of Hawley, Macy & Co., No. 80 Nsssau street.
was robbed OF $500 in United states currency ~ ~,
supposed, by thief who secreted mmseh hn 80
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SUDDEN DEATH Coroner Schirmef yesterday he4u
an inquest at No. IL Roosevelt street on tt W.!
John Curtis, man forty years age ana ha'.s
OF TINS city. who died suddenly. Deceased woo haq
served during the war. had become deIporalzfa and
drank TO excess. He died from natural causes.
SERIOUS ACCIDENTAL four O'Clock yesterday
morning John Brown, of No. 297 Seventh avenue.
while riding on the box of coach, beside he driver,
W as thrown from his seat by the coach coming In
contact with cart, anu had his collar bone broken.
The accident occurred near NcComb's Dam, on
Eighth avenue. -
TAX COMMISSIONERS, orrrcR-Mr. Eredeflck
Ress, q German democrat OF the Seventeenth ward,
has lately received an appointment to responsible
position in the TaxCommissioners' once through
Senator Creamer. General Max Weber, merltorlous
and crippled soldier Of the war, also German, mas
been removed from office in the Custom House.
BODY IDBNrIFED.-The body Of the boy found
noating in the dock foot Of Twentieth street. North
river few days since has been identified as that
OF John Blizzard, sixteen years Of age. he had
been in the employ OF q man keeping restaurant
at No. Is Catharine Slip 1t Ia supposed that the lad
was accidentally drowned. g..-... s.e-sv s,
soMMEgNACHTsFEsE-laAl the prominent and
wealthy German residents Of the Nineteenth ward,
and their many friends all over the city. passed
very pleasant evening yesterday at the Terrace Gar
den, on Third avenue and Ffty-eighth and Fifty
ninth streets. The occasion was summer nights
festival arranged by the Ninteenth Ward Reading
Society for Its members and invited guests and their
choice selections from the great masters also for
dancing, and the young people minded not the state
of the thermometer. but danced gay on to the
''wee sma hours Of the morning." The fete was q
was perfect success
REMARKABLE "STRTKE" OF woRKrNaMEN.-All
the employees Of the firm Of Steinway Sons, Of this
city, nearly 900 in number, formed in line yesterday
on Fourth avenue and Fifty-second and Fifty third
streets, and marched in procession, preceded by Q
band OF music, to Fourteenth street. where they
halted IN front OF the warero0ms OF the firm. They
were there presented with handsome nag, and Mr..
Theodore Steinway addressed them In German aud
Mr. William SteInway In English, and both were re-
sponded 10 with hearty cheers The procession then
marched to suburban retreat uptown, where the
day and evening was pleasantly spent at picnic.
Such strikes" Of worKIngmen on their employers
are among the rare things.