New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
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THE CITY.

Henry SimOns, aged 80 years, was yesterday
ninth at suffering from poisonous drug, taken by him
self. He removed to Bellevue Hospital
A grand fancy dress hop will take place at
under the auspices OF the gentlemen connected with tie
offices of the Astor House ST. Nicholas Hotel Fh Avenue
Hotel, Hoffman House, ana Coleman House.
John Mclaughlin, SO years old, residing at
No gOl Tenth ave, saturday evening run over by
locomotive Of the Hudson River Railroad, at the inter
section of Tentavc. and Thirtetst, and had one leS
badly crushed. He was removed to Mount Sinai Hos
pital
Detective Officers King and Lyon on Satur-
tc,en Goods and I'm his house. No. "A Marketst, found
Quantity Of Silks vclyet aces etc. supposed to be the
proceeds Of one burglares Inc properly may
be seen at the EldrIdgest. POiice-slalo"
Last evening a fire was discovered III the
basement Of the fourstoFy 6nldng no; o. dr IN
drn gs and chemicals It was extngnshed Loss Loss
on stock by fire aud water. $500 Fuly ihsu'cu' iNo
oaigin OF the fire Is unknown
Seymour Warren, q conductor on Tenth
ave car called 1T the West Thrtyhfth-st Poceotaioh
on Saturday evening, bleeding from wound III te hear'
when near Thirtierh-st he was assaulted by some
rulians, OF whom fired pistol NJ hn' ba 0Iu u
WAS called in dressed the wound ana sad ~ 9u p0'i
made by sharp instrument. and not by plstol pail
Yesterday afternoon Samuel Whitetord, aged
~ years. attempted to burn the teheeh NO A2y s
on one Of the tenants with few pals OF
Wheford was arrested and locked up In the West IbIy
ffthst Police Station. Lat9r IN the day Fire Marshal
Brackett arrived aud commenced an Investigation III
the affair
At tho Essex Market Police Court before
Justice Mansfield Bridget Gibbons ana Hannah Ahd5i 5
con both little girls. committed for tral at ihe
Special answer charge th9t NJ they had sos
store No ~ Caharino-s John Price, accused Of steal
ing two pairs Of shoes valued AZ &C. from the store OF
Louis Solomon, No 27Sb Gmnd-st, was committed Tor
trial
A meeting of the Private CoachmeD's Benev-.
oleD and Charitable Society OF the City and County OF
NewYork was held last night At Putnam Hall corner Of
Twehss dhd Thirdaye aud vas yeIy largely Sng bs at
@ Te k .Siy .e 4 2 ssIfrss sber Il has now IN
existence about two year, aud has IN S iFeasty sur
plus fund OF about 5000 TIE society AZ & s, ~ lam
nary, they ve their second annual ball at IRVING HAL
DR.. Augustus Dieck Of No. 2l9 West Seven
teenth-s was found IN West Broadway on frday blGht
Last 1d ana yF oSs SPO q e Ss sna BONES Of
his leg BY order OF Sergeant CHRISTIE VINO was then IN
mitted 10 cell On Saturday mornng inc prisoner & %s
taken before Justice Hogan at he IohPs VINO on iear
aud he was then discharged from custody Dr. DECK
lost before being found by the police valuable "Aeh
and cham
DR.. John +. Boynton illustrated an exceedingly
interesting and instructive scientific lecture Win ms
stereoptcon at Cooper Institute Saturday evening
After eucdang the theory Of atmospheric pressure Dy
making water boil IN rGeto he showed in striking man
ar Sy Sas % y H The poor heS ex6bed
beautiful pictures OF tho teescopc appearance OF
the moons surface aud made clear 70 all the topogp
OF satellite Tie Astronomical pictures welefoowed
by geooSca astTsHSpSi ea na @ sorfe IN E ensR sar
we're made 70 dspOr themselves before the delighted
audience The lecture closed with the beantlul c1lNIl'
light light. % N''''D"'''' : ~ y '
Postmaster General Randall is at the Fifth
ave Hotel Among 3tner s'sagrs ~ sar sne ey ~ ths
Treasury, Senator Kellogg OF Louisiana. and w r. &
Gov Dennison Of ONO, senator Hendricks Of Indiana,
tho Hon. Avian Flanders, NJ. C., Washington lerrioly
and r. G Boudiuot chief OF the Cherokee Nation, at te
Sc Nicholas Hotel Senator Patterson OF tennessee, tue
Hon Chas a. MashbuIn, late United states Munster 10
tropolitan Hotel: W W Worion private secretary to
President Johnson and Clarence King, OF the United
Carl woermaln Hamburg, at The Breyocft House Prof
Henry OF the Smithsonian Institute, and the Hon. John j.
Nicks, Elmira, nj the AStOr House.
On Saturday afternoon fire occurred on the
Or r' SSr q R he ss SrSed On ont s Sna the front
building badly damaged The rear building was occupied
by George NJ Jacobs manufacturer Of furniture POLISH
loss 81 500 insured The first moor OF the front onilng
oce.ped by T. schgoee % o s b. sS dT aIS
Company. L. G. Cooeys stock OF hrooms ON the second
floor was damaged to he 9no1n, o. seoi insured TSs Og
third floor occupied by Mr.. Kinealy az Picture
frame mandatory loss on stock y so; insured Ihe
20 the amount Of 5000; insured that amount No
2s2 occupied By Thomas Pope Co, dealers In metals
turers umbrellas aud parasols. somewhat dam
aged by The fire originated from pot of varnsh
BROOKLYN.-The total number OF arrests
made by the police last week was ass.
The police picked up total number Of "a
lost children during the mouth OF December lust.
Deputy Sheriff John A. Millctt, q wel-knOwn
citizen OF the Eastern District, died Of consumption on
Thursday evening.
Messrs. Wheeler, Parsons & Co.'S watch ease
mandatory, Nos ~ aud "a satest vas feouionsly en-
tered on Thursday night last and Waichcases Nalned at
about e. were carried away. The robbery was not
discovered until Friday evening
Mrs. Caroline Feiring Of No. 592 Greenwich
It,, ~ " fel overheard In M on one 81 the Fulton
Ferry boats last evening She was rescued by the Terry
hands taken the Fortyecond Precinct Police Station,
aud when recovered. sent home
4 fght occurred in liquor saloon corner of
York and Maiu-sts. Friday evening. m which Nell
Ward was stabbed in the bead with knife by Edward
Jones. The' latter escaped and Ward WAS conveyed 10
his residence. No. McKiuncy-st
About 81 o'clock on Saturday evening n fire
occurred in uoccu pied tS@stoy and basement brick
condiary The oss amounts 10 about $500 Insured.
rhe owier OF tnc premises l- Mr.. W 'B. Nichols.
4 fire was discovered in Litchfeld & Co.'S
satstday evening ca"sed by some person who WAS
seen 10 enter the paco and ignite baie q straw The
S' eseSped T'! The J oss aon@ts 70 so '' ' ''
Hamilton Allen Qamiliarly known as Lamp"
Aleu- died suddenly ot heart disease a. his residence in
North frstsl. t. d., "u Friday evening MT Allen was
M one time Chief Engineer ~ the Wlllamsbnrgh Fire
D,p:rtmout. aud occupied other prominent positions.
lio highly respected In official aud private circles
\ large meeting of members of the different
clrcbcr held Ia the Church the Hghts last
ing on the occasion Of bidding farewell 10 three ladies
about to leave for china Addresses we're delivered by
The Rev. Drs Eddy Buddngtou, Storrs. and Schenck,
Ng. H. Warren cad from the correspond
euco OF female missionaries IN India.
John Dulsc, James Gilbert, Samuel Jackson,
Charles Acuarus aud Alfred phibort arrested by
Sergeant brennan on the l1 inst. vt No 20 Fifthst, D.
d. while playing ut faro. Justice Voorhees, yesterday
lined Jackson Gilbert, aud trcuarins q 80 each Dulso
sent 70 The Grand Jury, and Philbert was dis
charged
The weekly prayer meeting of the Young
Mons Christian Association ~ tle Eastern District was
held. ON saturday evening, IN their new aud elegant
rooms In the building recently erected by the Trustees o
the Kings County Savings Bank, Rt tie intersection of