New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-21
NETWORK CITY.

were appointed. yesterday Inspectors in the Custom
House.
About 800 permits to sell fireworks have
been issued the Fre Department Headquarters since
June TO-
1t is said that 1919 passengers have been re-
peotedy carried on single Crosstown horsecar OF the
PROFESSIONALS line.
p Robert Thompson, dealer in fancy goods
at No. 126 Fourhaye cut his throat severely with pen
knife yesterday. Pecuniary embarrassment 1t Is be-
lieved led TO the act.
+. H. Tracy, Chief Engineer of the Depart
ment of Public Works, and Gen @. A. Gilmore, L. s. A.
have been appointed Consulting Engineers ON the con-
struction Of the proposed Yiaduct Railway
An attempt has been made by some of the
uptown residents to obtain reserved seats IN the palace
at particular hours, but the company formally ue
clined yesterday TO entertain the pr0posuoh'
Several men largely interested in the city
railroads expressed the opinion yesterday that the re-
dncon OF fare Fall from six to five cents had re-
duced the receipts Of the companies only ABOUT h VI
what anticipated.
The detectives employed by the principal
railroad companies have recently been increased In num-
her, and they have been instructed in addition to their
regular duty of reporting conductors caught knocking
down." to watch closely for pickpockets'
About 100 members of the Drake family met
al the Brandreh House. yesterday and listened to two
long reports from Dr. Beckwith of Philadelphia who has
been searching evidence to prove that the American
brakes the rghtul heirs OF Sir Francis Drake WHO
left property valued at Sl25OOO,OOO
Among the applicants for conductorshlp
on the sxthave cars yesterday, an elderly farmer
who had been unfortunate enough TO indorse several
for friend without asking for any collateral ana
had consequently failed u one S OK
dentist The pay OF the conductors Oh tDat hhe "
per day.
The mercury rose to so, yesterday, in the
shade. shower in the evening made the air more
agreeable Two cases OF sunstroke were reported
neither proving fatal. Joseph Benner OF NO 52 Wett
ST. was Frustrated at Clinton and Delancey-ss bur soon
recovered and went home: John Hassett OF NO, NO, 90
Grand-st. was overcome ~ iuteehth-st anu '"'ou-
square, but recovered speedily.
Superintendent KelsO has issued the follow
ing sanitary order:
Members must be especially ygan' throughout e Sam.
preventing the throwing Of garbage into the streets ana 10 t
respect suitably caution popneors Of eaish or saloons aul
deree OF onses against The law which prohibits OF lG
G1s sSerT v.n " Iift he Health ais aathoHies Tue
The Commissioners of the Fire Department
propose TO begn about the LIST of July to issue licenses
to dealers kerosene Twenythree dealers in this Oil
were found IN block in the seventeenth ward only
Of them could afford TO take out license Inc com
petition was great that OF them aduterated the
oil they sold in order 70 undersel their neghDoTs.
Nearly one-tenth all the fire in the city, during the
past Year, from the OF dangerous Kerosene
Sixty licenses have been granted to teach In
the public schools since the Ist OF January. The
examiner ia Assistant Superintendent Harrison. The
licensing is done with great care. The candidates are
placed trial by the Ward Trnsfs Theneyer ysfa M
presented To- the CITY Superintendent avoraby certify
S 70 them be- approved by the Committee the Normal
College that subject. The examination then follows,
and il the City Superintendent Is satisfied OF the
efficiency of the applicant, the license Is granted
The complaints of John Murphy of No. 2i7
West Thirtyourth-st, which were pentifuly dstlib-
uted to the morning papers yesterday to the effect that
the State Arsenal had been converted into smallpox
hospital, found, on examination, TO he without
foundation The janitors wife i'll with mild form
NJ he sea
Board OF Health for her 10 remain AT the Arsenal BOth
she ana her husband are confined To the northeast cor
ner OF building and do not come within geo feet OF
There very little for alarm on the part OF those
living in the neighborhood.
The case of Henry W. GestOn, convicted of
perjury in the Court OF General Sessions and sentenced
TO State prison for years came up before the Supreme
Court General Term, yesterday, application for
reversal Of the judgment Of the lower court Geston
was convicted Of perjury in having sworn In divorce
suit that mad of the parties to the suit enter
a house of prostitution. The points taken ON appeal
that the Indictment AYERS that the proceedings IN
which the alleged perjury committed were begun In
Court Of the City of ewYork that there is alega
ton in the indictment nat the ofense was committed
within the jurisdiction OF the Court that there Is no
averment that the act done feoniously and that
the fact that the indictment does not aver that the acts
done against the peace OF the people is fatalto
It, There also other points TO the admission Of
evidence. Decision reserved
BROOKLYN
Visitors at Prospect Park last week, 113,l4S.
The Rev. Dr. Duryea of the Classon-avc.
Presbyterian Church goes TO the Adriondacks in July;
the Rev Dr. Cuyler OF the Lafayetteave. Presbyterian
Church VIII visit Newfoundland and Nova Scotia the
Rev Hugh NJ Gallagher will spend three months in Eu-
rope the Rev. Dr. PenecOst will visit Kentucky; the
Rev wayland Hoyt will pass the Summer in England
tour OF New-England; the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
has departed for Peekssill
The application of Daniel c. Robbins for an
order requiring Collector Freeland of the First Collection
District to show cause why injunction should not
issue restraining him from collecting the Income tax,
came up Judge Gilbert, yesterday morning but,
before proceeding with the argument, L. s. District
Attorney Tracey obtained from Judge Benedict writ of
cerorari, and the accordingly transferred
the T. 8. Circuit Court 1t will probably be argued on
Saturday.
Gen. Jourdan of the Revenue Department an
nounces that by order OF Gen. Peasonton Commissioner
of Internal Revenue the services Of Assistant Assessor
Charles Holt OF the Fourteenth Ward, H. A. Lafetra OF
the Thirteenth Ward John L. Venus Of the Fourteenth
Ward John Davies OF the Fifteenth Ward Jacob Kruger
the Sixteenth Ward and Frederick Cochen of the Thr
teenth Ward will be discontinued to reduce expenses,
and because some OF the officers named engaged in
other business contrary 10 circular issued by the Reeve
Department some time since. No further changes
Will be made for the present
LONG ISLAND.
LONG ISLAND CITY.-Anth0ny Pirz has been
appointed member Of the Board of Education from the
Second Ward vice saffarine ID. Allen resigned. The
Board of Health has adopted the Sanitary Code of New
York, with few slight amendments. Two hundred
barrels of oil burned at the Long Island Oil Works.
yesterday "A German killed at the Stone House
Cut Dutch Kills yesterday, by the mail train due at %
p. M. while trying TO hold frightened horse
RvERHEAD-N. d. Petty has been appointed As
of the Consolidated District formed by
uniting the Thirty Thirty aud Thirty
Divisions.
CORRESPONDENTS State Board of Land Commissioners
have granted tract OF land under water for wharfage
purposes.
SAG HARBoR-Tbree and half acres OF land has been
added to'Oakland Cemetery.
NEW-JERSEY.