New-York tribune., 1872-05-24
NEW-YORK CITY.

vorrg oarsman. named S. Sewell, was
drowned early Yesterday off Pier No "a, N r., his shell
boat having been upset by the wash Of the steamer
Ansonia. =,
Powelrs picture of the Battle of Lake Erie"
panted for the Capitol Washington will be exhibited
free between 4and p, m tomorrow, at the 22d hegi
ment Armory, In Fourteenth-St
Col. Lester b. Faulkner of Dansville, Liv-
ingstOn County, Aide-de Camp to Gov. Hoffman, mas
appointed Engneern Chief with the rank OF Brig
sder.GeneTal, vice William NJ. Tweed, jr resigned
The receiver of the Market Savings Bank
expects to call meengof thecredtors soon and to pay
Che first dividend some tmcin June. The BOwhng-ereen
savmgs Bank will pay, June 3, its first dividend amouh
ing to % per cent
Commissioner Van Mort has addressed let
ter 20 Corporation Counsel OGormau, asking whether OF
not the Department Of Public Works is absolutely re-
uuired by chapter 5 Of the Laws Of 1871 TO advertise IN
10 newspapers-nine daily nine weekly ana one oici
journal.
Gouldine's Business Directory of New York,
Brooklyn Newark Paterson, Jersey City, Hoboken and
Elizabeth for the year ending May l. just issued con
the names Of $500 persons engaged in mercahe m
and professional pursuits-an increase Oi .oO s0o ~
last edition.
Deputy Sheriff Jarvis arrested, yesterday,
Thomas Hines and James Foley dealers in obscene III
erature at No It Annst and seized all of their STOCK
The for the arrest and seizure was issne1 oD D
Recorder Hackett the complaint OF Authohy OoIh-
stock Hines and Foley were committed to the IonDs
III default OF $1,000 bail EACH
President Smith, who has been sick for nearly
two months returned yesterday this city, and pre-
sded at the meeting of the Board of Police The Mayor
was requested attend the meeting Of the Board OF Po
lice to-day when the bids for street cleaning will be
opened and acted upon. 1t was also resolved that the
PEELED 10 keep the cutters of their material in front
Of any building which they are now erecting should be
~ BROOKLYN.
Controller Schroeder received, yesterday, bids
for 100000 worth OF Park bonds, the highest offered
being SlO4 80.
The trial of the actions of Daniel Maloney
and Mary Buckley against the Staten Island Railroad
Company for the recovery of damages each for the
death of relatives by the Wested explosion was con-
euded yesterday in the Brooklyn City Court the jury
disagreeing
The annual "May walk' of the Protestant
sundayschoos Of the Eastern District took place yes
terday afternoon and is estimated that there were
l5OOO children the procession, which passed thr0ue
Bedfcrdave. and other thoroughfares WIN Danus oI
music and numerous banners
The estimates for the proposed new jail for
submitted TO the Kings County Board of Super
yisors yesterday were as follows: Mundell Teckrz,
$4,000; F. H. LOenboldt. s65O0O Gamaiel King & Co.,
The first Offer while the minority give the preference
10 the lowest bidder The Military Committee was au-
Myrtle and Clcrmontaves at $4,000, a site for an
srmOry for the 23d Regiment.
LONG ISLAND.
FAR RoCKAwAY.-Franklin Norton, the lu-
matte who shot Robert White the South Side Railroad
contractor Monday loaded rife with buckshot yes
terday and threatened TO shoot aborers employed on
the road, but was fOrcibly Kept within DOORS
HEMPsTEAD.-samuel Wood, in n quarrel with Charles
Pinkney Tuesday night received dangerous pistol
shot wound the breast. The assalant was captured
by Woods friends after long chase and was committed
10 jail.
HUDSON RIVER COUNTIES.
WHITE PLAINs.-The Grand jury has found
s5 bills Of indictment this week, including against
John Hughes fozshooting John II. KEN.
WEST FARMs.-Property owners in Fordham-ave. have
riCned remonstrance the Commissioners Of Public
Parks against widening the avenue.
NEW-JERSEY
JERSEY CITY - The inquest in the case of
Frederick Doblestein who found dead at No. 100
Bergen-st May p concluded yesterday by YER
dict Of death from injuries received at the hands Of
persons unknown and the jury urged the Governor 10
efr suitable reward for the detection Of the murderer
or nurderers Henry Lohsey, who had been detained
suspicion, released. 1t is thought that Ernest C.
suicide by drowning himself in the Hackensack River.
As the 6l5 IL. PavOna hOrse-car from West End
descending the Hill, near Bergen Tunnel yester-
day the brake-chan snapped. and the ran on the
track into embankment. The passengers were un-
injured.
NEWARK. Henry Diefenbaeh, age 6s. committed sui
eide al ls house in veTSt. Wednesday evening, by
shooting himself in the head, while temporarily insane