New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-30
NETWORK CITY.

Garden yesterday.
The judges in the recent heta-Vislon con
test arc sn unable TO reach decision ana no re'roc
has thus far been chosen to whom the question eau
properly be submitted
The schooner Laura Pride from Maracal0o
arrived at this port yesterday and reported having Gu
eountcrod hurrcance tue 10th inst Her ooa's ana
water casks shattered some sas Io0I ahu V''S'
damage OF minor Importance sustiiheu'
A circular letter has been sent by .he officers
of the Rapid Transit Association TO each candidate or
Senate and Assembly in this city asking whether, ~
elected, lac will use his nnne.ce 20 t @ transit
of law authorizing the CONSTRUCTION Oh r9pd uah'i
railroad by the CITY, -.
p. II. Barnum gives notice of a grand matt
nee performance at his mammoth pavilion on MohuaS
next al 10 o. me- the entire receipts OF Whieh arc 10
be sent TO the relief OF the Memphis sufferers Al tHe
6enaTtments will be thrown open and the exhibitions ~
be arena aud hippodrOmo introduce inc entire Iofee m
artists engaged. The usual rates Oh aunl'Soh Will w
charged.
No news has yet been received by the New
York agents OF the Anchor Line, regarding their missing
steamship Ismaa. They still hold TO the theory tl"'
her machinery has become disabled and she is progress
ing under sail She left tins port on stp,' 49, win
cargo of merchandze passengers and was duo az
Neville about oct H. put ono OF tl'I ,oJ
Which left four days afterward was only 'eist"pnou
on Tuesday last -
II is understood that the stockholders OF the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company have voted
give power to their trustees TO dispose OF ABOUT 6sO
shares or stock the amount belonging TO inc COMPANY
unissued The Western Union Company having ItSsntg
sorred control Of the Pacific and Atlantic cuts on IO
the Atlantic md Pacific manv Of the most lmpottan'
ctics south and West, such as New-Oreans henpnSs
6oderS that tins reserve stock Will enable them TO
extend their operations -l~~-
Charles Boardman, who was killed at Centre
and Grandsts on Tuesday evening While standing on
freight car OF the New-Uavon and Hartford IalIloau'
which ran into the Desbrosses-st horse car was resi-
dent OF New Haven COun, and the agent OF the Adams
rnrcs Company whose freight he had IN charge at the
tune OF enc accident. He mad opened tHc CaI-upii'
witch 70 of iron to look out and the collision closed ~
c,tcbp the unfortunate mans head aud ca ttnE OH he
tor of The skull Police Captain Ward. while passing
the scene OF disaster. Yesterday morning saw sone
tLino ,inr m the street which. examination proved
10 be the severed portion OF tue he"u'
4 singular case of mistaken identity occurred
Yesterday in the Court Of General Sessions DdnieI
Murphy was tried and acquitted for ro5Oing Edmond
ONei the frat officer of the brig Gambia, VINO hVes at
No 70 Markets., OF a watch and chain worth $40 on
oct L. Tue complainant and the police officer who
made the arrest both testified that to the best OF their
belief the prisoner the who committed the ROD
berry and the prisoner that hearing he was accused
of larceny another case he had voluntarily gwen VIM
self mn 10 he tried on that charge and had never known
or heard OF the ofeuse Tor when ne was be1nt lue'
After his acdulta al the instance OF Mr.. Rollins. he
was taken back to tho prisoners box and 10 was then
discovered that there we've TWO Daniel Murphys. lHey
were both brought back into conI aud their rcsem-
hlauce to each other remarked by every one, ana IL
discovered that the probable real ohendcr was tho
tho Tombs will he hereafter brought Mp TO answer
for the OGenses with when uey arc respectively
charged. ,r1o,,r,,,,
+. Russell Of No. 21 Westinghouse. on
Tuesday morning took n Hudson River Tram for SAUCER
ties and IN the evening his body with one foot cut on
was found the track at Btrrytown u is snrmiscd
that while standing on She p'tioun nc was accidentally
thrown under tue train ana KILLED
William Groiinski of No. f0S Bridge-st.,
Ne-York was arrested late On Tuesday night, on sus
piclon of being implicated in the death OF Edward v
Duddenhauser late Of No. East Tnrtythrd St, New
York the artist whose body recovered on sunday
ngnt. IN the East RIVER at the foot OF Norh secondst
GrOiinsN the night witchinah on the WHAT near
which the body found. IL at first supposed to De
a Of suicide but suspicious OF foni play having been
excited Coroner Wnitelh made Yesterday an lnOr MAJ
estigatOn but postponed the inquest Tor Two weeks
William Anderson was placed on trial yes
terday n the Court of Sessions, charged with having
stabbed Annie Cunningham with a large pocket knife,
intending to kill her II appears that they have been
engaged to be married for many years and that jeal
ousy prompted him TO commit the act The prisoner
was found guilty aud sentenced by JuCge Moore To the
Peuitentiaiy Tor three and half years Miss CuD-
sion throw her around his neck when he retired
from the jnry-hOX in the company OF an ohcer. aud
otherwise exhibited great grel al inc sentence OF e
STATEN ISLAND.
New BRIGHroN.-A proposition to have the
Richmond turnpike macadanizcd was discussed last
evening by the Trustees, their Clerk and the Justices
OF the Peace the Of Caseton. Hall Of the road
is III Middetown and the expense consequently, would
have TO be borne by both towns. The New Brighton
officials decided TO have the work done, provided Mid
dctOwn would agree 70 bear lis share OF expense when
Is estimated at $4,000.
NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.-David Smith, J. II. Cornell
SON. g. G. Clark, s d. Harrison and Andrew Clark the
Commissioners appointed TO apprasc the sites offered
for the new Post-olce. yesterday Tayors Hotel
and after examination rejected all the sites
cept one Westinghouse, offered by the Hon. D. S.
al nv tho
Cornelius Van Worst The Commissioners have vet
decided which of these viii be accepted or what price
will be awarded oil. The First National Bank has
fled Petition in bankruptcy against the
New-Jersey Midland Railroad, and rule to
show cause was granted. returnaDle Nov. A..
Thomas Shannon OF No. 272 Thirteenth st. has
from home that day. intending 10 walk Newark.
and has not been since Daniel Harley aud Den
Abattor were severely scaIded yesterday while at
tempting TO scald hOg which had been stuck and
Delaware. Lackawanna. aud western Railroad mas pur-
chased the Wood estate consisting OF 70 lots extending
from Palisadeayc to HObOkenave., on the Nights.
Wm Conway. age CO. was arrested IN one OF the state
OF The steamer sesa yesterday while in the act Of
rhlng a travelling bag He committed for examina
tOn....A new cuyert has been constructed, corner
Jersey-aye and First-st' where the Improvement was
badly needed because of a stagnant pool OF water
which has afflicted the place for some time The
Cunard steamship Scotia sailed yesterday with cabin
passengers aud $780, IN silver bars Thirty cars
coal direct frOm the Lehgh mines received the
Homestead Station yesterday. The case of Margaret
Long, indicted for nantcide has been postponed until
DecembeTS The principal witness Mrs ADastasia
Rdgeway, who was murdered by her husband,
at weehawken October "a. Another important
witness In the case has disappeared, ana the
| her whereabouts The prisoners counsel viii
argue next Monday to have the prisoner adj
mitted to bail The Of Ihomss Finn indicted for
the murder Of Eugene Adno Hackensack Bridge last
July, has been set down for Nov. Simon and Ber
nard Marks, tobaccOnists, OF Montgomeryst, Bergen
ave- were arrested yesterday charged with defraudng
Albert spiro Of whom they had purchased goods and
Michael MullOne one Ot the oldest OF Hudson