New-York tribune., 1874-07-20
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
THE TRIBUNE has received 80 from a. IL
X for the poor children's picnics.
Robert Holden attempted suicide ut his res
idence, No. IA Bedfordst, on Saturday evening Dy
taking laudanum lie was taken to Bellevue hospl'ai.
Fritz ShonhOltz of No. 50 Greenwlch-st. died
IN Saturday from injuries received by beirg thrown
from Lls berth in English steamer during storm ~
sea. 80
Gen. Daniel C.. McCallum, who was Master
OF Transportation FOR the Army of the Potomac during
the war, sailed for Europe On saturday ia the stea"9np
Celtic.
CHARGES are to be preferred to-day before
tbe Police Board against H. b. stephens Of the Street
cleaning bureau of the Nineteenth Ward OF alleged cor
ruptlon III receiving DrlDes'
sixty-six bags of papers and 57,5jl letters
for Europe taken from this port on stGrdy 0y
the Main and Celtic. Inc Clty oI MeAIco 'VoA
5000 letters aud the Colon 24JO
Tho body of Hugh McKeeyer of Green
Mount found in tho water at the foot OF East FIFTY
tourthst on Saturday. The body OF unknown man
was found al Pier No. IS, North River.
Frank Donnelly, age 10, of No. 447 Eleventh
ave-, hit in the sde with stone On the lCth inst
during quarrel, by Arthur Moore, l6, OF No. 45l
Eleyenthye, and he died at his home yesterday morn
ing
The Bureau of Vital Statistics report $50
births 3l marriages, and 100 deaths for the week Just
ended some what startling change from the report OF
the before. being decrease OF 30 marriages ana
i4s plrtns and an iucrcdse o. 245 dct,us.
All Fl, Chnaman, age "A, OF No. 20 Mott
st., was sitting Oh his doorstep yesterday afternoon
when four unknown suddenly assaulted hun, and
one OF them struck behind tno ear wh stone, pro-
Oucug fracture oi tue skull lie was laheh 10 tNc
Park Hospital. His assaliants nave not Oeen arrested
Ohcer Kelly killed dog on SOuth-st. yes
terday Tle do, had bitten Joseph Farrell, sailor on
the snip srahern at Pier NJ. A. East River Mary Cur.
TN, age -. 1f 40 500 Prarlst, Was Dten by doS az
Pearl ana Sew Cntmocrs-sts. The dog was snot.
mouse.
\ small party of Germans, who were enjoy
ING tne,eIy,, quietly at West Farms Saturday even
Ing were attacked by party OF roughs ana tIelr picnic
was broken up Policeman Armstrong OF the Iarty-
fourth Precinct attempted To que the disturbance nut
ne was assaulted, MS ciub was wIcsted RON LlI AM
he was out OF the budns. Other officers were
cent assistance bat thrJ ody succeeded III unIhS
two of the as-iliduts Patrick weldon ANA i"ATi nan
judge Wheeler held the former ior l" ana hheu
the latter 80
4 temperance meeting was held at the
Auen-s Methodist Episcopal Church last evening. THe
patorn was occupied oy the Rev. W. d. Thompson the
pastor; Mrs r. becca Collins, Mrs. NJ Moore, aud Mrs
L. Penfield After brief speech by the pastor, Mrs L.
Collins addressed the cOngreg ttOn sac said that the
object OF tHc temperance women III IIcldSutHS 'nr
liquor saloons not merely TO petsuIie drnAets 10
ABSTAIN from alcoholic liquors put aNo 70 plIus l'in
10 Christ. Women should not Oc dShiHcu 10 Go dnoA-
the sinners ana preath To heh' iot h 80 u%ruS
they only initiated the example sec py Cn''t. lhe
speaker then related her experience among tht women
arr M.
euluIn, - of them 10 sigu the pedSr.
William Benson an officer of the ship De-
tlvia died at Bellevue Hospital saturday from the
eff cts of u blow received July G. at the hand OF
Charles Mccarthy. a truckman living III James-st. AT
that time Benson ana Mccarthy nad "A quarrel on the
pier at the foot of seyenteentn-st, " H. where the oc
then lying IA tue course oI "hlch NidcdItnS
threw IA lump Of cUIi al B'ns0u strik ng hun above the
rft eve iufIctng wound wnich tht surgeons at tLe
ume Thought to De not 80 strIou1 - 10 enuduoI ne
N.rartny yts arrested hut released on bd py the
magistrate this representation Inc wound gre"
worse however, aud B,nson died ycS'eriay apparently
from compression OF the brain produced py tne bow
Coroner Wuituau hdd Mccarthy learre,ted and com
mItted to the Iombs to await thc investigations
The 600 Mennonites who landed at Castle
Garden on Friday by the steamship hdmmOnid started
for the West yesterday from tne Erie depot Their
points OF destination Atch,On, Kan; El6hatt,
Ind, ani YauKton Dakota. Tncy belong to a religious
sect who emIgrated half century ago from Germany
q, rho rrirea by invitation OF the Russian Government
10 occupy lands deserted 10y Cne hitrs who went
INTO Turkey avoid the Cou,CrptIon Tor tue Rts>du
In tirir new home tncv grew quietly III wealth
and number. until a few wears since, the Russian
Government determined 10 rNuGLl>n thelr religion.
and began persccutc them. Al once they began 10
ruigrac 10 the United Sacs. and there are now I-,OU
OF tnrm ia tHis country. They wear peculiar dress,
dud the CuHGGct al thtE A'ts thcS are even more
stric: than tn Qldhers.
The third tlee picmc for poor children took
place on Saturday. I,JI4 children being taken to
Excelsior Park from the Fourteenth Ward. The picnic
wa, arranged and IN tnagcd by George +. Williams. who
had ou board Large supply OF rolls, sdndwchcs cake,
milk. lemonade, aud ice cream. The Punch and Judy
show was given the grove, and the Governors Island
baud supplied the music. Thc picuic wa very sue
one and oWlugdO tue Gaze OF Capf. CNucny sud
M ofcrs no accidents OF any consequence occurred.
Tho cost oi the excursion $40 81. about SO cents
fr each cuIld taken. Tuis afternoon 81 Williams will
di-tuhutc the tickets FOR the stock Exchange Picnic
10 10 tne children " the FIRST and Second Wards who
are 10 be taken Ktran b.acI Tomorrow. stock EN-
change plcuIc % Whcu the children or thc Iurd
and Fifth Wards VIII take pare, Wi. occur THURSDAY.
me neW sUOys VIII have tLere annual cNcdr>iUn on
Au g. auI Mg Williams mas begun ~ make tne arrange
lLtuts fOI the event.