New-York tribune., 1874-08-04
NEW-YORK CITY

yesterday.
A short term of the Bankruptcy Court,
Judge Blatchford presiding. will begin to-day.
The barge Harvest Home, the floating hos
pltal OF St. Johns Guild. will give sick children short
voyage tomorrow.
Grapes and Bartlett pears were brought to
this market yesterday from Virginia by the Old Do
miniOn line OF steamships
A man has agreed, it is said to ride on
velocipede wire across the Harlem Rlver on
Saturday. This will be at high Bridge
Sheriff Conner said yesterday that he did
not intend reply In print to County Auditor Earles
criticisms based upon his quarterly bills.
The IXth Assembly District Republican AS
sociaton met in the Blocker building last night Robt.
l.. Carpenter presiding. About IL new members were
initiated.
Anthony Kelly, age 90, while examining q
revolver at Prince and Marionsts. last night acct
dentay fired the weapon The bullet entered his left
side. mfcting a severe wound He was taken to Belle
yue Hospital.
At meeting of the Republican Association
of the lid Assembly District last night resolution
him their support for any Office he aspire to. The
number of persons present was small.
A sloop yacht belonging to DR.. Vanderpoel,
the Health Officer was capsized on Sunday evening
outside OF Sandy Hook The boat contained three men
who were picked up In an exhausted condition by the
yacnt Eugene aud brought safely ashore.
The girl, Henrietta Weble, who is accused
Of attempting to TO death child OF Mr.. Frank at
Wesi Farms, on Wednesday last, taken from the
Tranont Police Station TO the Tombs yesterday. she
viii be kec. :" that prsoR to await trlaL
The examination of Robert G.. Watson, re-
Gently arrested charge OF forging the name Of AS
sistant Deputy Treasurer Charles Ii. Patterson, to
900 United states bond, ana erasng the name OF tie
20 otn was nos,poned Yesterday by United States
Commissioner Osborne until Sept. 2.
While j. w. Hopkins of Northumberland
fortv-thirdst near the Boulevard, walking
bank Of the Hudson River near One-hundredandforty
second-st Yesterday, he found hat and tweed
coat containing a memorandum and pocket-b0ok. The
coat hat suspected 10 have been the property or
some person who has committed suicide.
The new programme for August in the SUI
preme Court Chambers is a dstasteful to lawyers
1t is as follows: TX parte business at and caen
dar called AT 10 m There confusion yester
day morning by the late arrivals wanting 20 know what
had been done with thcr cases To accommodate these
the calendar called again at noon but hereafter
such favOrs Will be shown.
Several complaints have been made of late
against the official dog catchers, for receiving money
from persons whose dogs they found the
James Traynor was charged Yesterday with receiving
S. from "a person whose dog he had tbus found. The
parties brought before the Mayor. but as Traynor
had meantime refunded the money To the owner Of the
dog he would make no complaint and the Case was ac-
cOrdngly dismissed
The German bark Americus arrived at this
port yesterday after voyage Of IS days from Bremen
bound eastward, at midnight on July II The vessels
were in latitude 45o north, longitude 800 west a the
time or the accident ana the collision occurred IN
dense fog Tne amount oI damage 10 the eas, @ ar'
bound bark unknown, but the bowSpft OF the Aueri
Gus, her stem aud cutwatef were carried away
John Antonio, age 40, of No. 80 Mulberry
ST. quarreed with PereiIand Barca, age 2s Of No 80
Mulberry-st last night, and at last struck him on the
forehead with a large carving knife, iuficting a
wound Blarcia thereupon seized "A stone and threw II
Antona, striking him on TIE head and nii'cg Sc
D,tI tIa cd rtpp vel ak
the Park Hospital. where their wounds were dressed
They were then locked UP III the fraukInst Station
house
The Controller thinks that the decision rem
dcrcd last week 10y the General Tcrn OF the Supreme
Court, on an appeal made by the city from Judgment
entered the report OF referee in favor OF william
Mcdonald for materials furnished for repairing certain
streets l. Of great value ia establishing saluary re-
straIuts upOn the manner OF letting out pubic WORK
aud in showing the necessity of the Controllers action
IN refusing To honor claims based upon exceeded au-
tborily."
Bustin's Portable Fire Escape was exhibited
Yesterday IN OF the New Courthouse. Ii consists
Of an ordinary rope running through pulley set into
brass rame either end Of which is hook leathern
strap is also attached TO tho framework and this is
around the body OF the person using the escape
BY Of the escape fireman lowered nlmsel IRON
the OF tho COurinouse 10 the ground lie aftrWatd
carried down boy irori thldstory W'hdo" 10 'he
ground.
At a regular meeting of the Tammany So
oety OF Couilban order held last evening IN the Tam
many building East F0urtecntl-st Augustus Schell
presidrg e. the Hon John Fox Installed saehem
Of tlis order. the Hon. James NJ. Olhey member OF
Assembly from Queens County, was elected a member
and about Is candidates for membership were proposed
The customary dispute between the partisans of Water
Iury and John Kelly iudulgel ~, and some angry
discussion ensued, which was soon quoted
A number of gentlemen were entertained
Yesterday afternoon on the new State ne steamship
State OF Nevada, which arrived here on her first trip on
July 81 TIE Nevada was launched IN June last, having
been built on Tie Clyde She sister ship of the State
of Florida and the state OF Indiana, which are now
budDg ana will he ready for sea In short time. The
appointments OF tue State OF Nevada are first class In
every respect and she Is valuable addition To me Meet
OF the Company She VIII return TO Glasgow Tomorrow
At meeting held yesterday noon on the
floor the Butter ana Cheese Exchange VcePresidcnt
j. c. Dalayergue presided and Geo. A. Merwin. Chair
map presented the report Of the committee appointed
wear ago 10 consider the question OF sidewalk obstruc
mons and take such step toward ab1ting the nuisance
a. might seem advisable. The report, rs presented,
gave history OF the laDors and difficulties OF tue com
tee Alter lt had been read 1t was received. and, on
motion oi H. n Miller votes OF thanks were passed to
the committee, the press, aud the Common Cou1ci.
Dr. DorCmus is continuing his chemical
analysis Of nesnes OF John and Annie Powers and
Mrs Burke, who died from poisoned chow-chow two
weeks ago. aud has proceeded so far that he able
few days ago discover the OF mineral poison
in the nesnes OF each or the deceased persons. This in
formation with description 0 the poison far Ms
ANALYSIS would permit, given la the ply scan who
is now attending Eliza Batterslee, the fourth victim Of
lie fatal COLLATION., with tine additional light thus
aorded course OF treatment was pursued by the doctor
whcl has already 20 materially improved the patient
That khe is now ont OF danger.
Peter Duffy, a laboreT, while intoxicated
Yesterday assaulted his wife. Maria Duffy ia THEN
house at No $40 East Eeventhst lie struck her several
times on the stomach, and inflicted such painful Injuries
that .he was takeu with spasms resident lei a
the house, anf the brutal hus
hand was arrested. The officer took his prisoner TO the
FIuh-st StatiOnhOuse and reported the circumstances
f tine assault. physician was sent To the house who
after examining Mrs. Duffy. declared that her injuries
werc of A serious nature, owing To her dellcate
condition Duffy was taken before IA magistrate at the
T,sex Market Police Court aud committed 10 await the