The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-06
NEW YORK.
The Fourth.

NEW YORK, July Fourth of July was
celebrated in this city in the usual characters
tic manner, ne business of any kind was trans
acted and the day was devoted entirely to
pleasure
Fags were displayed on public buildings,
and shipping in the harbor. The principal
clubs celebrated the day m their accustomed
manner with festive gatherings and many
citizens awaited themselves and left the city in
steamboats,. The LIST division of national guard
had parade and review and the veterans of
1872 holsted a flag ia the old fort.
The weather had dirty appearance in the
morning, but towards noon the clouds broke
and revealed a clear blue sky which contin ued
throughout the day.
The Mutuals and Atlantics played on the
Union Grounds to day in presence OF about
one thousand spectators and was one of the
best games PLAYED for the season; the pitching
was good on both sides with but little heavy
batting. Result Atlantic, 3; Mutuals, 2.
Time hours Is minutes,
New YORK, July 5.-There was heavy
hail storm yesterday afternoon in Northern
New Jersey. Horses and cattle were killed in
the fields; standing grass and grain were
beaten to the ground and trees destroyed.
In Patterson it followed to such an extent
that the streets for time were Ike rivers and
the lower parts of houses flooded.
Willie Anderson, aged 13, of Patterson, was
killed while boating on the river yesterday by
the discharge of a pistol in the hands of one of
his playmates celebrating the 4th on shore, one
OF whom IN fright ran to 1.-The woods and has
not yet been found.
Trouble for Havemeyer.
AT caucus of prominent politicians last
night it was arranged to call meeting of the
Board of Aldermen tomorrow, at which reso-
lutiOns will be presented, and undoubtedly
passed. referring to the manner in which the
Mayor has treated the resolutions of the Board,
by which he was called upon to investis gate the
aQn n hnraa ata1 oct-
ing the Governor to investigate the conduct of
The Mayor in that regard. as well as his action
in reappointlng the two Police Commissioners,
end asking the removal of the Mayor from
Office.
AT another meeting of citizens, at which
Deputy General Fairchild was present, it was
decided to make an appeal to law Monday
morning, in order to test the constitutionality
of the Mayors action The matter will be
brought before Judge of the Supreme Court
in Chambers.
Fourth of July Accidents.
Frank 0. Hagan, int1amed by jealousy, threw
his wife and himself down the Vanderbilt,
Fourth avenue cut, at Sixty-first street, last
night. He was fatally injured. She will prob
ably recover.
Some thirty-five trhing fires and as many
more or less serious accidents, and one man
killed outright, is the record of casualties in
this city on the Fourth.
About the same number of minor accidents,
with the addition of house burned, with a
little son of Thomas Nodine, and child
named Morris Smith shot dead is the rather
worse record from Brooklyn.
Six New York ruffians created riot in New
York last night, in which three meE were
seriously stabbed. There were three arrests.
Railroad Accident.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, July 4.-The fourth passen-
ger train West on Chatham Branch of the
Boston & Albany Railroad, had three cars
thrown from the track this afternoon while
passing Mellenvile. Timothy Kelly, James
Fsha and Edward Butler were seriously in
iured.
Various Matters.
Arrived steamer Brittania and Canada from
Liverpool