New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-13
NETWORK CITY.

these, MOrmOns, VINO arrived ny tHo iuaHV'
Serge ant William H. Leflcrts, Secretary OF
the Police Mutual Aid Society. transmitted MS qartery
report to the Society Saturday He stated that the
association had lost Il members and that he had paid to
tho relatives Of the deceased sGii5 go the society mas
2,36o members.
The work of prosecuting liquor and tobacco
dealers who have egected TO pay the special tax re-
olired by law Is being vigorously pushed Every day
from fou or five 20 Of these dealers are orough
before the United states Commissioners aI r u
the penalty they are mourning by their conduct
Thomas Roe, aged 40, foreman employed
on the Boulevard Improvements, living at No 10 one
Observation-Disclosures, took Paris green While tenn
porar.ly insane the 9th inst Antidotes were gwen
he died Yesterday The body is already badly decou-
posed. An inquest in the case Is called for to-day.
The schooner Maria Louisa, behind the
steamtug Oliver Baker, into the fcrry-boat Column
bia on Saturday at noon The Columbia is owned by
the Union Ferry Company and was plying on the wan,
It. line The schoouers bowsprt struck the ladies'
cabin Of the Columbia carrying portion OF IT away;
There few persons on board the terry-bOat ana
fortunately no one was injured
The Commissioners of Charities and Correc-
ton delegated Warden Quinn Of the City Prison on
Saturday to investigate the charges of Ill treatment
preferred by L. A KIcibe OF No 1870 Prnca-st, against
Inc Keeper Of the Essex Market Prison. Tue Commits
sioners suspended from duty The Visitors to the
Poor in consequence OF The APPROPRIATION Tor the out
door poor having been nearly expended
The funeral of William McGinnis, the boy
who died. as the Bellevue STAFF believe, OF hydrophobia
in Bellevue Hospital, Friday night, took place on
Saturday from his late home al No % Essexst. Coro-
ncI Woinan will hold an Inquest ~ soon as the sur
pcons VINO now examining parts OF the decedseds
body to the nature Of the disease shall have
concluded their examination
Attention was called in TIE TRIBUNE on
Saturday TO the fact that there is no district prison.
officially recognized such from Spuyten Duyyi Creek
to the Twenty third Precinct, distance OF nearly seven
miles although The prison attached 10 the Ninth District
Court house. in One-hundred-and-twenty hfth,s mas
been Just constructed at a large expense COinmls-
soncr Never stern visited the Courthouse on Saturday
gave Instructions To nave ths prison prepared IoI
lho reception OF offenders without further delay
The new steamship City of New-York, Capt.
DeAicnfoi;sIessrs. f. Aexandre Sons, New-IorE and
lyaua line has lust made two very quick passages III
succession from Havana this port the preyious one
m days - hours and the last IN days 2i hours me
Pacific Mail steamship Company nave learned thlt tue
eco from Hong Kong and Yokohama, having made
the trip Yokohama IN II days ana hours actual
running time, being the quickest trip yet recorded
The failure of Digges n Co., dry goods mer-
chants Of No 81 LaOnarist, was announced IN CONNER
clal and financial circles Saturday. The firm had
been weakened by the trying times of last year. and
the lost ground although they maze 70
40 business until the present time. Their hablties
were estimated 100000 but they expect To pay them
There was report OF another failure later IN the oay
1t proved TO be that OF small Retailer III Tue upper part
Albert Bcrgler, age 81, of No. AL West
Thirty-sixth-st., entered a fermentpg tank in the
brewery OF T. c. Lyman & Co., at No 5ls west Ihrty-
tbirdst on Saturday, and was soon overcome by the
foul gas and tainted. Augustus Tungine, age 20, OF
No 49, West Thirty-fourhsl;, also employed III the
brewery attempted to rescue Berger, but was himself
Toe and reached them. When rescued they found
TO be lfeless, and all attempts TO resuscitate them
proved unsuccessful
Hugh Gardner has not yet acted as a mem
Der OF the Excise Board Commissioners Marshall and
Stewart quorum OF the Board transact the business
OF the Department in the same manner as when Police
Commissioner YoOrhis was their colleague. During the
past week clerks and inspectors have been preparing
copies OF the evidence against bO Hquoueaers, whose
names will be presented to the Grand Jury for indct
mcnt on a charge Of selling liquor without License.
liquor, ana $3.50 during the past week since May
they have received sI26i25 90
The police force were paid their salaries for
the month Of June on Saturday. John Kelly and
George W. Duryee, the bondsmenof Treasurer Duryee,
appeared before the Controller and justified in s20Ooo
each The sum OF 100000 was deposited TO the Treas
urrr's credit in the Butchers aud DrOvers' National
bank Commissioner Duryee then returned 10 Police
ave them to the captains OF precincts. The
sum OF S2j620 60 was paid to the police anu :3S 10
me empoye- OF the street Cleaning Department. There
was no meeting OF the Board OF Police Oh Saturday
A number of cases of smallpox are reported
| az Harlem, mostly among children, several OF whom
have died from the contagion The child OF a man
named Kane who lived in shanty in FOurh-aye. and
one died on the ith inst and
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canal degree OF neglect was that OF Mr. Martin OF No.
ig7 Fourth who was seized with tue smallpox
last Wednesday forenoon. ana despite the anxiety OF tue
following day. Meanwhile he left the house. and wan
dered about the ueiEhbOrn0od, creating much alarm
case Is reported ia herman fanny Ia Ohe-luh
drrd,lud-twenty- nrsts, between Fourth and Madison
ayes one at northwest corner Of FOIrth-lye and
ahd othe! cases az NO.
III East OHehundred- tweny-hfth 81 and No ~
East northumberland seventeenth-st
The second excursion for poor children took
md "a glil tr,u ugfe talk q,
oriental Grove, Long Island sound. The children
assembled at the Oakst. stationhouse at a. N, and
were escorted the boat Ut the foot Of Markc-st.
10y the Governors Island Band. As as the barge
left the pier the mauaser George Williams, ordered
the walters 10 prepare breakfast consisting OF mix and
French rolls Tue sail up the Sound the children
rb. Al the Grove Punch and Judy entertained the
little ones waite the older boys and girls enjoyed
swim. They landed in NewYOrk at 8 a. IN, and
dismissed at the stauonHouse. Tue weather was
threatening. but rain ie until jus. after the children
scSi "a or St cents for each child taken The next
excursion viii take place on saturday next.
The new White Star steamship Britannia
sailed for Liverpool on her first outward voyage
saturday afternoon Few steamships have attracted
such general attention as the Britannia, since her
arrvaLa week ago. and curiosity and therefore
drew many to the White Star pier to witness her de-
parture. In addition 10 the crowds thus drawn together
an excursion had been arranged by the agent H. j.
Cortis whereby the invited guests might accompany
new steamer to Sandy Hook aud return by boat pro-
yiInd for the purpose. 20 dense the crowd that
some delay Iperienced III dspatchng the steamer
and II was after when the great vessel which had
lying out In the stream swung slowly around aud
turned toward Sandy Hook. There nearly go
cabin ia on board among whom was Mr. Ismay,
one OF Of the White star Lue besides humid
reds OF friends Of passengers and guests invited bY Mr.
Cortis The 18th Re gment Band furnished music ior
occasion. The steamer WIN Eook followed the Britannia
aud about two miles beyond sandy HOOK the
transfer made.
BROOKLYN.
The directors of the Brooklyn Elevated
pau,oad ha psrfccting plans carry