New-York tribune., 1874-08-12
NEW-YORK CITY.

Music in Tompkins-square at p. M
Controller Green received $10,3n SO yester-
day, and paid ont s99ss2 81.
DIR. Daniel X. Kitchen has been appointed
Chief of staff at the Charity Hospital on Biack"ers
Island
At the rate at which work is now being
pushed the IBroOklyn tower OF the East RIVER Dride
VIII be completed about the middle OF NOH"'hDer
About 5000 Bartlett pears aud 6o,0O0 plums
and German prunes arrived III this cltY yes'elus ~
rail California. over 100000 peaches also
this market yesterday from Mary ana Ne"-JerseS'
The Cheap TRANSPORTATION Association was
TO have held yesterday, but owing 10 tue az
sepce OF a quorum there was business transacted
Since the last meeting 81 names have Deeh audeu " VI"
list.
The annual afternoon and evening summer
Festival OF Typographical Union No VIII take piaco Oh
Saturday at Suffers East River Park The proceeds
Of the festival wall be placed to the credit oi 'e
fund.
large pond on Sackett-st., between Nevlns
and Third-ave is said to be dangerous to health ACHING
Mayor Bergen called upon the Board 0fCiy WORKS yes
terday and urged them to NIL up the poho a' on'''
Action will be taken IN the matter at once
In the United States District Court yester-
day. suit began against Henry Cohen to recover
siG7 49, against Abraham Seigman to recover s7o4 80
and against Sonneborn to recover S0J4 46 IL Is
that respective amounts are due as balances
income tax.
The following persons were elected directors
OF the new Crosstown Railroad Company yesterday !:
John b. Siausson. Addison Cammack, John L. Macauay,
CHARLES j. Osborne Is. f. Carver E. ID. Burr, Homer A.
Nelson. George 5. Hart simon sIerne H. u De@'' L. o.
Elliot, j. Z. Cary, and A. j. Dlttennoeier'
An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner
Eickhoif on the body of Mary Dixon. age H. who was
killed by the rebound of shaft attached to tue elevator
OF the new building No. $40 Muoerryst. on the ith IN
stant The Jury rendered yerdiet ceuSufihR lne
builder for not having az ae pc pal.' occotS so
censurig police for not preYent. earees'hess n
the matter.
Coroner Whitehill appeared before Judge
McCue yesterday morning for Instructions az to Wha
should DO done with James Burke whom tie Coroners
iury chad found guilty tof causing the deata OF James
Kiidun the society mason. Judge McCue SAID th1t ne
reason why Burke should DC neu' an. rscDin, @
mended tnat he give bail IN $500 THIS amount was
furnished aud Burke was released from custody
In the case of John McArty, the second mate
OF the American schooner Cuityator, who Is charged
with numbering sailor named John Smith alias wright
Commissioner Osborn says that he shall discharge Nc
Arty to-day, he hears from the Secretary OIL Se
that witnesses on the way here Inc ConuSsloHei
consider the dcpo,l ,ltons against hcAty "nch
were sent on here from Antwerp Iesdl cN'uehce'
Marks Marshall and Henry Sands were ar
tested yesterday by Detective Heidelberg on charge
OF stealing massive gold watch f. L. storms IN
Encroc's lager beer garden Tuesday OF last week.
Hey locked up ~ the Central once ana Wili 1
taken before Justice Windeil this mjrH!l2 sands
claims TO bc a yrntrlOQulst and magician, AMI II Il sild
that posters up at Llng Braucn announcing an
exhibition OF bis SIKH there lu-ul-h''
Martin Waters, a laborer, resting at No. 113
Muberry-st returned home from MS days work yeser
day afternoon at ESQ., and just applying his key to
the door of hs room 10 enter when JOHN Farrell tailor
residing on the same floor rused behind him and with
out word stabbed hIm with pair of shears ABOVE thc
left Iuctlug large aud apparently very dl~cfO"s
w"uud Waters turned. bus Farrell heI aul has not
been captured. Waters then walked 10 the Fourteenth
Precinct S,atiOnhDusc, where he was attended Oy Am
buance Surgeon 30 Fhes ana taken 10 b-'c'u1 hoS'
pitdl
While Michael McSweeney, age 40, residing
at No $40 East Ninthst, going home iht"Nc'ed oh
Monday evening, when firstaye. aud Nlntlst, he
engaged III a drunken quarrel with some unkno"7 man,
who Knocked him down and fed. MoS"ectiey struck
his head against cnrbstone he fell aud received
severe wounI, winch is reported TO b; Nry u.;IrfoH,
He was carried home ana attended bN III, sh'pIHIu
The affair was ported at the Precinct station uh
midnight on Monday, when Capt. Mount lnh" LACEY
put detectives at WORK searching for the "lA"" 10 !
us,aiaut who had however. several hours 20 maze
good his escape and had NOT been arrested al Late noun
last night.
AT a meeting of the Pilot Commissioners
Yesterday communication was received from tue sd
peruteudeut OF the United States Coast Survey relating
10 the shoal In the Channel anC tie iIIny sus-
raned there by the dumping of ashes etc. il the har-
b,r reply was prepared follows: H. relation 10
the dumping in NcNYOrb narb0r, tic mrn1ets oi me
Unr and An otnpr Iilz MS bat feel great lndg
unfon at the frequent Violations OF law. ia respect
thereto however, tney use al te power "Hh tue ~"
confers on them, ana all means wnicn the Legislature
ppropriacs for the preservation " our beautiful mar
%ur The BoarI resre that thy have no: t IN ans to
employ more agents to watch these freq ieug viola
lions"
The poor children's excursions, which have
been SO successfully carried this city, are about to
be tried in Youkers The Cooperation Counsel OF that
place was in this city yesterday making inq res a. TO
the manager OF such af airs. AMI he Will accompany
the excursion given tomorrow. George T. williams, the
manager of the poor chieHs free excursions, VIII dis
tribute the tickets hs afternoon Tor The excursion 10
tne children Ot tie T.nth Ward The cAlGien OF that
district have been patiently waiting their turn dnd II is
expected tlt over 1900 viii be taken out tomorrow
Te manager hopes additional Subscriptions Will Dc
st1 in AT enable nun to take the cnlIde Ot the
seventh Tnirieent and Seventeenth Wards. embracing
toe most crowded quarters OF the city TiL TkBu SE
mas received fy Gems for the poor chl!iIehs Peuc,
from ueury GardDer, Railway, y. j.
BROOKLYN.
Cant. Crafts and Sergeant Carpenter of the
Pourth Precinct made a descent last night upon the
nccy shon at No 37 Kentave.. and arrested the pro-
rrirt1r Eiward Smith, and Frank Diyen and Jas:
ONeil whom they found In The place Tue BOOKS ahu
papers were taken to the Fourth Precinct station.
james johnson. age 2o, who has been an
inmate Of the Pcuiteutary, Orutay assaulted. yester-
day. Mrs Mary Farrell OF No rs Park-ave, Brooklyn,
who had offered hm a home when lie was houscess. He
,eIed her TO the ground kicked her. knocked all her
teeth out aud pulled the hair out Of her head There
was no cause for conduct except that she denied ms
charges that she halOorlng his VIE Omcer SUN
van who saw Johnson running from Mrs. Farrell
while she was covered with blood, gave chase sni ar
r..tad him Johnson drew kniIe aud tried 10 stab the
aaicer. bIt was unsuccessful. Justice Riley. before
whom the man was arrAigned sent hun to the Peuten
tIary for Que year
LONG ISLAND.
JAMAICA.-Joseph Volinski, the lunatic who
WAS sent to this place Newtown last week for ex
animation before County Judge Armstrong aud who.
while confined the cells OF the Town Hail. broke o
his cell door aud smashed the stove and window In the
corridor, having been PRONOUNCED insane has beeh n
taken 10 the Asylum Utlca. Yesterday afternoon ne
again became furious au twisted bis iron bedstead as