New-York tribune., 1874-03-19
NEW-YORK CITY.

NEW-YORk CITY.
The Coast Wrecking Company have begun
work on the schooner Benjamin Reed which went
near the West Bank week ago
The arrival of 964 bales of cotton was re-
norted Yesterday. Prices nearly cents pouhu
lower than at this time last year
The hall at Third-ave. and One-hundred- and
st. has assigned for the Cy Court IN
the IXth Judicial District Justice Flanagan VIII hold
court In IL this mOrnng for the nrst tifhe'
The delegates of the New-York Chamber OF
Commerce. who attended the funeral OF the late Charles
Sumner in Bosfon-Clrus W. Field, A. A. Low, :. d.
Chittenden, and Eliot C. Cowdn-are all natives VI 'o"
England. q,
Business on the Stock Exchange was duh
Yesterday without any special feature. large num-
Der OF walst operators absent at Chester 10 VIII
ness the launch OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Companys
ste sro me ersey city Station of tie
syivania Railroad.
A norton of the cargo of the French steamer
Alexander Levallay reached tins city yester lay morn
ing The Leyalay went ashore opposite Southampton,
L. L. several weeks ago, and still lies In nearly the same
position as at first She will probably be loa,eu ~oe
dimcuy Injury when the cargo shall nave Deeh
entirely removed E.
The Board of Fire Underwriters of this city
recently pay the arrest and CON
vicon incendiaries Ia accordance with TINS resou
they paid yesterday properly anhorzea
500 for the conviction OF Charles H. huner Va @ III M @
own house Evansville, Indiana. The hre occuTre on
January 10. The cupr was convicted on feOruiy 81
The Howard Relief Association presents TINS
record Of work the month ending March IL: AT NO
20 Leonard st. meals furnished lss6o lodgings, 1,I7o
AT No 6l Thompson-st.. meals furnished, %fS; Iodg
ngs, 2595 Families relieved 5oo articles OF c0t9in9
March a. 1914 $685. lodgings, 2313; families rcieFed'
| 9Os; articles Of clothing gwen out, $50.
Caleb Il. Rowe, the treasurer of the fund for
the family OF the late Emile F. Cook has received
s2l4s s2 The Rev. Dr. Vincent OF the Methodist Epis-
copa Church. appeal 10 the various sunday
schools OF that denomination for further
by request of the American Eyaneelica Aia9cI AZ 80
special collection will he taken III the churchcs o 'no
various denominations next Sunday for TINS fund'
| Coroner Woltman was asked last evening I'd
hold an inquest upon young woman, age 26namcd Ma
Felton, who died yesterday at the Grove House, NO ro
Bleeeke.t under suspicious circumstances III appears
that she left the residence OF her parents at NO 20
Jane-st about week ago, saying that she had pro
Ih crave House She died yesterday, after confessng
| to young named johnson mat sne miu taeen v
| peculiar medicines. Capt W!lnams Is cOhecuuB o'
| dence in regard TO the case.
Brief funeral services were held yesterday
over the remains OF the late Henry Shields PreSeh'
of the Board Flour Inspectors and for many years
a prominent -four merchant in Broad-st, at his late resi-
| dence No. lOs second-ave. The remains were then
taken 10 ST. Patricks Cathedral and solemn Requiem
| Mass was chaunUed over them Inc very ke'; ratler
Quinn. Vicar General preached and adnlnstered apU @
aud Kearney assisted IN the services Ine c.sket tt
held the remains was & oil and bore on the lid
pate with the inscrption Henry Shields died March
! a. 1874, aged 81 years"
The Committee of Fifteen appointed by the
Committee of the Produce Exchange to raise money i'll
aid OF the suffering poor held meeting yesterday to
make final disposition Of the funds In hand. The Com
mittee have raised in all little more than s9lOO
| OF which sl,s62 remained unappropriated yesterday
The proposition to give money to the soup-houfes was
debated but met with raj opposition. An old mem.
ber Of the Exchange living IN Brooklyn with family OF
nine children is destitute The sum OF 900 BV tie
It "a nrpta ne
for relief OF special cases wglch may De brolgh 10
the notice Of the Committee since the last puoshed
report $3.50 have been appropriated TO ST. johns Guild
BROOKLYN.
Mrs Elizabeth Delaney, who was assaulted
on Sunday evening with hatchet by her husband who
afterward committed suicide, reported to be
erIng.
George Weeks of the Twentieth Ward has
been elected Chairman OF the Executive Committee OF
the Republican General Committee, and Chas Phillips
has been elected Secretary.
Great pressure is being brought to bear upon
Mayor Hunter by different politicians, who urging
the appointment of their special fayores for the posi-
WORTH who was elected TO the Assembly.
Ninety-six jurors have been summoned to
attend at the Unteo states Circuit Court in Brooklyn,
on March o. when it proposed try Messrs Sanborn
yanderwerken, ana Htwiey' Judge BeneGiet W WIZ pre-
District-Attorney Rodman intends TO try
Isaac Badeau and the connected with the tax
office defacatous April. He said yesterday, that he
was determined respond the wishes OF the people
demand that the rogucs shall pay the penalty OF
their sgrcssons. He l. examining the papers and
thinks that he will be, without doubt prepared to try
indicted in the next term OF the Court Of
Sessions.
A man apparently about 55 years of age,
respectfully dressed and having long gray hair and full
brown whiskers ana musIache mixed with gray.
noticed yesterday afternoon staggering along the
of East SewYorh. lie visited large number of Saloons
obtaining liquor almost every place, and finally he sank
tn the ground in helpless state OF lntOxlcatOn He WAS
arrested by policeman at about 1880 and taken 10
the East New-YOrk statiOn-hOuse whele lie was con-
signed TO a cell. lie TOO Inebrated TO give either
his residence. At about 4:3O m LIE dis
suspended from the door Of his cell by scarf
which ne had twisted around his neck. An inquest Will
be held at the Coroner's Office at noon to-day.
LONG ISLAND.
FLUsuING.-The opposition existing between
the Central the Flushing and North Shore and the Long
Island Railroad is likely to prove beneficial 70 the resi-
dents OF Long Island in giving them Increased facilities
OF travel and transportation at reduced The peO
pie OF this and of the intermediate stations be-
tween here and Hunters Point have already expert
enced benefits by the establishments Of opposition lines,
and consequent lower rates OF fares and there
q probability that Summer pleasure seekers may have
Increased facilities OF access 10 ROckaway aud other
places OF resort the South side Of the island The
management OF the Central and North Shore Roads
propose To establish branch road To ROckaway in cOmpe
titiOn with the Long Island kOckaway branch to IN
the most direct route from tns town TO Jamaica, and
Springfield Valley stream, Woodsburgh, Far Rockaway,
and the beach.
HEMPsTRAD-Iti Is understood that arran gemens have
been made for pushing work the New-York, Bay
Ridge and Hempstead Railroad, which has been sus-
pended since the failure of the Shepherds in the
agement OF the South Side Railroad last year Men are
advertised for TO complete the grading OF the roadbed
This road for which the right ot way has already been
secured, will be almost an airline from Bay Ridge To
this town. touching NewUtreeht, Flatlands, Flatbush,
NewLOts and Jamaica; aud ~ Is intended eventually