New-York tribune., 1874-07-10
NETWORK CITY.

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James Tate of No. 192 First-ayey IN III
OF derium tremens yesterday, attempted to coInmit
suicide by cutting his throat with taOe-AniIe'
Ten or twelve vessels of the Brooklyn Yacht
Club arc moored Bay, at the foot OF court
st. preparatory to the Summer cruise to Ne"-Lohdoh
Conn.
The compositors of The Commercial Adrer-
,,r prescn,rd Chester r. Dewey late managing editor
of that paper, with an e3ony go.d-Acadea cane ia''
night ,, =,
Ben Woodwork, a laborer about Fulton
Market has by the death Of an uncle, fallen heir 10
property in Nova Scotia, near Halifax worth max "
million dollars.
The Ncw-H Hampshire Editorial Assocatlon'
numbering about 50 persons viii visit the HppouIoe
his evening and on saturday morning viii 20 houe VIA
Fdll River anu Boston, -. =
David Welsh, no home; J. c. Conkln OF
seyenty-s!xth-st and Avenue A. ana Patrick sullivan u
No 70 sandsst Brooklyn we're overcome WIN '"' '''
yesterday aud taken TO the Eospit'l-'
A number of boys were firing crackers yes
terday in Westinghouse and 10 intensity the enjoy
mont one Of them put cracker in the mouth OF Johh
Rny age 3, VINO severely injured by the eAPoSon
The Fire Department reports that during
June there were 100 fires involving loss OF S635o1 Oh
which there was an of ss375 In the Same
month in 1873 there 1850 per cent more nreS ana
I35 per cent greater loss
Two women engaged in a pugIistic encounter
at the Rooseyelt.st Ferry yesterday, and pummeedeach
other for several minutes without the interference OF
tic police, who were doubtless engaged 40 hcautu@I'iS
IN endcayOrs to reorginz' the Board
The new steamship Elean0ra Of the Maine
line left TIL, port on her first trip Portland YESTERDAY
She il screw Of LOO tons and Is furnished
with powerful machinery manufactured by DeamateI,
and Will make from Il 10 IS knots an hour. lue Lt"
steamer well furnished has ue saloons, and ~ state
rU0IIs.
Commissioner Van Mort has sent to the
Board Of Assessors certificate Of the cost Of re-uang
grading and the SuucrsUcture OF the Boulevard from
F,ftv-uiDtb.st to misunderstanding The
cost l. rcuorfed 20 be S24sl52l IS, OF which amount
s. 2G2 S5 y was expended under the direction of the p
bar, uent Ol PatAs during tie administration oI Nj.
Green.
The With Assembly District Republican
Association held a special meeting at its rooms IN Uni-
versty place. last evening. The chair was occupied py
Cornelius V,n Cott The object OF the meeting was 10
make amendments to the Consultation, llNuE 70 , to
XiXth Assembly district TWO OrgduIdJlol- "hu 'nICo
to She district formed by the newly annexed "atuS'
Major Wilson, Solicitor of the Treasury, IS
s al the Fltn Avenue Hotel, continuing his inYestSa
ton into the circumstances OF the burglary Of the DE
trct-Attorncy'= Office in Washington. He declines 10
e will proceed to tonight TO continue the lhFp
tigaOu there and Will probably report I'D hcAt "'A
Several changes have recently been maze
or,ora the head. of departments the General Post
Office Thomas J. OBrien has been promoted from tAe
head Of the Box D"partment to be Assistant 3npfrin
tendtut OF the PostOice during the day, ana III iar
rOr X.
promotions IN accordance Win the CN Sei'''e A'
fortl rules.
4 Trcnchman named Charles Chevalier, age
35 committed suicide by taking poison in his room AT NO.
lC7 Hester-st yesterday morning He left letter be-
hind him stating that uncomfortable deafness induced
hiE To end his l!c, announcing tla1 !Iouen CnpuCl
would be found in his trunk to Gciray the iuheral eX
ana @ ,afdns nsnG caster s m OF NO. iao Idrdsel
At the meeting OF the Dock Commissioners
Yesterday the OF part OF the pier at the foot OF
Twentythr S., T. r., directed TO render 10 tie
Department an account OF all the wharfage received
and to pay onehaf 10 the Treasurer OF the Department
In future the wharfage VIII d" Collected ~ Tue 'Pa
meet and one half handed over to the oW hers lHt NJ
plcation Of J. II. Warm to erect shed on Per 49, ~
4 was denied, pending the decision III Ihe S' oI ,c
People against c. II. Mallory Il Co.. decided by the
General Term superior Court adversely 10 the fSh' VI
the Department 20 grant such permits.
A dense crowd of people gathered in the
vicinity Of the Hppodrome yesterday morning to wit
ness the ascent Of the baoon which, It had been an
uouuced, wouli positively start at Il o'clock After
delay Of half an hour Mr. Donaldson stepped into the
basket and the bag OF air shot up from the roof
ot the HppOdr0me. When the aoronnut had asrcAlrd
,Ggt distance he waved his hand 10 the people below
ami was answered by deafenlhg Shout' HodSe tols,
paoplc VINO waved Mr.. Donaldson fTevCll For some
time at.er leaving the building ne Daoon tooK souI-
Mr. Donaldson ad that he should 20 until ne coud see
a railroad ana would then come down. III Ofderto Ieach
/ the city for tOday's exhibition.
VILE is in a very unsafe condition brick addition.
1880 is being put the south end While the masons
wore ot work on Tuesday afternoon the ceiling of the
prce classroom in the Primary Department te! without
the least warning almost bVlFlnS trte OF tc .i'N i
badly bruised Charles Baxter, Tue aicltt't ~
charge of the addition tnat the old building shouid
be condemned. il being dangerous In it' present cohul-
on any 10 remain IN H. lhe maui moor II p'S
hung aud the balance of tue c.ilng III tue primary
classroom liable 10 fall at any time: Tie school mas
been much crowded many 0t the cnllren OF t.e eSi-
b3flood being uuablc obtain admission IL Is on TINS
account the addition Is being made TO the oadlhE
The German Liberal Democrats and Reform
ers OF the XXIst Assembly District held meeting last
night nc No l3u Thrdaye., the two Presidents, Ed
ward schlichug and Dr.. L. G)schmidt, IN the chair.
On calling the meeting to order Mr.. schichnS made
brief address in the course OF which he said that the
Englishspeakiug Democrats and Others Thought they
had broken up the German eeineut into factions But
they determined To obtain their rights by union
| OF all the German->peakng CITIZENS. Inc PLATFORM
adopted by the central body OF the German independent
Clt7eus then read, and the two organ
izitons formally united under the name St the
District This about the eighteenth district IN when
the German Liberal Democrats and R.formers have
united IN this way This Association clams 10 contFol
40.0)O voters.
Residents of Harlem complain that the local
police magistrates do not deal with criminals brought
before them severely enough for the protection OF the
community. Recently two cases OF persons charged
with carrying slungshots have before Police jus
tice Oterbourg OF the Ninth District Court and n each
OF them the prisoner has been discharged on paying
small nne although the Ofcnse Is one that hy the statute
sends the offender conviction 20 the state Prison
John Lynch, aged A. contractor at Eighty fourth-st
and ave. arrested few days since by OIL
Pabor for drunkenness. On being searched at the
Twelfth Precinct Station house murderous looking
sung shot very heavily loaded found his
taken before Justice Otterbourg. who remanded
him. saying that the court had time 10 attend to his
case Just then subsequently, on the same day. Lynch
was brought before him again fined go and discharge
man arrested by officer Clark for carrying slung-
| shot was dealt with III the same way.
BROOKLYN.
Uassan H. Wheeler who was elected n