New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-15
NEM-YORK CITY.

The old buildings at fultoh-st' anu DIVau-
way have almost wholly disappeared.
The loungers in the City Hall Park yester-
day complained of the warm sunshine. Naturally.
The sixth regular match for the Amateur
Rifle Club Badge will take place at Creedmoor tomor-
Three stories of the new TRIBUNE building,
now completed are the exact hight Of the FIVE stories Of
the old building.
The seventh story of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, from which is to rise the mansard
roof is now finished.
Officer James Nelson of the Twenty-second
Precinct was overcome yesterday by the heat while
standing at Forty -ninth-st and Eeyenth-aVe.
The steamships Elysia, from Glasgow, City
Of NewYork from Liverpool Hansa, from Bremen, and
Napoli from Gibraltar, landed Immigrants at Castle
Garden yesterday.
Jonathan Lopez, indicted for burning II. II.
Muelow's barn, Madson-ave and seyentyeighth-st,
,yos fornd ouy Of arson in the third degree Ia the
Court OF General Sessions yesterday aud was remanded
for sentence.
The bark Idaho, which .arrived from Glen
fuegos Yesterday reports having been ashore on Colo
rdo POET on MAY She remained on the reef aud was
only able to off after rs hossheads OF sugar lad been
thrown overheard
The comparative beauty and richness Of the
bills Of fare of the John Roach dinner tprnted on i'm
ported satin al cost OF 5000 and OF the SILK Association
dinner (printed Patterson homemade SILK at cost
of S5G is subject OF social difference and discussion
Chin Ian Pin and Messrs. 4. Huber and II.
Rubery, members of the Commission appointed to ex-
amino and ipouire into the condition OF the Chinese
coolies In Cuba arrived here from from Havana yeser
dav In the steamship City OF Merida, aud are at the
| BreyoOrt House.
The arrivals of cotton yesterday were: fsor-
folk &C bales Baltimore, e3 National Railroad, GO
Erie, 80. and Hudson River, total, s3 bales The
arrivals all ports for four days this week are 1904
bales The stock Newlork Is l25,95+ bales against
s56l for the corresponding day last year, Excess this
year 1928 bales.
A woman, while passing through the City
Hall Park yesterday, noticed three performing bears
walking along with their keepers without proper fore
patted the larger bear on the back with her
hand "A liberty which he resented by making dash at
her with ms fore claws. II the woman had not been
pulled back by the bystanders there might have been
serious results.
The Yacht Meta, owned by Commodore
Beling Of the Union Yacht Club Of NewJersey, made
trial trip down hGrbor yesterday afternoon. Tho
Meta which last year one Of the heees soopS IN
New York waters has been heightened ana mas received
second mast Her owner Il as 7ahsulhe OF a. Dlah
reputation for tue Meta among sehVoners do she earned
among sOops year ago
FrOnecare Ueble, German, age 80, living
alone In a room al NJ los Deanceyst, was found dead
Yesterday afternoon by the other inmates of the house.
having hanged herself by hook in the wall She had
been seen last about o'clock on Wednesday night,
when she retired the night ana when discovered III
tho afternoon yesterday had evidently been dead
for several hours The body cut down and taken to
The Moreue sno was wretchedly poor and her desttu
ton Is the most probable cause of the suicide
Some benevolent friends of the Children's
Aid Society have Du in their hands TO give the
poor children of their Industrial schools few days OF
country air and food during the coming Summer They
fruit Trees near Sew-York, beautifully situated and
open to the cool sea breezcs Mich have been pro-
yidod and II proposed down companies OF g. or
70 OF these tcnenenhOuse little in the hot weather
to spend each week IN tins cool resort.
A correspondent, referring to the TACT that
several lawsuits have recently brought with sue
f,rt ipr IN
sensers attributes these casualties mainly to the
defective appliances used for signaling tho driver The
strap pulled aud The PASSENGER not bearing e De
wishing be carried block out of his way ne jumps
of and is injured Cracked and muffed car bells, he
thinks better investments for lawyers imam Tor rail-
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Draving-room cars will be soon placed on
some of the city railroads, in accordance with tho act
which has just by Gov DIX permitting them
TO be used
According to the bill which has just been
signed by Gov DIX nearly $4,000 Is required TO be col.
lected on for tn Gowanua Canal Improve
ment during the next 70 years.
The Board OF City Works ordered yesterday
that the payements on portions OF s8lman-st, TOmp
kinsave., Gatesaye., Hdmilton-st Conselyea-st..
seventh-st., Willoush0yaVe, Madisou-st, and Bush
wick-aye., be repaired.
The Board of Health have determined to
issue no permits allowing cows to DC fed on disery
OF COW stables In which the cattle shall be constantly
kept THIS virtually breaks up the swinllk business,
which has been carried on to AN alarming extent IN this
city.
The Assessment Committee of the Common
Council met last night confirmed large number Of
rolls amounting sl6j3l3 besides number OF small
assessments for fencinen lots and Tagging the total
sum beng ABOUT s2V1uV1 Inc large assessments are
principally for grading aud paving aud have been out
standing and due !Or many years.
A Temperance Knight Errant springs to the
defense of Mrs English who has drawn upon herself
the wrath of the liquor dealers by sending her
saloons Sunday 10 buy liquor, and reporting the
names of over 10 keepers the Board OF Excise
&C A. b." earnest letter to TEE TRIBUNE claims
that the story that Mrs English is herself nebrao,
and that her motives mercenary arc SANDERS and
recltcs painful passage In her early life 10 show shat
she is deadly foe 10 incompetence Mrs English needs
tho sympathy, lie urges, OF all good people aud the
police should make strenuous eprs 10 NOD her son no
acted detective, aud who has been missing for
than ten days.
On April II Patrick Cook, boatman, and
captain Of canal boat c. NJ Fe residing at No ea2
OrOnst Philadelphia mysteriousy disappeared from
his boat, which lay in the Atlantic Docks. lie he'd been
respondent for time past IN consequence OF bad
luck in disposing his goods and it generally be-
heved that he had committed suicide Inquiries wero
made in regard to HIM at Police Headquarters at the
time OF his disappearance anu description OF hin was
given 10 the police IL appeared that he had become
era DAYS letter had also been received by his friends
from Cooks Wife, stating that she ANA her family
IN want Nothing was heard OF him uutn last night
when ms body was found floating III the GOwanus Canal
at The foot Of Thrdst.
STATEN ISLAND.
STAPLEToN.-lt has been Il general subject
OF complaint Staten Island that taxation has been
materially Increased OF late years Ia consequence OF
tue difficulty OF collecting taxes from nonresident
propertyowners Senator King during the recent ses-
sion Of the legislature succeeded ia securing the p.s
sage OF bill which authorizes the County Treasurer 10
se the OF snch delinnnents n1nnid