New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-25
NETWORK CITY.


The Controller paid out $16S,975 06 yester-
day and received s55,is0 20.
Postmaster fJames has issued the August
schedue OF steamers appointed to carry mails ~ LOT
egn countries. Few changes are made
The silken flags won by the victorious Co
lumbia crew Saratoga are on exhibition at Iihanys
OIL union-sQuare, and attract much attehtIon
A survey is being made blythe direction OF
Commissioner Van Mort to ascertain where new street
signs are REQUIRED at the Intersections or strees AS
soon completed prominent signs VIII DC pceu On .no
public Lamps at tue corners OF every street 'eiseeH
The first ANNA. excursion Of the New-lork
Journalistic Fraternity to Excelsior Park, opposite
Yonkers will take place to-day. The saloon steamer
Oyphaut and the barge Chicago have been engge r
fun and string band Will accompany tue Paf'S'
Commissioner Laimbeer of the Department
OF Charities and Correction is at present lhVesSane
| the charges against John W. Atwood ITO whoih wac
given last Winter the contract for delivering coal 10 M
moor and no is charged with having delivered SIMMER
quantity aud OF poorer kind than the contract caIIeu
Tor. ExAttorney General Barlow appears lor MI H. T
wood and J. l. Davenport for the COMMISSIONERS Inc
| proceedings and testimony were Kept secret
| Coroner Woltman held an inquest yesterday
in the case Of Vim. Healey who was killed on the ll'n
inst at Ninetieth-s and Fourthayc ny being crusneu
hv nortion of the tunnel The testimony showed the
tunnel TO lie very unsafe the aborers Dene W
for their safety to prop the roof whe they %Vn
preyent the falling Of heavy blocks OF stOne upon i
Inc Jury rendered Il verdict censurlng contractor oua
bert King for not using sufficient precanloh III eAaH
| ing the condition and danger OF the tunnel
A week ago Inspector Tracy informed the
Roard OF Health tha. the in the vicinity OF the
Five Points we're IN bad sanitary coalition OWING 10
the roadways btng paved. The report was Trans
mitted to the Department Of Public Works Commis'
stoner Van Mort letter to the Board OF Health yes
terday stated that under act recently passed by
the state Legislature be had advertised anu amad
the contract Tor paving the streets III tnc III @
Dance Department for the approval of the sureues on
Juue Is. that time he hdu not rc'rNeu anS ln-
and until the sureIIes are approved the contract Cali
| not be executed, nor the Work even DeEdu'
BROOKLYN.
Dominick II. Roche, Secretary OF the Beard
OF Assessors has submitted report showing that there
have been cted LEO buildings from May 1915, "
MAY, 1874 OF which the assessed value Is Si-oI''V1
! There were 37i deaths Ill this city last week,
which is iO7 more than there the previous week:
OF VINO died AZ were children uader the age Oh
| years.
The members of the Board OF Supervisors
| have been ordered by Judge Pratt TO meet without
delay and audit the bills OF tue employees of the Com
misoners Charities. In case they dsoDey tue juuse
| Threatens TO imprlsOn them Tor contempt
| The Church of the Mediator IN OrmOnd-
place has called to rectorshlp the Rev. T. h. Cornell
D. d. of this city. Dr.. Cornell s regarded IN Brooklyn
"a an able and earnest preacher. The interior OF the
church rcpainted ana decorated recently, uno
Ied TIE rector Will preach his Introductory sermon
| tomorrow morning..
LONG ISLAND.
| UEMPsrEAD-The Board of Education have
resolved to submit question of the construction Oi
new schoohouse to special town meeting 10 DE heiu
on Aug 49, This question has once before been submit
tod u, the people OF the district and decided ayelsely,
but IL Is now thought that the need OF additional ac
| Communications mas much increased that tue iaxpay
en- viii wihug ~ submit TO the necessary aduondI
| expense.
Long ISLAND CrrY.-David Heb a butcher OF Nine,
teeuii-,t. college Point was orutaiy assaulted on
| Id, lltu ny III
drinking saloon kept by one Gaser the cause IL s sad
being erudge one Of the brothers went stea.-
,iv behind lien and struck hm terrible blow on the
mead beer glass, literally crushing IN ms skull
telling him to the nOOr me Two men "ere iine
datey and neld Justice Van Busse 70 await
result OF Lens injuries, winch are pronounced very
! dangerous.
OYSTER BAY-The oyster planters, failing TO procure
sufficient quantity OF seed oysters tnis season nave
resOrted To expedent of strewlng the VA oyster
| beds with coarse gravel with the hope that oyster
spawn viii adhere to IL and eventually develop so as 10
be marketable In the absence OF oysters. great mum
Der OF ;he fishermen for TIME been al Work
gathering FROM the large bed recently discovered
| IN Hampstead Harbor
sngEr.HEAD BAY-Prof.A X Eaton OF Brooklyn has
just completed analysis III the new mineral sprIng
| in which he has discovered suphatc OF lndgnesiuu,
chloride of magnesium, sulpBate or e, silica ciroon,
ate of iron, cirbonic ACID, Cl!oildts Ol sodium ana
POTASSIUM ana suipBvreteu hydrogen, and states that
ii Is almost eXaC.y similar To the Eureka spring VI
Saratoga
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF this village are quarrel
Ing over "a small sheet OF water known as SlgS Pond,
one party contendius that II IL deleterous 10 health
and should be drained on ana the other Ghng Tue OPP
iSoyeers have several tImes dug trench 10 let he
but the second party have as often filed up
| AGAIN.
| soUTHAMPToS-The hay crop at the east end OF the
IsAnG aud especially ~ tbI, village ana its vicinity,
| proves 10 be unex pee,edly large.
STATEN ISLAND.
| MARINERS IIARBOR.-Ihe residents Of this
village and GTaniteyIlie are now IN fair way 10 be
supplied with gas Proposals will be opened to-day for
LAYING the pipes from Port Richmond. distance of two
and a hall miles. when TINS work shall have been
petcd all the Incorporated Villages the county, aud
some that are not Incorporated. will supplied with
gas and be lighted by this means al ANY time
payment for the privIIess Tue distance ron .ne man
| ton Temp klnsvilie. NewBnghon. snug Harbor, Fac
totyviI,e Port Richmond Mariner HarUor, and Gran
neville II. II mics Upon making tie connection
Granlteville The ComPany wi.l have 81 Me, OF pipe
| tory being greater tHau that Oi Aewfork
HUDSON RIVER COUNTIES.
WHITE PLAINs.-A few days ago a woman
Of respectable appearance called several in
This village and offered for SAFE some shoes for s. per
nair which were well known be worth So per pair.
The fact being communicated to Constable ID. Barnes,
that officer made inquiries and ascera!ned that the
store Thomas r Mann. at Irvington, had been en-
tered and robbed Of Thirty pairs aud another dealer
A. Jackson Mead, had been also robbed OF consider
| able number Tue woman was accordingly arrested,
and two pairs OF shoes found IN her possession were
| identified bv Mr.. Mead portion OF the property
stolen from his store. Richard Collins husband OF the
woman had Offering the stolen shoes for sale,
was subsequently, arrested and the couple were com
United the County Jan To await the action OF the
Grand Jury.
MISUNDERSTANDING managers of the Roman Catholic
PTOiectOry contemplate laying out the grounds con
neelcd with that institution IN park with srrpentine
walks and miniature lakes and fouhtdIUs soon the
iuuds can be obtained FOR that purpose.
NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.--A gang of men were at work
Yesterday reayug the track of tne Montcair Railroad
which was torn up near West Eud by Mr. Pratt The