New-York tribune., 1874-11-03
NEW-YORK CITY.

cat -. Wessmisster Hosi-B. y. Gnih Of Boston
NEW-YORK CITY.
Last week did not show any decrease in the
mortality from diphtheria There we're 81 deaths ihere
were deaths from smallpox.
The number of immigrants who arrived at
Castle Garden yesterday els Of whom 20i came py
the steamer Batavia, and 3S5 by the Oceanic
This being o legal holiday, the public
Offices the Stock Gold Produce Cotton aud other Ex,
changes VIII be closed and holiday taken py ouShes'
men generally.
United States Commits siOner John A. Shields
has appointed the Commissioner In this District 10
take testimony in claims against the United States
arising out OF the Alabama claims
John s. Ebaugh, age 20, q clergyman OF
Jersey City. who over Thursday evening py
stage while attempting to cross Broadway
The coast wrecking officers were Informed
yesterday that the schooner julia A. Crawford laden
| with gravel for Philadelphia had gone ashore at
Horizons Point Saturday night and desired assistance.
| Mrs. Rachel Prentiss, age 40 of COOpers-
town. N Y, was burned to death on Sunday night at
No. 81 West seventeenthst where she was visiting
t IL supposed that she accidentally dropped hgh1cu
match upon her clothes.
| Samuel Brooks, age 80, who was found un-
conscious In hallway Of the premises at One-hundred-
andnineteenthst and Third-ave. Oct 81 having It
supposed fallen down stairs died al the Ninety
! ST. Reception Hospital yesterday
| Michael Martin of No. 213 Thirdave., while
blasting in Flftysecond-si. between Lexington and
Third-aves., yesterday. exploded charge Of powder
severely burned He was taken 10 the Presbyterian
Hospital.
The Independent Silk Hatters of NewYOrk
held meeting yesterday take into consideration the
formation OF trade society. Resolutions in favor OF
this scheme were adopted and committee was ap.
pointed 10 draw up rules Notice OF the next meeting
will be given to the trade
| The pilots of the steamers Adriatic and
| which ran other I'm the harbOr a week
ago, make contradictory statements in regard to the
of the accident As will he impossible to arrive
at any definite before the officers Of the two
steamers return, the formal investigation by the Pot
Commissioners Will be post pOned untl that tme
The agent of the Inman line having with
drawn the City of Chester aud the City of Richmond
regularly scheduled for Nov and H. insts, and subs
tung steamers Of slower grade. the PostmasterGen-
eral has ordered The Uned ates mails for Great BIT
and Ireland Of the above dates TO be conveyed by
the White Star steamers Oceanic and Republic.
The Police Commissioners held q meeting
yesterday morning. when Eugene Coylc, Inspector Of
Elections Of the XVIII Election District OF the XXth
Assembly. was charged with having been convicted,
under the OF George Coyle in February last, OF
criminal oeuse. Coye did appear before the Board,
but sent his resignation, which was not accepted the
| Board declaring him removed.
| James Kerrigan of One-hundred-a d-and-seventy-
ffthst Kngsbridge road, went into James Kiug's
liquor store yesterday, and began creating q disturb
ance King endeavored To eject him his store. In
the scufbe King fired pistol, the shot from which went
|
King was arrested and locked up IN the Tdrty second
Precinct Police Station.
| The Silk Association Of America in its last
circular TO the trade report: I" In market,
| America, the unsettled condition OF the national
finances offers no encouragement to a speculative in-
vestment in raw SILK, and the demand for home con-
sumption Is strictly limited 70 the needs Of CONSUMERS
The outlook Is for DIfed business Tor the next sixty
days, with an increasing demand III January for the
| Spring trade, hich Is expected TO be good"
| The public are cautioned against aiding
Jersey City, who soliciting s. from the benevolent
and her In transporting herself aud six children to
Boston or New-BaveD. She represents the eldest
%ins, M & vrpp,Uu anu years 81 aye sne Prafs t et
which they have since learned used by her dlshOn
| several citizens.
Twelve hundred cigars were seized yester-
day by Inspector Judd, the City of Merida, from
Havana. The cigars were in small packages. and
| marked samples. Samples OF merchandise are free by
law. and this provision used a de vice smugge
the cigars Inspector Kbbe OF Deputy Surveyor Bur
toms STAFF seized esterday at Pier No 81 North River.
trunk containing four new slk dresses and gdantity
trunk was brought by the Oceanic. and was addressed
10 Monsieur Remington, but no passenger claimed it.
and 1t was not Oh the manifest OF tue vessel.
A deputatiOn of sailors boarding-hou
keepers waited upon DsrctAttorney Phelps yesterday
and asked for an extension Of time FOR taking
licenses They Informed that their request could
not be granted ana that they must procure licenses
house Association, says lie means to see tIa AL sailors
boardughouse keepers VINO have not licenses pros
ecued according to law. They have threatened violence
to the employed by the Society IN serving notices
upon them
Rules governing vaccination, consistent with
the Sanitary Code, reported the Health Board
yesterday. They provide that IL shall the duty OF
physician in NewYork to promptly report to the
Board of Health knowledge thereof come
to him the name and residence OF every child IN the
city OF three more months OF age who has not been
effectively vaccinated. Another rule
shall the duty of every person in the city be vac
cinated promptly. ana TO renew such vaccination
smallpox The report accepted and referred 10 the
SANITARY Committee.
BROOKLYN.
Henry Matthews, the advertising agent, who
shot himself on Oct 2o at No l91 Sniths died yester
day the Long Island College Hospital.
Henry Steavens, age SO, of No. 12O Leonard
ST. hung himself Sunday night by tying end OF
piece Of stout wrapping cord around bis neck and
fastening the other end TO a beam IN his shop
Complaints were made to United States Mar
shal Harlow Brooklyn yesterday about 100 per.
sons registered falsely Six arrest have
10 determine whether the improper registrations were
made maciOusly or through mistake.
Anthony j. COmstOck is in q critical cond-
ton at his house ut No. s54 Grand-ave E. ID. Que OF
bandages around his head gave early yesterday
morning the blood poured from of the arteries
the most intense suffering followed. DIR. Hutchinson
was summoned and Mr.. COmstOck placed under the
influence Of ether. The wounds dressed aud all
tity of Liood when he had him weak and
restless causing the arteries to swell and reopen The
aud quiet Is deemed essential to his recovery.
LONG ISLAND
LONG ISLAND CITY.-The Improvement Com
mission has awarded the sewering the im
provement district to william Matthew Baird Of New
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