The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-09-03
NEW YORK CITY.

Captain Marriott drowned $50 ours at the dog
pound yesterday, and the cry is stin they come.
A. M. Cooke, OF the arm OF Fairchild 4 Co., No.
Broad street, was robbed OF q valuable gold watch
and chain ON Third avenue car last evening.
William Clark, fourteen years Of age while play
ing on the roof OF his residence, No. go First ave.
nue., on Tuesday evening" fell to the sidewalk and
was Killed. Coroner Eickhof was notified.
BY the steamship Teutona, from Hamburg yes
terday, l,0l0 Mennontes arrived ut Castle Garden
the Colima from the same place, brought 100 more
win lsl other steerage passengers, and the Ham
monia, from Antwerp. brought 1872 cabin passen-
gers
William Moore, forty-three years OF age, residing
IN West Thirty-nnth street. committed suicide
yesterday by drowning himself in the North
River at the foot OF Thirty ninth street Deceased
was subject TO temporary hts OF insanity. Coroner
Elcknon was notified.
The rowing contest between the New street
police officers and those OF Eighty sixth street ana
Second avenue takes place on the sth inst, at
three O'Clock, from the Battery, round Bedloe's
Island and return. The Battery men are being
trained by James Coady, OF the HERALD Marine
Department.
Yesterday Captain J. ". Bennett, an old iron
miner, now in the Custom House service, dis
covered in building excavation at the corner Of
North Moore and Washington streets bed Of rich
hematite iron ore, which was uncovered for -. q
length OF thirty feet and penetrated to the depth
oil three feet.
The Grocers' Board Of Trade, at its monthly
meetlng Yesterday, named Charles E. Hiel, Scion
Humphreys, b F. Butler and +. b. Thurber a COM
mlttee on railroad matters, and d. NJ. Turnure,
w. II. Faggs, William L. Booth, r. b. Minturn ana
Harvey harrington q committee on shipping, pilot
age, wharves, docks and quarantine.
An unknown woman was found by the police on
Tuesday evening last in Third avenue, near 1o6th
street. suffering from injuries which apparently
resulted from being run over by Third avenue
car. She taken TO the Twenty-thrd precinct
station house, where. within lew minutes, she
died. The body was taken to the AOrcue ana the
Coroner notified.
A young lad named Jonkens, employed by
Rasmus 4 Lissignolo, OF No. 20 Exchange place,
took three gold certificates OF $1,000 each yester-
day to the Sub Treasury to have two OF them
cashed in currency He states that he rolled the
third certificate up with the money, but 1t was
missing when he arrived at his employers, and he
was given in charge to officer Farley on suspicion
OF dishonesty appropriatlng 1t.
Coroner Kessler yesterday held an inquest in the
case of the boy Leo Sherman, six years of age,
who was killed Gu the I'd OF August by being run
! over by Third avenue car, between Seventy-sixth
| and Seventy-seventh streets. The verdict OF the
! jury was as iOii0ws:-"We fully exonerate the
! Third Avenue Railroad Company, as well as the
driver and conductor of SAID car, from all blame.
| We also recommend that parents and guardians OF
AID other vehicles exercise greater vigilance over
them, and that railroad of1clais and the police
authorities prevent the common practice OF chill
dren Jumping on and of the various parts OF rail-
road cars" The point OF the latter clause IN the
! jury's recommendation Is that Andrew PawsOn.
| the conductor, was at first accused or having
hurled Sherman rom the while the latter was
| playing at jumping on and off,