The New York herald., 1876-11-24
NEWS IN FHE CITY.

George =. Mitchell, who had been in Ill health for
some time past found dead his bed In Frenchs
hotel yesterday morning.
At seven O'Clock yesterday morning 6rc broke out
In the nth floor Of Nos ls2 and l34 Front street, oc
cupied by James X. Place Co., tea packers Dam
age to stock $500 and TO building $500
Detective Phil Reilly returned from Canada ycster-
day without the prisoner veltman, owing TO some
legal difhcusics Those dicutes raised by the pris-
onsr's counsel will cause delay o some days
The store Of Harris Goldstep. No. 500 Grand street,
was broken into by burglars on Wednesday night and
large quantity OF clothing the value OF 81 500 was
carried away. The entrance was effected by forcing
open the rear door,
James Mclaughlin, the Greenpoint carpenter who,
on the morning Of the l4th ns fractured the skull Of
oficer O'shes, Of the Eighth precinct by blow with
saw, was held TO answer In 81 600 bail by Justice
Bixby, at the Washington Place Court, yesterday.
Coroner Marsh made post -mortem examination Of
the Pole, Sielleva, who was found dead at No 166h
Leonard street. yesterday and he found enough Paris
green IN the stomach OF the deceased kill three men,
No reason can be assigned for the suicide IL was one
The next the Cooper Union free course TOR
the people wiz be delivered on Saturday evening in
the great hail. at eight o'clock, by Mr.. G. T. Morse
Civil Engineer, OF New York, on 'sThc Operations
He'll Gate, illustrated with models diagrams and
pcriments
A tourist. whose name is supposed to be Michael
Stevens, aged about thirty.hve years. OF Columbus,
OHIO got aboard the steamer Jesse Hoyt at Sandy
Hook apparently in good health yesterday morning.
hnd died OF heart disease while tho steamer was on
aer way TO this city.
Mr.. Anthony A. Comstock and Detective Joseph A.
Brton OF the Society for tho Prevention OF Vice. yes
terday arrested Philip Keep German, OF No. I61
West Nineteenth street, for making obscene draw
ings At the Washington Place Court yesterday the
prisoner was held for further examination.
Tho commander OF tho steamer Jesse Hoyt as the
vessel was coming into her dock on tho North River
yesterday morning from Sandy Hook, noticed a man
leaning against a pile OF freight An examination
showed that the man dcad. From papers found
on his person is supposed that his namc was Michael
Stephens OF Columbus, Ohio
Annie and Lizzie Smith, sisters. aged respectively
eleven and fourtcen years. were yesterday arrested
by officers Of tho Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Children for mondicancy. They were taken before
Justice Duffy at the Tombs Annie's behavior in
Court was that Of young barbarian She scowled at
the officers snapped at them and told the Justice he
could send her 10 tho House Of Refuge he dare 1t
took two officers TO take her down stairs
Nellie Vincent, tho theatrical singer. charged with
tho larceny Of gold watch and chain from a female
friend, again arraigncd before Judge wandsl, at
the Fifty seventh Street Court yesterday for dsposl
tion The Judge held the defendant in 81, 900 bail to
charge of grand larceny. Mr.. Hitchcock, the
proprietor OF the Third Avenue Theatre ana the en-
ployer of the accused had lnterceed for her giving
her a good character but he refused to become her
bondsman, and in default OF bail, shc was committed
sary bonds
Coroner Ellinger held an inquest yesterday in the
case OF Ludmilla Johnschek when tho jury rendered
a verdict OF suicide by drowning herself in cistern
during temporary alteration OF the mind The evil
dence showed that tho woman naturally OF
melancholy turn OF mind and that somc time previous
to hcr death she received TALL which injured her head
and probably affected the brain THIS produced head
ache and led to tho mental alteration, during which
threw herself into the cisern In the yard attached
to her house, Third avenue, between 164th and
165th streets.
Coroner Einger also held inquest on the body If
Matilda Schurgas, VINO committed suicide by taking
Paris green at No. 4O1 West Firy-foursh street. Tho
deceased was housekecper Frederick Rieb On the
9th Of October Rieb home and found deceased
sick on the bed He asked her what the matter,
and she replied "Nothing." /" Rob then lay down
cop, and was awakened by deceased. who told him
she had taken something TO kill cockroachcs.' y Reb
notified the police but the woman died shortly after
Before she died she admitted having taken poison and
gave reason Tor the act lawsuit she bad with
other woman. The verdict Of the jury was suicide
Coroner woltman he inquest the case of a
sailor named Alonzo Williams, who, while riding up
town on sixth car fell of the front platform,
between Thirty and Tnrty-cghth Streets ON
the 18th INST, and had his arm over by the car,
receiving compound fracture, from tho shock OF
which ho died. There evidence TO incupaic tho
driver but all the evidence went 10 show that Williams
tally slipped off the platform. The jury rem
dcrcd the following verdict THAT the said
to his death by injuries received by being
November l3 1876, and recommend that the proper
authorities enact carry ord nance Law for
tho proper protection against accidents on city rail-
road cars"