New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-11
NETWORK CITY.

wear. 80
Pieces of newspaper wet with camphor will
| keep flies at a distance.
| Large eels are caught from the floats between
the docks on the North River by boy fishers
The steamship Servia carried 29,leo letters
| and ~ bags Of papers to foreign ports yesterday
Blue herons, very handsome birds when
stuffed coming in in large numbers to the taxder-
mlsts
| The will of the late William T. Garner was
formally admitted to probate in the surrogatcs office yes
terday.
The steamship Labrador, from Havrc, landed
A cabin and % passengers at Castle Garden
yesterday. go
The New-York Horticultural Society will
give an exhibition at Gllmores Garden some c III 'N'
coming month.
The Cd worn out planking of the Third-ave.
bridge over Harlem River, il being taking up ana an en-
tire new flooring laid.
sNiclas +. Butenschoen, Deputy Collector OF
Assessments. has been appointed Collector OF ASSESS
mcuis by Controller Green.
CLas. II. Swan of the Controllers office was
Yesterday appointed by Controller Green Register OF
License, in tie Department Of finance
Detectives daily visit the Morgue with photo
graphs % missing persons discover them If possible
among the bodies on the slabs awaiting recoShluoh'
Assignments for the benefit of creditors were
filed Yesterday with tine County Clerk by Isaac Meyer to
Alfred r. Ruiz and by William H. Wilson TO Cornelius A.
Ford.
The fish dealers at Clinton Market do brisk
business in opening little clans for men working on the
piers Immense cakes of ice cOyeDed with clans adoTn
each fish stall.
Henry Bunte, who shot the two boys from
the window of O'Brien's grocery at No. l3s5 Third
ave on Wednesday night was arrested at $50 m yes
tcrday and locked up IN the Leonard Street ioii'o %
ton.
Dead canaries are daily sent to taxidermists
forstunnc that are too poor in feather to undergo the
process They are always replaced by a fac-simile bird,
which answs the purpose of the lost pet the owner
being none I've wiser
An old woman who keeps an apple stand on
the East side las her SONS sitting stools around her
These nrchns each pur,uc occupation which is adyer,
tiscd thas from then mother: stan; Boot, shiheu'
"crrants run "Daiy papers; lngihr near
During the week Recorder liacliett has sent
two prisoners TO Sing sing for 20 years each FOR grand
larceny Yesterday the accumulated sentences Of 10
prisoners I'm state Prison were 40 years. Henry King
sent by Recorder iackott to state PRISON LOT ne,
Among the warrants signed by Controller
Green Yesterday were the following: Maintenance and
government of PARKS and places ol5 co. street im
movement fund. SO 1872 81: NewYork Infant Asylum,
S3G35 So u,r,ic IA Central Park, T275 repairing ana
cleaning sewers, $500: Charities ana correction
S2Ii3 Is Health FUND sos so; Museum OF Art $50
.The residents of Twenty -tirst-st, between
seventh and Eihayes indignant at The condition
OF the street. The poucc pavement laid down during
the days Tweed rule is worn away IN places leaving
large holes in which the water from the recent RAIN ana
sprinklus carts remains until II becomes OF grrensh
hue and sucs Extensively Petitions are proposed TO be
cent Board OF Health and the Department OF Pno
lie Work. asking that HomchDS be done 10 render tne
condition the street less offensive and less injurious 10
the public health
There were over 10 applications for licenses
az the Office OF the Excise Commissioners yesterday af
tcrnoon. and $500 in money was received The
liquor dealers generally convinced that the Excise
Commits Oucrs propose enforce The law IN thoroughly
impartial and stringent manner Nhle te coihis:,on-
Gin q - "A
can yet they Will close their books IN very snort tlmc
and will then proceed against tAe uiGtised dealers.
closing the saloons Of those who have not thei licenses
urli7uOUsly exhibited
BROOKLYN.
A letter was recently deposited in the Post
Office addressed ITO my grandfather Germany"
The majority of the choice rose bushes and
tender plants in Greenwood Cemetery have been killed
by the drOuth.
A woman who sells newspapers near one of
the ferries has amassed fortune she owns two oroWn
stonc-frout houses and other property
Andrew LANCE and James Rogers, who were
arrested on sunday for assauiting Hugh Colwe were
held by Justice Guck yesterday to await the action OF
the Grand jury
The body of the drowned man which was
washed ashore at Canarsle Wednesday has been den
titled ms that of John McGrcw who DISCHARGED from
the Plymouth month ago at Port ROYAL. The initials
- D." which were marked upon his arm with India
ink. are those OF John Daily, his intimate friend
The st. GATHERINGS Hospital, a charitable
and un,ectaan Institution under the control of the Sis
tiers OF ST. Dominic. located in Bushwick-aye between
Ten Eyck and Maujer SITS, was cohseGIatrd yesterday
by Bishop Loughu. The cost of the building was over
100000.
4 runaway team attached to a furniture
wagon colilcd with the prisoners yan which was
standing in front of Elios courtroom in south
pisoeIs Who were IN the van escaped Without injury
although the van was badly broken
From 1864 TO 1876, inclusive, 22,436 new
inf ,lfy bpir vail
alton is sol 1857 200 During the year ending May 81
BOG buildings were erected, their assessed valuation
bring So 7I2 100 or these, all but ten were dwellings,
In 1868 thc population OF the city 20GIl2; at the
last census IL 4sG,6l6 The number of buildings
erected during these ten years was l9,sls.
JERSEY CITY.
Capt. John Hopper, well-known veteran of
the late war gave bonds 800 before Justice Aldridge
Yesterday TO answer charge Of deseron preferred by
his wife.
Mrs. Henry Of Commnipaw-avc. who at
tempted suicide by taking Paris green Wednesday, is
rapidly convalcscing. Domestic difficulties were the
cause of the act.
A crazy woman, residing in Rock-st., made
her appearance in Justice Aldridges Court yesterday
and wanted warrant for who going to
murder her with razor which she tOUriShcd IN her
hand She disarned before doing any mischief and
sent To her home.
The jersey City police have been requested
to search Isaiah Grindle eXpressman residing in
WORK who left the foot OF Harris0nst for Jersey
City on the morning OF Aug. 10 collect bill of go.
He had $50 IN his pocket when last seen and had no
coat vest lie is IL short stout man, with gray
whlskeIs.
Herman Burger was assaulted, beaten, and
robbed Jan by crowd OF young men at Sussex and
IulsolsS. rho unGleadors OF the gang John Bar
rettand william Harvey Barrett escaped and Harvey
has sentenced to the state Prison highway
robbery. Barrett returned 10 the city Wednesday
night and captured soon after Yesterday morning