New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-26
NETWORK CITY.


| funerals.
The contract with the builders of Jefferson
Market Court obges taem to have 1t ready for
| occupancy on Jan. l, 1877.
The wells in the Twenty-third Ward are
drying up and a water famine is anticipated unless
| there liberal rainfall.
At the Fordham Police Court yesterday a
husband accused his wife of stealing the roof from over
| his head.
The laborers on boulevard, roads, avenues,
and small pines paid yesterday for the haif hoht
| ending Aug. IS. The amount was $s33o'
| Officers Donaldson and Seibel of the Eighth
Precinct sclad of the Tenth and Bligh OF the nine
teen dismissed from the police service yese'o"y
| At the request of the Austrian Consul, De-
tective Won has been permitted to accompany
the Hungarian forgcr, Leopold d. Vettel BACK 10 AUS
| tria .
| parrot fish, caught on the south side OF
! Long Island was displayed yesterday at hsh stan
in Washington Market. 1t had bill IKE parrot ""'
| four teeth.
| Several uptown residents are renewing the
| walking trips which popular last Fall Inc
favorite routes from Fordhain to Yonkers six miles,
and from White PLAINS TO Tarrytown esht miles, re'"in
| ing by rail-
| The Hon, James Morrison, Senior Magistrate
and Deputy Bailie OF Glasgow. Scotland; Edmund
Breull Consul General of France, and Albert GaIe'e,
Advocate OF the Court of Appeals OF Paris called OH
| Mayor Wickham yesterday
| The whole number of Irish immigrants from
| May 1851 when the enumeration began, to June 80,
1876 1897 800 For the six months OF 1879, from
Jan to June 80 tne emlgraoh 1 a !; was only
To 81 O0J. For the same peflou Ior 1910 10 nu' o'
20.50l
Ode ladies and gem'len
| Who haven't paid der rare
Will step M to de- eaptaln's Office se,o
IL the way the colorcd board the steamer Jesse
IToyt informs passengers OF their opsa'iohs " "i'
| steamboat owners.
| Commodore Vanderbilt's condition remained
| unchanged during yesterday No marked Improvement
,hpQe inns a
he IL gradually gaining strength They seem TO have
gained control OF his disease, aud while there no nope
Of his final and complete recovery there ~ 10 appehe
| sion OF a sudden relapse.
| Solomon Steinfcld of the bankrupt firm OF
EhrcIh 4 stenfeld recently doing business at No 40
Lispenard-sL, whose alleged fraudulent transactions
were published short time was arrested on Thurs
Batcord charging him with violation OF the Bankrupt
act Steinteld was hed IN $1,000 BALL
The funeral services of William {. Patterson
held yesterday at ms late resdenceat NO. % Avenue
D. There was large attendance OF tine Masonic frater
nifty If which he was a prominent member. The Rev.
Dr. scaries Of tie Wilct Street Methodist Church con
due1ed the services The body was taken 10 the iaiy
vault III Greenwood Cemetery
Several persons reported to Police Head
quarters yesterday morning that they had oeen s"lnoed
by man calling himself J. II. Ihorp lie visits the
business city and agrees 20 insert an adyer
tscmsu of their business upon the bill OF fare ~ hotel
lie mas thus succeeded swlndng several business
firms out of sums varying rom - 10 foo'
Emma Kulbeka, ii years OF age, OF No. n
Rdgc-st poured a quantity OF kerosene oil INTO the
stove to enable her start Ore yesterday afternoon
When she touched q match to the oil Il suddenly eN
ploded and cIn terribly burned about her arms
face ana body She WIS taken 10 Bellevue Hospital SUE
fering intense agony and II is feared That hef injuries
will result fatally.
While workmen were tearing up the old
Nicolson pavement Frankfort and Cihsts yester-
dav the poor people neighborhood OF all ages
from broken down grandnoher TO the 9tillns child
Of years, assembled and began an laiscrh.aa,gg
sqnabbe for the blocks Of wood which they carried on
ion fuel. The sad indication VI want ana
misery.
The "Cabarras Gold Mining Company" OF
Yo.l76 Broadway Is distributing Autographed letters
marked confidential" Offering extraordinary induce
ments TO purchasers OF its stock and to those who VIII
act as agents No he found at the place desg-
mated the office OF the company VINO can give All! III
formation about IT, The officers OF the company are
stwel Harris, President, and II. A. Read, Secretary
Allan Campbell, Commissioner Of Public
Works requests the public 10 the Croton water with
care and avoid He says that the longcontnued
hot weather dried up TO great extent the streams
feeding the CrOton River thus making 1t necessary 10
draw upon the stored water In Putnam County Three
billion gallons Of water nave already peeh ura"h Hom
that reservoir since June 20.
The funeral of the late ey-Assemblyman
James Ryan OF the WITH took place yesterday
morning from st. Teresas Church. at Rutgers and
Ueuryss. Many political friends present, and the
fora! sent o sn wsTG reh n4u hnmS
O'Bricn. Jares h. Murea John Calvin, John Tool, VIM
burke Michael Burke, Thomas McCabe, and Jonn Col
Inns The remains were convey cd to Calvary Cemetery
Tor nternent.
Police Commissioners opened proposals yester-
day for furnishing coal to the statonhouses and the
central Office Wiute and also for stationery for the
use of the department. For furnishing 1900 tons OF
coal the following bids made samuel J. French,
50 % per ton r. }. Atkinson and NJ W smith 70 20.
were as follows WHY wlach, $3.50 %; Gushing *
Eadna SG7 Marin r. Brew s2Si' 7S Matt1ew
Police ncld meeting aiterward but no awards were
Controller Green signed warrants yesterday
on the following Interest the city debt,
s7l2 so; health fund, $Gi3 OF; CrOton water main
fund, ~ l62 jO street Improvement fund $13,727 43
judgment fund, S3o,l9l 10; city parks Improvement
iund, 500 IS; street improvements above Fifty:
charities and correction Sl3 public instruction,
Si,lOO; printing, stationery and blank Dooks 1000;
advertising, F5s; salaries city courts go maintenance
aud government OF PARIS and places, w. ~ total,
sJ2,6 500 AZ.
At q meeting of the Police Commissioners
yesterday afternoon a communication received from
Warden Nelson Sing Sing Prison asking that Capt
Murphy and Officer smytho Of the Twentyirst Precinct,
ami Officer Delny Of the Tweny-ninh Precinct, might
be permitted TO receive 800 each for their ser
in recapturing escaped conycts The matter was
referred 10 IA committee Tor further action. H. j.. john
OF NJ. 80 West TwentysXth-st scut III Tor officer
Mclaughlin vino recovered MS gold watch and cham from
In tue hudson River Railroad DGpotwEere II was
accidentally left The officer refused to accept the
money aud desired it to be turned to ale Police Re
lief Fund. -
Music in Prospect Park to-day at 4 p. IN.
The Seaside Home for Destitute Children at
Coney Island under the charge OF the Chldrens Aid So
ciety Is IN neeG OF 90 quilts.
Sergeant John Corr of the Fourth Police
Precinct presented yesterday with gold shield by
the sisters Of the Convent Of Mercy
As James Carey, age 20, was passing through
"A "A In. II,