New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-07
NETWORK CITY.

| Patrick FITZGERALD. of No. 81 Beaver-st., while
! asleep in a CHAIR near window ~ hacNeVins no
tel yesterday morning. tell to the sidewalk ana
fractured his skull. Has injuries are believed 10 oe
! fatal.
The French Benevolent Society has appointed
! committee to make preliminary arrangements tor
French National festival under the auspices OF the
French societies Of this city. The festival Will take
! place on September y.
The body of the woman who died suddenly in
! front of No. 290 NJ idIson-aye. on August was
recogn zed Yesterday by her husband as thIt OF
Mrs Batl,ias Scott, age sIxtv-two. native OF Eng
| land and living at No. Ais West Fortieth-st.
| The police asked Yesterday to search for
! Mary Moran, age thirty-ive who has been missing
/ from her home since AUGUST l. She wos OF medium
| height and slender. with fair complexion. red hair
and brown eyes. She had been III for some months
boy about eleven years old attempted to jump
on tram of the Hudson River Railroad, at Fifty
ninthst. and II enth-aye. yesterday afternoon,
| and falling upder the train was crushed to DEATH
| The body, which poorly dressed, was sent to
! the Morgue unrecOgnZ'd.
! Michael Couroy. are sixty of One-hundred-and-
sew nt'eGth-st. and idlson-ave., wnIe preparing
10 last roc yesterday, accidentally set Ut. TO
key OF powder which explode, set fire TO his cloth
ing. and burned hun tcuibly'abOnt tho body, legs
! and arms lie was sent 10 the AInety-hnth Street
Hospital.
The body Of an unknown man was found yester-
day by Samuel Hamilton. of tie steamer Daniels.
hoatng in the North River. at the foot of Lalgnt-
ST. TIE body was that of a man about thlrty-hye
wear, cd five feet ten inches In height, with sandy
ha,r and inoustacne ana was dressed a black suit
of clothes with white underwear.
The body of an unknown man, apparently that of
a tramp. about fry years old, was found yesterday
bv the police, IN the wafer at Pier No. 40 last
River. The body that of a man feet inches
IN height. with brown hair and mOustaChe and was
dressed IN a dark suit of clothes. pawn ticket
for a coat and q bunch Of keys were the only arti
ces found IN the clothing.
The Executive Committee OF the German socie-
tios when recently gave the German VoIks festival
"a Col he bpupfT a.
the German Hospital fund, has JUS issued Its report.
The receipts amounted to -, S24 40, and the total
expenses were $500 81. leaving Sl,153 50. A
check FOR this amount has been Transmitted to
Willy Wallach. the reasurer of the German Hos
ptal
While Engine No. "A, of the New-York Elevated
Railroad pulling a tram past the One-hundred-
and-twenty-fftI-st. station yesterday morning,
the fireman. George Ddbe, went out on the guards
to clean brass mOuntingS. Nnlle thus en-
Gagged he fell and after striking the ties OF the
track he bounded 20 the pavement below. He re-
ceIved severe injuries his head and arm, but for
tunatey tell on MS feet on the pavement lie was
taken TO his nome, No. 1877 East fifty-third-st'
Canaan NcCulIagh, of the Seventeenth Precinct
reported 10 Superintendent Walling yesterday that
a prisoner escaped from his station-hOuSe Tuesday
night. The prisoner Elizabeth Austin. She
hal been arrested for iutoyIcatOn. and as she was
nm. bile 10 take of herself she was allowed TO
sit i'm the back room at the station unl she was
able to walk She recovered from the effects OF her
drunken stupOr much sooner than was expected,
and climbing through an open window aud over a
rear fence sue escaped. Charges will be made
against the doorman, William Mccormack
BROOKLYN.
The persons who had free wash ia the public
baths during the week ending August numbered
502j4.
The Board of Aldermen meets to-day for the only
time during the month OF August. SpecuiatiO Is
rife as to the probable action if nominations
sent in by either Mayor Howell or Acting Mayor
Ray.
Charles Jackson. pedlar, of No, 1913 Leonard
ST. was struck by stone ~ the forehead, which
cansed fracture of the skull on Tuesday. The
stone was thrown by William Martin, while ntOX-
icated. IL held for examination, in default OF
g 900 bail, IN Justice ElIlotps Court yesterday.
jackson is III the Eastern District Hospital.
The Common Councils Law Committee has
agreed TO report IN favor Of the payment by the
cIty of tue expenses OF Water Puryeyor Peter Milne.
U,,o was a c,-drfendaut with Messrs Flahorty aud
| Bennett, recently convicted Of malfeasancc in
office. While Mr. Milne was acquitted. The amount
! is &l,lOO
A boy named Andrew Linderman, age ten, living
with his parents No. % MauicT-st, killed by
steppug Of the roof Cd tic house yesterday after
noon In disobedleucc OF his fathers orders he had
gone upon the TooI to Hy ais kte. He tell the dis
| tauce OF tarce stories and struck upon the pave
meut, with ais head against IN IRON fence. Death
! eu,ued Ia abOIt twenty minutes.
Police Officer Patrick Rocket, of the First Pre-
! cinct was arrested yesterday upon warrant Is
| sued by Justice Walsh, charging HIM with
! touly clubbing JoGn McLauJnlin, OF No. l02 DE
! Kalb-lye al IIiicrv and Bridge-sts. last week.
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legged, aud told bun to move ON, but did not offer To
arrest MIN. The case was adjourned fora week for
! tual.
! The death occurred on In, sday afternoon of
Abel c. Campbell. of No. $40 Futon-s.. He was
born in Caldwell, y. j., January 20, 1894, and has
resided IN Brooklyn since For number of years
lie worked as q carpenter In the Navy Yard. lu
ISaG he had charge Of the Brooklyn Office of the
fon- I,aud Railroad. at Fulton Ferry and sold
the first ticket Tor travel that roau sold. Tie
served IN IN" New-Jersey militia during part Of
the WI OF lolz.
The officers of Justice Semler's court and the de-
tectiyes OF the twelfth Precinct unable to iud
john Garrahan, for whom they have been searching
for a week. He is wanted to answer to the charge
of aitemptIng To elOpe with the daughter of Con-
stable Lynch. of the Twenty-iourtn Ward. 1t Is
asserted that after meeting her several times III tne
street. Guardian induced che girl, who is sixteen
however, refused to marry them
JERSEY CITY
An association has been organized for the purpose
of giving free excursions 10 the poor women and
cuil.lrea OF jersey City, with &. W; CIenhew as
PRESIDENT, j. d. blIett, ueaSuieI' ana ASH ~ DICK
insOn, secretary.
The Pc ice Commissioners yesterday appointed
George j.. SchTOpc sergeant TO till the vacancy
caused by the resignation of T.. ID. b. Wakeman
while under charges. The Board has passed the
pay-roils OF the pol cemen for the months Of April
May, June and July, aud ordered them paid.
Nine years ago a young man named Lafeton, en-
Moved by William Wallace Ward proprietor of n
small hoel the Market Street Depot, was
taken sich aud died. Mrs. Ward took care of him, !
aud her husband buried him. Some time aiterward !
the young mans mother. living in New-York heard
of ner sons death. called on Mrs. Ward expressed
her gratitude, and on departing said, " You will
hear from ne a.asD:" On Tuesday Mrs. Ward was
informed that Mrs. Lafeton had just died aud left
her 50. 900.
The professional POughkeepsie Club visited Jersey
CITY yesterday and played its third match game
with the strong National Jersey City Club in the
presence of ZOO persons. The game was closely
contested for the first innings, at which point
L. scnra stood 10 In Lhe .Iersev Citu Glnha