New-York tribune., 1879-10-11
NEW-YORK CITY.

The Secretary of the Navy visited tae BrookVh
| Navy Yard Yesterday noon and lunched with Com
modorc Nicholson. His visit was social, not Official.
| He will return to Washington to-day.
| Mrs General Nicholas De Peystcr desired to give
thieves who robbed her house, and the necessary
permission granted by the Police Board yester-
day.
At the Jefferson Market Police Court Yesterday
morning. Scvmour Brewster. coorcd. was locked up
| by Justice Flammer in dcfault of 800 bail for
throwing carving knife AT Charles Williams, also
colored and cutting his head badly.
| crazy German threw himself in front of a
NInth-avc. car yesterday afternoon, at Greenwich
and Canal-sts. intent getting killed. But the
car stopped IN time. and the police securing
| the mailman, sent hun to Bclveue Hospital.
The BODY Of a drowned man was found az Pier No.
% North River Yesterday. il Is supposed to bc tla
| of James Good win. fireman on the steamer ~
| vada, of the Williams Guipn Line. which has now
| left port. The body viii remain at tine moTgue tll
| the shin returns.
The failure Of J. & VI. TIpfcn, IT,. lager beer
| brewers Mclrose. was announced yesterday.
They have made general assignment. for the hen
eft of their creditors. Morgan j. O'Brcn. The
amount of liabilities j. not exactly known. Dut the
| total Is estimated at S1UO,OOO
| In the Court of General Session yesterday Charles
| II. Bovlan pleaded guilty Of bigamv. On August 2
| 1879. he married Caroline j. Mclaughlin. ~ No;
! 5l3 Nlnthaye.. he beng at the time ih1 laWIul
husband of Catharinc Boylan, TO whom he was
married seven years ago. He was sent to State
Prison for three years.
The contents of a tank in Lombard & Ayres's
oil-worls the foot OF West ,XtvsiXth ST., caught
tire yesterday morning; and Henry kemmerln. age
twenty years of siXtv-iifih street and Tenth ave-.
was fatally burned while aiding ~ putting ont
the fire. He died at Roosevelt Hospital. The
works were damaged 500.
Jacob r. Boyle, president ot the Teachers Asso-
citation of the CITY of New-York, has heretofore
during each Winter arranged very interesting lee
lures as "a course. This year he viii begin with an
illustrated lecture by Dr. j. G, Ecclleston upon
Westminster Abbey Ia be delivered his after
noon at $50 o'clock at Steinwav HaL The yar-
ous point. of interest in the Abbey will be Illus
tratcd 10y stercoptcon views on large scale.
The directors of the Western Union Telegraph
COMPANY Yesterday reflected their former officers
as follows: President, Norvn Green; vicr-pres-
dents. Augustus Schcll II. Mex. TWombly, Harrison
Dnrkec. Anson Siager and John Van Home. Nor
vim Green, William II. Vanderbilt, Edwin D. Nor
gan, Augustus Schell. Harrison Durkee. James H.
Banker Samuel i. Bargcr, Joseph Ilarker, Alonlo
B. Cornell and Hamilton Mex. Iwomby constitute
the Executive Committee
Among the prisoners before Justice Flammcr, N
the jefferson Market Police Court yesterday morn
ing were Clarence H. Bush. who keeps saloon AZ
No. - Nashingto on-squdTe, Stella NoodbuIn 0i the
same place. and Emma Newell, a young woman OF
No. &c Blccckcr-st. They arrested on thurs
dav al the instance Of James Barclay. of No. Is
M,cdoupol-st who charged them with rObbing
him OF a diamond stud. the original cost of which
80. 600. II appears that on May q, Mr.. Barclay
fell asleep IN the afternoon at house IN Cornet-
Il E. aud the stud was then removed from his SHIRT
front. On Thursday afternoon, Mr. Barclay met
Mr. Bush wearing the stud. Ihe latter was at
once arrested. Justice F,.mmcr held Bush ~ the
receiver ana the woman Noudburn as the thlct IN
81 900 bail each. and discharged Emma Newell.
There were few idle men to be seen at the docks
along the North River yesterday, and the rumors
current of "a new str kc among the longshoremcn
apprarrd To have little foundation At pier No. IL,
occupied by the Metropolitan Steamship Company.
II was denied shat there was any strike but else
where il was said that some # that company's
men had quit work there and found employment at
the other docks al advanced wages. Some classes
OF the workmen at the PR oi the Anchor Line
Company have been granted an increase of from %
To 30 cents an hour after stopping work fr two
days. The trouble at the pier OF the Ncw-OrleanS
hcaver-, who stopped work on Wednesday asking
for higher wages. Yesterday il WAS learned that
fourteen of the number were at work again.
BROOKLYN.
II j. proposed 70 purchase the Union Base Ball
Grounds the Eastern District. for the purpose oi
erecting a State Armory thereon he last Lcgi>a-
ture appropriated 100000 Tor an armory III that
part of the city.
The Supervisors have fixed the width Of Surf
ave-. Coucy Island. al 100 iect. len feet on each
side will be reserved for cour-yards and porchcs,
and the sidewalks VIII each bc twenty feet in
width. leaving sINty feet Tor the roadway.
Justice Walsh Yesterday inflicted fine of $50
upon Joseph Redlcin. OF No. lol Umon-aye., tOr
having the meat Of two COWS all cled with peuro-
pneumonia his premises. Joseph Schick. of
Wvckoh-ave.. was fined so for Offering for sale
unwholcsOmc beef.
Eugene Sullivan n laborcr. OF No. 45j Dceraw-
ST. went home drunk Thursday night, and after
quarrcllng win his wife. knocked her down aud
kicked her 80 severely that several ribs were
broken. She was taken 10 the Long Island COLLEGE
Hospital, while sullivan was escorted 10 the Butler
Street Police station.
A communication was sent to the Supervisors on
THU Sday which puTpOrtcd To be signed by Charitcs
commissioners Shiprnan and Henry, and requested
tbaf inasnuch rs tney did work, thcir salaries
should be reduced from $1,000 10 5000. The
document was plainly forgery. and the clerk was
directed 10 ascertain whence II originated.
Christopher Mang, of No. II IIull-st.. met Super
visor Van SIcen. of New --ots, few daVs ago, and
asked for some money To assist IN burylng his
father. who, Mang sad. had recently died. The
Supervisor gave him small sum, but soon after
ward was surprised To learn thar Mans father
alive and we'll Yesterday Mang was arrested for
obtaining money on false pretcnccs.
The l4th lBrooklyn) Regiment left Brooklyn
will part cpatc to-day in the celebration of the an
niycfsary of the organization of the Grand Army of
the Republic in Pennsy ylvania. lie members Of
the regiment assembled at noon "a the armOry, in
North Port aud-avc, and about i o'clock the Inc of
march vas formed. Colonel James Mcl-ecr being IN
command. The 10th Battalion, under the command
of Colonel John Is. Mayenborg. acted ~ an escort.
As the regiment passed Fort Greene Park a salute
was fired.
JERSEY CITY
The remains of Cornela Green, the old lady who
died at No. 21s Filth-st.. jersey City, on Thursday
morning. were yesterday taken charge of by Rich
ard d. Green. her nephew, who " i'll attend 10 the
funeral Mr.. Green has also made arrangements To
have bus uncle sent 10 thc hospital Wuclc ne VIII be
properly cared f'r'
In the First District Police Court of Jersey CITY
YESTERDAY, Ernest Krone, constable, WIS arraigncd
ON charge of having assaulted Mrs. Eugene Neville,
of Canal-St. Eugene Neville, the woman's hus-
band had ma le complaint before Justice Whalcn
charging his wife with having stolen certain art-
clcs which sac had refused TO give him on his de-
mand Justice Whalen issued search warrant
which he gave to Krone to serve. The officer went
to the house and demanded the goods. Mrs. Neville
refused To surrender them. when. she alleges he
assaulted her aud carried the property away. Krone
was baIied