New-York tribune., 1879-06-09

The excursion steamer Plymouth Rock. which
was completely repaired and retittcd during the
Winter, made trial trip SATURDAY; preparatory 70
opening her excursion season Yesterday. Inc vesse,
started fl ON the Eagle dock HobOken. and steamed
up the Hudson as far as Sixtieth-st: She then
turned and proceeded to tho Bay and thence up
the East River as far as GreenpOint A banu on
board PLAYED at intervals. On returning. the guests
were landed at Pier No. North River, ana % me
steamer went to her berth at the foot OF west
Twenty-secOnd-st
The building permits issued last week numbered
fOrty-twO.
The body which was found by two boatmen III, in
Gowanus Bay on Friday has been identiheH AT we we
Morgue as that of Edward DcieNle' vi No' '''
Fourth-st, New-York
policy shop at No. 80 Varet-,st. was visited DX
the Stagg Street Police Saturday evening, a nada
William Lauer, age thirty, who Kept the place wof of
arrested as were also four Witnesses a qnah'iS VI
slips and papers and 81 II were also fouhd.
4 Polish ciearmaker named Hugo living at 10.
% Tompkins-ave., made an attempt 10 enu 1is ,
Yesterday afternoon. He first took poison of some
Kind and then cut his throat HIS recovery IL re-
garded as extremely doubtful He Is thirty-hvo
wears old and unmarried. and the only cau'e as
signed for his conduct is depression OF spirits
Two cases Of SMALLPOX have been reported TO the
health authorities i'm Brooklyn within the past iew
davs. One of the patients is Young woman living
in Bedford-ave., near DeKabave., aud the other IS
i'm Greenpoint ave. In both cases ample quarantine
precautions have been taken. 1t has not Deen
deemed necessary to remove the patients 10 tue
smallpox hospital.
William Martin. of No 1G6 Elery-st.. went home
drunk Saturday night and began to abuse his fam
ily This exasperated his daughter Mary dc,
formed child seventeen years of age and she seized
an axe and struck her father on the forehead IN IN
hicting severe wound which the physicians say
may prove fatal. The girl was arrested by the
Flushing Avenue Police
Mrs. Ellen Earan, age fifty. of No 921 Atlantic
ave-. Brooklyn, was killed by locomotive while
crossing that avenue about D. m. on SATURDAY.
When she reached the track n train was approach
ing and she became almost paralyzed with lear In
stead of crossing, as she might easily have done,
she remained on the track, not needing the ringing
of the bell aud the cries of the spectators me en-
CINE threw her forty feet against the IRON railing,
and she died in half an hour.
JERSEY CITY.
Judgc Knapp of jersey City. viii sentence Mrs.
Jeunle r. Smith and Covert u. Bennett thus morn
ing About 5000 has been raised to pay the eA-
peusCS of a second tIlaI.
Ernest Otto, of No. J37 PavonIa-ave, Jersey City,
was missing from his home last evening. Early III
the afternoon he went bathing in the 1ackensach
River, aud 1t is thought that he was drowned.
The arrangements between the Hoboken Land
and Improvement Company and the DelawaTe.
which the passengers of the railroad are carried
over on the ferries of the Improvement Company
will expire January l, 1880 II Is reported that the
officers of the railroad have offered to purchase TIE
ferries but the offer has not been accepted AS
stated recently in TIE TRIBUNE, the managers OF
the railroad are negotiating with tho oiicers OF the
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad for the
privilege of using the ferries OF the Erie Company
The New York, Lake Erie and Western managers
have offered to erect new piers lor tne aeSolou Nh
ton of the Delaware, Lackawanna and western
Railroad.
Chancellor Runyon has granted a divorce to
Anna ). flegenheimer, of Newark, from her hus-
band, Henry FlegenheImer, Of New-1OTk.
The commencement exercises of the Newark
Academy took place at Park HAL on Friday even
ing, a class of ten young men beng graduated.
L., e.,
lam Clark the president and treasurer OF the Clark
Thread Company, was laid on Mount Pro5pect-aye.,
near SeCOnd-aYe., on Saturday.
very large congregation assembled in st. Pat
ricks Roman Catholic Cathedral, in Newark, on
Saturday, to witness the ordination of the Rev.
Messrs. Carroll, Murphy, Hill, Devlne Murphy aud
Young.
The work of excavating the ground on the site to
be occupied by the new House of the Good Shop
herd on Thirtecnth-aye will be begun to-day.
The structure will be four stories IN height. in the
shape of the letter II, 100 feet wide and 166 feet
long, will be of modern French style OF architecture
and cost about $4,000.
In the General Synod of the Reformed Church, I'm |
Session in Newark, the Rev. j. Ii. Balagh, OF the
japanese mission, received rs delegate OF the
Chui Kuwai, or Middle Assembly of the United |
Church Of Japan. He reported five native pastors
seven icentiates and thirty students for the
ministry. In the native churches There are l,Ooo
Joseph Cavanagh, OF No. 90 Livingston-st., was
taken u Police Headquarters on Saturday night
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stiletto in the hands Of Philip LOngO, in LOugOs
saloon in FuurteCuth-ave. One wound is IN the
shoulder cutting the main tendon Of the arm, and
another is in the back, four inches deep. LOngO,
who is an Ha,lan, was arrested.
A special meeting of the Chassis Of Newark was
held on Friday when l. Heyer Polhemus, of tho
Union Theological Seminary OF Newly Ork, was eX-
ahmed for ordination. lie will be ordained on
Monday evening, June 23. At the same time
Joseph Rankin Duryca will be ordained. DT. W. H.
Campbell President OF Rutgers College, Will preach
the sermon. Mr.. POlhemus expects to engage in
missionary work IN MeXIcO.
Three officers on Friday night went to the house
of Kack" Wolf, Il noted highwaymsn, IL Eighth
ave, to arrest him on the charge Of burglary.
Wolf fled % an upper room and locked the door.
One of the officers then went to the Second Pre-
cinct Station House to learn if the officers had 4
r. lht to force open the door to arrest oil. While
inc officer was absent MOlfs friends assembled and
in the crowd Wof succeeded IN making his escape.
The police authorities have attempted to suppress
information OF the affair.
HEW-JERsEY.
NEw-BRUNSWICK.-EI-Co Collector Moore
was arrested here on SATURDAY. on charge of hay-
ing enbezzlcd the money of the county de gave
bonds To appear for trial III September.
EIIZABETH-At the Brnton Rife Range on Sat
urday, +. H. HOltOn won the Sharp's improved
military rlle aud the following were winners Of
the ten prizes If the NewJcrsey Ride Association
T. II. Holton, T.. NJ. Squire, II. T. DavIds. NJ l..
Gilbert, j. W. Todd, Homer Fisher j. K. Miller, j.
W. Martin, A. HUbDell, ". A. Milford.