New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-01
NETWORK CITY.

| Receiver Fish. Of the Globe Mutual llie lnsur-
| ance Company, Yesterday appointed Frederick y;
| Phillips as actuary The selection was appIo'cu
| by Superintendent Smyth.
The certificates Of death received at inc Bnrea a
of Vital Statistics yesterday numbered w, ana ~
| were received on Sunday. his shows SUDDEN ~
crease in the death rate, as the average NUMBER OF
| deaths per day Is 20.
The immigrant arrivals at Castle Garden during
| Yesterday and Sunday were exceedingly large INC
! Gernanic with 612 from LlyerDool, the E!hlOpa
| with 2G3 from Glasgow, and the Denmark with 80
| from LondOn-making total OF l,OOO.
The LAYING of the cornerstone Of the new German
| Masonic Temple, to be erected by the German Ma
sonic Associations at No. 900 East Fltteentl-st,w
take place. under the auspices OF the Grand Lodge
| of the State Of New-York tomorrow at 8 p. M
The cur-few tolls the Snell of departing dog the
| catch-cart rattles slowly DER the pave; into the
TAM, the terrier goes :, ker.chug = ana ms last sign
Of her sweet pug bcreft; while Others say "Theres
! still too many left"
Justice Flammer rendered decision in the
Tombs Police Court in the matter Of the complaint
! of Rouudsman Orr against Officer Iully, OF the
Fifth Precinct for assault and battery on June y,
at Beach and lludsOn-sts. Officer FULLY was held III
| bail to await the action of the Grand Jury.
The two men, COTsOn and Burns charged with
| the robbery of the Government Printing Office at
Washington on january, had another examination
| before United States Commissioners Deuel. yesteI-
day. Evidence 10 show that Burns was IN New
| York on December 80 was given. Further hearing
was adjourned until to-day.
| A meeting of jOurneymen pianO-makcrs was held
at the TeutOna Assembly Rooms In lhrd-aVe,, last
night to denounce the firm of kGanich Il Bach for
having rcpTcse nted was alleged, that the piano
makers in their employ earned each. on an average,
$23 per week. The pianO-makers and varnlshers IN
| the employ of this firm are still on strike.
John keenan, and John Keegan were tried and
convicted in the Court of General Sessions yester-
| day on an indictment charging them with oreaklhg
into the apartments of Henry \. CasseDeer, IT., at
| No 100 West Twentieth-st. June 10, and steal
ing quantity of iewelry The prisoners were SEN
| fenced to State Prison for two and a half years.
| In the Police Courts yesterday the Justices lis
! tened to number of complaints against saloon
keepers for violations of the Excise law ny selling
| liquor on Sunday. AT the Jefferson Market Police
| Court eight men were held to answer IN 500 BALL
| At the Tombs twenty persons, including two wO-
| men. were arraigned, and they met the same rate;
| at the Essex Market Court the offenders numbered
| fourteen. The necessary bail was furnished.
| Apawnbroker in Broadway above Union-square
| was recently Outwitted by one of his customers
| man of dubious income but pompous presence, The
| customer brought the broker fire broadcloth suit
| n few DAYS ago. and got an advance of 30 per cent
| on the clothes. Two or three days atterward ne
called with the request that the suit be lent to HIM
| to wear at the funeral of a departed friend Inc
| pawnbrOkePs finty heart gave way for once, but
| the habiIments of woe were never returned.
Verdcts of suicide were rendered by COroners'
iqries YESTERDAY IN the cases Oh MIS- deTeS Iod
| in FOrdham on Friday; Pierre Cheverton, the
! Frenchman who cut an artery in his leg ON satur-
| day at No. ga Westinghouse; Richard Is. AOer-
theney who jumped out of a window of tho Charity
| Hospital June u, and the unknown man who
| poisoned himself in Central Park on Thursday.
The trustees of the American Museum of Natural
History state that such progress has now been made
| In the classification OF the collections there, that
one of the curators will be in attendance on Mon
| DAYS and Tuesdays from 10 a. IN. to D D. m, to
| accompany members and their friends through the
halls, and fully explain the collections. The ele,
waited railroad having now opened to Ninth-aye and
Eighty fst-st., the Museum is directly accessible
| from any station on Sixth or Ninth-aves.
list of articles stolen last Friday night from the
jewelry store of Robert G. Lnke, No. q Westmln-
tendenf Wallmg yesterday. 1t describes about
| fifty gold and silver watches three diamond rings,
| and large collection of other jewelrY, valued at
| $4,000 A reward of $500 is offered for the re-
cOYery of the property Porter and Irving, who re-
Gently escaped from the Raymond Street Jail in
Brooklyn, are suspected of having committed the
| robbery. ,-,
! The house of August Brand, at No SOS Grand-st.,
| was entered by thieves carly yesterday morning,
and jewery and clothing TO the value OF 500 were
| stolen.
| James McGuire, OF No. 20 Spencer-st., fell from
the railing on which he was seated, i'll front of his
house, to the bottom of the area, yesterday morn
ing, and broke his neck. he died IN few minutes.
| The body which was found at the foot of Monta-
guest has been identified as that of John Herbert,
age eighteen, who was drowned on June IA, together
with Edward Brown, by the capsizlng OF small
| boat in which they were rowing
| Cornelius Finn, age forty-fye, Of No. 50 Park
| ave. while working at Clinton and DeKalb-ayes.,
at 3 p. yesterday, fell from the top of a derrick,
distance Of sixty 1cct, tne ground lie was Sc
verely injured and was taken to the City Hospital.
| The last meeting of Szegedin Relief Committee
was held last evening. the total receipts were re-
ported TO be 1888 ~ and the expenditures $143 70,
leaving balance of $40 80. The treasurer of the
committee Controller Steinmctz, was directed To
transmit this sum to the Austrian Consul.
| The BIissyille bridge over the Newtown Creek is
reported to be in a very dangerous condition. The
| Kings County Supervisors have authorized $l0,-
| 900 to be spent III constructing new bridge, but
this money cannot he used until similar sum Is ap-
proprated by the Supervisors of Queens County.
John Oesan, a German painter, age thirty-three,
while living drunk III Fulton-st.. near Grand-aye.,
at 1890 m yesterday, was struck on the mead by
an East New-Y3rk car. He received a severe trac;
tire of the skull and other injuries, and it said
| at the City Hospital, to which he was taken, that
| his recovery was impossible. The driver and con-
ductOr of the were arrested, but were released
on their recognizance. 1t was very dark at the
time of the accident, and the driver did not see the
| man until too late to stop the car.
| JERSEY CITY.
The National Association jersey City Club played
| yesterday with the reorganzed semi-protesslonal
Chelsea Club, of Brooklyn, winning easily by 20 to
3. To-day the Ncw;,England Association Maiden
Club, of Maiden, Mass, will play on the Jersey
| City Club grounds.
| Ferdinand Kcpar age nine years, of Jackson
| lane. Jersey City, found some glycerne cartridges
| near VOLTS cartridge factory, placed them on a
rock, and struck them with astonc. He was badly
wounded by the explosion and the sight of both
| eyes was completely destroyed.
| NEWARK.
The reccipts Yesterday of the City Clerk for re-
newals of liquor licenses amounted to $4,000. All
licenses expire to-day.
| The Rev. Dr. Forester. pastor of the Church of
| the Redeemer, has offered his resignation to the
First Uniyesallst Society and has been accepted.
| The Citizens General Committee on Independence
Day Observance met at the City Hall last evening
and completed arrangements for Fridays celebra-
/ ton. .- -. -
| NEW-JERSEY.
| SoUrH ORANGE.-Tho School District Trustees
| have been authorized to expend 81 500 in the
erection of a school building, and ~ 800 for a
new site. The building Is to be IN readiness use
| by August l, 1880.