New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-16

D,iTo Secretary he japanese LEGATION At Washington
S S@'a F ITca@@ john Johnston Of
virginia Judge e OF syracuse. car
endon House-EdwardJ Phelps of Vermont
NETWORK CITY.
Wah Sing works IN Broome-st. Shift one letter
! Of his name and You have his occupation.
The platforms Of the stations the Third Avenne
Elevated Railroad are 10 he covered with iron roofs
similar to those the Metropolitan line. The roofs
nj the new station at Twentyeghth-st. are already
| up
| The work of taking down the pillars Of the old
West Side Elevated Railroad in Greenwich-st mas
been accomplished as far south as Vestry-st Exca-
| vafions for columns have been made above TINS
| point.
| Worlrron began Yesterday to demolish the bnild-
| inps in Vandewater-s ST.. near Frankfort, to make
wav for the approaches to the BROOKLYN bridge.
| The bricklavprs are Mt work again on the APP
| proaches near Franllin-square.
| The schooner FLIGHT. of Providence, r. l., while
! being towcd past Pier No. A. East RIVER last
evening, ran into the canal-boat Mary Tracy lying
at the end of the pier loaded with coal and stove
! hole i'm her side. The boat hanled up to the
bulwark at Pier No. 40 and there sank.
| Thomas Conner was granted license nv the Pilot
| Commissioners Yesterday. Joseph CONWAY reported
that since COMPLAINT was made to the Police Com
| missioners, the garbage scows were towed much
further east and south than before, ana that me
vessels for ashes in the East and North Rivers were
| now being used.
The following IS n comparative statement OF cases
of contagious diseases repd>ted for the two weeks
ended July H. 1879; c..o,,o
Week. Typhoid s te@a sma maths Measles Pg ea s% poa
SS%%iE%5 f. ! g J e j 3
An irqnest was held Yesterday in the case of Ans
tin Nolan, who died ut the St Vincents Hospital
week AGO from iniuries which he SAID ne had re-
| ceived nv being kicked in Princc-st The inrv was
! rnoble TO determine how Nolan had received his In
! inies. and Michael Ford who had been arrested by
| the police of the Fourteenth Precinct. was exon
| Grated and discharged.
| Of for rhn coming
son. published in the list of Mr.. Vate manager of
the American Lecture Bureau, Cooper Institute, IS
that of the Rev DR.. Stockhridgc, of Providence r.
l. Dr. Stockbrid0e has an attractive set Of themes;
among thcm are A Week in Athens" What |
saw in PomDeii and Venice" g." Tour through
Northern Italv," and Great Trial Scenes invest
| Minister HAIL.
Officer Chiardi of the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Children, yesterday took to P31ce
an infant Which ne fou The W cJ
parentS-Thomas and Mary Regan-had been sent
TO the Pententiary for habtual intoXlcation. Inc
officer Is looking for two other CHI dren OF the same
! family who disappeared after their parents were
arrested.
James Edward Smith. bright handsome boy of
fifteen. at Police Headquarters yesterday ask
ng for aid to find his parents He ran away from a
Newark asylum four months ago and came to this
city to find his father, Owen Eugene Smith The
father lived IN DesbrOsses-st two years ago, but
the poce officers were not able to find his name IN
any directories published this year. The boy SAID
he had employment on Sound steamer, ana
boarded al NO. 81 y .iTyAllc-SJ.
BROOKLYN.
Tho Ocean Hotel property at Coney Island. owned
by William Engeman. has been transferred to the
Kings County Railway Company. The property
comprises nine acres The consideration was nom
inal.
Several pastors in East New-York have begun an
examination of the Excise records in order to ascer
tain who among the members of their churches have
obtained licenses 10 sell liquor. Inc errlng
brethren will be subjected to discipline.
The ferry franchise from Grand-st., Brooklyn, TO
Grand-st.. NewYork, was purchased recently by the
New-York Ferry Company, which bad a capital Of
800 600 Yesterday notice thar the capital stock
| had been increased to 100000 was flied In the
County Clerks Office.
An infant about six weeks old was left Monday
night in the courtyard of Justice GurSs house, No.
301 South ThirdSt. 1t was sent to the city nurse.
......A female infant, about month DID,, was
found yesterday morning o stoOp in South
Fourth-st near Twelith-st.
| The body of an unknown man was found floating
IN the bay Fort Hamilton yesterday afternoon.
He was about forty years of age feet, inches in
height. and was dressed III dark suit Of cothesand
! button shoes. From papers which were found on
his person, il is supposed that his name was Casper
| Kraft.
Edward Erickson. of No. 40 Conoverst, was ar
rested by the Butler Street police last night on the
charge of obtaining $40 by false pretences from Mi
/ chael Dayid~, liquor seller, AT Van Brunt and
Sackett-sts. Erickson claimed to be a general ship
! ping agent and presented due bill to Daylds, who
| paid il.
| William Meakim, a farmer. of Bushwick. died in
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/ qucathed the main part of his property amounting
10 $40 600 10 his son, John Nelson Mealim and his
| daughter, Mary Debevoise. There were four other
children, however. and they contested the Will on
| the ground of undue influence and uuSoundness Of
nina. Surrogate Daley yesterday rejected the
! viii.
Justice Fisher yesterday issued warrants for the
arrest of two drivers OF an lCc-cart who allowed
| their wagon 10 stand for seven minutes on the rail-
road tracks in NIuth-ave, between Nineteenth aud
Twentcth-ss., obstructlng the progress OF an At
lantic-aye. street-caT. he proceeding is brought
under act passed by the Legislature ON June D,
making IL misdemeauor for any person to wilfully
Obstruct, hinder delay the running OF any horse
| or street car in the State.
r. W. Dcrham has been missing from his home
| No. 223 PTospcct-place, since June y. At 1880
p. H. on that day he was seen by +. &. Leech within
one block of his house, but he did not 90 home that
night His friends are greatly concerned ut his alb
sence Mr. Derham was employed az No. 50 Lib
ertv-st New-York. He is fort -fve years of age,
feet inches III height with dark eyes, har, nous
| tache and chin whskers. lie wore dark SUIT. lie
! is a widower, with four children.
The inquest upon the body of Michael Travis
who was stabbed and killed Sunday by Paul
! Shirley, will be held at the MOrgue this evening
| The pOst-mOrtem examination by DIR. Shepard
showed that the stab wounds in the breast severed
the right and left ntercOstal arteries. The wound
IN the right breast deeper aud Seyerer than the
other, aud resulted in internal hemorrhage., The
other wound would not OF itself have caused death.
Travis will DO buried to-day.
JERSEY CITY.
The Hon. Charles H. Winfield will deliver the
Grafton at the celebration of the battle of Paulus
Hook III jersey City next Saturday.
Mary Garrison, age fourteen years. of No. ISL
New-YOIk-aye., poured some kerosene oil on fire
last evening. The can exploded and she fatally
injured.
John ID. Conerton. age fifteen years. living at No.
i2S ETstst, jersey City. died early Monday morn
ing OF lockjaw caused by wound on the hand re-
ceived July by the accidental discharge of his
pistol.
Officer Thau met two very respectabe-lookipg
vnu W in ri HAY atO