New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-28
NETWORK CITY.

! Fifv-s,xth-st., Yesterday, was drowned His body
| was not recovered
| meeting of carvers, moulders and woOd-workers
generally, was held yesterday morning in the Ger
| mania Assembly Rooms, and the elght-hour LABOR
| movement was advocated
The amount of grain afOat on the, canals from
! Rutialo and Oswego for tdewater on Saturday was;
Wheat 1.364, 900 bushels corn, G66 900 bushesi
oats 80 900 bushels rye, 10000 bushels.
W. Underwood jr. won the secretarys 800
| trophy at Creedmoor ON Saturday at 700 ya nH
distance and l.. VI. SquieT won the Winchester rue
at the BrintOn Range, Elizabeth, at the same as
! lance.
Adjective flue caused an outbreak Of fire yester-
day morning, in a sixth-story room IN the Glenham
| Hotel i'm Fifth-aye 1t was extingnished with
| slight damage on the roof OF the Dullding' Inc
hotel belongs to the Cutting estate,
Charles Maogole, swarthy Egyptian. fortyIItwo
wears old aroused the doctors at St. VlncenFs Hos
| Dtal Yesterday morning before daybreak. HIS
| hand was badly cut with razor-in fight, he ex-
planned, with a negro who was abOut to XII whlte
| man. when he interfered. In other ways he talked
| ike an insane man.
Bridget Geddins, an old woman living alone in
| Fortieth-st, near Tenth-ave., has not been heard
! from for six weeks. Her daughter, ehambermaid
| in the Everett House, came to Police headquarters
yesterday, in of her search for the missing
woman. but found no trace OF her.
There were no services at the synagogue Of the
| Congregation Chebra Anschi Suwalker on Satur-
! day. and there is trouble among the officers. New
officers recently elected, but the men who had
been depOsed, II said, even threatened their sue
cessors with violence there resort to law,
, and recently Judge Potter of the Supreme Court
| issued an Injunction restraining the old officers
| from interference with the socletys affairs:
| motion to make the injunction permanent VIII be
argued on Thursday.
To rid themselves of the constont throng Of appl-
cants for free passes their routes the managers
of steamboat company have posted the following
notice :" In those days no passes were given.
Search the Scriptures. Thou shalt not pass
Numbers Xxx. 10, suffer not a man to pass
Judges ill.,, %. The wicked shall no more pass;
Nahum /. u, None shall eyer pass.'1,Isaiah
xxxvlii., 10. This generation shall not pass'-Mark
xiii, 30; Though they roar, yet shall they not
pass.'-Jeremiah H., AZ; so he pad his fare and
G 49, vo HpaeT the last quotation in
A Park policeman on sunday, June 90, protected
a liquor-dealer at the Highbridge Hotel from ar
rest by an officer of the municipal police for vio-
was arrested, and Park Commissioned. Lane, pro-
tested by letter to Superintendent Walling, claim
ing jurisdiction for the Park police in the disputed
district, and asking that the officers of the Ponce
Department be instructed to respect their author
ity. The Police Commissioners have decided other
wise and have instructed Inspector Thorne TO see
that the low is strictly enforced, and to arrest all
violating its provisions.
BROOKLYN.
Permits for the erection of thirty new buildings
were granted last week.
The suspender bands for supporting the super
structure OF the East River Brldge are pelne put on
the cables.
A new wing, the gift of two trustees, is to be
added to the Adelpbi Academy 1t viii front on
Lafayette-aYe.
A COW, running wild in BroadwaySaturday night.
tossed George Barrett age sixteen, at Nhpple-st.,
and injured him severely.
game of base ball was played at Prospect Park on
Saturday morning between the Brighton and Clare
mont Clubs, which resulted In favor Of the former
by "a score OF TO >. The game between the Excel
sior and Concord Clubs was won by the Excel
sor Club by "A score OF y TO z.
The inquest held by Coroner Nolan on Saturday
TO ascertain the cause of the death OF Mary Col
berg, age one year, VINO died at No. 52 Bushwlck-
ave. July H. found that II resulted from congestion
of the brain, caused by administering MonePs
Teethir & Cordial, containing opium.
Joseph Riley, age nineteen. of No. pa Frost-st.,
was arrested Yesterday morning by Detective Butts
and Patroiman Shannon. Riley Is charged with
stealing $50 from drawer I'm the Darkroom of
lquor-store in Kingsland-aye., near Mesero!e-ave,
kept by Christian Stou. The offence was COM
JERSEY CITY.
DR.. Converse, the County Physician made post
mortem examination saturday of the body of Ade-
her aunt. Mis-. Mary j. Adridge, IN Fleet-st jersey
City Heights, and found that her death was caused
by consumption and general debility.
NEWARK
James Nichols colored, of No. At Academy-st,
was found dead In his bed on Saturday noon. He
had been troubled with heart disease.
Zebethy Baker age twelve of No. Broome-st.,
is reported to have been kidnapped on Saturday by
a strange man and taken to New-York.
The Essex County Board Of Assessors will meet
this morning to TX the rate OF taxation for the
present year. which, III Is thOugh, Eil be slightly
in excess of that OF last year.
Meyer Ireist, age seventy-fve, died recently. eav-
ing an estate valued at about 100000. The will is
being contested by a grandson of the testator,
named Sidney. on the ground OF undue influence
and ncapacity.
The Newark Relief Association will give free
excursion to Locust Grove TO about 1000 children
on Thursday next. Among the finance committee
are Chancellor RunYOn, the Hon. George A. Halsey,
Bishop COrrigan. the Rev. }. IT, Guenther and Will
lam Stansby.
James Miles, of No. 1915 South-st, was committed
TO Jail Saturday for committing an atrociOus
assault and battery on Bernhardt Stockman, age
sixty, by entering his house through window,
knocking hun down with club and beating and
kicking him In brutal manner.
James J. Devine, age eleven, Edward Matthew'S
age thirteen, and James Gaffney, age twelve, were
arrested on Saturday evening, and confessed to hav
Ing tapped ts and stolen goods IN twelve different
stores. They also exposed their accOmplices, and
acknowledged that they belonged to q gang Of
organized thieves.
Miss Katharine Moore, Of No. lis Miller-st. while
visiting her sister, Mrs. James NJ Darke, at River
sde-ave. and Eghtytilth-st.. week ago, ate freely
OF some pickles. and IS dangerously ill., her mtes-
has also iost the use Of her limbs. Several tests
were made and the presence of copper IA one OF the
pickles was discovered. Miss Moore was somewhat
improved yesterday
LONG ISLAND
LONG Island CrTY.-There will be another hear
ing Tomorrow, before the Board of Health In the
new proceedings against the Standard Ammonia
Company, 10 compel the permanent closing Of their
works.
Some guests at Haffner's Hotel, at Rockaway left
about 81 900 in jeweTy and 800 In cash with
Mrs. Haffner while they went TO battle When they
returned $40 and diamond pin were missing A
German waiter confessed the theft The jewel was
recovered and the man was arrested.
| WHTEsToNE-The schooners ATLANTA, Agnes
Peerless Petrol and Ysion and sloops Orion, Sadie
| Pirate Stella and Wnsome. of the Atlantic Yacht
| Club, assembled at WhtestOne on Saturday pre-
paratory TO sailing on their annual cruise Late In
| the afternoon the ileet got under way and sailed
for Glen Cove, accompanied by Starin's schooner
! yacht Moonlight with Company Il of the 22d Regi-
ment