New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-09
NEM.YORK CITY.

Garden last week was Z,4lI.
| Rose Miller twelve years old was reported miss
| ing from her home Yesterday. She was slender
| girl, with light complexion and blue eyes.
Albert T. wilkinson, age forty-two, OF No. 10
Dnane-st was overcome ~ tue neat Vesi Paor
ST. He was sent TO the Chambers Street Hospital
Solomon Wolf mIddIe-aged German, residing
| at No. 573 East Twelfth-st., fell from scahod In
new building at Sixty-seventh-st. and Tenth-9ve.
Yesterday and was severely injured. He was taken
| to the Mt. Sinai Hospital.
John Van Tassel, trackman on the Third Avenue
Elevated Railroad. was struck by engine No. 1o2 10
| Third-ave. and One-hundred-and-twenty- hrst-St
| Yesterday afternoon. He was thrown from tne
track and instantly killed HIS body was taken 10
his home, No. 2i5 East Observation-Disclosures
| He was ffty-siX years OF age.
No cases of yellow fever have been admitted TO
| the Quarantine Hospital for three days past. and
| the two patients now under the observation OF
oTarantine. on board Of the brig Susie j. Stout
from Mragoane, Hayti, there are four conyalescent
! patients.
The tenement-house No. SOB West Thirty-slxth-
ST. was discovered to he fire yesterday afternoon,
and much excitement was caused among the IN
mates. Mrs. Katherine Austin and Mrs. Caroline
Boise, who were in the building. were among the
firv to discover the flames, aud they went to work
| to smother the flames with blankets. They sue
ceeded in their task only after they had burned
| their arms severely.
The rigging and sails of the pilot-boat Isaac
Webb, which was wrecked on the Long Island
coast about ten days have been sold at auction.
|
most of whom are residents Of Staten Island, will
| Immediately enter into contract for the building
| of a new vessel TO take the place of the Webb,
| which is to cost about $4,000.
| The steamship City of London, formerly of the
| Inman Line, will sail for Liverpool to-day as
special steame under the charter OF Captain W. II.
| Thompson, formerly commander OF the white Star
steamship Britannia. She will carry the largest
cargo of cattle taken from this port in any one
steamer. and has stables built on the main, spar and
| between decks. Her cargo consists of 500 head of
| bU,bpla q /.
| hour 900 boxes Of cheese 400 bales of hops, and
| 200 tierces of beef and pork.
Agnes Cazzaza, age fourteen, disappeared from
her fathers house in Sixth-st. Tuesday last, TAX
| ing with her $500 In money. Her father reported
the matter to Superintendent Walling who sent out
| a general alarm for her arrest. 4 dispatch from
Troy Yesterday announced the girls capture, with
800 OF the stolen money In her possession This
qIrl was the principal witness tor the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children IN their case
against Father Hayes for cruelty whipping the
| girls brother.
The agents Of the steamship Clarbel, of the Atlas
Line, informed Postmaster James on Thursday
that the vessel, which was then loading at Quaran-
tine would sail on Saturday Merchants were ac-
cordingy told that the mail for the West Indies
would close at p m. on mat day. yesterday the
postmaster received word from the agents that the
loading having been completed the vessel would
sail that afternoon. The mails were consequently
abruptly closed, and the correspondence Of many
business men was left behind.
BROOKLYN.
The body of a drowned man was found floating
in the East River the Wall Street Ferry yester
day afternoon.
Mrs Catherine Washer, forty-fve, COM
mitted suicide by swallowing Paris green yester-
dav, a. her residence, No l,G2S Bergen-st: She
| leaves husband and several children. Her habits
| were said to be incorporate.
The tenth concert of the season at Prospect Park
will begin at p. IN. by Contenro's military band.
AS the fund provided by the city for the music at
the park Is exhausted, the Park Commissioners will
be unable to continue the Saturday afternoon con-
| certs after to-day.
| Supervisor-at-Large Guthrie has vetoed the APP
pointments, made at the meeting of the Board of
Supervisors on Tuesday, of George G.. Brown as in
| spector of supplies at the Penitentiary. and of
James Shannon as engineer of the Court House, on
| the ground that the law does not authorize the
| Board To create these Offices
| An unknown woman gave confdng little boy
named John Farrell of No. III Wyckohave, a
| baby TO hold for few minutes Thursday evening
Sine did not retuIn and the patience of the boy be-
| coming exhausted he gave the infant, age about
ten mouths, to a passing policeman, from whose
| care 1t reached the City Nurse.
| The new bridge over the NewtOwn Creek, at Man
| hattan-ave.. connecting Greenpoint and Long Isl
| and City, has been completed by the contractors
Before il is turned to the Supervisors of Kings
and Queens Counties 1t will be tested. on August
10 in the presence of the Bridge Committees OF the
Boards OF Supervisors. IL must stand a strain OF 100
pounds to the square men.
| John H. Colsep, of No. 21S Stuyvesant-ave., re-
ported to the police yesterday that his stepfather
| Stephen Deuson. age sixty, OF No. 1877 Thompson
ST New York, had attempted TO burn his house.
Dauson was seen To run out of the house early yes
terday morning, and basket shayngs was found
to be on fire. Inc motive is thought TO be IN tine
fact that DSusOn's wlle lives away from her nus
band with hGr son.
Mayor Howell was reported to be worse yester-
day Much secrecy Is observed by his friends and
pby sicians regard 10 the nature of his illness and
its serious character. Dr. Ottersen of No. 100
Westinghouse, one of the attending physicians,
said Yesterday that at the request of Mrs. Howell
and the Mayors other friends, lie not at liberty
10 make amy sta ements about the Mayors CON
dltion. When asked # malaria was the cause of the
Mayors illness, he replied that II was not
IL WAS stated yesterday that the only reason why
Acting Mayor Ray dId not send nominations for the
vacant municipal offices TO the Board OF Aldermen
on Thursday that a sufficient number of Alder
men could not be induced To violate the pledge
which they had given to Mayor Howell to take 10
action IN his absence. Some declared that as the
meeting was regular one they were NOT bound oy
their pledge. Ii IS reported that the nomination OF
Captain w. J., b. Steers for president Of the Board
of City Works would have been made if enough
votes could nave been secured TO confirm him.
f. l.. Butzgy, of No. 3S Wyckof-st, was arrested
recently for selling milk without license. Yes
terday he applied to the Board of Health for legal
authority enable him to dispose OF the milk of his
twelve cows. In his petition, Mr.. ButZgy declared
that on the permission sought depends the wei
fare Of himself and family for sefpreseTyatlOn from
financial wreck aud ruin, and his usefulness y a
taxpayer OF this city. The OF your petitioners
destiny fixed in the milky way. Is shines in the
constellation Taurus. aud not In the sign of Aqua
affected that the desired license was granted with
out delay or discussion.
At o recent meeting OF the Commissioners of Fire
and Buildings resolution was passed directing the
secretary notify 10 the heirs and executors of the
late DAVID Williams. president of the department,
that a deficiency had been discovered IN his ac-
counts, and TO request them 10 make good the
amount. Ii was alleged yesterday that the def
cheney amounted to about 81, 200 The money re-
ceived kerosene licenses and badges is put in the
hands If the president, and b. him deposited with
the City Treasurer, 1t is claimed that the ac-
oOuntant has proved that President Williams re-
ceised this money and did not deposit 1t. His long
ilness may have been the for the failure 70
comply with the law.
JERSEY CITY