New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-06
NEX-YORK CITY.

s95 marriages, 175.
The receipts of tho General Post Office for last
week were S14,OOO the largest ever Known III Tue
records of the Office.
Professor W. +. Stewart, of Virginia City. New.
will lecture Mining, Philosophicslly Con-
sidered" at Association Hall. this evening and on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The orders that the gas should he turned off at
midnight. prevented the conclusion of the wrest-
ling match at Madison Square Garden on Saturday
night. between William Miller and John Mcmahon.
Deputy Sheriff F.. w. DAVIS arrived last night
from Cincinnati with Charles Lindner. who is
charged with completely with his brother Edward;
now in jail at Newark, with uttering forged
checks.
William Green, tall man, was before Justice
Flammer at the Jefferson Market Police Court YES
terday morning for having Tried 10 push bis fourth
wife and her child into the rver. He was sent TO
the Workhouse for three months
The molders employed in the foundry Of the Mott
Iron Works at Mott Haven have struck for higher
superintendent an increase In their pay OF 10 per
cent This demand was refused and the men
stopped work.
The following were the total amounts of grain
afloat on the canal between Buffalo and Osweeo,
Saturday at noon, coming toward tIdewater: Wheat,
100000 bushels corn, 2,062, 900 bushels; oats,
$4,000 bushels; barley $1,000 bushels; rye,
$4,000 bushels.
james Phehan, age eleven, of No. 149 Nelson-st.,
on Friday undertook 10 make fire burn by pour
iny Kerosene OIL on 1t. The exploded. and the
boy was so badly burned that he died from his in
iuries at the Long Island College Hospital, to which
he had been taken.
The Grand Jury of the Court of Sessions c. w. L.
+. Morrow, foreman was discharged on Saturday.
presentneht was made recommending the speedy
completion of the new wing of the Raymond Street
Jail. the present Jail is unfit and inadequate for
the uses of "a prison.
Madame Anderson. began on Saturday evening
the task of walking 4,236 quarter miles in many
consecutive quarter hours IN the TvOli Garden in
81. Mark s-place. Before midnight she was in
formed by the Police of the Seventeenth Precinct
that she could not continue her walk in public on
Sunday Sac was exceedingly angry. but stopped
walking.
After to. day the steamers Of the Newport Line
between New-York and Boston will be withdrawn
for the season. and on the day the fare to Bos-
ton by the Fall River Line will be reduced to 81.
The steamers Bristol and Providence Of that line on
October ~. will resume their Sunday trips sailing
from Pier No. 2S, North River at p. H. instead of
$50.
The match game of base ball on the Capitalize
grounds on Saturday, between the Concord and the
Star clubs, was won by the former with the score
of Ii 10 g. At the Prospect Park about l 300 per-
sous witnessed the first between the Alert and
the POlytcchnic Institute clubs To the surprise of
all present the Alert club outplayed its strong OPP
pOnents both at the bat and IN the field, and came
out victorious by score of 10 to s.
BROOKLYN.
Robert Stewart, who shot on Friday morning
BY Bernard Brueck In John Brueck's saloon, No.
$50 Hamilton-ave died at noon on Saturday at
the Long Island College Hospital. The inquest
will be held to-day.
John Higgins age twelve, of No. 1877 Baltic-st.
was arrested on Saturday on the charge of stab
hing William Keegan. a boy of about the same age
with pOcket-knlte. Inhicting slight wound in
the back. There was no cause for the stabbnC.
ON Friday night while the workmen were busv in
the sugar refinery of Crab n Wilson i'm John-s near
Brdgest., one turned the faucet of the molas-
fes tank and allowed about 1000 gallons of mOlas-
scs 10 run to waste. The moasses was valued at
$50.
When William A. Sands, of No. 1.197 Atlantic
ave-, conductor on the NOstrand-ave. line of cars
went home Saturday he found his wife lying
dead in the corner OF the room where her three
small children were playing. She had been in deli
- n n II WI he halI
Mrs. Mary Mckenzie, age twenty-Six, of No. 6s
Sedgwick-st.. fell from third story window Of her
house on saturday ana rfrelyea severe shock and
was arrested on suspicion that he had thrown
her from the window, but he was discharged by
Captain Lcayey when an investigation was made.
Rival bill posters who at work at Broadway
and feminist. Yesterday morning got into quarrel,
and Matthew Kenny stabbed William Lundy twice
in the back and hurled stone at John Mullen, in
hcting scalp wound Kenny was locked up IN
the Fourth Street station. Neither Lundys
Mullen's wounds are dangerous.
Christopher Hilders, who keeps a saloon at Six
tieth-st aud Frankn-ave Bay Ridge, had quar-
rel Saturday morning with Richard Hamill. of
Brooklyn, and shots were exchanged. Illlder re-
cciyed slight wound in the abdomen. and Hamll
was struck IN the face with pistol-shot. Iiamll
surrendered himself to the Eighth Sub-Precinct
Police.
Henry Beam, who was appointed Register of
Water Rates in the Department of City Works in
the place Of Charles A. Mclaughlin, has declined
the appointment. aud Aaron Brinkerhoff was ap-
Dointed 10 the place Saturday. Me- Beam is the
psiyate secretary of Kingsley & Keenev. Mr.
Brinkerhoif was deputy Controller during the time
democrat and lives in the Third Ward.
Felix DevlIn who was arrested on Friday night
on charge OF threatening 20 cake the life of City
Works Commissioners Worth because the latter had
not given him q political appointment. was ar
raigned before Justice Guck on Saturday. lie went
IA MIR Worths house on FRIDAY evening and being
Informed that Mr.. Worth was not at home he bran
di>hed knife above his bead and exclaimed:
"When | see him, IN have bIs hearts blood with
Il for NOT
ly having his life IN twenty-f0ur hours" Justice
Guck held the prisoner in $500 bonds to keep the
peace The bonds were furnished
JERSEY CITY.
John OConnor, age four years, of No. 1873 Essex
ST. Jersey City, YVES fatally injured yesterday by
falling from pile Of lumber on which he was
playing.
Michael Raffery, Of No. 1873 York-st Jersey City,
an engineer on the Pennsy wanna railroad, was
fatally scalded Yesterday while cleaning out the
boiler of his engine
.t Greene and Morgan-sts., jersey City, was dam
aeed Saturday night by fire TO the extent of 5000.
1oe flames broke ont again yesterday morning.
making the total loss 81 800.
The body of an unknown man found living In
tie Point of Rocks" Jersey CITY, Saturday even
ing. He had been struck and killed by tram on
The Pennsylvania Railroad From papers found on
The remains they supposed u be those Of Robert
Eernatz, OF No. 22 wassain-st, Toledo, Ohio.
Catbarne Fox age ten years. of Newark-ave.
end First-st jersey CITY, accidently set fire to her
clothing yesterday afternoon while IN cigar store,
and rushed INTO the street enve0Ded in flames. De-
ferfiye Gloss extins uisled The fire and saved the
cb,id;s life Tue officers hands were badly burned.
but the little girl escaped with only slight injuries.
NEWARK.
The dead body Of an infant was found Ia box
an the rear OF FairIn0unt Cemetery on Saturday.
MANY Newark manufacturers so busy filing
orders that they are Obliged 10 keep men working
night aud daN.
By order of Judge Dpue, testimony will be taken
bef're a Supreme Court Commissioner IN the suit
iron0ht nv VIM l.. Iuttle 20 recover possession oil