New-York tribune., 1879-08-30
NEW-YORK CITY.

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There will be music the mali in Central Park
to-day at o'clock p. NJ, under the direction OF H.
| b. DOdworth, leader.
The new station of the Third Avenue Elevated
Railroad at Twenty will be opened to the
| public on Monday morning next.
While fishing at the foot Of BOgart-st, yesterday,
| James Lynch of No. 80 HCratiost., was seized
with fit fell into the water and was drowned.
! The Metropolitan Elevated Railroad Company
has bought the building at the Junction of Cathar-
ine-st. and the BoweTy ard it is being torn down %
make room for the uptown track.
II. Z. Latson, a well dressed young man, has been
arrested for swiudlng j. ID. Butler & Co., soap
manufacturers, of West FOurteenth-st., by forged
orders for soap.
| The end of the Staten Island Railway Company's
| pier mt the Battery has become so old and rotten
| that at high tide il rocks up and down upon the
| waves, and its use has been suspended.
| Two new signs in the street lamps have been put
up. They are Park Row and Mail Street and Broad
way and Mail Street Mail-st is the short street
back of the Post Office
The pier so well known as the "mOOnght Dock
al the foot OF West Tenth-st, is being altered
into steamship pier, for the loading OF cattle. Ex-
cursons III now leave from the foot OF Leroy-st.
David Hafner. age nine years. living at Stanton
and AttOrney-sts., was run over yesterday IN
Prince-st, by an express-wagon and had leg
broken.
Burglars forced an entrance into the basement
of Roswell ID. Hatchs house, in Eighty-fouTth-st..
near Ninth-ave., yesterday morning. but were
frightened away before they had secured any booty.
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North River. II was caused by workmen carelessly
using a lighted candle while repairing the pipes.
Trihing damage was done to the pier.
A large number of persons had good laugh at a
stranger yesterday morning IN the Post once. lie
dropped letter in the contribution box Tor the
yellow fever sufferers, mistaking 1t for the mall
box.
Charges were filed with the Pilot Commissioners
Yesterday against the engineer of the drawbridge
of The Harlem Railroad at Harlem, accusing him
of throw ing ashes Ill the Harlem River every night
after dark
The total number Of immigrants arriving atCas
| tie Garden during the week was 2.S73 which in
cludes 400 who arrived on the White Star steam
ship Adriatic yesterday-nearly twice as many as
arrived on any other vessel during the week.
John Toppey. age twenty-seven years. resident
of Brooklyn. c7relessv handling loried revolver
in the sitting-room at the South Ferry. this morn
ing, shot himself in the hand He was taken to the
Chambers Street Hospital.
A Coroner,s Jury, composed principally Of engi-
neers, Yesterday viewed the wreck OF the tuoboat
Essex, carefully examining the broken boiler. and
afterward they went to the New-York Hospital TO
take the statement of Lafer!, the engineer, who is
dying there.
William Wiegland. age six years. Of No. e92
Third-ave., was run over aud killed on Wednesday
night by q butcher cart driven by Bernard Metz.
The accident happened at Forty-tifh-st. Thursday
the Coroner held Metz IN 81 900 to await the result
of the inquest
The steamboat ST. John, of tho Peoples Line,
while on her trip from New-YOrk to Albany on
Thursday night, broke her shaft while passing
HaNeTSt W..
pairs 1he freight and passengers were transferred
to the Dean Richmond which Will take the place OF
the st. John IN tine line.
The Rivington Street Flower Mission has received
large contributions of garden flowers during the
present week from M0rrlstOwn, ~ j.. Milford, Del.
Saybrool aud Stratford, Conn., Oswego, Blooming
dale, Flushing, Orange and many other places.
More tnan 10000 bouquets have been distributed
this Summer among the sick.
The lower part of the Bowery is IN a very dirty
condition, and the Complaints of the inhabi-
fan 10 pm bgt n
from the car tracks L. the cur6StOnes are covered
with filth and decayng garbage which. when mols-
tened by the waterugcarts, produce odOrS Oe. .siye
even to those passing through in the horse cars.
The Italian bark HAlbe, which sailed from this
port on December 81 last for Alicante and Naien-
Ella, with cargo of l2S,55O gallons OF petroleum.
is given up as lost, not having been heard from
since that time. She was commanded ana owned
by Captain A. Scarpat brother OF one of the
agents in this city of the firm of Lauro, Storey q
Scfrplti. She had crew OF twelve men.
Robert Bonner said yesterday that he had bought
the trottng horse Rarus of Mr.. Simmons, and had
paid for him during the forenoon. Although he
supposed Mr. Simmons had bought the horse with
the understanding that It was to be purchased by
himself Mr.. simmons had absolute control of the
horse at Hartford Mr.. Bonner said that he had
nothing To do with Rarus's trotting OF failure TO
trOt at Hartford
II. s. Jackson. superintendent of the Emigration
Department. has been appointed delegate by the
EmiOrltiOn Commissioners 10 she ninth annual con-
ventioG of the superlntendents OF the poor OF the
State of New-IOrk winch will begin on Tuesday
next IN Congress Hail, Saratoga Mr.Jackson wilde
liver an address upon immigration and IT'S Dement'S,
md the necessity of the bureaus being placed under
National control, with laws fOrbIddlng the intro
ductiou of paupers, CRIMINALS, etc.
Rudolph Herr was arrested yesterday morning
near No. 5s1 First-ave. His hand was bleeding but
lie said he had been cut in : fight The officer
traced the blood TO tue yard IN the rear OF the
saloon, wheie he found one of the windows up and
smoke Issuing from it, Herr was charged with the
double crime of arson and robbery, but be denied
his guilt. Justice Duffy, in the YOrkWlle Police
Court, yesterday Temauded him TO await the FIRE
NJ, rsh3ls investigation.
In the case of Apollo Zimchelli, who w's COM
mitted to prison on saturday last by justice wan
dell in default Of 81 900 bal, Tor sending cnal-
lenge to fight n duel TO Rafael SteTacO, motion was
made before Judge Van Brunt, In Supreme Court.
yesterday morning. on habeas corpus. 10 discharge
the prisoner on the ground That the e0mmtment
did not comply with the sSatute. The Judge took
the papers tor consideration, and late In the AFTER
noon discharged tho prisoner on the ground that
there was not sufficient evidence to warrant his
detention.
pistol which Henry Nelson was attempting to
put into pocket 9t William DOGgan, with whom
he carousng. one day last week, was acct
dentally discharged DOugan was taken to the
New-YOrk Hospital suffering from "A severe wound
IN the groin, inflicted by the pistol bullet and Mel.
son committed to the Iombs on charge OF
assault with intent TO kill. DOugan is recovering,
and has made affidavit that the shooting was accl
dental Justice Van Brunt Thursday, therefore,
granted n wit OF habeas corpus IN Nelson's case,
retnrnable tomorrow. when Henry Denison. his
counsel. will ask for his admission to bail.
Thursday afternoon on Futon-st., Beekman-
ST hOrse-car was following very closely behind
Fulton Ferry stage when the latter stopped sud
denly at a signal from passer by. The con-
sequence was Hat one OF the car horses pushed his
head mo a rear window of the Stage. The stage
driver in retaliation began TO back his stage on the
car horses aud continued until they were forced at
right angles to the either side and the Stage
rested near the front platform. He then drove on
with threats of further retaliation in the future
The nGmbcr OF tie stage was 425, that Of the
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suit was brought IN the City Court, Brooklyn. by
d. Z. MulfOrd against Peter kosenbach FOR $4,000
damages resulting from malicious prosecution and