New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-08
ri OO Saturday night. sailor, named James rate
ao thjrtv was Injured by the fall of skylight.

forth that s capital stock has all been paid up Ihe
| capital was increased recently from @ioo'ooo "
| 100000. ,
TX walker aQe forty, OF North Third-st,, while
under the influence of liquor, Saturday nght zen
from a Reid-ave and received fracIu9 VI Snt
skull. He was cared for ut the Eastern D'''''''
Hospital
August w. Hammerstadt, cigar mannfactuIe s T.
of No. 1873 Floyd-st.. was arrested on saturu, ,.
while attempting TO remove nnstamPebu o was held
New-York His stock was seized anu no ""S "''u
| i'm bail by United States Commissioner
| William Smith, of No. ia Grabam-ave, was
| standing in Montrose-ave. last evening Whcn nn
| was at tackled by an unknown man ana stapoeu W,
| the right arm and side. The wounds were dressed
| at st. GATHERINGS Hospital.
| A boat In which James Kelly and John Dunbar
| were rowing yesterday afternoon capszed on Tue
foot of Bridge-st and they were rescued with con.
siderable difficulty by Assistant Keeper McGee, OF
the Bridge Street Public Bath.
All of the new city officers appointed last week
by combination of four Republicans Win tne
Democratic members of the Board OF Aldermen,
had been sworn In on Saturday, except Generai
James Jordan, President of the Police Department.
and Assessor Evans.
While Henry Schmidt and Philip krautzman
were bathing at the foot of Dupout-st. yesterday,
they detected Hugh Rogan, age eleven, OF 10. q"
Clay-st. examining their clothing from Whicn ne
took two silver watches: Detective Datts irIes.eu
RoCan in whose possession one OF the watches was
found.
Lewis KEYS age thirty of No. "a Dougass-st.,
was seized with a sudden fit of sickness, at Court
I -,
veved INTO the drug store at No.2lS COurt-s There
he was attended by physician ana an alnDu,an !,
surgeon, but their services were IN VAN, as uea'h
ensued in few minutes.
John Enclelrnm and John Keeping live at Nos ~
and "A BaIilctt-st, Brooklyn. respectively. Inc
former is manufactures OF vinegar anu tue it'"r y
retired merchant Both are pigeon fanciers, ana
have large cotes near their houses. Some trouble
arose bet them in regard TO the BIRDS anu MP
ping, il is alleged, called Lnglcdrum timer. Inls :
DAMAGED the latter's feelings to the amount OF
- OnD and he has sued to recover that sum III the
Brooklyn City Court
JERSEY CITY.
A fou1teen-year-old daughter of George Och, Of
Jersey CITY Heights. fell through a window yester-
day and cut herself so badly that she came near
bleeding 10 death.
The Coroner's jury in the case of James Carroll
rendered verdict Saturday that his death was
caused by his skull being fractured by stone
| thrown by Martin Noonan. The latter and two wit
nesses are now III lall.
Tie Corouer's jury in the case of x-Commissioner
Rudolph SuTbcr, OF jersey City, rendered verdict
OF accIoental death Saturday, but recommended
that "a fagman be placed at Tyler Park, where he
was killed by train.
WHITE PLAINs.-Thc case of the Standard Am
mona Company against the Health Board of Long
Island City was called before Judge Dykclnan at
Whine Plains Saturday. Mr.. Burnett, counsel for the
Board OF Health, stated that an act had been
passed by the Legislature last Winter giving the
Board exclusive Jurisdiction, the members supposed
that they had right TO disobey the injunction
order. for which they were called 10 account Judge
pvkeman informed the counsel for the Board that
the order still remained in force and that the Board
had no right TO dlsobey IT.. but inasmuch as the
members ignorant OF the law upon the subject
he would excuse them aud dismiss the case
NEWARK.
INTELLIGENCE was received in Newark yesterday
afternoon of the drowning at Pavonia Ferry of
John Il. Weeks, n wcll-knOwn resident OF newark,
late on saturday night
The steamer Magenta on its tripifrom Rockaway to
Newark last night ran down san boat III New
ark Bay. OF the two men in the boat one was
saved and one drowned.
A desperate fight took place in tenement-house
at No. 1927 Plane-st. early yesterday morning
James Burns, was cut in three places, aud John
kcllcher was beaten sonseeSs.
A runaway horse. attached to carriage in which
was seated drunken man, ran into the carriage OF
Edmund L. Sergeant, of NJ. II Arch-st. early Sat
urday evening. Mr.. Sergeant was thrown out anu
seriously injured. but the drunken driver was not
hurt.
At9a m. to-day the convention of Liberal So
cieties of New-Jersey will meet In the Academy OF
Music. Three hundred delegates Will be present
Tie object OF the convention Is TO formulate pOlit-
zeal platform, insure better representation OF
Liberal men II the Legsatre ana TO eject 1GIg
meets in Cincinnati in September
NEw-JERsEY
rrz,nrTU-At meeting of residents of Eliza
beth. Saturday evening, the committee previously
appointed 10 recommend action relative to the debt
of the city reported that fhe only course left was
TO resist the suis brought by the bondholders. The
payment of 50. 900 900, about Onc-third of the
delft will be resisted on the ground OF the uncOnst
| nationality of the improvement act under which
the bonds were issued. The payment OF the loans
! made b. the Singer Sewing Machine Company,
amounting to about 81 100000, Will be resisted OH
! tie ground that the officers had no legal right to
make them. a committee was appointed To solicit
subscriptions fund for the defence OF the suits.
LONG ISLAND.
| PECoNIC-Unknown dogs killed all nine Of
| a flock o. thirty-One sheep and lambs, owned by
James Squrcs, few nights ago Inc loss VIII be
appraised by the SOuthold town asscssors and paid
from the dog fund.
WHr1rsroxr-Edwin Powell lost barn by fire
on Friday morning, with twenty five tons of hay
! and forty bushels of wheat Ii stood entirely de-
tnchcd from any other building. J he cause of the
fire lis unknown, but incendarsm is suspected.
LONG ISLAND C1Y.-The September term of the
! Queens County Court and Sessions. which begins
| To-day promises TO be of more than ordinary in
! terest Both the civil and the criminal calendars
! are heavy-the latter inciudlng among the others
the case of the Martins, charged with procuring the
| burning of their own houses at WhitestOne to OBJ
tain the Insurance. The PRINCIPAL interest, how
ever, attaches to the work of the Grand jury, as
the poo-se crs at Long Island City doubtless will
be put again under pressure.
STATEN ISLAND.
| CAsTIEToN-The Town Board at last has ap-
pointed Supervisor in the person of James Kelly,
| of New Brighton, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Charles A. Herpick.
CAMP WAsHINGToS.-ln the game of cricket
! between the Young Americas of Philadelphia and
the staten Island club at Camp Washington,
were victorious in one inning by score of 2O3
to 49,
PoRr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jennings and Cor
| nelius Hoagland both of Ncw-Jersey Saturday
were at work scaliold suspended TO a
now building when the rope holding the scaftold
broke and both men We're thrown to the ground, "A
distance of fifty feet. Jennings suffered serious in
! juries about the back and both legs. Hoagland had
his kncepan broken, his jaw fractured, and received
| Other severe injuries about tie head. The injured
| men had their wounds dressed by DR.. Harrison.
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