New-York tribune., 1879-05-07
Park Fair Grounds Association, and for the Annual
Nursery Stakes for foals of 1875, were closed.
RROOKIYN


| Orders have been issued by Acting Major-General
Jourdan for parade of the Second Division OF the
National Guard on Decoration Day. III VIII accoi'-
, pany the procession to Greenwood Cemetery.
| meeting will be held this evening in the Cen
teunial Baptist Church, in Clnton-aye, near myr-
tle-ave., to consider "The Negro Exodus: 1ts cause
aud Cure Addresses will be made by the Rev. Dr.
| j. ID. Fulton and others.
The supervisors and contractors who were indicted
recently by the Grand Jury for afeasance IN con,
neclon with supplies for the Almshouse were cited
Yesterday by the District Attorney to appear anu
| furnish bail in the sum OF $1,000 each.
The Health Board of the Town of New-Lots has
ordered that all dogs running at large shall be prop
| erly muzzled. Any that are unmuzzled may De
| killed by the person on whose premises they arei
and the constables and police are ordered 10 XIII
| those on the highways which are unmuzZied
George Tyson, who was arragned before Justice
Elliott Yesterday on the charge of abandoning bus
wife assigned as his reason that he was studying
for the ministry aud wouI id not be able to support
her until he was admitted 10 orders, which wonld
be IN about year. He left his wife soon after their
marriage three years ago.
Greatly to the surprise of the prosecution the
counsel for the defence in the trial OF Messrs RIA
herty Bennett and Milne, indictments for CON
spring 10 deiraud the city ont OF $oo,ooV yester-
day rested their case. On the previous day they
had said that il would take several days TO hnlsn
their evidence. Testimony in rebuttaI will be Of
fered by the prosecution to-day. 1t Is hoped tnat
the case may be given to the jury tins week.
The surveys for the new railroad from Fresh
Pond to East New-York. to connect with che
Brighton Beach Railroad at the Bedford station,
have been completed, aud the work of grading has
begun. The road, which Is TO he opened for travel
in about two months, will be leased by the Long
Island Railroad Company. The Manhattan Beach
Railroad Company has completed its double track
from Greenpoint to East New-lork.
The store of Dennis Mcguire. a dealer in silks, at
No. 7O3 FutOn-st., entered by burglars yester-
dav morning and robbed # silks valued at 5000;
500 i'm silver was also tallcU. The burglars gained
entrance by making hole large enough to admit a
man. through a wall fifteen inches thick. The safe
was open, owing to a disarraugcTnent of the lock
which happened a few days ago. The money was
taken from 1t, but papers III 1t were undlsturbed.
f. Victor Heydenrcich, senior partner in whole
sale drug house at No. 80 North William-st, New
York died on sunday evening at his residence, No.
224 SchermerhOrn-st. He was born III the Province
of Alsace in 1887 and 10 this country in 1871.
He was graduated at the Philadelphia School OF
Pharmacy. He prominent member of the 81.
Matthew English Lutheran Church, in State-st.
The funeral will take place at that church to-day.
A new ferry company, called the Ncw-Yori Ferry
Company, has just been formed TO operate the fer
ries from the foot of Broadway to Roosevelt and
Grand-sts, New-lOTk, winch have been managed
bv the New-YOrk and Brooklyn Ferry Company.
The latter has been dissolved. The Board OF Dl-
recors of the Old company has been chosen for the
new one, Joseph j. O'Donohue being chosen presl-
dent. The affairs of the former company will be
settled as soon as possible.