New-York tribune., 1879-09-02
NEW.YORK CITY.


Summer ghts festival at Joness Wood yester-
day.
NJ f. Latson, whose arrest was reported last week
for alleged false pretences. was discharged Dy JUS
tice Murray Friday, there being no cNiuehco on
which To hold hm.
Judge Gildersleeve yesterday appointed Colonel
john Bodine, well known among nhemen as Ola
Reliable" an officer Of the Court OF General Ses-
sous in place of Patrick Rooney, removed.
The pianomakors in the employ of Kranich q
Bach lave been on a strike for thirteen weeks ana
"A maS--mceting of the trade Is soon to be called 10
take action In aid and sympathy oi the strikerH'
The annual trade sale of Messrs 1O0ker Waring
q Co. will take place Tomorrow at their store, NO
81 Walker-st hc goods consist of shirts, drawers,
etc, and will be sold at net prices on thirty days
credit.
William Callahan. age eleven, OF No. 149 Wash
Inpton-st and James Howell age thirty-nne, of
No. 10 ieecker-st., were overcome ny the hcat @ Oh
Broadway. Both were taken 10 the Chambers
: street Hospital.
Joseph Font aud william Poole were convicted
one year of murder IN the second degree III lle
killing of mau named Ryan, Inc case was , cni
RED to the General Term on writ ot error; dccl-
sion was rendered yesterday affirming the cohVic-
tlOn.
Elizabeth Dorey. age fiftv-three years. recently
from BackwelPs Island. Joseph Ham. ago seven
wears. of Nc 2i2 West rentli-st.. and Mary Hud-
SON age fourteen years. of No. 0o2 ceVenth-aNe.,
reported missing from thcl h"lncS !cobciuay'
The latter ran away.
Thomas Graham, age ffty-one years. n can
vasser, died at the New-York Hospital YESTERDAY
ton-sts., near Washington Market, while soliciting
orders for produce, by an unknown vender lie
died from his INJURIES
Andrew Hoagland retired flour merchant and a
member Of the Veteran Corps Of the Itl Regiment
died suddenly at Lake Mohawk on sunday evening
Since he retired from business ms oince bas Dee.
with his son-in-law. II. Myers of the paper hrm OF
B. & o. Myers, No. 10 Beckman-st.
Henry Barton, the burglar who shot himself on
Friday night instead of O1cer Dokel. OF the FL
bridge Street Police. was taken TO the Central once
4. fl.ra la sI ns
n German who except for brief intervals since
1867, has been the object of police attention.
A neatly dressed young woman entered Jerome
Park and began walking around the race course
early sunday morning. She walked until after sun
down, when Officer Nash arrested her, and took her
to the fremont Police Station. Yesterday she was
sent to the Commissioners OF Charities ana COriec-
ton.
Among those summoned for grand jury duty at
the present term oil the Court of General Sessions
was Mayor Cooper HIS honor failed TO respond
when his name was called yesterday, but few min
utes later the Court received IA letter from Ar
Cooper asking to be excused on the ground OF MS
other public engagements. His request was COM
piled with.
Mayor Cooper said yesterday that he had nothing
To say about the troubles in the Park Board no
could only act on facts brought before nun, and
not on heaTsay evidence Ii was reported about tne
Civ Hail. however that he bad been waiting Tor
certain evidence which was now about ready, and
that nc would soon proceed 10 remove the faik
Commissioners.
At the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday,
an entire family was arraigned at the bar. John Nc
OnInu and his wife intoxicated their three
small children were hungry and eagerly ate crusts
of dry bread that were gwen to them Iheir place
of existence was Battle Row." dreadful place.
at No. 526 West Thirty-ninth-st. For having been
very dIsorderly the parents were sent To tine fen-
tentiary. The mother was allowed 10 take tae
youngest children with her. The other was sent 10
"A chari table institution
A new counterfeit $50 bill on the National Broad
way Bank of this city has made Its appearance
amonQ the German migrants. Alfred MOser,
Mi of "A.
ship Victoria, from London, on August ~, had one
of these bills. which he obtained IN exchange Tor
German money in Rotterdam, of n. de Naal, a
broker. The printing on the bill Is n deeper black
than on the usual $50 National bank notc and not
80 clear. The counterfeit represents the series GS7
and No. Il, ,G6S.
Among the siezures made Yesterday by Customs
officers two trunks, the baggage OF passenger
by the steamship City of Bcrlln Ihey belonged to to
n Chcstnut->t. tailor They We're hled with large
quantity of furnishing goods and tailors trimmings.
umbrellas, walking-sticks and dressing-cases lhe
value of the goods was estimated 10 ian mot 1ar
below ~ 800. In his declaration Mr.. MillIgan adj
mitted that he had among his baggage eight UNI
bTeilas which he thought worth about III.
gentlemanly person ahpnt fifty years OF age
registered hims If as A. II. Jackson Morristown at
the Pacific Hotel last Friday, and paid for hls room
i'll advance. Nothing peculiar was noticed In his
conduct. but on Sunday morning about 10 o'clock
the cham bermaid while passing his room saw INN
endeavoring to bandace his head. lie had inflicted
a scalp wound with au ordinary revolver, but no
one had heard the report lie stated that his name
was A. j. Halsey. He wasrcmoved to the New-York
Hospital, and his friends sent for. HIS mind Is
| affected. He was taken to Newark yesterday.
Captain John Hamilton. of the sloop Ambassador,
shortly before noon Yesterday discoyered The body
of boy floating in the river of the West Ih,rtIeth
Street Dock, and going out III Q yawl, towed it to
shore. At first suspicious Of foul play from the
fact that fine co.d WAS found wound about the
| legs hands and body, and Coroner Croker
moned to investigate the matter. The body was
sent to the Morgue, where ii was identified last
night that OF William Francis Lynch. age eleven,
of No. 85 HoratiO-st. On Friday last young Lynch.
while fishing from scow at the foot of BoRart-st.,
was taken with an epileptic ht fell overheard and
was drowned.
BROOKLYN
Last week the public baths were used by 27s62
persons.
J. B. HYDE, age seventy-four Of No $50 Sixth
ave. was overcome by the heat, III Fulton-st near
the ferry, about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. He
WAS taken home.
A private rehearsal of the fourth act of the opera
of 'Aida" In costume, the tenor and eOntralto
roles was given in the large hall Of the Brooklyn
| Art Association last evening in Iho p,Ys,noe 20
about 100 invited guests. Miss Marie Benchely
sang the part of AHnerls, jacob Grah that OF
| Lddames, and Karl Alfonzo that of Ramphis. The
act was sung with piano accompaniment. Miss
| Benchely VINO has powerful contralto voice. was
repeatedly applauded. ana sang at the close or he
| act Anne Laurie" and The Three Fishers III
response to encores.
| A motion to continue injunction prohibiting
| George :. Bentley, druggist. from distributing
circulars Injurious to Dr. Evan b. Jones. OF No. 40
| Sands-st., Brooklyn, was granted III the supreme
| Court of Brook yn yesterday: The circular com
planned of sets forth that Dr. Jones. who Is reputa
| bic physician and member of the Kings County
Medical Society, would furnish daily. at keuntz's
pharmacy advice and medicine all patients at 81
| each The defendant claimed that the circulars
| reached him by mail, aud that he supposed Dr.
| Jones authorized them. DR.. Jones Is a lecturer in
| the Long Island College Hospital,
JERSEY CITY.
The public schools of Jersey City opened yester-
day, with the usual attendance.
An unknown man fell In Newark-ave., Jersey
CITY Yesterday. while III ut, and fractured his