New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-05
NEw-YoRK CITY.

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! Yesterday. There no preferred claims
The structure for the East Side line of tho Metro
| politan Elevated Railroad in Second and FIRST
| ayes is up as far northward as Ihirty-thlrc-st.
The city parks are greatly in need Of more seats.
| In the one at City Hall the number has recently
been diminished, leaving many shady spots entirely
| useless
The 229 old-fashioned lamps which have done
service for many years the Battery Park were re.
| placed Saturday by new ones OF the boulevard
| pattern.
SIX dollars have been received from 1" l.. w."
who says: Plcsse apply the Enclosed TO excurslons
| for the poor" lie money VIII DC sehI " tn0 N0"
| York Sanitarium.
The new station on the elevated road in Third;
ave- at rwenty-eg ith-st. will probably be opened
this week. When completed it will be the hnest Oh
the line of the road.
| The prevalent fashion with young mon OF wear,
ing the watch-guard on the outside OF tie coat, ana
the watch IN the coat pocket Is standing teHPt@-
| ton TO plckpockets.
The columns for the branch of the elevated road
from Thrd-ave to the foot OF East Thirtyiourth-st'
have been put up, and the structure Is rapidly +p-
preaching completion. The Dranch VIII pass lour-
! teen feet under the road III Sec0nd-aYe.
An inventor who has the comfort of the race IN
view has contriyed an arrangement for moving atan
| by attachment to the treadle OF sewing ma
chime so that the operator can nave DlaSt OF AIT
constantly.
| The new 9TH Regiment Armory, covering the en-
fire block bounded by Lexington ana FOurth-syes.
and Sixty-sixth and sixty-seyenth-sts., IS COM
pletey enclosed and rOOfed and workmon are Ousy
! finishing the interior.
Secretary Sherman spent several hours yesterday
at the Custom House III consult alton with Collector
Merritt. The conference related only TO the adhlih-
istraiiOn of the public service, In the afternoon
the Secretary left the city on his return TO WASH
mgtOn.
An old woman who was begging food at basement
doors in Madson-ave. near FOrteth-st:, YESTERDAY
suddenly fell dead on the sidewalk in front of No.
| 900 Her clothing, although poor, was cleau'
There was nothing in her clothing by which sue
| cOuld 4
Morgue.
The steamship Lizzie of the Unicorn Line, which
was stranded at BridgchamptOn, l.. l., on FRIDAY
last was foatcd off by the Coast Wrecking Com
pany on Sunday NIGHT and was towed to the Erie
Basin yesterday. There are no evidences OF serious
damage and survey will he made to-day 10 ascer-
whether not it is necessary to take out her cargo
previous TO making repairs
l. The shin Pride of the Ocean, which sailed from
this port on Saturday last for London returned
yesterday disabled, in tow OF the steam-tug At
lantIc She ran into and sank a schooner on sun
day morning OFF Fire Island. The crew OF the
schooner rescued and were l9nded here by the
Pride of the Ocean. The latter lost her bowsprlt
fore-topgallant mast and head gear, and received
ether damage.
The Court of General Sessions, which opened for
the August term Yesterday has been thoroughly
cleaned and renovated. Oil-cloh has been laid upon
the floor of the body of the room. and the portion
within the raj ling has been newly carDete1. Inc
iurybox has been brought forward TO the left of the
clerks desk and the passageway to the reporters
table is now behind instead of IN front OF the Ju-
HE yentilatlng shalt winch was recently put
in together with the cleaning operations, ana other
improvements, make the room more tit for It's pur-
pose than it has ever been before.
At the regular monthly meeting Of the IXth As
sembly District Republican Association, held last
evening all the old officers OF the ASSOCIATION con-
tnung to reside in the district since She reapportlon
ment, nominated for reelection at the election
of officers, 10 be held on August ID. A. j. Campbell
was nominated to fill the vacancy III the office or
second vice-presdent caused by the transfer OF
Henry A. DAYTON to the With Assembly District
thara from he
and signed the roll, and twenty new members were
proposed BY the change in the district 1t IS stated
that the Republican and Democratic vote Is nearly
equallzed, where before the former had a majority
of three or Iour hundred
BROOKLYN.
The health of Mayor Howell was reported yestcr-
day TO be improving. and 1t Is thought that ne VIII
be able TO attend to the duties Of his Office on
Thursday, when the Board OF Aldermen meets Tor
the only time during this MONTH Atterward he
will go 10 the country.
Henry Hobley living in Fourth-st.. near South
Second-st received severe injuries as the railroad
station in Rockaway Sunday evening, by seating
himself carclessly upon the edge of the platform
and remaining until a train arrived. lie was struck
by the steps of the forward car.
Judge Barnard has appointed John Wood, Of lslrp
L. L. committee to take charge of the real and per
sonal estate, valued at $50 900, of Henry L. Ely,
who was recently declared an habitual drunkaId by
the Supreme Court Mr. Ely Is suffering from VIC
lent alcoholic mania ut the lnebrate Home, at Fort
Hamilton.
The examination in bankruptcy Of Peter L. Cor
telyou at one time a successful real estate broker
of Wesfeld, Station Island, il now in progress be-
fore Register Gun min ghaul. COrteyous liabilities
are said to be upward of 100000. and his cred
itors. over 100 in number, are mostly property
| owners in ihe Town of Wostfed
Samples of the milk sold by Frederick Bume of
No. 142 Hudson-ave, by which Timothy aud
Michael Garvey asserted they were made sick from
its being adulterated or poisoned, have been
| lyzad by Dr. AcCorke, of the Board OF Health. lie
reported yesterday that the milk pure and up
tothe standard required by law.
Thomas Lennox. of No. 80 North Seventh-ave,
was awakened early yesterday morning by foot
steps in his rOom He started up and two men went
out through window, gong down ladder. He
pursued but did not catch them. He, however,
recognized them a. Michael Casa and John Bannon,
and they were arrested by Detective Holland, aud
held cor examination by Justice Elliott. Property
valued at So was taken.
At the regular monthly meeting of the East River
Bridge Trustees yesterday only five of the twenty
trustees were present and an adjournment was
taken for lack Of quorum. The work upon tho
approaches TO the bridge on both sides OF the river
Is being pushed forward rapidly, and buildings
which are In the way of the work are being deInoi-
ished. The workmen engaged III putting the sus-
pender bands upon the cables have nearly completed
their work.
JERSEY CITY.
son of Sergeant Reid, of the Jersey City Police
was Frustrated by the beat yesterday while at work
in the freight Office of the Ncw-lork, Lake Erie and
Western Railroad IN New-lOrk. lie was taken
home, HIS spasms were severe that SIX men
could hardly hold him.
| The men i'm the employ of the Jersey City Gas
| hight Company have been reduced 90 cents per day
in their wages. They threaten TO strike if the re-
ductiOn ~ enforced.
John CoTigan. age twelve, was arraigned before
Judge DAVIS yesterday on charge OF throwing DO
tatOes III the Congregational Tabernacle Sunday
| lie was held for trial.
| Frederick Arnold. OF No. 217 Union-st Elizabeth
was arrested Yesterday on a charge Of highway
robbery preferred By John OCallagher, who lost y
| watch.
NEW-JERSEY.