New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-11
NETWORK CITY.

Street Hospital.
The new cars on the Metropolitan Elevated Road
are an improvement on the DID, nasmuch as there
is more space between the transverse seats IN the
middle of the car that face each other. Mirrors
have been placed between the windows opposite
these transverse seats.
Joseph Reichnan q secondlieutenant in the
United States Navy who disappeared from this
city on Monday under circumstances that caused
his friends much anxiety has returned to his uncles
house at No. 1928 lhird-ave. He had been on
visit i'll the country and returned as soon as his dis
appearance was published
THE best police force in the world" muttered
ironically FIfth-ave resident TO hIs companion as
he approached a stalwart policeman at thirty
thlrd-St, who was standing with folded arms on the
curbstone, while eight feet from him a lady with an
oyergrown baby on one arm and satchel burden
ing the other, was making labOrious Efforts to get
safely into Fifth-ave. stage.
A party of rowing men and politicians took an
excursion down the Bay on the steamer Hopkins
yesterday afternoon TO meet Edward lianlan, the
champion oarsman, who was expected to arrive by
the City of Chester. At the telegraph station at
StapietOl, s. l., 1t was learned that the city OF
Chester had not been sighted at $50 p N. at ERE
Island and all hOpes OF receiving llanlan before
to-day had to he abandoned.
Coroner Woltman was called upon Yesterday to
hold an inquest IN the case of Pierre Laboucherc,
the young man from Holland who shot himself at
the Hotel Brunswick on Monday evening, and who
died from the effect of his wound early yesterday
morning. He gave permit TO have the body pre-
pared tor burial by an undertaken, and took the
testimony of DR.. Robert a. Caldwell who attended
Labouchere. Death was caused by internal hem
orrhage.
Orren Squires, age forty-eight moulder by
trade, of No. 81 Lexington-st.. and his wife Mary
separated months ago, each, II is alleged, he
ing Jealous of the Other. Yesterday afternoon
Sduires went to the house of his wife, drew razor
from his pocket and made a serious cash III her
throat another dangerous cut IN her right arm, and
a third nearly severing two fingers Of her right
hand In the struggle SGuires cut his right hand
20 the bone. Squres was arrested. The womaus
wounds are dangerous, but they VIII probably not
prove fatal
John Nugent. the police officer indicted for alleged
participation in the Manhattan Savings Bank rob
berry, was taken before Judge Potter. III the SUI
preme Court. Chambers, yesterday on wrlts OF GER
tIOrar and habcas corpus. nc purpose or TINS was
to make another application for reduction OF bail.
The prisoners counsel represented that trial had
been refused in the Court of General Sessions be-
fore August and as Mr.. Nugent had only been IN
diccd for burglary in the second degree the BAN OF
$50 900 was excessive and oppressive. Assistant
D.trlct-Attomey Leary claimed that the Court OF
General Sessions, was the place To decide the ques-
ton of bail and it had been refused there Decision
was reserved.
William Birnie, of the firm of Williams, Birnie
IL Co., was a member OF the Cotton exchange.
Among other sales made through Mr. BIrnle. the
tirm contracted, between December 10, 1878, and
April 49, 1879, to sell 1900 bales of cotton to
Emanuel and MAYER Lehman in various forms. On
Nav 30 1879, Williams, Biruc d CO. gave notice
to The superintendent of the Cotton Exchange that
they were unable To meet their Liabilities. Inc
contracts OF the urn were lIluu3IcN dccOTulng 10
the usual methods of the Exchange. and the
liability to the Lehm1n5 for the failure Oh contract
with them was fixed at T73,0S0, OF which amount
81 | rs has been paid. Judge Potter yesterday, in
supreme Court, Chambers, gave an order to serve
the Summons b. publication IN 4 SUIT brought by
the Lehmans to recover the remainder claimed TO
be due.
BROOKLYN.
Nine hundred and ninety railroad trains run
through East New York in twenty Jour hours; and
more are Threatened.
John Ahers, living at First and Grand-sts. was
overcome by The heat Yesterday while working IN
the Fulton Sugar Refinery, az Dock and trout-sts.
IL is stated that the Rev. DR.. Henson of Philadel
phia will probably receive call TO become the
pastor of the Hanson Place Baptist Church. This
church has been without pastor Tor several
months since the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Alex
auder Maciarlanc.
The deaths in Brooklyn last week were $50 ex-
cecdIng the number reported the previous week by
12l. OF these 104 were caused by cholera Intan-
tum, and % were Of children under five years
of age /: rs occurred on the Fourth Of July. There
were lI3 births and 63 marriages.
, In order to impress upon dog owners the necessity
of taking out licenses tor their pets the police have
been instructed to ascertain the names of all per-
sons owning dogs and the number owned by them.
\ report on tins subject will be made tomorrow.
About 800 licenses were applied Tor yesterday
IL was discovered Yesterday that fifteen SHOTS had
been fred through a rear window in the third story
of William Berr.s' Sons carpet store, III tulton-.t,
near FlatbUshaye., SOME time since Jne IN OF jury.
the shots fired IN the night or from an air gun.
While playing in front of No. G3 Parll-ave., last
evening, Frances OBricn, two-year-old enid was
knocked down ..d run over " horse &Hd WAGON
driven By Henry Urban, the brewer of Sch0leS-st.
and BushwIck-avc. The wagon passed over her
body, injurlhg her severely. Urban was not ar
rested.
The Brooklyn Police Department was requested
to send delegation to the. funeral OF SuperIn-
taudcut Jones, of PhIladeiplia which took place
Tho delegation consisted of Superln-
teudent Campbcli, Drill -Caplain Jewett Captains
Leich, Mclaughlin. Ngg!om ana ocaNe{, ana De-
tectiyes Corr, CDrwln, Lclvcy, Powers Riggs and
Lundt.
Associatc-Justice Spencer, Of the Court Of Ses-
sioLs on Monday caused the arrest OF watcnman
in tie employ OF the BROOKLYN Elevated Railway
Company on the charge of digging holes IN front Of
bis house az East NewIorh, in violation of the
health law of the town OF New Lots. Wednesday
evening Justice Spencer refused % press the COM
PLANT before Justice Gcrtum aud the Waterman
was discharged.
About midnight Wednesday, Officer Mu.iigan,
while patro,iag Ninth-st, South brooklyn: l0und
three children asleep on The sidewalk ana took them
TO the Van Brunt street StatiCn-lOuse. lucf
names they said, were Ellen, Cornelius and Pat
rick Haggcrty aud their ages nine, tour ana thlee
years. respectively They had lived at No. so tlith,
ave. hrec weeks ago their father went away. and
their mother LETT her home; lhey be
came frightened, and went out in search OF food.
Becoming tired, they lay down and went TO sleep
| he police furnished them with food ana lodgings
and they We're taken to Justice Ferry, Court yes
t.rday II their parents are not found tie Charity
Will take charge of them.
JERSEY CITY.
Sheriff Toffev yesterday denied that he had made
arrangements with Newark carpenter for the cree
ton of "A scaltod on which to hang Mrs. Smith and
Bennett.
Peter Peterson the sailor who was the leader in
The fight that occurred at 1890 a. N. yesterday, on
-Ie steamship Othello. of the Wilson Line, was
sentenced to three months Imprisonment b. Judge
Davis.
On account of the rain on Fourth of July night
the pyrOtechnic display was repeated last night.
ThorsInds of men women and children assembled
10 witness the sight when a ram storm passed over
the city drcnchng the spectators and scattering
them in every direction.
man who claimed to he John w Mackey, the
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