New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-12
NEW-YORK CITY.


this season, owing to the competition by the Eie-
vated Road in Third-ave.
The iron for an additional track on the Forty
second-St. branch of the New-YOrk Elevated kall-
road is being distributed.
TIE body of an unknown man about thirty years
of age was found Oft the Battery yesterday, and
awaits Identification at the MOrgue.
The Palestine Commandery No. Is. now visiting
Detroit, Will return this evening at 10 o'clock. Ei
wood Z. Thorne with delegation, VIII receive
them.
Frederick Broebein, age fifty years, cabinet
maker at No. 400 East Forty-eiGhth-st took
Paris green last night, and diedbefOre he reached
Bellevue Hospital.
The old and well-knOwn dry goods firm of Lord
& TAYLOR has been reorLanzed, r. T. Hatch beGom-
inC an active partner One million dollars has been
added TO ITS capital.
The portion of Third-ave. between One-hundred-
observation-disclosures. and ne-hundred-and-forty-
second-st., in the Twenty-thrd Ward is being raised
| in grade about four feet.
A lawn party and promenade concert will he
given this evening by the Chulch of the Disciples,
| in Madson-avc in aid of the sinking fund OF the
church. There will be vocal and instrumental!
music, archery. cr0quet and refreshments.
Patrick Fitzgerald. who in recent match of
twenty miles against Norman Taylor ran ten miles
in IS minutes will attempt to run eleven miles IN
an hour at the Manhattan Grounds this evening ut
| o'clock a wager of 800 against 800.
Fifteen clerks in the Post Office, at present re-
ceiving salaries ranging from 1920 to 1920 per
! annum. yesterday took part IN a conpctinye eA-
animation for promotion to u vacancy III the Regis
tered Letter Department., ~ It'll salary OF Tl,3oo
August Rickershauscn, age thirty-tw3, died at
No. II Avenue-A, yesterday OF smallpox Inc
health authorities very much annoyed tlat this
case i'm tenement containing sixteen families,
should have been secreted until death No other cases
of the disease have been reported
TIE TRIBUNE has received for the Seaside Sani-
tarium $40 in mcmoriam of Hugh 4. Brown"
and check for 13 IL. the results OF bazaar con
Quoted by Louise, IiIhe, and Eleanor The
money will be forwarded 10 Henry King, president
of he WeSt-Silc Relief Association.
The committee recently appointed by conference
of the leaf tobacco trade has prepared plan oil or
panizaton for Tobacco Board OF Trade. which has
been adopted As provided III tho constitution
adopted thirty-fiyc members have been nOnl-
mated to effect a permanent organization.
In the police trials yesterday jeremiah sullivan,
a Post Office clerk. charged Roundsman Mccarthy,
of the Fourteenth PIecnct, with striking INN wan
ms club on June Q and similar charge vas made
by Anna HOneshall against Oficer Kane, OF the
Tenth. Both officers denied the charge.
Alfred Wagner. age thirty-eight, fireman the
New-York Elevated Railroad, was cleaning the
engine Of an up-raln yesterday, ana standing out
side the boiler to do 50. At Rp0scvelt-st. he was
caught by slack telegraph wire, and hurled 10 the
ground, distance of thirty feet. lie Gied lii short
time.
If is not vet known what action the Board of
Health viii take in regard TO the suppression
of the nusances ut Hunters Point, which
the Health Inspector has reported as having
again sprung up. 1t Is claimed that the Board or
Health certainly has ample power to suppress them
by the law of 1871. 1t was under tins law that
Coe and Preston were convicted a year ago.
An agreement in regard TO the storage Of -four
was signed yesterday by the agents of the New
York Central. the New-IOrk, Lake Erie and West
evn and the Pennsylvania Railroads. The time al
lowed bv the companies Tor the removal or hour
was extended to ten days instead OF four days, ac-
cOrdng to the recent rule. The proposltlon OF the
four-receivcrs was accepted substantially by the
railroad companies.
dong business in this city decided at a meeting
Yesterday to continue tor two years the organza-
ton and support of the Fire Insurance Patrol They
fixed the expense of its maintenance at $4,000.
This sum Will be contributed by the companies ac-
cording to the amounts of their business III this
city. The attendance at the meeting was large.
The Shipowners' Association of New-YOrk yester-
day resolved to petition Mr.. Evarts, Secretary of
state, at Washington, to address remonstrance to
the CHILEAN Government against any further inter
ference with the effort now beng made TO furnish
new facilities at LObOs dc Afuera, and other guano
deposits for the loading Of American vessels; and
also TO undertake measures of relief for damages
sustained by American citizens IN the prosecution
of their lawful business III obtaining that guano
The bark Monroyia, which leaves this port for
NourOva on Saturday next, Will. carry about htiy
negroes sent by the American Colonization society
TO Liberia. Forty of the emigrants have already
arrived, and being III perfectly helpless contiton,
have been sent by Yates d POrterheld, the owners
of the vessel, immediately on board ship. There
are representatives from almost every Southern
state Last evening several OF the emigrants were
occupied liz writing letters to their friends, using
barrels aud boxes Tor desks
The Bureau Vertas has published the following
statistics of maritime disasters, reported during
Anril 1873 concerning all flags Sailing vessels re-
nor; ed lost-,}S English, II German IL French IL
Dutch, American, Norwegian, Italian, Swc-
dish. 3 Austrian, 2 Danish, l Chilian, Greek l
Pnrtu1lcse Russian, . OF which the aiOnality Is
unknown: total, 104. In this number are included
10 vessels reported missing. Steamers reported
lost English, Austrian, French, l Norwegian;
total &. In this number Is included steamer re-
ported missing.
Edward Faulkner, whowas at one time real estate
agent but more recently fruit inspector and court
clerk stated before the Board of Police Yesterday
that Tor ght years lac had been III the habit
of preaching on the East River pier at BiOome-st.
every sunday night. lie complained That on June
l CAPTAIN Copeland dispersed hs audience called
him lunatc. and said the people would be night II
they threw bricks at him. Captain Copeland said
that the man preached irrelglon, and that he re-
peatedly warned him against drawing crowds on
the pier r,oo,,,xy
Deaths in Brooklyn last week, III births 1s6 /,
marriages, 50.
Mrs. Margaret Butler of No. 1s3 Stuyyesant-aye.,
and her daughter Minnie, age fourteen, were Sc
yerey burned on tuesday night b. the explosion
oil "a kerosene lamp
The Rev Dr. Ebert (. Porter, pastor Of the Bed
ford Avenue Reformed Church, viii sail for Europe
on July ~ delegate 10 the Evangelical Alliance,
which will meet ia BaaIc, Switzerland. in soptcm-
Der.
Tho mon who will supcrintend the special cleo
tiDu flT Alderman 100 the Twelfth Ward on June
"a will be- enabled 60 do q fall days work. mas
much NJ the polls Will Dee open from sunrise 40 42O
a ~. uptil sunset AZ f!Jo y. m.
Ofk two bids were received by The Supervisors
Yesterday u the contract Tor The labor Of The COM
wei. iu the Kings County lcIttcutIafY. Both
we're made hy The Bay state Shoe aud Leather
Comuant-0uo ioi i've hud The other ioi ton years.
fboJ were referred Co e committed,
MI. Emil, ! Daley. wifo Il Surrogate Abram
a. uliipy. dird Yesterday morning Hi hri home,
No. Tlg iuahWits ave. She bad boon hn iufIlIu f0f
.,.,,, ,r.ta. She waaa native az New. Marlboro.
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