New-York tribune., 1879-06-10
NEW-YORK CITY.

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or name of n Iianor firm in Grand-st
Pobart Jopox Kennedy has resigned his position
in the directory of the Delaware and HUDSON Cai'hi
Company.
The limited States Grand jury was organized YES
terdav with Edward Martin, Of No. Ia Broad-st''
az foreman. -.
Crnouet hats are shown made of the finest white
mnslin Fchus are trimmed to match, with plelt-
inQs of Breton or point DC Raquse lace.
Among the cotton laccs used for trimming the
cotton suits so fashionable this Summer. is one
called point Byzantine, which is very effective.
The Sprinp reception Of the American Museum OF
Natural History. at Eighth-aye. and seventy,
sevcnth-st., will take place this afternoon al z
o'clock.
"F Pickup is the name Of an advertising agent
in Chnrch-st Unless he is governed hv the law of
cOntraries he ought to pickup good number OF
advertisers.
A formal charge was Yesterday preferred against
Police Officer Tully, who on SUNDAY morning neat neat
Roundsman Orr of the Fifth Precinct. Pending
the trial Tully is under suspension
The Cornell Association Of this city is to meet at
No so Wlliam-St.. on Thursday, TO raise money Tor
the Cornell University crew which Is TO participate
i'll the rowing contest at Saratoga Lake.
Sixteen hundred immigrants were landed at Cas-
tle Garden Yesterday, the Qneen from Liverpool
bringing 546: City of Chester 500 from Liver
pool Devonia 317 from Glasgow, and Arizona ~
from Liverpool.
Deputy Coroner McWhinnie made an autopsy
,oetcrdov an +bo hodv of James Brown age seven,
who died AT No $40 East Twelftl-st. on Sunday.
from a supposed kick from PLAYMATE, John Lahey,
on Saturday. The autopsy showed that the death
was due not to violence, but to disease.
The condition of 5ho Rev. stephen II. Tying. IT,,
was unchanged nj late hour last evening. His
physician however. recognizes no alarming svmp-
IONS in the case. and believes IN his ultimate re-
coycry unless other complications dcyelope thenn-
selves which are not anticipated 1T present.
An affidavit was made at the Police Central ONCE
yesterday nv the superintendent OF the Chlnesc
mission against the officer Of the Fourteenlh RE
al. of
night 10 preserve order. but who Is said instead
seriously to have disturbed the services by his bos-
terous conduct.
Charles and Matthew McCabc, twins, thirteen
years Of age have been missing from NO. l55 NOR
f0lk-st since June 9. Both have light hair ana blue
ewes. The former Is slender and the latter stout
Both wore duck Jackets and black trousers.
Thomas Dim. age thirteen, has been missing from
No. 90 William-st since June :.
The investigation into the charges against John
l. Davenport continued Yesterday before
United States Commissioner Lyman. The evidence
taken was unimportaut. the day being occupied In
the Identification and filing of naturalization papers
obtained in 1868 and surrendered last Fan. Inc
investigation was adjourned until Monday next at
noon.
Many of the 'longshOremen who went on strike
SIX weeks ago because Of general reduction III
their wages, acccdcd to the reduction yesterday ana
were rcGmploved bv the steamship companies
Others desired to he taken back, but Their request
was refused until vacancies occur The 'longshore-
men acknowledge that the sudden termination OF
the strike was due to the destitute condition OF their
families.
Joint meeting of the German and English Sec
tious of the VarnlsheIS and Polishers' Society was
held last evening at No. 10 Stanton-st. circular
which Will be distributed IN all the shops was
adopted. II set forth the great depression IN The
trade. the necessity for union, and urged all the
varnishcrs and poshers IN the city 10 become
members A mass meeting Of both elements in the
society will he held on Monday, at No. 10 Stan
ton-st.
The hail in the case of Irving and Porter who
nd fV.af Intl IN Y
while under indictment in this city, was declared
forfeited yesterday in the Court of General Sessions
by Judge GderseeyG. Ihf Df6Ff St tGe Atorney ~
present owing to the peculiar nature OF the case IN
order TO allow an opportunity to appeal from Judge
Gilderslcevc's action.
The illness of the Rev. DR.. Francis T. Lawrence,
rector of the Church of the Holy Communion,
caused much anxiety among his friends yesterday:
He was unconscious during most OF the time. and
his physicians SAID they bad little hope OF his
covery He had been kept in ignorance of the death
of his father. Judge Efngham Lawrence, of Flush
ing l.. l., who was buried ON Saturday. The faith
eI's death, II said, had been caused by learning
of his sons Illness.
The special committee appointed by the Produce
Exchange to consider the recommendations made
by the Bremen Chamber of Commerce IN relation
to improving the quality of American petroleum,
and its shipment, III order that the many causes
for complaint might be removed, have adopted GER
tain amendments TO the rules. which will he con-
sidered 10y the petroleum trade at meeting to-day
at No. 33 Pearl-st
The Home Life Insurance Company has paid the
amount of its insurance on Colonel Walton Dwights 5
life The EQuitahe Life Assurance Society pad
soon after the death of Colonel Dwight. $40. 600
ont Of $50 900 policies on his fc Ii holds claim of
about 5000 against hls estate and that of his
wife which arose out of foreclosure proceedings
and the sale of property mortgaQed by them to the
company. Ii now desires that tbs claim should be
allowed III offset of the unpaid insurance.
Two more persons suffering from smallpox were
removed to the Riverside Hospital yesterday. One
came from Fourth-st. near Avenue A, and the
other from Dclancy-st., near Clinton, Both are
adults and they are supposed to have received the
Infection from concealed cases IN the negIbOrhOOd
Rudolph kriGburtZ, age six weeks. and Annie Max
wei, age tweuty-slX, who Were taken to the Hos
pital on June 6, have since died OF the disease
Daring Nav 46O letter carriers were empoyel in
this city They made seven delivery and 1G collcc-
tiCu trlps daily. There delivered T. l63, %
mail letters 1,134,491 mail postal cards 2,21O-
O69 local letters; S2S,4S4 local postal cards ;
1,OSOO97 newspapers. and 25,4O7 registered let
ters total OF 9,442,77O separate pieces of matter
There were collected S.OO9,SO6 letters 1,9GG,457
postal ca.ds and 1929 newspapers III all 1O-
4j1 .512 pieces. The postage on the matter was
$130G14 So while the amount PAID the carriers for
salaries was S2s, 1920
A Norwegian family named Evansdotter, sailed
from Liverpool on the steamship City of Richmond,
on May 22, intending TO go to Madison, Wis. 1he
father Evan EyansdOtter, died OF typhoid fever on
the VOYAGE Upon the arrival of the vessel on June l.
fine mother Anna EvensdOtteT. was discovered to be
suffering from fever and was sent by Superintend-
ent jackson, with her three children, to Wards
Island fiOSDlId. pn DuHldN ileIL sue ultfi, ltaN-
ing Tone, aged eleven wears; Hclva. three years.
and Evan, eight months old, orphans. The Emil
grafton Commissioners have not yet decided what
will be done with the children.
Thomas Shea and Kate Ford have been living
together for some time at No. i32 Last One-hun-
Observation-Disclosures On Saturday night baby
dIed i'm their room. and on the following day a
Harlem undertaken was called in. The parents
stated that The child had died of smallpox. Soon
after the undertaken left word at the One-huudrcd-
aud-twenty-sxth Street Station-house, and yestcr-
day tLe coroner was informed. Officer Chard OF the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
WHO ia inyest eating the case thinks the child died
from exposure and starvation. Yesterday Mr.
Chiardi caused the arrest OF Shea and the woman,
and they were committed for examination.
BROOKLYN.
By an explosion OF gas in Jennngs's oil works. at
No. rs Kent-avc., sunday night, john McBauow,