New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-21
NETWORK CITY.

Stuyvesant-st. aud East Ninth-st. are being re-
paved.
The Grand Jurors again had the charges AGAINST
Superintendent Dudley, of the Building Depart
ment before them yesterday. Three witnesses were
examined and the case went over until to-day.
The continuation Of the investigation OF the
charges against John !. Davenport was arranged
for Yesterday. but neither T.. Elery Anderson nor
g. w. WInRate, counsel FOR INC pei''ionelr, ""'
present, and the case was indefinitely posipohed.
DIR. Henry L. Quackenbos lies dangerously III at
his residence No 80 West Eighteenth-st. DIS
Austin clint, ir., Gouverncur NJ. smith anu Al1nzo
Clark held a consultation at the house at q ociqeh
OuackenOos was IN critical condition, with some
more favorable symptoms than on Wednesday ever
ing. Later in the evening II was s.ateu ~ Hs vs.
dence that his condition had not changed since AZ
ternOOn.
The hreadstuffs market was fairly active yester-
day. low grades of flour advancing 10 10 10 Genus
above the closing prices of Wednesday. W heat was
from y to ~, cents higher. with mcrs disposition
10 deal IN spot" chiefly in low grades OF WINTER
and No. . Spring. Corn was from q to y cent
higher and III moderate demand. Rye and oats
were freely dealt in with no pcicepuble advance.
Provisions opened higher and altcrwaId LOST me
advance, being in sympathy with the wall Street
feeling.
The twentv-fourth anniversary of the Womaus
Hospital at Forly-nnth.st aud Fourth-aye was
celebrated yesterday ~ me aDsehce o r., ~ s,ot
gaD the president. a. H. Noti"orc. yicc-pIcrrHent.
presided The Rev. Dr. Olmsiead, OF Inniiy
Church. conducted Tie opening services ann an a'i-
dress made by the Key. DT. BcNah lutie -
still debt of about SOC. 600. One gentleman mas
offered TO gave $4,000 provided like amount can
be raised
BROOKLYN.
There were recorded in BROOKLYN last week 2l7
deaths, 206 births and II marriages.
The Supervisors yesterday decided to purchase
the lot bounded by Harrison aud Marcy-avcs. and
Lynch and llayward-sts. Tor ToI,4uO Ior the o<u
and 18th Regiments
The police are looking for two missing persons:
Joseph flaming age tweDty-cight. of No. II Syc-
amorc-st.. and Emily Myers, age tea. oil No. IFS
LG9lc-st.
The Rev j. Il. Mcleod, who has accepted q call to
the vacant pulpit of the Clinton Avenue Congrega-
iional Church, Will enter upon his duties there by
De embcr IL, several weeks before 1t was expected
he could come, when he was called.
Mayor Howell was unexpectedly az lis Office yes
terday. He started for Colorado on November ,,
but bis wife became fatiGued when Chicago was
reached and they went 40 further. The Mayors
health was improved by LIS short vacation.
A fire acquired early yesterday morning in the
grocery store OF Robert QUICKER, No. l12 fult0n-s.
It's origin is unknown. Air. puckers stock was
DANA ed to the extent OF 5000. and there WAS
800 damage TO the building. The losses ais COW
cred by insurance
The work of the Brooklyn Elevated Railway Com
pany III park-aVc. has been stopped by an iuJurc-
non obtained by 4. G.. Jennings. Park-avc., be-
tween Grand and Clclnont-ayes.. is lined on both
sides with granite foundation blocks ready to be
laid.
y ,,nc sixty or seventy s0Tekeepers in tine First
PI, cinc were before Justice Walsh, Yesterday, on
charges OF obstrlrtlng the sidewalks. In most of
3
tanned from the Mayor, and the Justice sad that
tie pol,cs should have exercised more care
The Ncw-Yur branch of the United States Naval
Institute held ITS regular monthly meeting ut the
Naval Lycouln, Br0oklSn Navy Yard, yes eTday. a
paucr was read upon ;he Development Of Armor as
applied TO Ships, prepared by Lieutenant j. W. Mil
Ter OF the United States Navy, member of the
Faculty OF the Annapolis Naval Academy.
JERSEY CITY.
Alderman William T. Kern. Of jersey City, was
arrested last night for drunkenness ana dIsOrderly
conduct. and locked up III the station-house.
Al q hearing in the Lewis will case at jersey City
yesterday, before Counsellor Sill Mrs. Mary Draper
testified that in 1862 the widow boarded at her
house III HObOgeu, and WAS frequently visited by
Nh. Lewis. she saw the marriage certificate pro-
duccd by Mrs Lewis IN her contest OF tho Will.
Mis-. Draper also found letter sent to Mrs Lewis.
signed " your loving husband JOS. H. Lewis
Mrs. Anna NJ. W0odiord, daughter of MIS-. Draper,
testified 10 the same eject.
The house OF James Eager, No. SIS Summt-ave.,
Jersey City lcgIss. entered b. Burglars early
yesterday morning, WHO were discovered by MIR.
Eagcr's daughter ficr screams aroused the house
hold The police we've informed, and TWO men, who
gave their names As George Kelly and James MOn-
road with the articles stolen rom SIR. EaseTs
house III their possession. Ghrd mar vino was
with them escaped. -lhc s!olcu property. which
was valued a; 300. cOnsis ted mainly of svcrwarc
and clothing.
NEWARK
i. Weber n workman Babock's factory,
badly burned yesterday morning Dy the explosion
OF a reton nearwhich he was w0TAlng. The molten
Ia