New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-09
NETWORK CITY.


Greenwich-st., died suddenly Yesterday morning III
the elevated railroad station at Park-place'
MEASURES TO AVOID AN EPIDEMIC,
During the summer rsrs front n orleans LOUISE
ana and Texas must not he opened In TINS clty'
EFFORTS TO ABATE NUIsANCEs.
The orders to abate nusances, issued by the l,9aiu
of Health since January 1. have been so mucn III
excess OF the record of any previous year thaI ~
extra clerk is needed to yro them ont IN 1872 s"nc
.G77 notices were issued from January 10 juno
7; this year the Qumbrr was lo,OSo
COMBINING AGAINST A GAS COMPANY
A meeting of the Municipal Gas Cchsumerg Pro-
tcctivp Association was held last nlght az no. 20
West Thirtv-thIrd-st, and it was decided that me
members of the association should be requested 10
Withdraw their patronage from the Municipal jas
Company, as that company 9ad o6 REUSED 10 iu'niSn
gas at the rate of 81 30 per LOCO feet.
low PRICES FOR RIvER>IDE-AYE. LOTS.
An auction sale of Riversidr-avr. lots was hcid
Yesterday Mt the Exchange SalcSroom NO. III
Broadway but as the prices obtained for the eleven
lots sold wcro very low, the Mutual Llto insurance
Company, which had Il controlling interest in the
property postponed the sale indefinitely, The prices
received ranged from 81 ,G25 to $1,000 Il lot.
COMPLAINTS IN THE PILOT BOARD.
Several complaints were presented against rug
boats and steamers lor Xlo4Gon Of tmG ilninps
Yesterday. complaint made against riot
Alfred L. Pittard for allowing the American bark
Ocean Pearl to 90 on tho rocks near the highlands
on ,Jnnc ). An investigation will be held next
week,
her anchorage at TwcntY-hird-st: North flVGr' 10
the Upper Quarantine grounds, of lt3bblh'S ReeI'
When the ship arrived in New YORK from her an
lal cruise she had several cases of scarlet fever on
board. She will shortly be tOWcd 10 the Navy
Yard The Constitution IS the first lmted states
frIgate ever quaranlned III the upper Day.
ATRIP TO THE CtTSNILIs.
The New-York and Brooklyn CONGREGATIONAL AS
ISOLATION. which three years ago started pan Oh
taking S m" tN' ta tb" VT" ii ,I thew viii 90
lIp bv the Baldwin tonight, take the trip thr"ngh
the Catskllls on the Ulster and Delaware Railrolu
Thursday spend the might ut the IrcnpGr llouSe'
I'm the heart Of the Cats&lls, and return Friday to
the city.
FEARS THAT HE TOOK HIS OwN LIFE
The police were asked yesterday to look Tor Edwin
W. Nclc, Il car conductor on the Elghth Avenue
Railroad, who disappeared from ms nome III NO.
400 Vest For,y-mnth-st. four weeks ago; E,elr
was at time clerk IN the employ OF the ERE
Railfoad Company, but drink ruined INN. Before
h. left his home aud his employ lie thrcdteh'd 10
take hi, oen HE. and it is feared that he has ear
RED ont the threat.
BROOKLYN.
The Atlantic Yacht Club will hold its fifteenth
regatta to-day. The entries include tweutN-clR1i
yachts. divided into seven classes. me star Wlli
br at 1890 IL IN. from the clubhouse mt Bay RlhHe'
A pctItIon signed by Fifteen colored clcrgymen
has been presented to the Rcy. Dr. Justin d. Fulton
requesting him to so I" WASN'T gt9n ana confer
with President Hayes ana Secretary ramsey III lc
gard to Cadet WhIttakrr's case.
The CoroncrS jury IN the case Of Walter Parccly'
age four. who run over hv street ear nj rum
lockjaw on Saturday, has returned a verdict cen
snrlig the company for the caIelessnesS OF the
driver.
The schools in the Eastern Sunday-schoo Union,
Numbering nlnc. situated IN East Brooklyn N the
Eighteenth, Twcuty-hrSt and Iwcnty-iilh wards;
Will parade thu afternoon ~ Reid Sly yr,ant ana
About 1900 children VIII take part.
Tho examination of pupils in the graduating
classes of the public schools Will begin on Monday.
The work will ne don" IA the iro,pari-s,. Nchool.
house and the successful ones, having ~ per cent
or NOR, will receive diplomas admtln! them 10
the Central Grammar School. About 40 pupils
will BE- examined.
James Martini whose skull was fractured in an
assault early SUNDAY morning IN andeGhIt-
ave, recovered 80 tar Yesterday Hs 10 d. ahlc 10
make an autr-uortrm statement lie declared that
Nelson and Keenan,. two Oi the men under arrest,
kicked aud beat INN. lie dld not remember being
struck by any hing.
The verdict of the coronerS jlry in the case of
John CunuorS, age TX. Wlo was Killed 10y MOTOR
ON the 1hiri-avr surface road, near torty-Sccond-
ST on june .. cruSulcS the engineer Isaac KnDrrt',
for gross carclcssncss in not making an effort to
stop the tram until within four feet of the boy ana
rcbukcs the company Tor employing careless men,
JERSEY CRY
John GALLAGHER aye sixteen. of no. 6G Beacon
ave, Jersey city Heights was struck Yesterday al
tcrnu0u hv tram on the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Marion, and had both legs cut oil.
Michael Gregory. Il sSrugcr Of the United States
Express Company. tell from Il train on the New
York. Lake Ere and Western harlroad ncgr jersey
v.
body WAS taken To H. Jersey City MOrgnc.
At the meeting of the Police Comm iSsoncrs yes
tcrlaY about twenty Democrats we're dl smisScd and
Ecpubcans were appointed III heir places. Cay
tam Patrick j, rIE OF the FIRST Precinct was DIS
missed rrcdrrlch +. FarrIcr being appointed to the
vacancy. ,.,.,,,,n,.
The Newark Conference will tender a reception to
Bishop llur,t IN the Central Mrth"dlSt Episcopal
Church, III Mlrhcl-st.. Tomorrow evening.
Notirc is given that the report of William Silas
Whirhrad accountant Of joel Parker, the receiver
Of the Nrw-Jrrsry Manual Lite Insurance Company.
has been filed IN the Court ol Cnauccry. ana will b.
confirmed u'lc,' causc to tho contrary be shown
WITHIN sixty days
4 prtitron Of proprrty-owncrs Of the Tenth Ward
WIS presented 10 Mayor Fielder yesterday protest.
ing against the salvation Army UDrn-pG meetings
~ Ncw-fOrk-avr., near Nanck-St., on the ground
that ncigIburhond. The Mayor referred thc matter
to the Chief of Police, with instructions to lnyeotI-
gate the charges at once.
NEW-JERSEY.
PrAusArI's Timothy Doxy, ayctcran of the war
of 1872, died yesterday 1t the age of umrty-iOur.
PArEReoN.-l'hc Committee on Ordinances of the
Board of Aldrmcn has been directed to prepare an
ordinance making tC license fee for circus perform
anccs within tho city UNITS ~ 900 per day
Etsr OGANGE.-Nlrs Harriet Rowe Dold. wife of
Matthias VI. Dodd, died suddenly on Monday sac
was sitting IN CHAIR and had Just given some d-
rrrtIuuS To servant, when she fell over dead She
WAS slXty-slX years old.
SPEINutItLD.--'lhc centennial Of the Revolutions
airy battle VIII lie celebrated on june ~. Last
evening large and enthusiastic meeting was held
III the Town Hail. and committees were appointed
to arrange for the celebration.
ELIZABETH President Rankin, of the Board of
EducatIon states that tho Board is fully prepared
to meet all demands against It mp TO January |,
$3.50 The CITY Treasurer will honor all drafts OF
teachers iOr salaries, orders. cite.
ORANGr.--1ho Fair Hat Fnshcrs' National Con-
vcntiOu on Monday, elected tho following officers,
who will serve four years: President. Richard
Dowdel of Newark vIcc-presidcnt, T.. Romano
Barnum, of Bethel, Conn; secretary, John Philips
of Brooklyn treasurer, Daniel Duggau, OF Orange.
Tho question of convict labor will be discussed to-
| day.
LONG ISLAND.
Long Island CTY.-Rcccycr Sharp. of the
Long island Railroad Company, yesterday ordered