New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-22
NETWORK CITY.
Many persons visited Coney Island yesterday

Tho ,Tommauv General Committee last evening
adopted the resolutions on the death OF Ghlet JUICE
Church already made public. George TicknOr Cur
tbs and cx-COunty Clerk Gumbleton delivered eu-
A MOTHERS SEARCH FOR HER SON.
Mrs. Mary Thorne n poor widow, employed at
Fleetwood Park is looking in this city for her son
Isaac boy of fourteen years; who disappeared
from their home in Railway, N D., three months
found work here, spending all her spare time m
search for her boy. Yesterday she appealed 10 inc
police to help her.
COULD NOT TILL WHY HE CALLED.
Richard Walsh. of No. 135 West Twonty-third-
st on Thursday night called at the house of James
Lynch, at No. 14S West enty-secOnd-st, ana nav
ing been admitted would give no reason lot I MS
An officer was then called in who took me man 10
the statOn.h house. Yesterday Justice Murray COM
mtted Walsh for examination rs to MS sanity
THE GANsEvooRr MARKET COMMISSION ORGANIZED
The Commissioners of tho Ganseyoort Market, tho
Mayor Controller and Aldermen Norris Jac0hus
and Goodwin, met yesterday 70 oIRah1z'i Inc INC
ir clerk It was resolved to have maps drawn
Showing the property belonging 70 the city and that
owned by citizens, and authorizing the Controller
TO ascertain the amount for which the latter could
DO obtained
MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB GAMFs.
The Manhattan Athletic Club Will give ITS annual
Spring games on ITS grounds at Eighth-avC. and
Fifty-sixfh-st. this afternoon. There will be
runs of 70 yards, 100 yards, 90 yards, quarter
mile, half mile and one mile, 0ne-mlle Walk, I'VE
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and n tug of war. Some of the contests are handI-
caps. There arc many entries, and the variety OF
the contests and the reputation OF the leading COM
petitOrs promise an afternoon OF excellent sport
CAUSE OF PATIENTS DEATH.
DR.. Lowenthal, house surgeon of tho German
Hospital states that the reason why information as
to the death OF patient was rei'eG InurSG nS
not been made. lie now says that
the patient child eight years of
AGE was operated upon for tubcrcuar disease of the
and in state
and half after the operation, Tho autopsy as
closed fatty degeneration OF the heart ana VIDE
spread tubcrcular disease OF the lungs ana Oh the
abdominal organs.
CENsURnNG CONTRACTOR FOR INHUMtNITY
An inquest was held yesterday in the case of Pas
dua Lavach p labOrcr, who, on April ~, was NOR
tally injured bV the caYlng III Ot an cmDankmcnt IN
Ayenue-B between SCventY-ninth and Eightich-
sts The testimony of fcllow-laborcr and police
man was TO the effect that tho contractor. Charles
f. Dcvlin. let the injured man lie unaldcd and una-
tended for hours after the accident, til he was re-
moved to hospital by strangers. The jury brought
IN tine following verdict; we censnro ChqIles y.
Devlin. the contractor, and the foreman, Patrick
Reilly for not bracing the banks and for lnhumnn-
ity III not taking PROMPT steps TO- relieve the suffer-
ings of their mi ured tcllOw-man."
BROOKLYN.
Tho anniversary and street parade Of tho Brook
lvn Sunday-schOols will take place on Wednesday.
Simon Herman of East Ncw-York, who was mar
ried only three weeks ago, was arrested thursday
night for assaulung and beating his WIFE,
An unknown man lcapcd into tho river from q
Houston Street fcrry-boat Yesterday morning and
was drowned. lie was about thirty-iyc years Of
age 8 feet 10 inches in height and wore dark cloth
ing and q cap.
Mrs. Mary Schustcr ago sixty-thrcc, Of No. SO
Meeker-avc.. whine crossing tho Manhattan Beach
Railroad at Ewcn-st. YESTERDAY, was stuck by an
injuries, it is feared, VIII DO iatal. Inc engineer
was arrested.
The Charities Commissioners yesterday author
lied President Shpnan and Mr.. Xciscr to purchase
fifteen tons of straw under the Emergency act Tho
straw is badly needed at the county buildings, aud
tbc contractors, Harrison d Brother, have not fur
nishcd any since March. They agreed to supply il
for 80 cents hundred pounds but the price has adj
vanced to 81 %. Mary Cunningham, the Dlatron Of
the Lunatic Asylum, was removed.
JERSEY CITY.
Norrls Walsh. OF Washington and M0rgnn-sts.,
Jersey City, whose skull was fractured with ham,
mrr by Patrick Duffy died in the Charity Hospital
in jersey City early last evening. Duffy Is under
arrest.
Thomas P. Cullen. tho confidence operator who
swindlcd Carl Gucbcrg. a Jersey City joweler, out
of goods valued at %l2S, was sentenced yesterday
to three years Imprisonment at hard labor IN the
State Prison.
The police Of Jersey City were looking yesterday
for Gilbert Daifeldeclcr, a well known young
ru1ian. who on Friday knocked down james
Davenport, of Mcrscrs-aYc. The blow destroyed
the sight Of one eye and his other eye had been
sightless for several years. the injured man is nov
entirely blind ,.,,..r,
q
perancc Union called again on the Mayor yesterday
III relation to the proposed parade with bands of
music Of the German societies on sunday May 80
The Mayor stated that he understood the demon
strati0n would be quiet and orderly, and would not
therefore interfere with tho peace and comfort of
INV class OF citizens. Tho women minated that
ne would not be doing his duty II he did not inter-
pose his authority TO prevent the parade. The
Mayor remarked tnat he would take the chances of
that. ,,,, ,,,,,o,,,,
Bt,RTINGToY.-R. J. Dutton has some Sharpless
Strawberries growing in hls garden, the blossoms
on which are so large that they cannot bocoycred by
q silver dollar
UoBGKEN.-Wlliam II. Petersen tho proprietor
Of a rum shop at No. - hlrd-5t llODokcn, was ar
rested Yesterday charge Of smuggling
quantity Of smuPgled liquors and cigars was found
III his place Oh Thursday. Petersen was held to
await trial
ELIzABETn.-Committces of the Boards Of Free
holders Of Essex and Hudson Counties met on
Thursday 10 consider question of boundary be-
tween the two counties. which has remained un-
settled for nearly 200 years. lac disputed bound
derry lies in Tie township Of Clinton cast Of the
line Of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Union
County FrcchOldcTS claim that he line Is at Dla-
mond Hill. The claim Of the Essex FrcehoIdcrs is
that the line is on a pond which Is now In Union
County. IL was decided to submit the matter to
LONG ISLAND.
COLLEGE PolNT-An investigation is now being
made by the NcW-York Post Office detectives into
the official affairs of Postmaster William Wagner
Of College Point, III consequence OF the alleged de-
tcntlOn OF registered money letters. Mr.. Wagner
has resigned and Charles Engclhardt has been ap-
pointed to fill the position.
STATEN ISLAND.
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR.-lhc painters employed
on tho Sailors Snug Harbor ut New Brighton re-
Gently made Il demand for IN increase OF wngc5
when Foreman Smyth discharged them all and en-
gagged new men.
RICHMoND.-Onc Of the State Asylums threatens
to sue the Supervisors Of Richmond County for
81 200, claimed to be due the institution from the
county. 1t rs alleged that this claim was among
those which Hugh bciOborts, the defaulting County
Treasurer. neglected to settle.
NonTnFirLD.-Thc Water Supply Company of
Staten Island has purchased the Roosevelt and
Wlnant mill property in the town Of Mortified for
S1O.OOO.....A recent frost Staten Island scr-
oIsly damaged the strawberry crop in tn ncighbor-
hood of Chelsea and Bloomfield town of NOrthlcld.