New-York tribune., 1880-04-10
NEM-YORK CITY.

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| partment have addressed to the commissioners q
| petition, asking for anadvance of wages
| While tho North Shore Staten Island ferryboat
| Thomas Hunt was proceeding down the bay on - tI9
3 p. H. trio yesterday. her air pump was disabled
and she was towed back to the city.
Devlin d Co.. the clOthiers have voluntarily ad-
vanced the wages of their wOrkmcn. Daring the
last thlrtytive years the firm has never had any
disagreement with its wOrkmen.
The wholesale lager beer brewers have decided to
advance the price of beer from $S TO 80 barrel.
The increase in the price of hops, malt ice and
other materials, the brewers say, has compelled this
advance
The exciting performance of shooting Zlze from
a cannon has attracted much attention az Barnum s.,
and last night the crowd was greater than the
building could receive, and many were turned away
at the doors
Tho Manhattan Athletic Club will give handicap
games on its grounds Mt Eightl-ave. aud Fifty
sixh-st, Mt O'clock this afternoon. These games
include run of 100 yards, run OF GOO yards, ana
walk Of l2 miles.
Tho Indian Commissioners completed their ses-
sion yesterday morning at the Metropolitan Hotel
after finishing the business of Thursday. The
Board will petition Congress for an Immediate ap-
preparation TOR the Indian supplies.
James Slielton, age thrtv-cight, employed as an
cngrayer at No. 10 Chatham-sr.. and living in
Quincy-st., Brooklyn. committed suicide Mt No. 10
CITY HGl-pace last evening by swallowing dose
OF laudanun.
f. n. Carr of No. 81 Park Row, was arrested on
the complaint of Anthony Comstock yesterday and
brought before United States Commissioners Shields
mcnts through the mails. He vas held in $1,000
bail for examination.
Thomas Mclaughlin, age forty-six. laborer Mt
No. 15S WashingtOn-st., committed suicide ycsicr-
day by hanging. He was hahltnally Uf II mornsc
disposition aud had been I'll for several days. He
leaves wife and two young children. who are
without means OF support.
Coroner Brady yesterday took the ante-mOriem
statement OF Johu Morris, the schOolboy who was
injured Tuesday by beng thrown against IN iron
railing in Broonc-st bv Solonan Bessie another
koxr rio 10 ali nd "a
live at No. . Sneriilsf. His statement contained
facts
Father J. " Mcnamara writes that Father
BrOderck. who seems TO have married not wisely
but too wcll-that Is, scycral times without waiting
to become a widOwcr-iS not incnb r Of he Indie
pendent Catholic Church" or the "lr.sh Indcpcnd-
ent Catholic Church." but Of some other lnde-
pendent organization
Frc.h trouble was reported yesterday from rho
North River among the 'lDng~hOTcmcn employ cd by
tie White star and GuOa Steamship Companies.
all the nOn-uniOn men were discharged At noon
the difficulty had been adjusted anlicably, aud
matters again worked smoothly.
Mcssrs. .fInson G. Cumming. cotton commission
merchantA No. 1l3 Water-st.. who were forced 10
suspend on Wednesday because OF the failure of
their customers to put up margins. sent word 10 the
Cotton Exchange yesterday that they would
sumo business on Monday. The firm had no liabli-
ties on contracts of its own; all were for customers.
Germany has the lead in immigration. Dnring
March. - Cos immigrants came to This port. G,JO3
OF whom were from Germany, 1907 from Ireland.
and 2.7SO from England. Scotland sent 771. Swc-
den 2,1S3, Norway l9G, DcnmarlI 39l. France
3OG, switzerland Sl4 Austria OSj Italy $50. liol-
land 800, hungary G7S, Russia I05 and Poland
$50.
While some long ngshoremcn were waiting for work
mt West and Ioustnn-sts. last evening, quarrel uc
cured between two of them named Michael Red
ding and "COn Oi'rcn. O'Srieu. who WAS drunk,
assaule llehding, and after stabbing hlm slightly
in the head. kicked him in the abdomen causing
severe injuries. RcddIng was taken to the ST. Vim
CENTS Hospital. OBrlen escaped.
Rufus Patton aud Clarissa Harris, two Of the
colorcd refugees from Arkansas, were buried veg,
trrdav, the funeral taking place ut the MOumt
OlIYct Baptist Church az No. 2lS West Thirty
seventh-st. The sickness which resulted III tncir
death WIS the result of exposure while on the way
here They were buried III this EycrWecn Gene
terry. Five others OF the refugees are I'll III ST.
Luke's Hospital.
At the Tomhs Police Court Yesterday, before jus
tcc BiXby officer Titus. of the Fourth PrcclIcf, on
complaint Of John Mvarl, Of No. II Bcdord-sr. ar
Taigncd the following named persons for violating
the policy law by selling lottery tickets AZ tho
places mentioned: John Van Ciit No. 40 Peck Sip;
John Lamphcre. No. 3s7 Water-st. James lhonI-
son. No. So IhOmpsOn-st., and James lhOnas, No.
2f Ann-st. They were each held i'll default OF $1,000
bal.
The slip Lady Lawrence, which sailed firm This
port for Liverpool on March %, returned disabled
yesterday. On March 30 violent hurricane was
encountered, which lasted thirty-sx hours, when
the vessel was thrown on her beam ends for ten
hours. The heavy seas swept everything from her
decks and washed out the dcrk cabins. Iwo hOas
lost, the cargo shifted, and the mizlrn top.
mast, main tOpgallantmast ana tore r0yauasi were
carried away.
The inquest yesterday in the baby-farming CASE
Of the Wald child resulted in the commitment nf
Jacob Wald. the father of the childs mother, 10 ne
House OF Detention ia default Of hail 10 the alnOunt
Of 200: On Tuesday evening the child was born.
and on Wednesday Wald, 10 cGnccal his daughters
disgrace. took it to board at Mrs Roscnihars al No.
q ClintOn-st. IL died the next morning Mrs.
ROsentha had given the child no medicine, and
there WIS nothing to show thut there had been any
wrong committed.
L.
West Twenty six ll-st appeared yesterday In the
Jefferson Market Police Court aud accused her hns-
band, Henry Simmons, also deaf mute, Of ILL |
treating her. The Rev. Dr. Galaudc., OF ST. Paul's
Episcopal Church, acted inlerp .eter, and bv |
means Of the sign language learned the nature Of !
the complaint. The affair was final settled by |
Simmons promising future good behavior and |
justice Duffy discharged him.
In the Jefferson Market Police Court Yesterday. |
the case Of William +. sawyer the electrician. vino
shot Dr. Steele several days ago, again crlne up |
before Justice Duffy, on motion OF counsel for |
Dr.. steele, who p.til.Gncd that the bail under |
which Sawyer is now Da increased. He presented |
DE- steele waS not yet ont oi danger. Couh4r for |
Sawyer then called the attention OF the Court to |
the certificate OF Dr. James W. kanncy. vino cx-
amincd DR.. Steele by order Of Judge Donoi;lc and |
objected to any further action being taken IN fhr
matter. Justice Duffy refused to increase the bail.
There is now on exhibition in store window on
Nas,aust. pay-biil OF the iiIs; Park Theatre for
Tuesday evening. November 2G 1906. "On which
occasion, in cOmIncinOratlUn pi the evacuation of
this city" was presented the Historical Tragedy
of Bunker Hill or, The Dcath of General WARREN"
Act V. gave the ''attacll upon Bunker Hill and The
death Of Warren and the play concluded with {"
grand funeral procession AMI military hOnOrS over
the Hero" In Order probably, to cOnnieract the
depressing effect OF the funeral tho entertainment
concluded with the favOritc opera Of Inllo nud
YaficO." The characters in both performances were
taken by Mcssrs. RobnsOn lIogR, Iaam. Saubcrc.
Martin. Darley, Tyler Shaptcr, Allen. Chambers |
Mrs. Villiers, and Misses White and Dcllingcr Tho
doors were advertised to open ut One-quarer .as D.
and the performance to begin at "preclscly one |
quarter past six" Good old days of carly bcd-tmel
BROOKLYN
Polly Walton, who WIS sent to the iail for trn
lavs yesterday Tor drunkenness has been i'm ihe |
Fourth District Court on similar charges nearly
fifty times III the last two years.
Henry Lazormcs, age thirty-threc. Of No 90 sum-