New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-01
NEW-YORK CITY.

Work on the addition to the AsUor L'pi'S 10 any
idly al vanclng -
seekers yesterday
The Grace Church Home viii be ready for occu-
pancy III another month. , null.
A new ferry slip has been bnllt ior tie in""
fourth Street Ferry ON the New-iorA Hu0'
Anew Fast River ferry house soon to he erccted
at a cost of SIS, 900. between BroOme anu "i"N'
sts A.,
The patrons of the free ice water fountain az the
Post Office have decreased considerably Ill 'ho i''
few days.
rio sidovroI,, in broadway between Leonard ana
W,,rth-sts il almost bockaded with boxes OF mer-
chandse. -
More apples would be sold on the street corners II
the polishing process were not 50 Openly oA''''0N
to the public. O..
There were registered in the Bureau OF (ital sra
tistIcs las. MONTH q 721 deaths. 2,3G7 births ana
573 marriages. -
The arrivals of immigrants al Castle Garden yes
terCay 316 by tue Steamship I'm an" wv ~
the City of Rlchn Ond.
The FIRE Commissioners nre having part OF me
third floor of the headquarters arranged lor 'ho
use of the Bureau of Buildings,
The latest but not the most attractive arlclo on
merchaudiss among the Broadway VeLuciS ID
labelled Genuine Turkey rhubarb"
The Board of Health applied yesterday to me
Board OF Estimate AID AppOrtonment 10 sei aSluo
the sum OF $4,000 for the Night Medic" 0'I' I''
D,Llias mariqolds. coXcombs. mOrnnggioreS
and other oid-fnshioncd flowers do their be,O 10
bcautify the wall around the Forty-second-st reser
yolr
Tho cxterior Of st. Vinccpts Homo for BOYS NJ
Lafayettc-placo and Great Jones-st. - about com
ne,cd. The buiiding viii not DC opened, however
until May /, 1881
SILL BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
Tho mechanical monkey" silll trdVcis on II
string holding a miniature umbrella over MS nehu.
The sale OF this toy, 50 long before the puDllc' Is
now on the decrease
THE CODY or 4 DHOwyrD WOMAN. .
tho North River al Pier N. yesterday. She aP-
reared to be about thirty live years ''u' anu was
dressed IN black alpaca.
TATAL FAIL FROM NUzzENNAsT. "
Tho UaLar hori, Vlttolia ", from Lisbon, when
arrived yesterday, reported thnt on Aup"ii' III
Guatano CateIo. sailor. Ihi F-t"o ys"ts - ", i,
from The mzzenmas1 To 'Do "ccN d." vac ''''''''
~ POUND AFTER sfVFRhL WLTKs.
William q. Willard. boy OF sixteen years u'S1
I'll On Wondav night lie found 10y the police
90 mis- civ and handed over 70 his mother, VINO
was staying at No. Ids Luquer-st., BROOKLYN
LOOKING FOR A MISSING Man.
Coro,or EraGv received n letter yesterday from
II " and i IL Farley, OF No. 1872 leari-st. aSliInG
if the body of man, thirty years ol''' WIN oii'ch
hair and mustacnc, had been i0und or '"ne" sl"ce
Sunday. There Is no IecoI" Vi '"'' "''~0' "
the COToneTs ONCE
CANNING AND DRINKING COMBiNEp
A wel-known Cham5er5-5.. VINE dealer mas re-
Gently instituted wba; be terms TeclPr'cuS >! sc
Tom Every customer Is presented WITH SIP Oh
,r. on oh Is number at random Three times
n week five OF these numbers draw prZts laie III ne
afternoon There are one %. one o. "Iu 'hioo %
prizes. - .
The following j. u comparative statement OF cases
of contagious diseases reported LOT the wv "0SAs
ending August 2S. 1850:
. Mex I{{ TTSr. f s1t' men3ss Measles
A s"sasI g 81 49,: Il e 5 Il g
on ACCOUNT or DErEcTIvE DEAINAGE.
report was made TO the Board OF htalth ytsIere
day that the collars Of houses IN the Vicinity OF
| tiith-ave and Ono-Lundred Land twenty, hrst-st
we're filed with water, and also that lands along
Jrcd d-forty-thrt-s and hundred 'and-fortY-
| rintL-,t were flooded and In dangerous cOnul-
| lion by reason Of defective drainage
RETURN OF THr 18TH REGIMENT
| The 1lth Regiment returned Yesterday from IT'S
| ercamnmqut on staten Island IL lett the camp Ut
$50 u. m. in time to take the O'Clock boat Tor
| New-York. Landing at the foot OF Nmtehali-s'.'
hon,-st Caual-st. and Centre-st. 10 the armory nj
| Grand and Centre-sts here Colonei OhoeKaht
| addrt. scd the members of his command.
CHARGES MADE AGAINST POLICE OFFICER.
The affidavlts and testimony lii tho case Of Sieg-
| fried Greenburger against Officer Burns, oil the
| FiGhteenth Precinct. were laid before the Police
tnrnat % in the Court of Special Sessions. and re-
suited III he conviction and fning OF the otcer TO,
| arrestinc Grrenburger Illegally. The Court oroefeu
| that the evidence be laid before tDe bodru'
TOO MUCH WATER IN THE MILK.
Dr White an inspector Of the Health department
appeared before Justice Murray at the Jefferson
| Market Police Court Yesterday afternoon a. com
painant against several grocery stoIcKeepeIb
whose arrest he had caused on warrants Tor Viola
ton of the sanitary Code in selling mix contHinine
TOO large proportion OF water, katharine Con
Uar Of l26 Eleventh-ave. was held 10 answer IL
500 bail Thomas Lynch, OF No 2l9 Nintl-aye:
in $500 bal; and lnoma5; L3ttns. OF No, 90,
No 56S Eleyenth-ave., was discharged on ms state
ment mat whatever water was found in ms mill
I. mist have leaked in from the zee when no nae
placed over the cans to keep Ills MIX COOL
BROOKLYN.
The BOARD of Excise Commissioners YESTERDAY
or,uted twenty-five lrst-class MOTEL licenses. Lit
income to Brooklyn from these Will be $3.50.
thief stole gold watch, valued at $500, an'
GOA in money, from the rooms OF Martin Doyle, Il
10 900 North SiXth-st., T.. d., Yesterday morhllli
p0rly and escaped. Entrance was effected through
an open parlor WIDOW
Tho Jau COMMITTEES of the Board of Supervisor
Yesterday considered plans Tor wall about the new
| iai in RaymOnd-st., at an estimated cost o
$50 900. The bids under the former plans Oh "hicl
: the lowest was 800. GOO were ali rejected
The arrangements for the twenty-ninth annua
,ccrtiDg of the Homeopathic Medical Society o
fins state, TO he held IN the City Hall on septemoe
and 4 include addresses by I)rs. u, &C. Wells a
i. Wright c. l.. Jones, }. > Deievan and others.
The examination Of the Italian, Antonio IcchcrC
who was accused OF swindlIng Catherine Shaeie
of brooklyn ont Of *3, 90 on promise to MARI
Ie- was carried on before Justice Courtney /
Srnoklyn Yesterday Mrs. schacfcr gave heI ey
deucr and tie case was adjourned until to-day.
JERSEY CITY.
Gnstav Vonchcn. of Second-st., llohcken, III
, German who attempted To commit suicide Nv
months ago. on the day after MS marriage, Wai II
reste YESTERDAY Tor brutGlly beating ms wife.
Iohn Brown boy fifteen years Of age. Of No.
3 Winw-st IIoboken. was sent to jail yesterday Il
I running about the streets with revolver IN Ii
hand threatening TO shoot the first man he met
The new eaisson was lowered into the colier-dar
AZ The Hudson River Tunnel yesterday. Io-da
tbe iron airlochs VIII be comp'eted and rs soon
Z tho ton Is tllcd-In with cement and weighted WI;
railroad lron tho compressed ar Will be Introduce
;, and tie laborers will begin digging for the bod
. | of the cutombed workmen.
p NEW-JERSEY
4 UoBoKfN-George Edwards and jacob Hlrlc
Il mi, nrnlrs az No % ClIntOn-st, were arralRut