New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-20
rEW-YORK CITY.


| issued on and after May l. ,.,-
Tho Rev. Dr. r. S. StOrrs will deliver his closing
| lectures upon The Divine Origin OF ChristlaniIy
| at Association Hall tnlS anu AhuASN"S N'N'1s"
| These lectures are free. -.
The repairs on the yellow fever ship ILLINOIS,
which cost about 81 600 have been completed, ana
the vessel will soon take mp lts ancnorase III 'n
| Lower Bay for the season.
| A laroe emotions" house on Broadway displays
the following pacard Closed at o:oO UpTu o 0nt
urdy niten The schoolmaster was undoubtedly
abroad when that was written. ,
The Aldermen met Yesterday, but, owing to the
absence of members who had gone to the syracuse
Convention no business was TRANSACTED except InS
granting of few permits 10 ereCt siBu POsV' "uN
build show windows
John Ford who is charged with kicking to death
Bernard Mclaughlin, dram-seller, at NO. ~ Mott;
ST. tight three months ago was KnoT to
await the inquest, which will be held in few days.
Jacob Hofer, of No. 1913 First-ave., driving
beer wagon yesterday at Thirty-seVenth-st. ana
woman about sixty-ive years old. She was dressed
IN calico gown, blue cheek apron ana VelVeteen
bat. ''''''
The relatives of Mrs. Martha Sodesky, Bohe-
mian. ninety-fve years old, called at Police Head
quarters last even ng and stated that she was
missing from her home. No. 21S Forsyth,st: She
was very infrm and unable to speak word OF Eng
lish
testimonial consisting of a number of hand
sOmely bound volumes was presented last evening
to Israel C. Jones, superintendent OF the New I9sk
Mrs. Jones by the officers and employees OF the In
stitutOn.
At the meeting of the Taxpayers Association last
night at Twenty ffth-st. and lhrd-ave', an acI
ments i'm the City of Rew-York" was read and APP
proved. Some discussion took plnce IN regard TO
the Washington Market bill.
Since Saturday five steamships have LANDED at
Castle Garden 1864 immigrants as follows: Egypt
from Liverpool ,27O; Celtic, from Liverpool, S73i
Rheip from Bremen, $40 Holland, from London,
900 State of Alabama, from Glasgow, 240 max
ing total since April /, of 2l.1l1'
disgraceful brawl took place In Third-aye., near
| Twenty elghth-at. at 10 o'clock last night. The
neiQhborhOod was alarmed by the screams OF
woman, shTleking at the OpOf her voice DO not
kill nv brotherp Two men rushed from q house
| fighting tuTiously. They were separated by the
crowd which had gathered. The police were con-
SpcuOusly absent.
Sanitary Superintendent Day presented. at
the meeting of the Health Board Yesterday, report
made by InsuectOr Murtha, stating that the atten
TiOn of the Elevated Railway Company should DO
called to the transfer station Mt Chatham-squnre
| He saws that when there is crowd on the Drldge
| there rs marked vibration of it.
The steamship City Of Alexandria. Commodore
Deakin commanding, arrived from Havana on Sun
day, having made the trip, for the third time, IN
| three DAYS seven hours. On Saturday she was III
teen miles ahead of the time of any Of her previous
trips which the fastest ever made, mt meeting
| with strong head wind her speed was retarded
The British steamship Para, from Southampton
| for the West Indies, which was spoken by the
steamship SOuntO on April 8, with her shaft broken
| and one of her compartments full OF water, was
towed into st. Michaels. Azores, by the steam
| shin FylQa. The Pards 212 passengers and mails
| were landed at Lisbon by the Fylgia yesterday.
| priyate investigation into the affairs Of tho
Street Cleaning Bureau IS going on at Police Head
quarters under the auspices Of ex-COmmissioner
| MacLean. The object, apparently, IS to prove how
much could have been saved to tho city by contn
nance of the Maclean management. Tie sum that
was lost bv the eclipse OF that gentleman Is estl-
mated by his calculator as something like million
| dollars in three years.
4 A.. Ia d. 81
| day that the body of MarRaret Kaahta, ago nine
| teen years who died in Castle Garden on March
| 30, had been lost. On April 10 burial permit
was granted for the transfer OF her body 10 the
| Wards Island Cemetery, but 1t was retained with
| the Endorsement by superintendent Jackson that
| friends had claimed the remains. But who these
| friends we're or where they took the body, or
whether they buried t at all is not known. IL the
BODY has been buried without permitIt is in vlO-
| latOn of the sanitary code.
The deaths Of two children under peculiar crcum-
stances were reported yesterday to Coroner Film
ger. John +. Long, of No ICY RivingtOn-st. found
his SON six years old dead iiAthe mothers bed. The
mother, who is a large woman, apparently in the
night had rolled over upon the boy and so killed
| him. report was also made that lOur-mOnths-
| 800 East FOTty-seyenth-st., had died under sus-
pIcious circumstances Its parents were both very
much intoxicated on Sunday night when the child
Officer OSulivan, of the TwentY-sevcnth Pre-.
cinct yesterday, Mt halfpas n. NJ, arrested Pat
| rick Fl. Lyons. officer OF the Broadway Squad,
| whom he charged with acting In a dsOrderly man
ner. An old quarrel was renewed between the two
men, who had once been members OF tho same COM
mand when they met IN tie street, Lyons being
Station refused to mold Lyons aud directed OSullI-
van to seek his redress before the commissioners;
Accordingly Officers OSullivan and Lyons appeared
| before superintendent Walhng yesterday with
counter-ch0rges.
| Edward Duffy. q Testaurant-keCper Mt No. 195
ChaIubcrs-st,, committed suicide by hanging yester-
day For many years Ic kept the restaurant at tho
Chambers Street Ferry on the New-fork side,
year ago no lost tbs ns privilege and opened 2
prosper however. and financial losses were followed
Ly mental depression that yesterday ended in sui
cide Dnffy rose M o'clock and went To the Uarret
hours later from rafter, In position that showed
that he could have saved himself even after jump
| ing from the chair had he wanted TO do so. He
| leaves wife and four children.
! Officers Br0derick and Hogan, of tho Fourteenth
| Precinct yesterday morning took two men to the
| duet. On the return Of the officers from court
| Patrick MCGOWAN, bar keeper in the employment
! Of William McGlory. alias Thompson, followed
| Officer Hogan and addressed him in an insulting
| manner for having arrested his friend. The officer
requested him to move cff but he persisted in APP
| preaching him ia threatening manner Hogan
| then took him into custody. McGOwan buttcd the
officer with his head on the face cutting his nose
| and mouth. The officer defended himself as best he
| coud, but was knocked down aud kicked. but held
| to tue prisoner. On remaining his feet, seeing Me-
| Gowan produce q knife no disabled him by a blow
| of his club. When MCGOWAN was taken before
Justice Kibreth he said he worked at No. 100 Hes
| ter,st. He was held in default of $500 bail
BROOKLYN.
Tho new Raymond Street Jail is nearly COM
pleted.
The house-furnishng store of Benjamin Potter
No 295 Grand-st., was entered by burglars early
Sunday morning aud robbed of goods valued at
$171.
William Henderson. age eleven, of No. II
Groye-st., has been missing since April 10, when
he left his home to go to the Gates Avenue Public
School.
Alfred Mangott, ago seventy, who can speak four
languages, pleaded guilty before Judge Benedict IN
fine limited States Court yesterday, OF cOunterfetng
B-cent pieces He was Temanded for sentence.
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