New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-24

Carlton-ave attempted suicide by cutting her
throat with a razor which she had gained posses
sion of. She was removed TO the OItY ho'p'"'
where it is thought that she cannot recover
The trustees. Louis b. Gates Jacob Warner and
W. III. Comes filed the certificate OF lncorpotahVu
of the Church of Brooklyn. f. d., YESTERDAY IN inc
County Clerks Office. The Rev. Edgar l. Oordoh
is the pastor.
Three policemen who should have been on duty
were found asleep in club-rOom in South brooklyn
yesterday morning. They bad removed their Doots
and hats When discovered they did not stop 70 put
on hats and boots, but carried them In their MINUS
as they disappeared around the corner
I'm the Supreme Court, yesterday, judge Pratt
granted Judgment annullng the marriage OF onsais
L. Browne with John Browne on tne grVnnu VI
fraud They were married in 1870, and Mrs. Browne
alleges that her husband failed to inform her that
his former wife had obtained decree of absolute
divorce. which forbade him marrying again curing
the lifetime Of his wife, who Is still awe.
Henry Sanduehr age forty, entered the Ninth
Precinct Station yesterday with ono hand wounded
with pistol ball. He said his family llvea ~
BROOKLYN, and he had been looking for work III
Brooklyn for several days and was aospondent
from not getting any. He was tired OF liie ana had
tried TO shoot himself. Ho was sent TO the nos
pital.
John Gruenthal, age sixty living in Market,st;,
Cvnress ILLS In the town Of New Lots. died wed
nesday night from dose of Paris green whlcn ne
took when intoxicated. He told his wife that ne
took IL 10 remove the effect of the liquor which ne
had drunk The poison had boon bought IN the
summer to destroy potato beetles, Ornehthai nso
widow aud two children.
The vacuum pan used in extracting hquorice
iuice in the tobacco factory OF Buchanan ~ Lyall,
in Carroll.st., near BOnd-st.. exploded Yesterday
morning. causing loud noise aud damage estlnaton
at $500 John Harrington was slightly injured.
The cause of tho explosion was too great steam
pressure The many worknen IN the factory weIe
startled by the noise of the explosion ana rSned 10
escape from the building.
The Kembc, Brooklyn society for dramatic and
social entertainments, gave It's second reception and
dramatic performance in the Brooklyn academy OF
Music last evening. when the play Loves sac
rificeD was performed. There was a large audience
The cast OF the play included John III. blfh as
Watibelc Elp0re Mrs. Imogene Brown as Ngrggrd
Eimore Miss Sophie M Osburn as Herminie de Yer
mont and X. &. billiard as Bugene ne Lorme. Inc
Academy was decorated with flowers and ever
green's.
A Coroner,s iury Yesterday brought in verdict
of death from pymmia or blood poisoning in the
case of Mary Ferguson, AGE siXty-One, of No. 623
Clinton-st. who died Wednesday. She was washing
Sunday when she ran n pin In her hnger. ~ soon
began TO swell and the Inflammation extended TO her
arm A doctor was not called in until too late 10
relieve her, aud she died after much suffering, the
mortem examination was made BY DR.. A. W. Shep-
ard.
NEWARK
The estimate of loss by the fire at Richardson's
Sons Works amounts to 1922 The insurance
Was $4,000.
The Committee of the Kearuey Monument Asso-
citation has received promise from General eher-
that he will be present at the unveiling Oh tho
Kearney Statue in Military Park, Tuesday.
Mayor Fielder. in view Of the number OF bur-
plaries that have been committed OF late In the dis
trct over the railroad has issued an order that the
reserve force be kept OH duty until after the hoi-
days.
The house of T. J. Hawkins No. 222 Washington
st. was broken into by burglars yesterday morn
ing, and largo quantity OF valuable silver ware
and other articles were packed IN trunk ana car
red eff
At a special meeting of the Common Council last
evening a committee was appointed. at the request
of the chief clerk of the Street Commissioners. to
investigate alleged lrTcguartle III the Department.
in connection with the giving OF contracts Mayor
Fielder having nominated John ). Bell, Democrat
to succeed L. b. Smith, Republican. as Excise Com
missioner "a communication to the Mayor was
adopted that the Council desired to have Mr.. Smith
-'"''''-''' STATEN ISLAND.
NORTTIFIEI D-JOhn Simonson, one of the oldest
residents OF Staten Island, who died Tuesday at his
home in w-Springvile. town of N0rthheld. at the
are of eighty-fOur was buried yesterday He served
IN the war of 1872, and was penslonor. The
funeral took place at the Mariners Harb0r Method
lst Church.
NEW -BRIGHToN-Compaints having been made
that the food given TO the inmates of the Sailors
Snug Harbor was unfit 10 eat, Tribune reporter
Yesterday visited the institution and found that the
report was started 10y two three confirmed grnmb-
lers. Why, il is a sailors privilege to grow" was
the reply given when one of the men asked his
reason for complaining of the food The vaue OF
real and personal property in VIII
DC assessed III 1901 ~ pG,'toi dhlOuhb VI
tax 10 be raised Is 4f, 1856 81. The taxpayers COM
plain in some of the wards of the unequal way in
which the money is spent for improvements in the
village.
NEW-JERSEY.
HoBoKEN-Ohicer JacObus, OF the HobOken Po-
lice who is on duty at the ferry, informed by o
man at O'clock last evening that he saw woman
drop bundle over the fence III the rear of OBren's
restaurant at Newark and Ferry and then hurry
away. The officer went TO the place indicated and
found the bundle He took it TO tue station, and,
upon opening 1t the body OF an infant child re-
yealed The child apparently few weeks old
and had evidently been dead only few minutes, as
the body was still warm.