New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-29
NEW YORK CITY

NEW-YORK CITY
| An extensive tWo-s DRY addition Is beng built
upon the New-York Life Insurance building, at
Leonarl-St. aud Broadway
Two boys named Joseph Mccall and George
! O'Bncn, were playing IN East Twelith-st ycster-
day. OBrIcn while persopatlng q hlghwayman,
accidentally gave his playmate slight stab "odnd
| IN the back.
The tiae was so high in the East and North Rivers
! AZ O'Clock Yesterday morning that many cellars
along Wcst-st. were Hooded while in upper south
St. there was considerable danag" done by the
water rising to level with the peIs ana carrying
! off planks.
By invitation Of the Ncw-Yorl Pastors Confer
encc the Rev. Dr. AImage. OF tins city, VIII repeat
! cred 10 the students of Madison and Rochcstci Un-
VcIsitcs. The, will be given IN ASSOCIATION Hall on
Successive Mondays. beginning April ., at O'Clock
! p. m.
There is now on exhibition IN a Broadway store
| complete model of the Post Office Binding. a
/ scale Of quarter of an inch to the foot. 10 was
made by {. X. ncItsch and took two years in con
struclon. the material used beng the wood 81 old
| cigar boxes covered with hnc white sand giving
! Il the appearance 81 stone
Detective sullivan. Of Inspector Muray's staff.
while ndmg Fourth-avc. ear, last night saw
James Mundy, a Unknown pick-pockct, crOwding
an old man VINO had got on me rear platform The
officer arrested Mundy and locked HIM up al Police
Headquarters In one Of the prisoners pockets vas
! fine gold watch, which Is believed 10 have been
stolen.
The walkers and others interested m the coming
/
Garden. met last evening at TIE Glcnham House IN
Thrd-avc. and decided 10 select two on more Wcu
to represent the Interests ol the contestants in the
race Another meeting was called for hnishay
afternoon nj the Garden foT the purpose of taking
final action III The matter.
Three policemen were chasing a number Of street
Arabs in Printing House quIrc yr,tcr lay after
| noon. one was caught and marched oil III the d.
| r,ction of OAK street Station. What has he
| done ~ asked a IRIBrNE reporter. On. nothing
replied ne officer. DO You often arrest boys Tor
| notmugV "Ddmiino,' responded the intelligent
/ guardian Of the pubic peace.
Two young freshmen. named William Eiauksly
| and John Shea, bO:h much intoxicated, Jo,tled
against SOmo unknown Italians in Mulb lrv-S- last
night, aud bcgau to treat them 10 blows and curses.
one of the Italians drew revolver and fired, wound
ING iiauksly slightly i'll the thigh The Italians
capcd. Hauksy was sent ioa hospital 10 have his
wound dressed, and shea was locked up for bcIus
/ lntOXlcdteC.
Peter Klardhor, German baker living ON the top
| floor Of the tenement at No. 2j6 Aycnue-B at
| tempted 10 Kill himself yesterday by cutting has
| throat with razor lis VII" fOuud him uucou-
! sclous in his bedroom and caused hs removal q
/ Bellevue Hospital, where II WAS thuught he would
/ dc. Klapdhor had been suffering from relr glous
/ MANIA and believed that wicked angels were con-
| stanty pursuing him.
The similarity in size Of the - gold piece 10 the
nickel J-ccnt piece, and Of the $40 coin io tie .
| cent piece, now that gold has hcconc plentiful.
! leads 10 many annoying plumbers. A lady from
| Grcenpoint recently dropped 3-ccut pIccc and
gold eagle into the box of Twenty -third-,t. car
! aud although sho discovered her mistake al once
and went 10 the end of the Inc TO have u corrected
she Obliged TO make a sccond pilgrimage to the
managers Office tine following day IN order TO get
the eagle returned.
Peter Brntncr, age twcntv-thrcc, of No. 1913 south
Thrd-st was arrested Saturday night for abandon
ing his wife, Carrie and her tnrcc children. Mrs
Brmtncr lives IN UnlOn-aVc.
The body of a man found in the Gowanns
Ray at thc foot Of Iwcnty-Gfth-st yc.tcrdo, +,
was identified that Of john Ownc- of hIrty-
nIntI-st. and Eourth-aYc. He was about thirty
years Of age.
The Fulton street Police arrested last night john
Moore, age twent y-Onc on the charge of stopiing -
coach, in which George ". Morrison was returning
from Coney Island, III July last on the Boulevard
and attempting to pull Mr.. Morrison ont at t!c
same time rObbing him of "a gold watch valued at
$40 The watch was recovered in September from
a pawnshOp IN Grand st. Moore admitted his Guilt
He will be arrapucd before Justice Scmlcr to-day
At the Easter anniversary of the TabernacL. Sun
day School yesterday afternoon. each class con
tributcd something toward paying off the church
debt The entire amount gwen was + / 700 d OF
this the class III charge of Mrs. i. DeWIu lalmage
gave $500 An address was made by the Rev Dr.
+. p. lngersoll, of the Middle Reformed Church and
Mrs. Florence Rice Knox sang two pieces The
Tabernacle was crowded TO Overlooking throughout
the exercises.
The Van Brunt Street Police, early Yesterday
morning, arrested Margaret Mars on the charge of
keeping a dlsordeIly house at No $50 IIIcks-st
She occupied three small rooms on the upper floor
OF the house, which were frequently visited bv
men and women Of bad reputation. Mrs. Mars's
daughter, another woman and two men who were
IN the room were also arrested. When the officers
entered the occupants Of the rooms were engaged
III general fight.
NEWARK.
The Committee Of the Republican Aldermen's Can
Gus 10 investigate charges against Chef of Police
Medium. met on Saturday night in private session.
but took no testimony.
Edwin j. simpson grocer, was arrested aud held
for bail on Saturday at the instance of Roonc a
Crate wholesale gfOceGs, Of New York, who charge
Simpson with having obtained goods from them
under representations that he possessed 80 600 IN
real estate.
LONG ISLAND.
HEMPsTEAD.-The people OF Hampstead, at the
coming town meeting. Will vote 10 decide whether
OF not and lookup shall be constructed
at Far ROckaway, 10 cost .. 900.
GLEN COVE.-1he entertainment given at Glen
Cove recently for the benefit of the widows of Cap
tain James and Elisha German, who were LOST of
the yacht Corning, in Long Island Sound. ncttcd
1888 80.
HUNTINGTON.-1he president Of the Soldiers
Monument Association of huntington states that
the monument is completed and packed, and is only
awaiting pleasant weather to be taken TO the vii
lagc. he main shaft Is twenty-One feet in height
with bronze ornaments
.AuAtCI The oups tiou Of uaLtug the rl-ctinu al