New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-09

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NETWORK CITY
An uptown grocer announces a" Use for sail"
The 9th Regiment held summernight's festival
last evening in the new Washington Schutzen Park,
preceded by dress parade.
BY mutual consent the examination in the case of
Vincenzo Rebello, Espost0 was yesterday ad-
jOurned until 2 a. m. Thursday
RUN OVER AND KILLED.
Thomas Curtlss, age three years of No. 80 CheIry
ferson-st by truck driven by Michael Costello
The driver surrendered himself to the police.
MELTED by LIGHTNING.
covering on a number of the wires Of the Western
Union telegraph office was melted, it is supposed
by the lightning. The damage was very small.
NOT SO SATISFACTORY AS CLUBBING
wish had club to make these walters stand
around With With " exclaimed % irate diner at Coney
calmly suggested q more experienced guest, with
the tips of your fingers.
GUILTY OF FORGERY.
Robert III. Montgomery pleaded guilty in the
Court of General Sessions yesterday to forging the
Endorsement of Morse & Emerson TO a check on the
National G 6 S Bank for $50 81. He
fenced To State PRISON Tor two years aud Six months.
FOE RoBEING VACANT HOUSE.
William johnson and James Stephens yesterday
pleaded guilty to stealing 5000 in property FROM the
Fifty fifth-st, in the absence Of the occupants.
They were each sentenced to State Prison for four
years.
Guilty OF FAIsFHooD AND DECEIT.
girl of eighteen years, who said that she lived
lost her wav, was found in the Ninth Precinct by
the police lndaY night. she taken through
PeIry-s by an officer, but could not find her home.
Sho was then sent to the Central Office for safe
keeping.
CALLING HIMSELF CHARLIE ross
person OF peculiar appearance III 4 actions was
yesterd y morning committed 10 the rombs by JUS
tice n gan. Tic went into tine West Twentieth
Street Police Station Sunday night, ANNOUNCED him
self as Charlie Ross and said he mad been guilty Of
murder He was sent later in The day to Bellevue
Hospital
GALES 5000 QUARTER MILES
The English pedestrian William Gale finished his
alleged feat of walking 5000 quarter-miles in 5000
consecutive ten minutes Iii the old Novet, Theatre
III the Bowery, yesterday at CAB p. IN. The walk
was begun in vacant lot uptown Mt 3.03 p. H.,
june 20, and was continued in the BoNgery two
weeks ago.
MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
4 special meeting OF the Chamber of Commerce
ence of merchants and citizens infrrestod II, thc
commercial and industrial welfare OF the state and
also to consider tine bearing OF present freight rates
upon our commerce" The conference Is TO DC held
at Utica, August =.
DFMCRRrNG To INDICTMENTS.
Louis f. Post, one of the editors of the newspaper
called I'ut appeared in person in the CourJ OF
General Sessions YESTERDAY, and filed demurrer 10
he indictments agaitls himself, Charles A. Byrne
aud Josiah Har', FOR violation Of the otte law
Assistant District Attorney Beecher appeared for
he people Recorder smyth gave counsel ten days
time Ill which to subafit briefs.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.
Aheavy derrick used to rase stones for the build-
| ing which is going mp at BeekmIn and Nassau-sts
fell from it's fastcnIngs little after O'clock last
| evening, narrowly missing several pdssers by. MI
| chael Dalton, "A lahorer, of No. 1917 Bowery, was
knocked down and his leg was bruised. He .wa'
! taken IN ansambuauCe 10 the Chambers Street Hos
! pital, whore his wound was dressed
| PRACrfCING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE.
| d, Alfred A. NJ: Purdy appeared in the Jefferson
! lp,l Tf rHl in N,nltu
! New-York County Medical Society. as complainant
against David Oudnes, of No. 43 Orcharl St.; VII
| Ehlers of No. ZIG Dclancey-st., charging them will
! practicing medicine without g license. Justice
! Morgan put each of them under $500 bail to await
| examination.
| INSPECTING TREET-CLi.ANING TOOLS.
| William il. Roberts, the superintendeut of Sup
! plies of the STRENGTHENING Department, Garrett
| W. Winants, of the New-Jerser Central Railroad
| ana captain Ross were engaged yesterday il ap
praisng the value of the tugs and scows in the ser
| wishes to Know inst what the plant of the De
partmeat consists Of and rs condition. lie has al
! ready expended consde rablc i'll repairing scows.
WAGES THAT MUST BE KEPT UP.
meeting OF the Tin and Slate Roofcrs' Unior
stated that since the demand fer higher wages haC
| been accedcd TO, James Kennedy, of No. 400 IVES
Nine Ccnth ST.. nad reduced the pay of his men. fb
meeting was called TO take some &c non for the re-
| establishment Of the former rate of wages in Ken
nedys shop. II was resolved TO make demand fo
this, and if it is refused more stringent measure
| viii he taken.
PLEADING GUILTY TO TWO INDICTMENTS
| Joseph u. neMcza, an insurance agent. pleaded
guilty IN the Court ot General Sessions yesterday q
two ndc. i4ent', charging nm with obtaining
monoy 10y false lcctenics. DeAlCZa secured smpl
sumh of money, commission, from William II
Alsoh, Of the Prov dential Life Insurance Com
! pauv, by representing thar he had secured ceI
tain life sls which when they came 10 be invcsti
! gated proved to be bogus He was sentenced b.
! Recorder shy ia 10 State Prison for three years.
BROOKLYN.
Dogs brought the city . revenue Of 81, 764 up t
| noon yesterday on 5,SS2 licenses.
Twenty deaths from dphtheria and three frol
scarlet 70 or were reported last week.
In tue cas-. of Thomas Conan n trackman VIII
was run over b. o train On the Sea Beach RailrOa
| August |, the COroner'n jury la night gave a vel
dict eXOnerat'ug tho engineer and fireman from a
! blame.
Charles Henry Potter, n highly esteemed physical
Of South Brooklyn died at IA house, No. 4G5 Thr,
ave, - turoay IN the thirty-niugh year of lis aW
He wae an active ,4cmber of the Kings County HcC
ical society.
Owen Higgins, age sixty-fvc, was killed by ligA
ming i'm Sundays storm while II oatbuiIdlng .
No. ~ Nostrand-ave., about 1880 =, m. The uppC
part of his body turned dark purple within thIc
hours after his death.
The torpedo ram Alarm arrived at the Brooklv
Navy Yard Saturday evening from Yonhers. III
piston rod in her circulating pump broke Friday an,
the contractors preferred to do the work Of ropla
ingit at the Yard the vessel taken there. Ii wi
take week TO get everything in running ord,
again.
Mrs IdaJ. Ross obtained divorce from Joscp
Ross, jr.. nephew of the Roy. I. Dewitt Tamag
Barnard decided that the defendant WAS unable
pay The large amount OF alimony demanded of hin
| and that his imprisonment for failure to do so
this time could do no good. He also refused to con
nit Ross for contempt OF court.
Mrs. Bridget Nelson, thirty years old of N
36S acknowledgements, GrcenpOint, cut her thro;
with q razor Sunday while lahoring under temporal