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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27

thai they have carried Off in wheelbaTow about
Two hundred pounds of pork every night for the last
h ad taken was offai given to them by the foreman
Ahey were held for further examination.
NEWARK
When returning from the picnic grounds at the
suited the wife of John Conway. fight ensued,
when Henderson drew n knife from his hip pocket
subsequently arrested at his home, No. SO West
hInney-st 1t is thought that Conway's injuries
=, Andrew ROdel, superintendent of the Newark and
south Orange street-car line. stepped from car in
South feminist. late Thursday night, when he was
approached op by four rufiians, one of whom, John
NcHy, without prOvocatiOn, drew a kuife and
STABBED Rodel in the abdomen. Rodel seized his as
saliant and held him while he shouted for help. A
P1lnceman and several men FASTENED to the scene
Wnen one OF Nearys companions fired several shots
from from revolver Neary escaped but the mau who
to Police Headquarters. Neary has served a term
fatal wv INV
NEw-JERsEY.
nj HoBoKEN.-The examination in the case of
Lnolhas Burns arden of the Hudson County Aims
no; VINO was arrested on charge of having put
poison IN prescription ordered for Thomas Lee
one OF the nnderkeepers of that institution was
ne,i Yesterday afternoon before Justice Strong. in
Winfield and the defendant by Counsellor Daiy.
Burns. ~ ~ Va ''
PATERsoN.-JOhnQ Quinn was arrested yesterday on
acharge of attempting to kill his daughter with AN
axe exc. The girl says that for the last few days her
father has been beating her, and yesterday he was
about to strike her with an axe when her mother in
terfered Mrs. Quinn then had her husband ar
rested. When arraigned before the Recorder, how
ever' she attempted to shield him from Justice. The
prs ner was committed to Jail to await trial L..
Mary White was sentenced to three years in the
state Prison yesterday. She was found guilty on
r2,r charges of fraud She went around selling brass
rings, representing them to be gold
STATEN ISLAND.
fICHMoND.-The public school buildings in Rich
mohl county have been repaired and put in thorough
Greer inns summer. Several schools will have new
principals. Samuel II. Rice of New-Jersey has been
engaged as principal of the school at Pleasant
Pinlns. j. Is. Crooke will have charge Of the Ross
ville school, and James Oakley will be principal of
the school in District No. 3, at Port Richmond The
SCHOOLS VIII be opened a week from Monday.
WESTCHESrER COUNTY.
BRoNXvILLE-Four of an organized gang of
tramps, which has had its headquarters for some
tiHe III cave in the ncighborhoOd of BrOnxville
We're captured on Thursday afternoon. William
Roddy, the chief of the band, found armed with
pistols and knives. Justice Meeks sent him TO the
Albany Penltentiary tor six months. George BOyce
was sent 10 the county jail for 40 days Frederick
agner for SO days, and Charles BOYLE for 30 DAYS
ne prlsopers have for time been robbing hen
roosts and gardens in that noIghborhood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
DISPUTING RIVER RIGHTS.

The trial OF George Broomhead on a conplaint
made by CITY Surveyor Hilton for encroachinp on
the Passaie River with dam he is building, came
terday. Broomhead conducted his own defence
lie produced several witnesses who all testified that
me qain was a benefit to the health of the CITY
the river where he was building the dam There is
a SUIT now pending between Broomhead and the
society OF Useful Manufactures, which also claims
10 own that part of the river, in the Circuit Court
al Paterson Both he aud the Society claim to own
temperance Island and the river from the West
Street bridge to the flour mill III Prospect-st. Mr.
broomhead said that his papers of ownership to this
properly dateI back to the reign of King George I'LL
obtained its charter in 1907, six years after the
date OF the deed i'll his possession was made ont
The Recorder reserved his decision for one week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
SUDDEN DEATH OF A GERMAN

Theodore Ulke age So, was found dead yester-
uay, III the yard OF No. 121 Walker-st where he
lived lie had apparently wandered into the ward
IN the night, and had there fallen fit of apopexy
CUT on bis forehead was believed at first to be the
thought to have been caused by fall like was n
bachelor, and earned living as an instrument
maker, In l1llotson's mandatory of telegraph an
paratus, at No. 143 Centre-s In conversation with
friends he claimed an ancient title of nobility.
ne came TO TINS country from Germany in the course
of the evolutionary troubles in 1S4S, and became
superintendent of a stcam-gauee factory in New Or
leans. In the war he pressed into the Confeder
ate service, and served III MOsby's Cavalry Among
bis effects was an elaborate model of Scbasiopof
showing much talent and patient industry. An in,
quest Will be held and the funeral will take place
to-day, iO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
ELECTRIC LAMPS IN PITRI 10 SOrAPFc

The lamps and wires to be used in lighting Mod
son ana lnon-squares have been tested In the fac
Tory N West Iwenty-ifth-st, and found to be per-
1ect. The wires are stretched and ready for ,,so
and it was expected that the lamps would be nlacci
IN position yesterday and that the squares would
be hghted last night, but owing to the breaking of
machine designed to run the current from the
factory to the poles no test of the lights could be
made. Arrangements were made yesterday for n
private cxhibi' ion of the lighting of the sonares
at which the public was not expected to be present
H. was to take place at early hour this morning
sons leave the squares before midnight. There are
to be six lights on each pole; four of them will be
100 feet above the ground, and the her two about
half that height The object of having the lower
lights IS to break the rays thrown by those above
1T is thought that in tins way every part of the
squares will be lighted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION FLIED

ALBANY, n. T., Aug. 26.-ArticIes of in
corporation OF the following companies were TODAY flied
III the Office of the Secretary Of States
90 tne WORK Grape Sugar Company This company
~ 10 puy anu sell corn, live stock and sugar ami r.
az sugar grape sugar and glucose The capi
Is Fi,oooooo, ana the company Is to continue fifv
yoaIs rom August %, 1881. The incorporators and
Theodore are thomas O. Patt Edmund n. Dickerson,
lam - sSond n"Veheyer, Alfred O. Harrison and Will
naa NJ Inc company ia 10 carry on business at
DS rs, MONIES, Iowa, and at New-York va '' ~
c,n 1an n Paioe Sleeping Car Compony canita
%iHVoVpVV me incoIporators the co1pan1 are
ana II; m ma, aaron IL Cragin, Joseph ri Parsons
~ srS o. New York Cornelius Bushnell Of
Jersey The corporation is to continue ffy new
al 6eo dn Srse Th silver Mining Company capital
Ihe New-fork Carbonated Stone CoInpanv for ,,o
manufacture Of stone capital $25O,OOO '' ioi INC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
A wIFE-BEATER SEVENTY YEARS OLD

Joseph Allison. wealthy resident of Jersey CITY.
aSed seventy, was committed yesterday to the
County jail for an atrocious assault on his wife.
Mrs. Allison IS almost as old as her husband and
OWING To her age and debilitated condition she
Is not expected to recover Her head. face and
body are covered with cuts and bruises The II
was committed several days ago, but as The children
OF the aged couple all married and live in This
city, the facts were not discovered until Thursday
TO Mr. Allison's house to inquire after Mrs Aisons
health. The little girl found the Old lady scarcely
able to speak, and she told this to her parents They
at once obtained warrant for heir fathers aI1ysf
but he had He'd to lloboken Yesterday the police
1ound INN, and he was committed without bail He
SAID that his wife had injured herself bv falling
down stairs, but the physicians in attendance said
that the injuries could not have been inflicted in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
THE ZULU AND HIS ITALIAN BRIDE.

One of the Zulus who display the manners and
customs of South Africa i'll Bunnes Museum was
married on Thursday to- a young white woman of
Italian descent. The negro bridegroom is known as
Charlie" IN English but reoices in the Zulu name
OF Mkano, and his bride was Miss Anita Corsni
age eighteen. She saw the manly Zulu in the
Mlsuem IN February, and his well proport Toned
albeit scantliy clad form and his physical strength
captured her heart. Day after day she visited the
museum and III time mutual affection was devel-
0ped. In their conversation the Zulu dropped the
MARSH cries and sounds with which he was accus-
toned to assai the of the public and ceased TO
brandish his asscgai. In July, the Zulu made n
declaration of love which met with favora ole &C.
Spouse from the maiden
The girls father, who is the proprietor of n show
WINDOW case factory, discovered her infat,la-
ton and tried to end it, The Zulu and the
girl then determined TO elope. Their project
was discovered Wednesday, and the girl
was arrested at her fathers request He did not
press charge against her in the jefferson Market
romeo Court, but instead took her home. But the
Zulu managed to communicate with her and they
sought Gretna Green iii Brooklyn. ACCOMPANIED
by Ukall, another Zulu, and Charles Richards as
pest men, the house of the Rev. G.. j. Page No 3lS
Umon-st., Brooklyn sought The minister
performed me marriage ceremony according to the
rite OF the Protestant Episcopal Church The bride
groom then returned to the Annex Museum IN Wash
lngtoh~st., brooklyn, and taking oil his wedding
garment, TOOK part in the regular performance his
Drlde belng one of the spectators. He is coal-bac
negro age twenty-One of fine figure and quiet man
hets except when on exhibition. His bride is des-
cIloeu as OF dark complexion s;out figure, below the
medium height, and very pretty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
EMPTYING MILK CANS INTO THE STR

DR.. Newton, Inspector of Milk for the State of
New-Jersey assisted by Police Captain Farrier with
asquad OF men, paid an unexpected visit to the
Midland Railroad depot at Jersey City yesterday
at a. M immediately after the arrival OF the milk
train AS soon as his presence became known the
mllkmen began to scatter, most of them driving to
the Ere Terry at Pavonia-ave., while some drove
around through Communipaw TO the Central Rail
were captured, however, and when arraigned before
Justice Davis were fined $50 each. They were
James Howard, of Johnson-st., Brooklyn; Oscar
Schuttenburg of No. "a Fifth-st., Hoboken; Fred
eilek ID. Jackson, of No II Garden-st,, Hoboken
and Frederick Graft, of No 73I Nnth,aye,. Will,
am Muller, of No. 90 West Houston-St. and August
Keiser, of No. 426 Thirty-nnth-st of this cty All
tne mix in Their possession 900 quarts was found
to he impure, and poured out upon the street
One-haf OF the lines goes to the officers making the
arrests ana one-halt TO the county The milklnen
al pald their lines cheeriully, of them remark
ing That 1t was about time he was fined as he had
been selling SKINNED milk for over three years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
SAD RESULTS OF DRUNKENNESS

William A. Irwin whose hat lin which was the
address No. 294 Broadway was found floating in
the Hackensack River was at time connected
At the Office of the company it was stated vesterdav
that Irwin was discharged about a month ago for
drunkenness. He had been in the employ of the
sklfn operator, but he became intoxicated so often
that IT was necessary to discharge him. He was in
and at that tir,G. he was under the influence OF
Ilqroi: Ills address was not known at the Office
One OF the employees stated that he had been told
Pennsyly wanna, but that he was compelled to sever
MS family relations on account of his bad habits
ihe superintendent of the company went to Speer's
Morgue yesterday to see the body, but it was not
there. Irwin was an unmarried man, about forty
years old, OF medium height and had black hair
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
GETTING DRUNK IN A POLICE STATION

When Mary Barren and Bridget Mclaughlin were
admitted to the dodgers department. of the First
District Police Station, jersey City, on Thursday
drunk within one hour however, and were placed
IN cells Yesterday Mrs. Barren told Justice Pelou-
McLanghlin procured the whskey. The Justice
censured the policeman i'll charge the station for
allowing such proceedings and sent Mrs. Barren to
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from Aqg 2ewpassed steamer Utopia tBr xeRshis
LIVERPOOL Aug 26Arrived steamer rrissfssspus tfr>
o,gson rom montreal and Quebec. -
erpool. Ao' ~ On nef way 70 t@fs
Ax1wERf Aug 26Arrived. steamer Switzerland tIseis
hAnBuHS, Aug 26-Arrived steamer Racha (Rrl l1lotf
IRON New orleans via sydney 49, ~s
sian. ~ "'S~An'f Nlcs>
AMERICAN PORTS
BOSTON, Ang 26-ArTfved, Peruvian fRr, p-h.
phia. " N"N"' fHiA@oek
Acacia. N~~ '''aanot
PHLADELPHEA Aug 2e-Arrived steamers catharine wb,t
ing Harding Providence Gulf Stream, Hlnkley. ver
Cleared Reading Bedford; Achitles Rao.
Fan River, Ann Eliza, Warren, Now-Yorx
BALTIMORE Aug 26-Arrfved strasshurc Ger.
Hehn1rnck Bremen: Rod Star (Br) Thomy Arrss
cleared steamers Egbert ;Br. Faulkner, London p w
Brune. Foster New-York. "
sHyAEkAs Aug 26-Arrived, steamer City of Columbus
NEW ORLEANS. Aug 2e-Passes-saed steamer Aiexandrv
Bixio ' ~ ~~S~~@'A'~
FOREIGN SHIPPING
LONDON, Aug 26Sa.lei-16th inst Amclta ga inst An.
fora lSapt kossl Jens Nielsen; 2lth inst Adobe Cam,
t INST Ceyon Capt Colfer) Baltimore Champ
the delaware Eldenhope Glen Grant CAVES
roy LOT san Francisco Johanne capt Rafen Ponsacos
Lady blessD gton for the Delaware
Arrved-l2th inst Za Cstena lz2d inst Ammonia Cant
hsaeaDa eva Rosina; 10th inst AncliO f;aatoa lath
isotd Bertha Anderson Bessie. Don Juan
hitsey, karDak, MI Roma Theodore N Rand WeV.
HSmiI T INST Anna APT Chstoners Emma Capt
on Ihe Isle OF Wight Poykarp Rudolph Capt WetordorD
uie lateral Dover, Sunbeam. WallacetOwn.
r." L1tsT Shtpptn7 S>,os. ~ - 'sCs PIJLt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
CHANCELLOR CROsBY's SUCCESSOR

=. The fall term of the University of the CITY of
New-fork will open September 81. William r.
Martin, secretary of the Council said Yesterday !:
NThe next meeting of the Council will be held in
about three weeks. DR.. Crosby's resignation will
then he acted upon. Whether or not the Chancelor-
ship will be offered TO DR.. John Hall is not vet
known that will also be decided al the first meet
ing Letters have been sent TO DIR. Hall in Europe
informing him of the unanimous wish amonn ne
friends OF the University that he should become its
Chancellor, but no replies have been received lie
will not return until October l. but the term will
DC opened by the two presid dents of the faculties
Draper. of the faculty of Science The University
will undoubtedly go on, if it receives proper en-
dowment fund. The faculty made "a mistake last
spring in asserting that il had sufficient money
We need more mOneY and less sentmentN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
Ex-sEcRETARY STUART p1scUarcrn

Justice Courtney, IN the Second District Cont in
Brooklyn, announced yesterday morning that he
had decided that the evidence presented against
george A. W. Stuart, ex-Secretary OF the Board of
EducatIon, was insufficient TO warrant his
being held to await the action of the Grand Jury.
MIR. stuart was charged with embezzling $40 600
OF the funds OF the Board, in whose employ he had
bee" tor thirty years. Upon this decision Mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS

Fffh Arenue Hotel-Ex-Senator Reuben f Fenton,
OF Jamestown, N. Y. Gansha A. Grow, Penusyyania
Ex-Governor b. McCreary, OF Kentucky and John Far
wel OF Chicago. .Neao York Hoe-Senator Charles w
Jones' OF Fiorda Windsor HoteJohn >. Clarke the
Sfl'sg snder Graham Bell Of Washing.
hserea Alexander Winchei of Ann Aror
Mich SttytegaM Romse-1he Rev. W. X. Alger Of Bos.
ton - Grand Hotet-COlonel c. L. Best u IS. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
ZOE ANTwERr-RY srEAMsIfp RI,-sI an
Announcements
GRAPE WINE roR Co,c,r,>-,,

GRAPE WINE FOR COMMUNION
The snberD quality and purity Of urts port A..
w me- % NewlerscY. and the thar
@ A Us u.s. mas induced thom 20 write about il aud caused
nudts %" oilers % prescribe Their practice ~ re hr
st tlaoI- wine 10 be had 10 is held great favor Tor
purposes and said u De for suInnfives
H. i Also preserves grape Juice fresh comes from
Yor oaics ~ ~ ne S.oh O. particle Of spirits. New.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
DEPARTURES FOR EUROPE.

The following are the lists Of passengers who
sailed on the steamship Assyrau Monarch Of the Mon
areh Line Yesterday, and those will depart ON tho
iVe steamships which win sail to-day:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
RESUMPTION OF THE BRAZIL LINE.
fIn PROJECT UNDER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PROPOSED BY BRAZIL

tut PROJECT UNDER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PROPOSED BY BRAZIL.
. From correspondence and newspapers received by
the steamship Hipparchus, which arrived from Rio
Janeiro and other ports on the eastern coast OF
South America on Thursday. it learned that the
oincial dispatch showing the present condition Oh
The American Steamship Line. IL was stated tnat
John Roach IL Sons and other owners OF the line
had accepted The contract OF Noyemher 10, lSII
approved by legislative decree of May 10, 1879
providing for calls at the port of Sac LUZ In the
province of MaranhaO. 1t also stated that the con-
etruction of three steamers was TO De ordered az
once, which to be ready to begin service in
January or February, 1892 The limit of the time
for making the voyage is to be increased by two
DAYS, to make allowance for the call at Sac Luiz.
Mr.. Roach was not in the city yesterday, but one
of his representatives stated that there
resumed between New York and the ports of ST.
Thomas, Para, Bahia Pernambuco, Sac LUZ and
Rio JaneirO. The project, however, he said, at
present was only under consideration by Mr.. Roach
and the others interested. The proposition to re-
sumo the line upon certain guarantees to the COM
pany that the vessels should be registered
under the Brazilian flag. He did not know of any
specific reason Tor tins, except that as the vessels
would make good war-ships in case of trouble, they
could he enrolled in the Brazilian navy at any time
that it became necessary.
The withdrawal of the American line forced the
Brazilian aud American merchants to return to the
facilities offered them by the triangular sailing
British lines Its resumption will give direct
Brazil and the other South American markets
Passengers and freight from the United States TO
Brazil by the English lines have to be carried to
England first, making a long and expensive trip.
During the running of the American line the great
competition from British lines forced freights
down; for instance, coffee. from 20 cents to 50
cents q bag. Since its withdrawal freights have
advanced 10 the old figures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
ALLFN,S RRAIN Rnnn ,,..:.:---,--

\ LLEN'S BRAIN FOOD positively cures ner-
Nous acbhlty ana al weakness OF toncfafive Or.sn
fulton-st., y y. --->AO' 10
\ ERNOUS DEBILITY, Impotence. Weak
ness OF .hs organs o. tieGerition ana
caily cared by WISCIESTERS SPECTilS PHI ~ T ~
- y Aes are usually saul ent $780,
- Sold Tor c.rcdiar Prepared Dy MINCH ES1 49,
chemists = JoAn-st. New Hors- 49, ~ 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
BRISK BUILDING IN BROOKLYN.

In general article published in THE TRIBUNE
about month ago, 1T stated, as illustrating the
effect of the Elevated Railways on city property.
that the extraordinary building boom" was con
locality in Brooklyn, in spite of the high prices
OF labor and of all building materials, whether
Df brick, iron timber, n great many buildings
principally private residences and flats, are now
being constructed. They are being built exclusively
On last spring contracts at cheap prices, however
made at present rates
The locality alluded to is the extensive elevated
district on the plateau of the ridge between Pros
pect Park and Greenwood Cemetery. 1t specially
attractive locality because of its great elevation the
bay TO the southwest and New York City to the nor-
west being plainly visible from every part of it, 1t
borders directly upon the Upper Bay aud j. only
miles from the ocean at COney Island The big hotel
at kockaway may be seen from its principal eleya-
tons In this district of about q mile and n half
long by half mile wide, more new buildings have
been put up this year than in all the rest on BROOKLYN
together, and, notwithstanding this fact the
values of finished buildings have advanced within
the last two months from 10 to 20 per cent Brown
stone residences, for small families two story and
basement In dlmensi' ms, on lots of twenty by one
Sales were made lately of precisely similar ones
IN the same block at Sc, 800, and others are now
held at $4,000. with no disposition to sell at less
The completion of the Ansonia Clock Works at
Eighth-av. and Twelfth and Thirteenth-sts. has
been of the boom - in this immetate
district, while the probable construction of an eeo
waited railway TO run through Fourth-av, skrting
the foot of the ridge on which the BUILDINGS are
going up has doubtless been another incentive TO
property to build good class of residences
1t is fact worthy of notice that nearly every indi
vidual prOperty-owner along Fourth-av has signed
the petition for the construction of an elevated rail
road through that thOroughfare while residents on
the ridge above are universally III favor of 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-27
DISAPPEARANCE OF A DRUG BROKER

An, apparently unaecountable disappearance.
which causes some talk among business men is
that of John II. Davis. drug broker and the head
OF the firm of John Ii. Davis d Co., of No. IO3
Mnaide,n1-lane, He left his store on Saturday July
~ telling his clerk that he going TO the Cats
Kills for week or ten days. lie paid the clerk
week IS wages IN advance, and locked UP the safe
with combination known only to himself Since
then the clerk Henry Kelner has heard nothing
from him. Mr.. Davis's mail has accumulated AT
the Post Office, there being several remttances from
SO thern customers in it. lie has the KEY of the
box, and the clerk has been unable get the mail
AT store-house in Eront-st. are some drugs worth
several thousand dollars secured by Mr.. Davis for
southern customers the receipts for which, it is
SAID, are In Mr.. DaVlss own name. His clerk does
not know for whom they were ordered Mr. Davs's
partner Is his father-in-law. a man named Miller
who IS believed to live i'll Baltimore but nothing
more is known of him.
:, Mr. Davis IS a native of Missouri and, it is said,
Is near relative of Jefferson Davis He is we'll
spoken OF among drug dealers, who say that he
mad the careless ways of a SOutherner in regard 70
business details, but that he was always regarded
as honorable. just before his departure he com
planned of being ill from malaria Mr. Davis has
been In business here for twelve years first i'm the
hrm of Davis & Fairchild, and next with DR.
walker Curry, under the name of Curry d Davis
eir; Davis was major in the Confederate army
and was upon General n. B. Forests staff during
the war. He is about thlrty-eight or forty wears
old, of medium height and light complexion