New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-21
NETWORK CITY.

A petition to the Fire Commissioners is cireula-
ting in Harlem asking that the hours DC ruhg again
on the bell IN the Mount Morris tower
The steamship Gallia, which eft San Francisco at
n m TIIeedav took the mails for China and Japan
which were dispatched from New-fork April IL
CHANGE IN THE NAME or CHURCH.
Justice Barrett yesterday granted an order chang
ing the name Of the Madison avenue Presbyteriani
TO the Central Congregational Chureh Oh Inc lily Vi
HELD ON A CHARGE OF MURDER.
Tinted States Commissioner Shields yesterday
held William Heintz, the sailor who caused the
death Of Alexander Mcpherson oy sVaooihE MIL ~
the action Of the Grand Jury on charge oil MURDER
DECLARED INSANE BY A CoRNERs JURY.
A coroner's Jury declared yesterday that Earnest
Memeroth, who on March 10 shot Emil Pauiy
whose body four bullets lodged has entirely recoy-
FoF THE BENEFIT OF ST. LUKE's HOME
festival will be held to-day at 81. Luke,s Home
for INDECENT Children at Madson-ave. and Eighty
nineth-st Fancy articles will be for sale refresh
ments will be served and other means taken to en-
terrain visitors.
SERVICES AT BELLEVUE, ~
Bishop Potter yesterday confirmed IN Bellevue
Hospital sixteen Of the patients; The Rev. T. l.
pal City Miss ons said morning prayer and Key. NJ
e. Willing, the chaplain, presented the candidates
An gAsTERTIDE FESTIVAL.
An Eastertidc fair was opened III the W aln"Ilgnii
Waveriv-ploce Tuesday, and will continue to-day
and tomorrow The church is a free Episcopal one
and the fair IL lot inc ufutub VI lh'
fund Entertainments are given day and evening
and refreshments served
VOGEL CLAIMING THAT Ills BAIL Is EXCESSIVE
Albert Felix Vogel was taken Yesterday Dci ,L
hearing on the return 70 the writ was adjourned ui
iii Saturday VOgel is held 20 bail IN the sum OF
$4,000, on charge OF conspiracy Mith s9gerl wnI
was killed by Detective Campbell, 10 blackmal
Louis Strasburger- II is claimed for Nogel that the
amount Of bail il excessive.
LETTERS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL
L 1 "a. etrug
when mailed after the closing of the regular mails
must be fully prepaid by stamp at the rate OF hve
cents for each half ounce IN addition TO the ornay
snnnlcmentarv mails The special window Tor sup
pleInentary matter has been abolished and the
letters can now be deposited in any OF the foreign
drops. -
Thomas Conroy Of No. l23 East Elghty-eighth-
st. beat and kicked his wife on April 10, leaving
her in an nsensbe condition. she was rS,hoN'n 10
the Presbyterian Hospital, where she still hes IN
dangerous condition. Conroy escaped arrcSt uhlh
Yesterday, when he was arrested by OIhcCr MuTthA
of The Twcnty-third Precinct. At the Harlem Police
Court Justice Otterhourg committed him to await
the result Of his wife's injuries
SALE OF PEws IN TIE CATHEDRAL
The annual renting of the pews Of 81. Patricks
Cathedral took place yesterday in the morning
about forty persons wcr" present, ana clcNch se'tN
ranging in yearly value from SO 10 $40, were i't
in addition To those disposed of year ago. or The
800 seats in the Cathedral. l2O were sold last year
upon which an annual rent Is pad; aud ah"ul tht
Of seats remaining undisp0>cd oil IT, theIeloi'
about 10. -
The fcrryboat suffolk County, of the Hunters
Point Line, left Hunters Point at e:lo Yesterday
morning with few passengers ON board Nh"I'y
ftcr getting clear of The slip some of the mac hnry
got ont OF order and the engine had 10 hc stopped
After drifting up river with The iide Tor twenty
minutes or more the boat was turned lo lhc lO"t o
Forty-thrd-st.. where some Of the passengers were
landed The boat was subsequently taken l." us
regular Sip al the foot of Thirty iourth-st.. and
another boat was put ou IN Ms place.
INV YACHT LAUNCHED.
Ogden Goclcts new Yacht, the Norcman, wa. stlC-
ccssfnllv launched ~ Tho shlpyard Of {. Il. FOIL
ION AZ ib, foot Of llridgc,t.. Brooklyn, Yesterday
morning. The vessel has a frame OF White oak
and hackmctack with OAK pldn,>ing and mahogany
combiucs She is i3l feet long with - feet Wldth
Of beam. aud II feet, q inches depth Of hold. Her
forcmast il 80 feet high. mainmasi, 40 irct; main,
topuast 45 feet 10 inches InainhoOm, n feet and
iil,boom 40 feet 10 inches Her draught IL feet
inches. and she will carry 20 tons of ballast;
Among thoso present when the yacht was lAnHch1d
were several members ul INCL NcN-loIh ana bIooh-
Ism yacht clubs.
ArAIR N AID or Tum BLIND.
A festival in aid of the Home for the Blind was
begun yesterday in the rooms OF the Home No; 2l
West FOurtecnth-,t large number OF uNiul and
fancy articles waS offered for sale, including spcci
mems Of upholstery necdlcwork. and lace made by
tLc inmafrs A wrll-ftirnshcd lunch table was pre-
sided over hv Miss Marin kcclcr, Miss lndcrhill,
MissWalton Miss Hoffman, and Miss Hall The ladies
i'm charge OF the fancy tables were Mrs. EaStInan
BENJAMIN, Mrs. lenBfoffks NlH. JNkNoh, Mf@
West. Miss Pral Miss Swords Mrs Cotheal. Miss
Nichols The sales yesterday amounted TO about
800 The sale will be continued to-day, lasting
from IL a. m. 10 10 p M
BROOKLYN.
The fountain i'm front of the City Hall needs re-
pairing II is now neither useful nor ornamental.
A mortgage for 81 900 900 on the property OF the
Ncw-York and Atlantic Railroad Company. the
routo of which runs from the foot Of Thrift sXth-st
to East Ncw-York, was filed with the County Regis
ter yesterday.
While moving Yesterday. John Condor. age forty
two Of No 1.9l4 Dekalb-aye., was instantly killed
bv a sofa falling on him. 1t was being hOiscd ont
OF a third-stOry window and AZ IL hung suspended
over the sidewalk the rope broke and II tri striking
MI Condor on the head, fracturing his skull
On the complaint Of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty TO Children, Mrs. Mary Long, Of No.
So Underhill-ayc was arrested yesterday for keep
ing a disorderly house. -Four Of her children are
Ia twenty Mr.. Long died a few months ago and
the children allegc much cruelty ON the part Of their
mother, IA well as improper conduct.
Five ofthe policemen Of Flatbush, where the po-
lice force consists OF six officers and sergeant,
arrested Yesterday upon n charge of trrspass and
assault and taken TO Flatlands for examination be
fore Justice Elliott, who issued the warrant. The
arrests grew ont of an attempt 10 find George Iege
man. who is charged with contempt of court The
five officers on Tuesday went 20 the house Of his
father Remsen llcgcmmn ana searched Tor him,
forcing an entrance. The man wanted was not
found and charge Of trespass was then made
against the officers.
JERSEY CITY.
Three mad dogs were killed by the police Tuesday
afternoon. little girl named Mary ONeill. OF
Grove and Eighteenth-st., was severely bitten by
one Of them
Mrs Ralph OTIallOran. Of Jersey City, on Monday
started for Albuquerque, N NJ 10 JON her husband,
who a few months ago was appointed 10 position
ON the Texas Pacific Railroad, Yesterday dis
patch was received by the family stating that Mr..
OHallOran had been shot and killed.
Gilbert Daffeldecker was yesterday placed on
trial in the Hudson Special Sessions az jersey City,