New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-01
NETWORK CITY.

Gp SoSS KILL 5 Ksts
Ex-congrcssman William I"uglvidse Of Iowa.
NETWORK CITY.
The annual parade of the Police Department
took place yesterday. Thirteen hundred men were
i'll line.
CLOSING A DIsoRDERLY PLACE.
The Exc;s. Commissioners yesterday revoked the
license of William Borst, proprietor Of the Empire
| ordered the police to close the place.
FINED FOR SHOOTING Ills PLAYMATE.
George Bnckmeyer, of Nc. 35 Frat-aye., was fined
Police Court for careessly shooting Emil Goldstein.
another boy, of No. 412 Fifth-st., in the eye
ANNIVERSARY IN MISSION WORK.
North Dutch Church, William-st., will be noticed
today at the Fulton Prayer-Meeting Rooms ut the
daily meeting, IL m.
DESTINATION NOT KNOWN.
The United States sloop-of-war Quinnebaug, about
the movements Of which there has been some
yesterday, for survey. She will be foated out to,
Gay or t1-inorroW, and rumor has 1t that she VIII
AN IRISH GIRL MISSING.
Mrs, Rosanna McNeny, of No. TAG East Sixteenth
st., called at the Morgpe yesterday in search of her
niece, Rose Ward, who has been missing for two
weeks Rose Ward is twenty five years old, of stout
figure, and has dark hair and blue eyes. She came
from Ireland three weeks ago.
SHOT FROM BEHIND.
Robert Mclean, age forty three, of No. 166 West
Fifty-foultl-st was shot down by stranger at |
o'clock yesterday morning. He was drunk and
staggering through Tcnth-ave, near Sixteentl-st.,
when an unknown man shot him in the head from
behind, wOunding hun severely.
DEPARTURE OF J. II. PURDY.
Among the passengers. who sailed for Mexico yes
terday on the steamship British Empire was John
ii. Purdy, late Superintendent of the Inquiry De-
partment in the NewYOrk Post Office. Mr.. Purdy
has gone to fill position in the Office of the Mcxi
can Central Railway Company in the City of Mex
leo.
REWARD FOR MAKING AN ARREST.
The Police Commissioners yesterday gave pcrlnis-
ri TO ID Su oft ~
eighth Precinct to receive from Louis Srasburger
areward of $3.50 for arresting Johannes Sagert, the
bIackmaler, who had tried to abdnct MIR. Stras-
burgers child. In ariesting him Campbell SHOT his
prisoner Dead
REPORT OF LEGAL WORK.
The annual report of District Attorney WoOdford
to the Attorney General shows that June 80 1880,
there were 3,503 suits pending in the office Since
then ,432 suits have been begun, making total of
1895. OF this number SOB have been disposed of
in the course of the year and there are now pending
i'll the Office 1892
Tho Genera Tenn of the SUPP enc Court yesterday
rendered decision in p ,ceoding begun by
T "s . ," "n she o4ev in h"i o Ia the
# the ch lrter o. 1873 Il p ~ |, sal
basis for amy assessment.
VESSELS CREW n Fr'4.
The brig Orbit, which rom the & In
di y We nesday. is detniuo4 AZ larantin, cap
tain aud crew being sic, with ship INT, ttcnt
e. r. -Four of tho oi ", John Aurd, F. ederck
taan to ths ! Marine Hospita on Bedoes o Island
where Aurd died soon after landing
NOT BELIEVED BY THE POLICE.
IL was reported yesterday that a woman, name nm
nown, Will. passing through Twenty -third-st., be-
tween seventh and Eightli-av Wednesday night,
had a gold watch and chain violently snatched from
her by thief who escaped aud that her neck
cut by the links of the chain The police have not
heard ANYTHING of the matter and don't believe it.
SENT TO THE HOUSE OF DETENTION.
Henry Beck temporarily committed to the
House of Detention yesterday by Coroner Ellinger
to await the inquest in the ,ase Of George I;rown.
frst-s and Morrisa ave. June 26 fror the result of
injuries received few days prior BY being struck
Bee eEe abdomen WIN stone said 10 DC thrown by
AT FAULT IN HER GEOGRAPHY.
years of age arrived NJ Castle Garden few days
ago ON the steamship Baltic, intending to join her
ing idea of the distance of that place 4rom New
SGrk she had only enough money S to reach here
will forward her soon possible.
INJURED by FRIGHTENED HORSE.
horse which boy named William La, Iitmons vas
| evening, took fright at an elevated train and
upon the sidewalk in front of No. 1872 East Thir-
| ticrhst. There it knocked over Elizabeth Fitsm-
| mons, age twenty-five. anda child named GraceLeon-
ard. inmates of the tencmcnt-house who were stand
ing in front Of the building. They were bothiujured
| slightly.
| Catherine Farren. of No 300 East Forty -nnth-st
ntoxicaied condition with her was tcn-yearold
| girl, Mary Costello, who also intoxicated. At
the forkvle Pollcc Court yesterday Mary Costello
said she was induced to drink some lager beer by
| Mrs. Farren. Justice Wendell committed her to
the Catholic PrOtectory, and sent Mrs. Farrcn to
| the Island for three month
POLICEMAN OUT ON BAIL.
James Lynch, of Onehundred-and thirty third-st.
and Morrisave. was arrested yesterday on n charge
of assaulting Margaret Mnlligan High Bridge.
Justice Gardner, at the Harlem Police Court held
him to answer in default 81 900 bail. Policeman
Schorskc. of the Thirty-hird Precinct who the girl
Margaret Mulligan insists, was her assaiant was
$4,000 ball. and paroed him in the custody of his
| counsel, A. H. Purdy.
A FORGER IN A SMALL WAY.
James Gresham was arraigned at the Jefferson
| lam ii. Mott, of No. 500 Hudson-st, in November
last n check for SSS TO- purporting to be drawn by
| William II. Potter on the Yale National Bank OF
| lar check for S97 to Samuel Brown, of No ia
| Warren-st:, which was cashed. Detectives have
been searching for Gresham for many mouths and
they found him Wednesday night uptown, Where
he had gone to visit his sweetheart He was held
for trial in default of So 900 ball. as William H. Pot
| ter had no account with the bank.
BROOKLYN.
| Mrs. Catherine Lynch age twenty seven of No
1877 Van Dyke-st., Brooklyn, was severely burned
by fire in her apartments last evening that her re
covery is not expected In the agony caused by the
| fire the woman jumped from second story window
| to the ground. She was taken to st. Peters,
Hospital.
In street brawl at Flushing ave- and Broadway
"Wednesday evening" August Ribeskis German
who recently came TO this country was shot in tn,
left eye, by Joseph Allen, of No. 100 Stagg-st Tn,
injured man was removed to st. GATHERINGS Hos
Allen was arrested for the assault. Paul Kapplcr
Mrs. Lena Sebe and Mrs. Emma Burshier were
held as witnesses. In Court yesterday, Allen plea
dcd guilty to the charge of assault with intent L
kill and was held to await the action of the Crane
Jury.
JERSEY CITY
The number of deaths in Hudson County in th