New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-20
NETWORK CITY.

drowned.
HELD FOR TOO FREE UsE OF MS PISTOL
man. was arraigned At the Tombs Police court Gy
Inspector Murray for discharging pistol at Henry
Heck, of No. II BOnd-st., on Tuesday mght' lie
was committed for trial.
DREssMAKFRs IN TROUBLE.
Suits were begun Yesterday IN the unlted states
District Court against Ella Hynes and NJ Mahoney,
two dressmakers to recover dues and penalties for
smuggling silk dresses shawls, etc. from France on
the steamship st. Laurent.
AN ARGUMENT POSTPONED.
The argument on the motion to continue the fem
pora7y injunction previously granted IN the sur
brouGht by joaquin Miller in the Sipreme Court
AGAINST NcKee Rankin to reE@i9 him fr G0uIPn rG5
yesterday until October 20.
svuGGLERs TO BIZ SENTENCED.
In the Criminal Branch OF tn nlted Sta'esI iI5
cult Court yesterday, William BurEan pleaded
guilty 10 an Indictment charging him with SNUG
Cling silk tights and other stage apparel lie WIS
reminded for sentence. Al Yape charged with
smuggling tobacco from China to tins country
pleaded guilty ana sentence was suspended.
A NEW FOUNTAIN ron UNION SQUARE. -,
The James monument IN Union square VIII Ic
unveiled 81 . pm. on y ,i he nostponrd 70 the
first fair day thereafter. Park Commissioner Lau3
will preside on tine occasion, ID: Willis James VIII
make a speech presenting the fountain to Inc cry
and Mayor Grace will reply, accepting the gilt
To MANAGE INTERNATIONAL. RIFLE MATCHES.
The Iuterua iOna Rife Match COmpant Jltnllcd'
filed yesterday Is articles iaSs"claion ~ te once
of The County Clerk Ih' capital stock OF tho coat
napy il 70 Inc $50 600. ! I'm IT, Brown, Richard A.
Sadlfoll. George W. D. Guo. and O!cnn II; hOd-
worth are he ccrpOratOrs. The object oil the cor
pOraion is to manage international rte Matches
THE ANNUAL RrPOET or ST JOINS GUILD
DR.. Kramer, master ot -. John, build, III ms
annual report TO The Board Of Trustees, says mat
there were fOrty-twO Extensions under The auspices
of the Guild in the summer, and that 2,1OO more
chill ir,n AMI mothers had been carried IMAM laHt
year The officers for hc GnsnnS Eor gre -, y,
dent: William II. GuI0n, treasurer, and Charles
SChWaCOicr. secretary.
FOUND ~ THE RIVER WITH MS THROAT CUT
Louis Erich butcher Ui No. 40 West forlletn-
ST. was found IN the river at the io0t OF west
Forty -frsi-sJ. on Tuesday morning WIN ms thtodi
cut from ear to ear tribune reporter visited
the family of the DEAF man, and learned there that
Erich was n hard drinker and had often threatened
tO take his own life. Last Fr day evening ne at
tempted to fire the house IN which he hNcd, ana ue-
clared that he would Kill himself,
A MEETING OF DISAPPOINTED CEEDIToEs.
A meeting of he creditors o. the Grocer Bank,
which failed on January !, 1879, was hcid ye7trr-
d3y afternoon at No. So Harcay-st. The cause OF
the meeting was the failure OF the receiver of the
bank, :. V. White TO pay final dividend OF twenty
per cent for which the creditors say they have been
Thomas VI. Chamberlain, J. J.. ihurston and Char
les Spcilmcycr, was appointed 20 wait on :. '.
White ana learn the reasons l'r the delay
PM BETA KAPPA CONVENTION.
4 reception was given Yesterday afternoon az Co
nmbia College 10 the delegates 10 mo Pm Beta
Kappa Convention. here were present Prniessor
N.
Ncw-YorH Or. "a 'iandet OF lugiy College, Mart
ford; Professor iicmpdcn OF Wesleyan College. Mid
detowu: General Foster, Henry ,. Dfayt"h, no
f'ssOr Werner, al tho College OF Tue Clty ol New
York the Rev. Mr. C0lstUcE. Alderman Hu"cS
Professor Athcrton of Rutgers College aud others.
ATTENDANCE AT TIE Day SCHOOLS.
The Beard of Education met Yesterday. rupcrln-
tcndcut Jaspar reported that on september 80,
there were eurOleI in all the day schools OF the
city 100 200 pupils, aud there was an average NJ.
tendance of lJ,7lj an increase Of 7l5 over 1880
in a I'm "a l. ~
Mayor WIckham Offered % resolution expressing lIc
re-Tr. of the Board atthc Ithoi Dr. JOSIAH &. iol-
land. former president oi the Board, and It's SYM
paihy for his family. These were passed unani-
FORGERY oNcs TOO OFTEN
George Pollock, 9Ee twont,, forged % check fHr
5000 purI1ring t. be drawn D., B cher Eguthcr, of
No 20 ticrcer-st., nj the Ninth National Bank, on
SATURDAY morning IL vas paid, but suspicion fell
on Pollock when re returned on Monday with an
other check Tor 500, and tins time payment was
refused. The ir3. check was discovered to be- q
forgery. and the police were aoyis,d yesterday.
Pollock was arrested 10y Detectives ONeili aud Won
Gerichton, and OF the money 'r2OS was recovered.
Pollock was locked mp at Police headquarters.
HrR DEATH CAUSED w HER HUSBAND.
An INQUEST syas held yesterday by Coroner Elm !
ger on the death of Maria Mckeeycr the woman " hO
was killed by her husband from whom she bad been
srparatcd ten years, October at a butch 'T-.hOp
at No 81 West 1hrty-slXthst. There were SIX
orseycu witnesses bur no facts beyond those alcady
published in IHE TRIBUNE were brought out. The
iury found that Mrs. Mckccvcr came 10 her death !
bv : alb wounds in the abdomen received ut the
hands of her husband. Nckccycr admitted that lac
stabbed his wife, bat said that il done III n
moment of excitement and that he had not intended
WORK or THE BOARD OF HEALTH
There were i've new cases OF smallpox last week
in this city The Board OF Health yesterday heard
fresh complaints Of offensive lumcsescapng frOmthc
United States Assay Odicc. Inspector GoldsclunIt
repOred that the superintendent oil tho Assay Office
was willing to make all needed improvements in the
shelters to prevent the escape OF nONi1us gases.
Tho nnLlic school at No 3IG Nest Scyenteenlb-st
10. lar IN lac II baI inn
Walter g. Elliot, Alexander Eage5tOn aud Patrick
GoIding were appointed lnspoctors of plumbing.
Last week the milk inspectors seized and destroyed
l,040 quarts of aduterated or skim milk.
FEUD IN A TENENENT-HOUsE.
Anna Willis and Daniel Jackson both occupy
apartments at No. 315 East Twenty-third-st. For
some time there has been a ieul between Mrs. Will
lis's children and the children of Jackson. On
Tuesday night Jackson entered Mrs Williss apart
ment and, drawing pistol. told Mrs. Willis that if
she did not compel her children to let his children
alone he would Kill her. As he had left tho
apartments she called policeman and caused his
arrest In the YOrkylle Police Court yesterday
Jackson stated that the supposed pistol was only
newspaper and that he made no threats of violence
On the evidence of Miss May Mornngstar, who
swOro that she pistol III the prisoners hand.
he was fined $40 and required TO give $500 bail Tor
his good behayo for three months.
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week. 298; births, go; marriages,
81.
decree of absolute divorce was made yesterday
in the suit of VINO. Sheppard against Mrs. Martha
Sheppird.
The benefit performance for the Michigan suffer-
ers in the Park Theatre. Tuesday afternoon, Melted
about IL LOO.
The body of a man, about thrty-fve years old,
was found at the foot of Amitys yesterday in the
East River. IL was taken to the Morgue.
verdict in the Circuit Court yesterday awarded
S., 900 damages to Philip Hammer, i'll his suit
against the French Cream Of Tartar Company, for
tie loss of his right while working for the COM
pany.
The suit brought against the Syracuse Home Asso-
citation in behalf of Robert +. &. Pencil. to secure
the value of property boqueathCd TO the association
by his mother has been settled by deciding the
property % the plaintiff.
he jury before which was tried the suit of Miss
charlotte RoetingcT, for damages caused by George
Lang, age fourteen, shooting her in the face,
awarded verdict Of 81 900. Young Lang claimed
tha' he did not know the gun was loaded when lbs