New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-08
the woman to the custody of the superintendent OF
the WOrkhouse.

the woman to the custody of the superintendent Of
the WOrkhouse.
y, REPORTS ABOUT YELLOW FEVER.
captain Zimmerman. of the Havana steamship
City of Washington. Says that yellow fever is not
years. and that this Is due to the fact that there are
not 90 many soldiers quartersd there as heretofore
r & s
There have been no cases Of yellow fever on the
Havana steamships this year.
DROWNED AT THE FOOT OF wATT-sT.
Douglas Abel. age sixteen, of No. ia variclsst.,
was drowned at the foot of Watt-st. Wednesday.
M body was found st night At the time Of the
sgpgeared and Abel ran; In his effort to escape he
drowned. The statement was made Yesterday that
the policeman chased him to the end of the wharf,
was demanded by the boys father. Coroner Knox
will hold the inquest.
BROOKLYN.
Absolute divorce was granted yesterday to WILL
lam Wallace colOred, from Deborah Wallace.
The body Of n colorcd man known Skip f"
johnson, of ,Canarsc, was picked up in Jamaica
Bay Wednesday.
The ordinance of the Common Council changing
the of Sackett-s from Fifth-aye. to the Pros
effect f''N' --'' e'A0 INV
An insane woman was at the City Hall yesterday
claiming TO be Mrs Garfield, wife of the President
of of the United States who had been killed, she
Frederic Dalter, age Fifteen of No. COS Sixteenth
ST., while on his way to work yesterday fell, and
pistol III his pocket was discharged, tho ball enter
ing his abdomen.
Judge Cullen, in the Supreme Court yesterday,
denied the motion for bill of particulars in the
SUIT Henry r. Pcrson. receiver against the stock
nolucrs In the widows and Orphans Benefit Life
Insurance Company.
The Board of Health of Gravesend has deter
nhatc TO TAKE immediate ana summary measures to
sewers from the Manhattan Beach and Oriental
Hotels into Sheepshead Bay.
IvrJo,
r W, TO the registration of plumbers in New
YORK and Brooklyn, Health Commissioner Crane
mas mas called meeting Of architects and plumbers at
to the best manner of enforcing it.
JERSEY CITY
The Hudson County Board of Frecholders yestcr
day reelected Thomas Bvrnes Superintendent of the
County Aims House, and also reelected Dr. Charles
Is. Converse County Physician for three years at a
salary of $4,000 a year. The Board fixed the
amount of the tax levy for tho ensuing fiscal year
at H45O,1OO.
One of the trucks of freight car on the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad broke yesterday
near Snake Hill, and two cars were wrecked.
Robert Dixon a brakeman, had his legs crushed
between two cars, and was removed to st. Marys
Hospital at TIobo1en in dying condition Travel
was delayed for some time.
NEw-JERsEY
PAssArc.-A young woman. a sistern-law of Mr..
awakened by the fash of a dark lantern about 3 a
IN. yesterday. and saw two burglars in the room.
II. FASTENED down
They carried off Mrs. Kiigours gold watch.
BLooMFIELD.-Some excitement has been created
by the number of mad dogs that have been killed
within the past two or three weeks. woman lv-
ing in Boomfeld-ave. was attacked by a dog near
foot.
ORANGE-William McCrea age fourteen, while at
work in j. d. Stctson & Co.'s hat shop IN Mitchell
machine which picks and tears the roundinCs of
hats TO pieces and was drawn in by the machine and
vve his injuries.
:. UNION HILI~-Phillip Koch. an aged man, who
lives in Hudson-ave. in large honse surrounded by
extensive grounds, attacked at late hour Tues
day night by a foot-pad, who attempted to rob him.
and succeeded in getting his watch and chain. Mr.
Koch Is a powerful man, notwithstanding his adj
vanced age. and he engaged in hand to hand strug-
gle with the r,lilian The latter was knocked down
and firmly held until the arrival of some workmen
from Peters's brewery, when he was taken to the
lookup and thence removed to the county Jail yes
terday. The prisoner gave his name as Robert Nc
Quade, and said that he lived i'll New-York
LONG ISLAND.
PORT iphthoria is prevalent at
Port Washington. Several children have died in
the Last W eek from the disease.
INSTRUMENTATION Mathews of Westbury.
while endeavorlng To rescue his cows yesterday from
the assaults of three strange dogs, was himself
severely bitten. The dogs were finally killed, but
tie ''N '"'
JAMAICA Surrogate Townsend had another hear
ing ut Jamaica Yesterday in the Henry Cocks will
case. third will was presented for probate by
Eleanor Jones. and opposed by J. V. Vanderhoof
of Flushing. There are now three wills presented
by different persons proporting to be the last will
and testament of Mr.. Cocks.
STATEN ISLAND
NEW BRIGHroN.-The Staten Island Fire Depart
ment was summoned Yesterday 10 De Cong's paper
factory, at New Br ghton to extinguish a lire burn
ing among pile of coal. The fire was caused hy
spontaneous combustion said TO be the result of the
intense heat of the last few days.
CLFToN.-Last year twenty-five small German
carp were placed in pond at Clifton. They have
grown To be nine inches long and weigh nearly one
pound each. Application has been made to the
United ates Commissioners of Fisheries for 500
young carp to stock different ponds Staten
Island.
HUDSON RIVER TOWNS
NEw-R OCHEILE-Coron Hyer of Port Chester
WAS called yesterday to hold inquest the body
of Joseph Hunt, steward of the yacht Vision who
was accidentally drow ned in New Rochelle Harbor
The deceased man was twenty mine years old and