New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-27
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE q, 1857.

obsolnte divorce from her husband, Danlei W.
Brown.
The Board Of Aldermen Yesterday Of aSts ey p
amended ordinance prohibiting the saio Va wy P''
tolls under penalty of fine OF I'D.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday voted 10 a"a h
the contract for n fourth pumping engine az Cie
Ridgewood Pumping station 10 DaViuSoh !" WV Nv
a cost OF $4,000.
Two og-catchcrs were appointed by Mayor Low LOW
yesterday. They will get 90 cents Tor 9ach dog
caught unmuzzled and unlicensed iho uoe
pound is at the foot of Bridgc-st
The suit TO remove Hubert Giroux from his ONCE
rs president of the Lafayette Fire insurance Cono
pany at the instance of certain stocknoiuers' VIM
allege incompetent management, was trled OeIoro
Judge Barnard Yesterday who dismissed the case.
While PLAYING in the tic of the Kings county
Bank Building, ut Broadway ana f0urth-sl; ycsiIel
day. James Mccormack, age four, fell througn SKY
light to the second floor and was instantly klIIcu'
His parents live in Long Island City. lie was Vslu
ing the family of the jantor of the bank.
William Stumpf age eighteen, prcssman in the
printing office Of the Brooktyner frae fresse, III
Myrtle-ave. was arrested yesterday for Stealing
money from the money-,irawer III the ONCE or the
paper. Several hundred dollars have been taken at
various times. Stumpf admitted that nc had been
stealing for several years.
NEWARK.
Holbrook's Newark City and Business Directory
for lSs2JS3 has been published The publishers
estimate the population of the city at $4,000 me
Directory contains the usual features Ill addition 10
a revised map of the City Of Newark.
NEW-JERSEY.
PATERsoN-Two patients at the ST. Josephs Hos
ptal have been discovered to be suffering rom
smallpox and have been removed TO the city pest
house Il is thought that they contracted the dl5-
ease from patient who was admitted 10 the
hospital some time ago. the managers not knowing
that he had the smallpox
LONG ISLAND.
Long ISLAND CIrY.-Mayor DeBevoise, of Long
Island CITY, yesterday appointed the KEY, '1oin IN
Hggs Baptist minister, school Commissioner IN
place of DR.. w. K. Burnett, resigned.
WESrCHESIER COUNTY.
New ROCHEILE-Th dwelling of Peter Burger
in Ncw-Rochele was partially destroyed by fire on
Saturday. The furniture was saved. Damage
about -. 800 Insured for 81 800.
PoRr CHEsTER.-CorOner W II. Hylcr, of Port
Chester yesterday made an investigation as 10 the
cause of the death of II. A. Polhemus, of Ncw-Ro-
chelle on saturday afternoon. Mr.. Polhemus was
reading a paper was carried to Harrison, the second
station beyond New-RocbelIe He started TO walk
back to New-Rochelle. a distance OF nearly SIX
miles, After walking about mile and a half. he
was seen to fall and 10 he picked up by two traups
boy subsequently assisted him across the tracks;
when he again fell down. and was left on the ground
by the boy, who thought he was under the influence
of IquOr. His unstcallne Is attributed To pros
tratIon from the excessive heat OF the day. MT
Pohcmus subsequently found lying dead by
the side of the down track with his skull fractured
1t is supposed that he was struck by the platform
of a car of passing train, and was thus instantly
killed.
STATEN ISLAND.
Ew-RRIGUToy.-Statcn Island farmers will be,
Gin harvesting their hay and grain crops, both Of
which are unusually heavy, on July l.
Princes BAY-The Princes Bay oystermen have
petIIiOned Congress To appropriate ToOOOO to make
good the damage done to oyster bCds IN Princes bay
by the Governments dredging machines.
STApLETON-Ihe Staten Island opposition ferry IS
still running hut. II is said, is barely paying cX-
pcnses The staten Island Railway Ferry Company
that there IS no truth IN me story lna lucy III