New-York tribune., 1882-04-07
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. APRIL Y 1867

| United States Circuit Court q suit for $5ooO'
damages brought by Anthony Farrell against Gen
eral John Newton Farrell was employed as laoPr or
| General Newton acting under direction OF the Soc
retary of War On September II, 1873, Farrell
was injured by the falling Of piece of rock, ani
that the accident was due to negligence ON the pdi
OF General Newton, in not seeing that inc wal'
were sufficiently braced. The suit was ttled yca,
| ago and resulted in disagreement on the part o.
the jury. The second trial was also WITHOUT iesul
| the jury being DISCHARGED at 1850 p LII. WITHOUT
| having reached a verdict.
BROOKLYN
Health Commissioner Raymond proposes to pros
ecute the butchers who sell goats meat ior lilnp'
The sum of $4,000 has been raised for the cree
tion of new building for the Brooklyn Society loi
Improving the Condition of the Poor
The Supreme Concave iof the Order of Hepta-
sophs or Seven Wise Men, has been in session IN East
Ncw-York this week. The order originated IN Ma
ryland fortv-Onc years ago, and nearly every State
now has a conclayc. 1t is fraternal and DeneVo-
lent society
Mayor Low has approved the resolution OF the
Board of Aldermen providing for electric nghts IN
Broadway, Grand, Fourth and fnth.sts. III. tpe
Thirteenth Ward, the company to furnish the ilght
for tern of years as cheaply as gas.
The Music Committee of Plymouth Church has
secured James V. Flagler, of Auburn, Professor OF
the Organ in the College of Fine Arts or Syracuse
University. to play the organ in the chnrcn i2r tle
year beginning MAY |. Professor Flagler Will sue
cecd Frederic Archer. who will 80 to the Church of
the Incarnation III this city,
JERSEY CITY.
The men in charge OF centrifugal machine at
Matthiesscn d WiccheI's refinery, at the foot
of Westinghouse, were preparing to go to work ~
G3O A. H. Yesterday, when the machine burst with
terrific force. Joseph Gcmpc age forty-siX, of No
JOS Essex st.. was struck by large piece OF the
machine aud injured so badly that be died a few
minutes after being removed to the Charity Hos
pital. Martin Serc and Ferdinand Scholz were also
injured, but were able to walk home.
NEWARK.
The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment was eel
ebratcd very quietly yesterday. There was no
street PROCESSION in previous years. In tine even
ing at the Grand Opera House. Frederick Douglass
delivered an address on John Brown"
At the meeting of the Newark Presbytcry yester-
dav the Rev Dr. Fndey and the Rev. J. ii. Wolf
were elected Commissioners to the General Assem-
bly, at Springfield Ill, on the third Thursday IN
May. The Rev. DR.. Stearns aud the Rev. Mr. par
lanirc were elected alternatcs. William f. Van
Wagner and Philip w. Harrison elected dele
gates to the Assembly Of Elders. with Ira w. Har-
rison and J. p. Dusenberry. alternates.
NEW-JERSEY.
WrruAwKFx-A warrant has been issued By
Justice Rusch for the arrest OF Michael orney, thc
keeper of the township jail, charge OF assault
and battery on John Turk. The complainant al
leges that he went TO the prison TO ascertain What
his wife had been locked up for, and that Tormey
put him in cell and after keeping him there for M
teen minutes released him and beat him.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
PFLnAM-It is staicd that Samnel =. Bllar ir-
tends to contest the election of James Hyatt rs su-
pervisor on the ground that number of New-lork
officials holding positions in the institutions on
Hart's Island, voted for Mr.. hyatt, whose majority
was only lG.
LONG ISLAND.
LoNG ISLAND CrTY-Thieves were actively at
work in Astoria early yesterday morning. They
broke into the houses of Peter Femagcn, James
Flcmagen and William Moore, in First and Second
aves and the house of Walter j. Foster: in Acad,
emy-st They took whatever jcwelry they could
lay their hands on, bur in Mr. Sloores house they
got also 80. They effected an entrance into the
houses in each instance, through the rear windows.
The rccently-appointed Health Comms-
sion met at the City Hall yesterday and effected an
ornnniza ion LIZ ihn clecflnn of Dr. A. MulOt