New-York tribune., 1882-08-11
NEW-YORK CITY.

| be music at the Battery this evening.
In East Thirty-ifth-st, between Second and
Thirl-aves yesterday afternoon nlnety-SeVen chii-
| dren were playing Mt one time
George W. Cregier secretary of the Board OF Polio
Justices reports that the lines collected during
| the month of July, 1882 amounted to $4.469 oO
IL is said that T. j. French is responsible for the
announcement but that the other nine heirs are opc
posed to him in his efforts TO manage the AFFAIRS Oi
the French estate and the probabilities are that the
| hotel Will he leased TO some persons ouUslue
| PREPARATIONS FOR THE RIFLE MATCH.
The officers of the Fall Meeting and international
Rife Match met at No. lO2 .WIlliam-st yesterday
afternoon to arrange some OF tho minor detilliS Oh
| the coming contest. DR.. John Habirshaw was ap-
| pointed assistant surgeon for the match
| TRANSFER OF BRooME-sT. PROPERTY.
The property at Nos. 426 and ~ Broomecst. mas as
been transferred by John n. Whiting as referee, to
Mrs. Julia f. LudlOw, for the sum OF Sl6OOOO
Mrs. Ludlow and her husband have NOR gagged me
| property for $50, 900 to the BOwery Savings Bank
TAXING MEASUREMENTS IN BATTERY-PLAcE.
A few elevated railroad engineers were taxing
measurements in Battery place Yesterday afternoon
for tho proposed station there. The detachment OF
| park policemen watched them closely but did not
| see that the engineers did any thing 10 make them
| liable to arrest.
EXONER ATTD BY A CORONER'S JURY.
The inquest IN the of Patrick Gerrlty, VINO
| was injured in the BOwcry lIquor-stOre of Sandy"
| Spencer on yny IL. was held by Coroner MeTkle
| yesterday. The evidence showed that Gerrity had
received hs Injuries from fall. verdict was rem
| dereu generating Francis tagin, who was charged
with having caused Gcrrtys death.
/ PROGRESS or THE HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL
Twenty-Five feet of the Hudson River tunnel have
! been completed the New-Jersey side In the last
week. AIR beds have been set up in the tunnel so
| as to make two chambers of compressed arr ms
| also renders 1t easier TO MAINTAIN an adequate
pressure and relieves The men from sudden changes
| from the compressed TO the normal atmosphere.
RUBBISH NOT THE POST OFFICE, BURNING.
| A dense v,umc of smoke rising from the Tool OF
the Post Office at abOut p ~, yesterday, caused
crowd to collect in Park place and even aroused tue
attention oil the rampS IN CITY nan LARK LARK. "A
| TRIBUNE reporter and one of the Post once EN-
| ployes made an investigation and found that 1t
was due to the burning of some rubbish IN the 1ur-
naces
SUING A VESSEL FOR FOUR DOLLARS.
A libel was filed yesterday in the United States
DistrlcL Court for a smaller amount than any that
is known to have been involved In a similar action.
Walter J. Price lIbeed the schooner Perne TO re,
"a for services performed IN towing ne VesSel
into her dock. The clerks fees are - 80, and The
malsnas from 70 to 80, so that the costs VIII LII
| any case greatly exceed the amount involved
| THOUGHT TO BE WANDERING THE CITY INSANE.
| The police o. the Twentieth Precinct yesterday
sent out an alarm for Henry Lohman, a German
II was said that he was wandering through the city
insane. When he left his nome he wore 9lue Han
mel shirt black trousers and waIstcoat and black
| Derby hat. He is OF medium height ana raher
| stout, with dark hair and eyes.
| FUNrRAL OF AN ACTOR
The funeral OF Waldo III. Wilder took place yes
terday afternoon at the Church OF the Translgura-
tiou IN East TwentY-niuth-st, near fIfth-aYe. he
services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. g. H.
! Houghton, assisted by the Rev. f.. &. Houghton.
/ The funeral attended by large numDer Oh
| actors The Interment was at the Lutheran Gene
| terry, Long Island Mr. Wilder was formerly con-
nected with the Union square Theatre.
NOT PROVIDING FOR HER FIVE CHILDREN.
Special Agent Chiardl. of the Society for the Pre-
venton of Cruelty to Children, took before Justice
Gardner yesterday at the I3nos follce nc our,
ST.. whom he found IN Franklin Square she was
intoxicated. and she had tve children with her
! whose ages were from i've years TO elgit months,
| and will whom it is stated she has been IN the
! habit of sleeping under the Brooklyn Bridge. Her
| husband has abandoned her. She was committed
| temporarily,
GETTING TWO YEARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY.
David McAulI.ic, one of the three men VINO were
admitted to the house oi Dr. W. W. SPraSue, at 20
| 149 East Nmetleti-st., on the night OF March ~,
| by Mary thorpe. a servan1-glr and who were ac-
cused OF burglary pleaded guilty yesterday IN tine
Court of General Sessions, and was sentenced by
Judoe ti,lderseeye to two years the State
Prison. The servant had been on friendly terms
with David McAuliiie, and she attempted on the
trial to tx the crime his brother John, swear
ing thai David had nothing to do with 1t. john
was acquitted on trial.
sUsPENDING SENTENCE on AN OLD MAN.
Samuel McNally, a child three years OLD, was
kill on June 10 by being struck on the forehead
| by John McCarney, an old man. OF No. Az west
Sixteenth-st. Mccartney had Oeen much troubled
the children d G 1s RSTous %
finally picked up cobbe-stone ana threw IL at the
boys intlicting fatal wound Oh the child, who was
sitting near the larger boys. A coroners jury
found Met Carney responsible for the boys death,
and me peaGcd guilty of mansaughter in the fourth
degree Jndge Gdersleeye yesterday suspended
sentence on the prisoner
NOT TAUGHT BY HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE.
Patrick Henry OBrlen, OF NO. 80 cherry ST., VINO
appeared before Justice Gardner on Tuesday 70
prosecute two men named Kelly, ahaS Boston,"
and Quigley, age twenty Tor the larceny OF Slo64
in bills and gold from his person on July ., IN
liquor store at No. 1o3 Chatham-st, went before
Justice Gardner yesterday at the Iombs to make
charge against James Alexander, age twenty-one,
OF no. 81 Water-s of The larceny OF silver watch
of the value OF go from his person in the same
place, on the night OF August y. Alexander was
held III default OF 5000 bail.
TRYING TO HAVE HER PET DOG PROTECTED.
Officer Edwin Bergh, of tho Society Ior the Pre-
ventlon OF Cruelty 20 Animals arrested yesterday
on warrant issued by Justice Ford at the instance
OF Mrs. Eliza ). Louis, an elderly woman, OF NO.
$40 ourtl-ave., John LOwery, man employed IN
the stables Oh the Ashland House, at Twenty fourth
ST. and Fourth-ave and aTraigned hun in the JET
ferson Market Police Court TO answer charge OF
cruelty to animals. Mrs. Louis stated that snc had
passed the stable several times with her dog a pet
collie. Lowery had amused himself by settlng his
powerful bulldog on ner pet. On wednesday, the
bulldog urged on by Lowery, mangled her dog ter
rby. Lowcry said that Mrs. Louis was In the habit
OF tantalizng every time that she passed, and
that she had threatened 10 beat him with stick
Lowery was put under 800 bail, which was fur
nished by II. Brockway, proprietor OF the Ashland
House.
BROOKLYN.
The number of permits for new buildings granted
III July 232 the buildings Will cost 81, ,l2OOG5.
John Haskell, colored, OF Cherry-st., New-York.
died yesterday at ST. Cathernes Hospital from sun
stroke.
The Park Commissioners voted yesterday to cut
of the water supply of persons OH Coney Island
of payment for 1t, if they did not up by
August 20.
The Park Commissioners ordered yesterday the
erection of new stables for twenty horses IN Pros
pect Park at a cost OF $40 900.
Repairs and improvements are being made in the
Academy of Music. A new iron frc-escape has been
put the side of the dressIng-roOms nearest Rem
sen-st
Health Commissioner Raymond has been
quested to make analysis OF the water III II pump