New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-20
NETWORK CITY.

Studies will be suspended in Columbia College
on the 26th of this month. me commencement GA
ercises will take place on June Ii.
The first anniversary Of the De Witt Memorial
Church will be held tomorrow evening. Dr. +. ,;
Porter. NJ. X. Jesup and the Rev. James MARSHALL
will take part.
and % Ridge-st 15l West Twenty -fourth-st., 426
East Seventy fifth-st, and III East Seventy-sev-
enth-st.
Jose F. de Navarro has sold to the Eighth Avenue
Railroad Company the small block bounded by
Eighth-ave Nee Jmbs Dam road, One-hundred-
and-fifty first and -and-hfty-second-
SITS, for $4,000.
FINDING WORK FOR IMMIGRANTS.
The Labor Bureau at Castle Garden has found
employment for !, 7O2 men and 4O3 women IN the
last nine DAYS. The average wages paid to the men
are from S12 to $l4 month. and to the women
$40.
CHARGED WITH MURDER IL THE FIRST DEGREE.
Edward Hovey, who killed his sster-in-law. Mrs.
Fannie Vermilyea, at No. 273 West Ihlrty-elghtih,
Court of General Sessions, to an Indictment charg-
ing him with murder in the first degree.
THE INCREASED VALUE OF REAL ESTATE.
The increase in the valuation of real estate in this
c1ty is shown by a deed dated 1921, which was
placed record yesterday. BY it three lots IN
One-bundred- and-seyenteenth-st., east OF second
ave-. sold by Isaac Adriance to Philo L. Mills
for $50 each.
THE AssAILANr OF MR.: BERGH, JR, PUNISHED
Richard McKeever, who was convicted III the
Court of General Sessions of assault and battery III
striking Henry Bergh jr., while the latter was ar,
resting one of McKeevers drivers, was sentenced
yesterday by Recorder Smyth to the fni Jul penalty
one years imprisonment and fne OF $Zoo.
HALL BOYS THEFT.
Thomas Tanning age fifteen, hall-bOy at No %
FIfth-ave. pleaded guilty yesterday, before Judge
Gllder>eeye. TO grand Larceny in having stolen JeM
was sent to the House of Refuge, and his mother,
who received some of the goods, was discharged by
the Court.
THE FUNERAL OF FREDERIC f. GILBERT.
of f.
yesterday at ST. AIMS Roman Catholic Church, a
solemn requiem mass. was celebrated, Nlcar-Gen-
eral Quinn officiating. There were present sixty
boys from the Catholic Protectory in Westchester
County. of which institution Mr.. Gilbert was prcsl-
dent. The remains were taken to Greenwood Gene
terry for burial.
TO BE PLACED UNDER THE CORNERSTONE
President Parker, OF the Produce Exchange. re-
Gently requested the members TO send suggestions
to the Building Committee as to what would be
most desirable to deposit under the cornerstone of
the new building. suggestion yesterday was
made by several members to deposit the gong which
is beaten for fifteen minutes daily just before the
close.
ENTRIES FOR PIGEON RACE.
The Hudson County Lioming Pigeon Club Will
fly race from Newport Pennsylvania, tomorrow,
the weather permitting The following are the
entries for the race +. Whiteev, Newark, 81 birds;
h. j. BramLall, Jersey City, 10; :. Van MocIs,
Brooklyn, 7; Fl. Roru, Williamsburg, 7; G. G.
Broom, Brooklyn, f. d. Beard Brooklyn. 2; /.
A. Mollenhauer. Brooklyn, 3; T.. G. Pastied Will
iamsourg. and w. l. Serrell, Bayonne, 4.
DEATH OF A VEGETARIAN.
Cornelius L. Boyd, of No. 226 East One-hundred-
and-sixth-st., who had been strict vegetarian for
about forty years, died yesterday morning at the
age of sixty three. In reporting hls death to the
Bureau of Vital Statistics, the attending PHYSICIAN
DR.. G.. r. McGregor, stated that MIR. Boyd suffered
general debnlty, partly the result of peculiar
notions IN living" The immediate cause OF death,
however was gwen as pneumonia.
JERSEY CATTLE AT AUCTION.
Two large auction sales of Jersey cattle will take
place on Tuesday and Thursday at the American
Institute Building, under the charge or Peter =.
animals owned by Colonel X. NJ. Hoe. of West
Farms and Herbert Mead, of Lake Waccabuc: The
second sale will he entirely OF registered jersey
bulls consigned from the herds OF several proml-
nent breeders, among whom are Theodore A. Have-
meyer, John l. Holly, j. V. NJ Wills James STILL
man and Orestes Pierce.
HIS WIFE FOUND INsENsDLE ON THE FLOOR.
While officer Cowen, of the Tenth Precinct, was
on his way his house yesterday afternoon, he was
told that man was numbering his wife IN q room
on the upper story of the tenement-hOuse No. 24O
East Seventy-Sixth-st. On gong there, the officer
found Michael Sullivan, age forty-sx Ill state OF
intoxicaion, with soda water bottle In his hand,
and his wife, Bridget Sullivan, OH the floor, bathed
in blood and unconscious, with several dangerous
wounds She was sent to the hospital IN Fast Nine
ty-nnth-s. Her husband was taken into custody,
and was arraigned before Justice Morgan, IN the
Essex Market Police Court while his Lands and
shirt yet smeared with blood. lie was COM
united temporarily.
HoRsEwHIPPED BY A GIRLS MOTHER.
Catherine McGlonn, pretty glr, sixteen years Oh
maker OF NO 10 West Eleventh-st., IN whose en-
ploy she had been for nearly two years, en-
bezzlng money. She was arralgned III the Jefferson
Market Ponce Court yesterday and held III $500 to
answer. Mrs. Ryan stated that the girl had always
been good girl and hat she mad .rusted her on
several occasions with hundreds of dollars. she
had no reason to suspect her OF dishonesty until
few months ago when she rented II room TO man
named NevIns, who became familiar with
Catherine. Mrs McGlon, when she heard Of tue
Seyenteentii-st. and Second-ave and cut HIM Sc
verey with the whip. Ihe glrl refused to duplicate
Nevins though she acknowledged That she had lent
all the money she could get.
BROOKLYN.
An aoortment house for eight families is TO be
built at "a OF "a, 900 in Orangc-st, three doors
from Plymouth Church.
Henry WOrthingtOn, age twenyt-three, OF No,
49, Jay-st. has been missing from his home since
April 10 lie was empIOyed Us ufuB cierh ny HIS
father.
Colonel David j. Carr, who served through the
war with the 77th Regiment. rising from the ranks,
died on Thursday at has home. No 2l3 EIeventh-st
lie was fOrty-ScVen years ola.
Daniel Mauer one of the oldest residents OF
Brooklyn, has been lying in critical condition for
several days at ms home No. 524 Grand-st. 1t was
stated at his house last evening that while his re-
coYeTy was impossible, tnefc was no Immediate
danger OF death.
G. L. Bagley, workman employed on the bridge
fell sixty feet yesterday morning, from platform on
one the cables near the BrooKlyn anchorage 10
the roof of an engIne-house lie dlslOcated "a shout
der aud received other injuries.
The estimate of tho cost of the county govern
ment for the ensuing fiscal year. prepared Dy the
Taxes Committee OF the Board of supervisors, Is
$I,S02574 3D. Tins lnclu les 1868 go 80 for the
principal of the county debt, which VIII not De
palu TINS year, but will be funded again.
Mayor Low received letter yesterday from
Mayor COurtenay, OF Charleston, ). g., ASKING Tor
u copy OF the new charter Oh brooklyn. copy al
the law of 1880, giving the sole power of appoint
ing heads OF departments 20 the Mayor, sent
TO Mayor C0urtenay.
Mrs. Matilda Henninge, age thIrty-slx, of No. 80
CaIrull-s. fired pistol at Il cat III her back yard
yesterday afternoon. The cat WAS unhauned but
the bullet entered the window of the basement
OF No 40 Presldcnt-st, and struck Mrs. Auu bur
meistcr III the side. causing {. slight wound. The
woman VINO tired the shot was arrested.