New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-18
WHAT is GOING ON TO-DAY.


Mondamus proceedings in the Supreme Court against
N Meeting OF merchants in favor OF free canals
Offering of william r. GarrisOn's will for PROBATE
Inspection of the 18th Regiment at Peekskil
NEW YORK CITY.
Buildings declared to be unsafe Yesterday: Nos:
234 and 236 Greenwch-st., 170 Henry-st. ana IL
Cannen-st.
Certificates of death to the number of 1 ls were
sent to the Bureau of Vital Statistics yesterday
FIftyeight of children under hve years OF age.
b. Newgass. of the firm of Il. Newgass q Co., of
Liverpool, was elected a member OF the cotton LIZ
change yesterday.
BREAKING HIS LEG WHILE AT WORK.
Brooklyn. had his right leg broken yesterday while
he repairing the sliding door of the elevator III
the Cooper Institute building.
RAISING MONEY on CHURCH PROPERTY.
Grace Church has obtained from the BANK lot
Savings loan Of 100000 on three years credit
giving as security for the payment mortgage on
property i'll fourteenth-st, near Ihrd-ave.
THE TAX on CIGARS. .
meeting Of manufacturers and dealers in leaf
tobacco will be held Mt No. 81 Wall-st., on 1hurs-
day, to take action respecting the bill now pendlng
in Congress proposing 10 reduce the tax on cigars
ADMITTED TO BAIL.
Francis Pagan, bartender, who struck Pat
rick Gerrarty on the head with bottle, lnfllct-
ing injuries from which he died, was taken before
Coroner Merklc yesterday and held III 81, 600 ball
Sand" Spencer bee ime his surety.
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.
Mrs. Mary Gillen, an Irishwoman who claimed to
be 102 years old, died from old age on Sunday, at
No. 472 Pearl-st. She had been resident of this
city forty-three years Her boly buried III Cal
vary Cemetery yesterday.
FEEDING A GIRAFFE WITH TOBACCO.
Wesley Whtbeck, the Englishman from Jersey
City, who fed the Central Park giraffe tobacco on
Sunday. yesterday arraigned before Justice
Otterbourg in the Yorkville Police Court where he
was held for examination.
PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL.
A n
ST. sixty-eight feet east of Seventh-ave., has been
transferred for nominal consideration by the
Sisters of Charity Of st. Vincent c Paul TO st,
Vnceats Hospital
RELEASE OF PROPERTY GRANTED.
Ex-Mayor Cooper and Congressman A. ). Hewitt
have granted the city Il release of property required
for the opening of streets between One-hundred-
and-thirty-eighth and One-hundred-and-forty-
ninth-sts.
OBJECTIONS TO A WILL WITHDRAWN.
The objections filed by Cornelius Vanderbilt Cross
to the probate of the will of the late Cornelius j.
Vanderbilt yesterday Withdrawn. The contest
will be continued OH the objections of the other
contestants.
PRACTISING MEDICINE ILLEGALLY.
DR.. Frederick r. Sturgis applied to Justice Smith
in the Jefferson Market Police Court on Wednesday
for a warrant for the arrest of Dr. terbertson, of
No. II West Third-st, who, 1T was claimed was
practising medicine illegally. He was arralgned III
court to-day aud held in $500 bail
RENTING HOUSES FOR DIsORDERLY PURPOSES.
Charles +. CTevier was jointly indicted with his
brother, John c. Crever, for acting as an agent in
renting houses used for disorderly purposes They
are real-estate agents at No. 12f West Broadway.
Charles l.. Crevier was arrested yesterday and re-
leased OH 5000 bail.
A PRISONER AT AN EARLY AGE.
James Gallagher, age seven, assisted number of
other boys in knocking down James Moran. of Sew
euty-frst-st. and Avenue-A, and stealing a box of
candy and cents from him in Central Park. Gal
Iagher Yesterday committed III the Yorkyille
Police Court.
ARRIVALS OF IMMIGRANTS:
Six steamships arrived yesterday and landed the
following number of immigrants at Castle Garden
City of Berlin, from Liverpool, 941 the silesia.
dam 33I ; the w. A. Scholten, from ROTTERDAM,
275: the Serva. from Liverpool, 261; and The
Warwick from Bristol 7S, making total of 2, AZ.
NEW CHURCH INCORPORATED.
The certificate of incorporation of the Swedish
Methodist Episcopal Church, the edfce of which is
IN EIeventh-st between Second and Third-aves
,o tled i'm the Registers Office yesterday. The Rev
Andrew G. johnson is the pastor. and Messrs.
Lars ] Swenson, Otto Benson andAlexander Main
compose the Board OF trustees.
poppFD WHILE SLEEPING IN A BAR ROOM
Patrick OBrien, of No. 10 Cherry-st., came Lefore
Justice Gardner yesterday at the TomDs Police
Court in the forenoon, and complained that silver
from his clothes while sleeping i'll the bar room of
Charles Foley at No.. "a New Chambers-st., on Sat
urday night. He charged that Foley took the
money and assaulted hin Both charges were dis
missed.
PAYING A DIVIDEND SLOWLY
The receiver of the Continental Life Insurance
II
dividend OF per cent; The payment proceeds
sowIy and yesterday only about $4,000 had been
discussed. The delay is not owing to lack of money
although the proceeds of the sale of its building
have moi vet reached the receiver. A check for the
dividend due each pOicyhoder is sent to the proper
address as soon as 1t Is made out.
FOREIGN MAILS TO BE SENT WITHOUT DELAY
The mails from Australia and NewZealand will
arrive at jersey City tomorrow about the time of
the sailing OF the AgzoTa, Tien was expected to
ship cannot be delayed, on account of the state of
the tide and Postmaster Pearson has made arrange
ments for sending the tug Fletcher with the mails
Ia overtake the Arizona which will wait outside
the Lar.
LARGE APARTMENT HOUSE TO BE BUILT.
| The Knickerboczer Apartment Company OF which
h. ;. Hone Is the president, Is to build large
apartment house at Flith-ave and Iwenty-eighth-
ST.. at "A cost OF $42S, 900. The building is TO be
eleven stories high Its walls will be constructed
of brick, with brown-stone and terra-c0tta trim
mings iron beams will support ire-prOof floors
throughout the structure. Iwenty-three families
will be able to I'VE III the mousse The architect Is
Charles w. Clinton,
STEALING JEwELRY FROM HOTEL ROOMS
! Detectives Heidelberg ana Dolan OF the Central
| Office arraigned before Justice Gardner yesterday
at tue IOmbs Police Court, Jacob Shpperd, native
of Germany. age seventeen, OF No. Greenwich-st.,
and who is charged with having absconded from
Bath, l.. j., after having stolen lewelrv, etc. from
the rooms OF the guests of the Franklin House of
! the value OF $500 lie was employed a lamp
! trimmer there for the last two weeks and by that
means obtained access to the rooms lie was re-
manded for examination
ARRESTED FOR INJURING HIS MOTHER.
! Joseph j. Fitzpatrick, OF No. 1913 Greenwich-st.,
who injured his mother accidentally while quarrel
! ling with his brother, on Saturday night, was
rested Yesterday morning by a policeman, who
| found him intoxicated III hallway in New Church
! ST. He was taken before Coroner Knox, and is
held without bail to await the result OF the woman's
injuries
NEW DUTY FOR POLICE JUSTICES.
! Mayor Grace has sent to Albany for a copy Of the
| new bill, passed as an amendment TO the Code by
] xyhl he IN
mate from time to time "A Police Justice whose duty
il shall be to stay all night at Police Headquarters
TO take bail of prisoners arrested 10y the police The
| Mayor will probably III few days des gnate the
first Justice 10 begin the new system. The measure