New-York tribune., 1883-06-15
NETWORK CITY.

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GROUNDED ON BAY sHoAL.
The steamship State of Indiana, OF the state Line,
which left Glasgow on June l for this port got
grounded IN Swash Channel on the way from
Sandy Hook to the Narrows at 9:30 o'clock yester-
day morning. She got off after few hours with
without assistance and reached her pier yesterday
without damage,
AN ACCIDENT TO THE AMSTERDAM.
The steamship Amsterdam arrived at tins port
yesterday, a day or two overdue; Inc delay was
caused by the vessel meeting Win an act,usS 10 ,
her high-presSure cylinders when III Latitude Al
29I, longitude $50 go, on June z. On June she
passed large iceberg
GEN. sHALER INTRODUCED TO HIS DEPARTMENT.
General Shaler went to the rooms oI the Health
Department at y. m. yesterday and met there Dy
appointments DIR. johnson and Professor Chandler,
who introduced him to the heads OF the several
bureaus and talked with hI1 Tor an hour ABOUT
the business of the Department.
SALE OF TRorTING HORSES.
sale of trotting horses was held YESTERDAY at lne
American Horse ETSSsange S ve, az 5bose Of By an
Flushing TO Mr. 0pdykc for $6OO; roam geldingto
j. f. Tofree, S4O0 a pair of dark chestnuts 10 Mr.
CARPENTER $3.50 Blaaes; $aoo 10 an and Jaeb to ! II
Thunder. to NJ Lawrence @ooo' anu '"'A' W 20 "
Reed, $3.50.
NEw-YoRK ALUMNI OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY:
The New-York alumni OF Cornell University nv
private meeting Tuesday evening considered reso.
luton of confidence in the present management OF
the institution but after discussion voted IT down
by 26 to g. on the ground tha ~ was nOs ohy ,at G
necessary. but might give false impression ihat
the New-York Alumni had ever Deeh disioyai W
Cornell.
THE NEW FALL RIVER STEAMER.
The now iron steamer Pilgrim VIII be open Tor in-
snaction at the Fall River Line Pier at the foot of
Murray-st., on Saturday and MONDAY evenings
from TO 10 O'Clock. This vessel Is the largest OF
her class ever constructed and Is lighted entirely by
eIectricIty A concert will be given on board by
the band attached to tho steamer. Inc fllgIlm
will make her first trip on the line from New-iork
on Thursday.
srrSa THE ELEVATED RAILWAY FOR $4,000.
A suit for $4,000 has been begun IN the SUI
perior Court by William T. Mcbride. against the
New-York Elevated Railway Company. Inc
palutff saws that while he was riding on the plat
form of a crowded car he was orderered by tpo
conductor to go inside the door. Mhen ne sara ne
cuuld not do So the conductor. he charges,
assauted him and pushed him from the train at the
FOty-second Street station.
wYNKooP HALLENBECK's CLAIM.
Wynkoop Hallen5ecs VINO % propose TO ask dall M
the Post Office authorities TO accept their Dld Ior
prlutlug explained Yesterday that the large amount
asked by them is due to the fact that the contract
was for four years. and by the natural increase or
the business of the money order department the
Government might have TO pay the CONTRACTORS o'er
100000.
nFpARTIJRFs FOR EUROPE YESTERDAY.
professor d. C.. Gilman. president of Johns Hop
kins University, Mrs Gilman, j. Romain Brown,
the Rev. r. r. Eean, Colonel E.Moynen1 ana , U1yer W;
Star steamship Britannia j. Is. Houston president
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. WINE
EdouIn. the comedian. Mrs: Edo1in, the Rev X; ).
Deveii1 the Rev. Dr. Frederick Gardner the Rev.
I 4 Calm. Vlscount de Lavangeiras and A. A.
Vantinc sailed on the Republic.
ANCIENT RECORDS or COURT.
bool, nearly 200 years old and containing the
ooly records of the Court of General Sessions was
taken Yesterday from tue Historical societys rooms
to the Office OF Chief Clerk Sparks IL IS TO be used
~ - tpo frial of n case before the Supreme Court In
which the question Of the ancient ooundaries o.
some property In tho upper part OF the CITY ls IN
Usnute The book which was begun in 1901, is
Ten In ink that is still black, and IN fine but
Iegble hand. 1t has been placed IN the Historical
library for safe keeping III case Oh nre'
JOHN JACOB AsoE Ws al eel ysseEoy ISoy that
IL, Iacob Astor who was elected director Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company at the meeting
of the Executive Committee on Wednesday, had
Geciined 10 accept the position. A member OF the
comm,ttee said yesterday that the rum0r was aOso-
lutely false; that before the meeting OF the COM
mittee Mr. AstOr had expressed MS perfect Wiling
nass ~ serve as a director II he should be elected,
and that there possible doubt OF his accept
ancc.
RAILROAD TRACKS THAT ARE A NUISANCE.
The Grand Jury yesterday ordered the drawing OF
An indictment for maintaining nuisance against
tho Bleccker.st. and Fulton Ferry Railroad Com
pumber OF business firms in Water-sf. complaining
that the railroad company had failed to remove
tracks laid IN Water-s between Peck Slip and Full
tnnst which had not been used for several years
THE rails interfered with the passage OF trucks atd
caused street blOckades and had also, IL was said,
hacome eo worn and broken as 10 be dangerous
Tbs Commissloner of Public Works thought he had
not the power 10 compel the removal OF the tracks
and an application was made 10 the Grand Jury;
Several merchants we're summoned as witnesses and
testified that the tracks were nuisance.
BROOKLYN.
po,r,ck Casey age fifty-ive. with no home fell
INTO cellar at No. 250 Hoyt-st. yesterday morning
and was killed.
Tn tbe suit OF Philip Cassidy against the Man.
haitian Railroad Company to recover go 900 for in-
iuries received at the Forty-second-st station In
SIxth-ave.. IN August, 1881 tried In the Supreme
Court. sealed verdict of $3.50 was returned yes
terday
Mavor Low has promised 10 give G. l.. Ford, pres
;dent of the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island
Railroad Company an nearing n6n 70 aTms IN n regard
the trains of the company on the Long Island Kali
road tracks in Atlantic-aye.
Leonard Mabie of No. 175 Jay-st., whose wife
died from an overdose Of morphine on Wednesday,
was admitted to the Long Island College Hospital
Yesterday in state of extreme nervous prosration
Mrs Mabie will be buried AT the puDnc expense, as
her husband has no money.
An affidavit In regard to the death Of George II.
Smith, a lawyer who died suddenly on May at
his home No. 81 Clifton-place, was presented yes
terday TO Health Commissioner Raymond by
Smith's daughter setting forth her suspicious in
regard to it, and applying for permit to have the
body dislnterred. As tho burial was at BABYLON
L. l., the case was referred to the Suffolk County
authorities.
Commodore T. D. Wilson, Chief of Bureau of
Construction and Repair at the Navy Department.
Washington in company with Rear Admiral George
H. Cooper cOmmandant OF the North Atlantic
SQUADRON made general survey OF the Navy Yard
Yesterday. After the customary salutes, Conmo-
dore Wilson visited the frieate Trenton, which has
been recently rebuilt and is now nearly ready for
sauadron duty. Tue frigate Tennessee, the flagship
| OF Admiral Cooper, was then visited.
| The police guessed wide of the mark when they
| thought that the notorious silver thief had been
captured last week in the person of Robert Stone.
Stone ~ still in custody but the silver thief was at
| work in the Nineteenth Ward where he had not
before appeared, yesterday morning. He took silver
of more or less value from the houses OF Charles c.
Burgher, No. 16S Wison-st; William Haylland,
| No. 1874 Wtlson-st, and THOMAS Kennedy, NO. on
| Lee-ave He also visited No. 81 Les-ave.
Diedrich Mahuken, who shot Diedrich Stefens at
Vanderbilt and Park aves. on April IL, killing him
! instantly was arraigned Ill the Court OF Sessions
Yesterday on the charge of murder In the first de-
| gree His counsel interposed o plea of not guilty
| on the ground of insanity but Mahnken opposed