New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-17
NETWORK CITY.

Order Of Kosher Shell Barrel Festival at JOncss Wood
NETWORK CITY.
Thieves have stolen the locks on the wire grating
used to protect the faucets on the lce-water ioun
ain in front of the Post Office.
NEW BUILDING IN GREENE-sT a.,
H. N. Camp, of No. 152 Broadway, yesterday hied
erected at Nos 49, Us and p7 Greenest and IS
West Houston-st., at cost OF $S0ooo.
BowERY IMPROVEMENT.
The building occupied the Citizens Savings BANK,
on the southwest corner Of Canalst and the B9wery
is being enlarged to twice its former slze mhe ad
dition is to have brown-stone front. Inc oio
Pacific Garden adjoining Is being Reconstructed
ONE OF THE cITY's MOST CROWDED DISTRICTS:
The mixed population in Mulberry.st. throng the
side alks between Worth and Bayard SITS 80 thickly
during certain hours OF Inc gay ana hgn ,h middle
of the street.
w.. H. MURRAY's PLANS.
Before entering on the practice or law, .ne h th
principal cities of the country. The hrst lecture
will be given in this city in September Mr.. Murray
will not open law office here until next spring
probably.
ELLIOTT AND GAIsEL MATCHED;
A rowing match between William Elliott. ex-
champion of England. and George ualsei; Oh .ilas
city was arranged at The Police Gazette Office yes
terday 1t will be for 5000 side, three miles with
turn, on August @, at place to be named here
after.
KILLED BY FALL FROM WINDOW.
want living ut No f3s Second-st., was killed this
morning by falling from third,story window. she
was in hanging out clothes to dry when the
line broke and the weight of the clothes dragged
her out OF the window.
BOUND TO SEE NEw-YoRK LIFE.
The police wero asked yesterday to look for Ed
ward Harmon, age thirteen, who ran away from
his home in Lawrence, Mass, last thursday. III
was said that he had been reading the cheap story
papers and had determined to "see life" In New
York. He had $40. belonging to his parents when
he started for this city.
VIOLATING THE LOTTERY LAW.
August Sherns was charged before Justice Pat
terson yesterday at Essex Market Police Court, by
Detectives Pierce and Macaulay, OF the Thirteenth
Precinct, with maintaining an office for the SAFE
and registration of policy slips at No. " Market
At in violation of tie provisions of the statute. He
was required to give bail in $1,000 to answer
AMBUscADRs IN BAxTER-sr
IL is almost impossible for a quiet pedestrian 10
pass through portions of Baxter-st., between Chat
ham and Canal, without running the risk OF having
his clothing torn 80 persistent are tue Hebrew Old
clothes and old-shoe dealers in their struggles to
sell their goods. They do business on Sundays as
well as on other days, but in less violent manner
BILLIARD PLAYERS GOING WEST.
The billiard players schaeler, sexton and wallace
will start for Denver, Col. tonight TO participate
with Alonzo Morris IN tournament at 6aik-ilne
billiards beginning on Monday next. The games
will be 600 points and the prizes will amount to
81 900. Alter the tournament, which will last
week. the players will 20 to San Francisco and play
in tournament there -
BROOKLYN.
The July Grand Jury was discharged yesterday.
The number Of persons who used public baths
last week was 2T,Soo.
Tax Collector Tanner started for Denver yester
Gay 10 attend the National Convention of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
SUIT for an absolute divorce has been begun by
Mrs. Amanda johnson, colored, against Richard
johnson, coored. of Hampstead, l.. l. Absolute
divorces have been secured by Mrs Pauline Byar
from Henry f. Byar, and by Mrs. Ida Gillies from
James Gillies.
The Rev. G. W. Powell pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church IN Flatbush who breaches also
in sheepshead Bay, tricycle. 10 journey from
one place the other making the distance OF about
five miles IN half an hour lie also rides the machine
| III making pastoral calls.
| In the suit of Mrs. Amelia NJ. Stewart. widow of
the late A. T. Stewart. against the Long Island
Railroad Company ITO recover rent for the.use OF the
railroad running to Garden City IN 1876 and 1877,
amounting to about $4,000, Judge cullen handed
| down decision yesterday dismissing the COM
| Ilaint
The injunction to restrain the new Williamsburg
and Fiatbush Railroad Company (Nostrand Avenue
Line from crossing the tracks OF the Grand street
| Prospect Park Railroad Company ltranklln Avenue
Linel at Mabonest. aud FlatDush-ave., in order TO
lay n switch close by the Willink entrance or the
| Park has been continued
Jacob Bolger, age seventy-two, OF No. 3o1 Third
ST. hanged himself with u clothes line TO post IN
the yard Of his dwelling Yesterday morning nor g When
for some time. IL is supposed that he got up
in the night and, going TO the yard, fixed the moose
around his neck while standing on an upturned pau
| which he then kicked over
| The trial of Dr. James r. Burdick upon the charge
| of Incorporating $3.50, which whs due to John
Burns on pension certificate No. 2OS,9I3, was be-
| am Yesterday before United States Commissioner
| Allen. Tho evidence of Mrs. Burns showed that
| DIR. Burlck secured the pension money for her
husband and gave her three notes Tor IL. The ex-
animation was not concluded.
In a quarrel last evening in the rooms Of Mrs. Jo-
hanna Shields, at No. 94 Flushing ave. between
Mrs Shields and Daniel Ryan and the latters wife,
Ann Ryan, Mrs. Ryan was thrown out OF the second
story window. She received severe injury IN her
back and was taken to the Cumberland street Hos
pital. Mrs. Shields and Ryan were arrested. They
declared that Mrs. Ryan Jumpedout OF the window.
Alexander Ray, private Waterman, while In
Prospect-place yesterday morning heard glass
broken and found two men entering the store of
John Behrens, No. 713 Prospect-place. They fled
Mt his approach, but were caught by Kay and
policeman i'll q cellar at NO. 9Ol Dean-st. They
proved to be Thomas Hennessey alias John Clark,
and Francis Frazer alias Thomas Kennedy, jail
birds and burglars.
JERSEY CITY.
Chief of Police Murphy, at the meeting OF the
Police Board last night, submitted report on
the recent desperate and fatal encounter between
the burglar Frederick Braun, alias FItzler, and
Policemen Reynolds and Donayan. The Chief
praises the conduct OF the officers IN retraning from
using their revolvers until forced to do So
NEWARK.
There were 101 deaths in the city last week; Of
thir number az we're of children, go of whom were
one year of ages,.26 died from cholera infantum.
An infant child. age two months of Mrs. Thomas
Ill. Lee, dleu yesterday IN tnc county JAIL,
where the mother had beon committed on q charge
of drunkenness. The cause OF death cholera IN
fantum Justice Paulin, who committed the woman.
states that the husband is q hard working mechan-
c and that the family store book full of charges
for liquor obtained by the wife.
The Court of Errors and Appeals at Trenton yes
terdgS decided adversely on the application Of the
coun1 for James Graves the murderer of a boy
named Henry SodeD, for new trial. and the MUIR
derers only hope now lies in appeal to the Court
of Pardons Graves is pitable object His intellect
is nearly gone and he is emacated to the last do
gree He is apparently Indifferent to the efforts be-
ing made in his behalf and It Is believed that he
will not live TO pay the laws penalty.