New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-06

hunting ground just of Coney Island POM, and
| one day last week ono rod pulled out nearly l2O
| poands of weak-fish before breakfast.
| HELD FOR RoBBING AN ALBANY MAN.
In the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
default Of 81 900 bail for stealing, on Saturday
| evening $50 from John Houlihan, OF Albany.
| DROWNED WHILE BATHING:
age ssso or s0 oa
| while bathiLg at the foot of West Twenty -seventh-
| ct. His body was not recovered.
YELLow-FEvER PATIENTS RECOVERING.
The yellow-fever patients IN the Quarantine Hos
/ pItal at Swinburne Island are improving, with the
exception OF the fireman who was taken from tho
steamship Saratoga on Thursday. His case is still
doubtful.
FEW DELEaATKs AND LITTLE BUSINESS.
| The Central Labor Union held a secret mceting
yesterday afternoon at Green's Patent Ventilated
| delegates present and business of Importance
was transacted
KILLED BY FALLING FIVE STORIES.
George L. Muldo0n. age thirty-iivo porter,
while sleeping the roof Of the ive-story building
| at No. 500 Westsi.. at an early hour Yesterday
morning fell to the ground and died instantly of
| fractured skull
TURKS DINING AT CASTLE GARDEN.
Twenty Turks. who arrived from Constsntinople
on the steamship Nederland on Saturday at Castle
Garden, yesterday sat Persian rugs spread on the
floor, eating their MONDAY meal, which was fur
nished them by Murray e. Nugent They. were wait
ing for. a Mr.. Godsten who is to take them to
Worcester. Mass TO be employed In factories there.
They are without means.
nor REQUIRED TO PASS EXAMINATIONS.
For the beneff Of several correspondents VINO
have inquired of The TRIBUNE what Federal ap.:
pontments come under the cognizance OF the Civil
Service rules. il is stated that jaDitors and mes
sengers IN the Custom House and Post Office. OPEN
ers and packers IN the Appraisers Department and
others whose salaries 50 so per day less are
not required to pass the examinations
TO BIZ TRIED WHEN Mr., WATSON RETURNS TO PORT.
Robert Watson, the longshorsman who was ar
rested on Saturday evening for attempting to rob
Robert X Foster. the chief mate of the steamship
Arizona, was arrsigned before Justice Gardner at
tho Jefferson Market Polics Court yesterday. Mr..
Foster stated that Watson was the man who cboked
n% not s ana ris
thirty days, when Mr.. Foster will be IN this port
again.
PERMITTING BOYS TO PLAY POOL
es as'' FOR tSo prey e won't Cruelty TO to
Childrc,, ON Saturday night found six boy.
nS5 IN ,toI Da az SS r,s and
of No % Avenue IN violation of chapter 496 of
the laws of 1881: They arrested Ebert and the
boys. who were taken before Justice Duffy yester-
day at the Essex Market Police Court. Ebert was
required to furnish bail in $500.
DOWN TOWN sHRouDED IN SMOKE.
The air IN the lower part OF the city was heavily
adened with smoke early last evening. AZ IL con-
faeration was IN progress somewhere within its
borders. Passengers the Jersey City fsrry-boats
stated that the smoke seemed TO roll acress the
river In q hugo volume and for time buried every
thing out OF sight. The smoke lasted only a snort
time and then all was clear again. IL Is supposed
20 have come from the meadows on Newark Bay,
which were reported TO be on ire in the afternoon.
YOUTHFUL BURGLARS CAPTURED.
An entrance made 10 tho pawn shop Of
I'd ward sparenberg of No. 10 Canal-st., on Sunday
night aud silver watches. money etc. were stolen.
burglar alarm ured John Bradley age tbirteen,of
No. 80 Cheryst, with the property IN his possesson
Maddigan, age sixteen. of No. 354 Madisons'.. no
was seen standing In front OF the premises Justice
Duty Yesterday at Essax Market Police Court,
held each IN default of 81 900 bail.
A JERSEY FARMER AMONG THIEVES.
Henry Munde, jersey farmer, put uo his truck
at No. 81 Greenwich-st., on Saturday night, and
sauntered leisurev into Battery Park. ie fell
asleep one OF the benches and Thomas Getting.
age fortytwo. of No. 40 hottest, distracted from
his person silver watch chain and revolver. all of
grove, OF the First Precinct, and on being charged
with the offence before Justice Power yesterday
the Tombs Police Court bail in $1,000
was required foe his appearance In General Sessions
DESCENT UPoSA DIsoApERLY HOUSE.
Upon the complaint of Daniel d. Stevens. of No. |
go West FOrty-thIrd-st.. and Others and upon a
warrant by Justice Herman, Officers RELY aud
Bockhoru. of the Twenty second Precinct, Sat- |
urday night made descent upon the alleged diSor |
DERBY house No. 265 West Forty-thirdst.. kept by
Mary scanlon, alias Fleming. Tho officers arrested
Mrs ScanOn and several inmates. Before Justice |
Herman, at the Yorkvie Police Court yesterday. |
the keeper Of the house paroed for an examna-
tion to-day, and the Others were fued ANAL lines.
BROOKLYN.
Thirteen out OF tho twenty-five pawnbrokers of |
the city have failed to take out licenses under the
new law, by which thoy have to pay fee of $500. |
William Alt, age seventy-four. of New-Jersey- |
ave, between Liberty and Baltic sts., East New
York, committed suicide yesterday morning while |
out Of his mind. He shot himself in the head aud |
died IN short time.
JERSEY CITY.
Michael Day. age thirty-four, aborer employed |
Mt tha Dela Iapl nd nil
road coal docks while wheeling coal in a barrow |
from canal boat To the pier. Saturday night, fell
into the river aud was drowned. He had been in
this country only few weeks and as no one knew
where he lived the body was taken TO tue morgue.
NEw-JERsEY
UNION HILL.-John Schick, age forty-fve COM
mitied suicide yesterday by hanging himself TO
door knob in his house on Main.st. SchIck was OF
a passionate temperament and his conduct at times
led his neighbors to suppose that ne was insane,
Yesterday he quarrclled with his wife and became
so violent that he procured gun and was about to
shoot her, when she fed In terror from the house
and sought protection in the home OF % neighbour
After a time she returned and found her husbands
body hanging to the door knob. Before committing
suicide Scblck had Torn up feather bed and broken
up nearly oil the furniture in the house.
LONG ISLAND.
YAPHASK.-George L. Jodry. ago ninety. eight |
died at the Suffolk County Alnshouse. on Satur-
day Jodry "A native OF France and q veteran
OF the Grand Army OF France. HIS was with Napo-
OF Waterloo. He had been an inmate of the Poor
house for several years aud chargeabe 10 the town
of Shutdown. In the same Institution Mary
coored. of Port Jefferson died on
Wednesday last, age ninety-six. The oldest iumate
of the house at the present time Is Hannah Green,
colored who says that she Is one hundred years of
ago.
PORT JEFFERSON. - Mrs. Kate Lincoln, while
fondling a pet cat, a few days ago, was severely
bitten In the arm She has since suffered greatly in
cons, quence Of 1t and IS unable 10 use her arm.