New-York tribune., 1883-06-06

n "a proposed to open at Fifth-ave. and Twenty
thfrd-st. The work will be prosecuted from inc
companys office at Broadway ana Deys nnIeted up
probably within sixty days and then tne fn
Which was bought last winter will not De ready iot
business. Four tubes each three inches In interior
diameter, are to be laid.
BROOKLYN.
The Fourth Brigade of the National Guard, under
General Brownell. will have sham fight on Staten
Island on June 20.
The books Of the assessors were open for inspfec-
tion by property owners yesterday. conslderapie
increase In valuations has been m2de III proporey
near the Bridge entrance.
While looking in closet with lighted candle
yesterday, Annie Hauson, age twenty-one, q SCI sell
want at No. IA set her clothes On ai afs anu
The Children's Aid Society wishes to send two
bright little children, age four ana nve yeaIs
respectively to their frendsln San Francisco under
the.care OF going there. Inc society ouorS
to pay $15 for this service.
The Brooklyn womans Club has been incorpor-
ated by twenty-seveu persons. The dirrectors ior
the first year are: Harriet r. Smith. Harriet Miller
Ellen Il. Brockway. Marian f. Woods; Evelyn "A;
Sampson, Martha A. Rowland, Mary Z. Rowley' ana
Laura Z. Holloway.
In the suit of Eli johnson to recover 800 OOo
damages for the alienation of his wifes affections
a motion was made Yesterday to make the amended
complaint more definite In that it speclhes seventy
criminal acts and adds divers other times and
places" Jgdge Pratt ordered that these times ana
The Sunday school children of the churches In
East New-York and Cypress Hills met In the
churches in the former village yesterday afternoon.
held from Fniton.st and smith-ave. in Atlantic
ave, Butler and Fulton sts., Pennsylvania and
East New-York ayes. to the Parade Ground
JERSEY CITY.
John Tinney, laborer in the employ of the Cen
trail Railroad Company while jumping on freight
train at COmmunipaw yesterday missed his footing
and falling under the wheels was mangled to death.
William +. Greenwood, president of the Amer-
can Temperance Union. was arrested yesterday on
a charge of libel preferred by Henry Weston, a
member OF the union. Weston alleges that Green
wood has sent him threatening and abusive letters
George NJ. Baldwin. an engineero on the Weehawken
division of the New-York, Lake Erie and Western
Railroad, dropped dead in the companys round
house yesterday morning. Baldwin had just left
his engine. and it IL believed that his death was
caused by the intense heat. He leaves wife and
one child.
Superintendent Jackson. of the New-Jersey
Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. on Monday
night sent to the Board of Fire Commissioners for
the benefit OF the Firemen's Relief Fund the sum OF
$3.50. The money was given in recognition OF the
services rendered by the department at the fire OF
the company's repair shops on the Hackensack
Meadows few weeks ago.
NEWARK.
The Rev. Father Farrelly of Brooklyn, appeared
before the Orphans Court yesterday and asked to
be appointed administrator of the estate of his
cousin, the Rev. Father Philip Mcmahon. Father
McManOn mas Dccn mlsSlDR many years, anu MS
relatives have not been able to find him prove his
death. He has So, 700 in the Newark Savings In
sttution and a large sum also in the Howard Say
lngs Institution of Newark. The Rev. Father Nc
Mahon, of Toronto, who is a brother of the missing
priest, opposed the motion. lie said that he be-
lieved his brother was alive Judge McCarter
granted postponement for three months.
LONG ISLAND
FIUsHrNG.-Thc bridge over Flushing Creek at
Brdge-st was yesterday closed for thirty days in
order to make some needed repairs.
soUTHAMPToS- bass have been taken in
large numbers in the town pond during the past
week some of them weighing over thrco pounds
each The pond was stocked two years ago with
black and Owego bass.
JAMAIcA.-Strawberries have begun to ripen on
Long Island the first of the season being picked
Yesterday Many Of the Suffolk County farmers
have sold their crops to dealers TO be delivered
The promise for a large crop was never better.
BAYsIDE.-E. A. Lawrence, who was reported to
have died on Monday, was living yesterday and
slowly improving. A relative said TO a TRIBUNE
reporter yesterday that he had suffered much from
diabetes. and complete restoration to health was
not anticipated.
LONG ISLAND CITY-Henry Fisher stopped a
runaway horse at the risk OF his life near Mllers
Hotel yesterday afternoon. The horse dragged him
several feet before he succeeded In stopping 1t.
Fishers brave act probably saved number OF lives
The owner offered him 81 asa reward for his BRAY
cry. Fisher declined to accept the money.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
VyRPIANCKs PoINT-The body OF Michael Sui
liyan, who has been missing since FEBRUARY, was
found yesterday in the Hudson River by the crew
OF a sloop.
WHITE PLAISs.-At a meeting of the village
trustees held on Monday evening. William X.
Brown rendered his resignation as president, and
Henry T. Dykman was elected TO the place. Andrew
Jackson Hyatt was appointed attorney In the place
OF Charles w. Cochran, who has been compelled by
sickness 10 retire. In the Third Ward l. B. Fowler
was elected trustee
STATEN ISLAND.
FnGrwATrR-Nathaniel Marsh and George
Bechtel. both Democrats were yesterday reelected
trustees of the village. There was no opposition.
Both have served six years in the board, and both
are Supervisors.
CuFToS.-John Negellnger came from Kentucky
n few DAYS ago and attended the picnic of the
Schutzen Corps at Gebhardrs Park on Monday
He imbbed freely of beer, and fell oil the dancing
platform, and was found dead, where he had fallen
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