New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-18
NETWORK CITY.

The new steamer Pilgrim Oh tno Kan "
ie approaching completioi H.. .ho
Workmen are improving the Polo Grounus lor Vno
basebal season. ,..;
Signs with Removal May |" are becoming
more numerous in store WINDOWS
Some Messengers on the elevated roads complain
of tho bringing of dogs into the cars.
souatters in Harlem aud farmers above are be-
ginning their spring plowlng'
The number of immigrants LANDED Nv Nae'i0
Garden last week was 64,3SO , -,
The amount of capltal stock already subscribed OF
the new Produce Exchange BANK Is @4'lZo'ooo' ~
was taken by 200 persons.
The steamer Elbe, Captain Wldegeroo, arrIveu
,ostsrdov from Bremen with 873 passengers,
cool. I5S IN specie and fs,0OOin precious stones
Deaths last week. 739 births, 526; marriages
225 arrests, 1.246 excise licenses grah'eu' 100
md fees for licenses, $ll.o|O ,
The American Numismatic and Archaeological
Society will hold its twenty-ftth anniversary meet
ing IN the University Building on Tuesday evening
Ex.Sherf Bowe and Timothy J. Campbell yeSt ths
Exye;.e commissioners a member of the Irving Hail
Democracy. o., 81
Police Commissioners French and ,S Mason Rds ana
Senator Grady called yesterday on mayor EusVn
II was decided to hear the Mayors views ca tne
Police Salary bill in the coming week.
A poY DROWNED IN THE EAST RIv r.
While several small boys were PLAYING on 'Te pieI
MT the foot of Market-st.. last evening DdflIii
LYONS age 8, of No. 81 Market-St., su 'u0niS A0'
into the East River and was drowned
RJASTING STREETS OUT OF Ihb KUN
Work on the new streets above Sevent'etH-St, on
tbe West side Il being carried on rapidly. some 81
them for block are blasted out OF almost sonu
rock.
The will of the late John p. ONelll mas been neu
for probate in the SurrOgates once. N WW;uie,,
tator deviscs all his property to tne NV $3.50,
H. Clowry in trust for the beneht OF lhe 'es'''Oi
children.
DEBATING ENGLISH POLICY
Judoe ArnOux will preside at a public meeting Oh
&c . .a AlfI l.
Association on Tuesday evening. al when the polcy
of England the Turkish question Will DC d SUI
ject for debate.
KILLED BY A FALL OF FORrY-sEVEN FEET
Wmle working on the new Produce Exchange
building yesterday John McGra,b. brckiagSSr In,I
fGrty-scven feet from D scaf Id. and received nJu-
was III East Fltty-seventh-st'
MEETING OF INSURANCE CLERKS. .
The Insurance Clerks Mutual Benent AsIocIa'ff"ih
Yesterday at their annual meeting eIec'eu tlc ~ M
lowing officers 10 serve for the ensuing year u
rectors, J. E. Rowel J. Jay Nestel, Charles T.
Shade aud Herman M4s,nthal; inspectors u
Cuyler, W. ii. lacey ana James :. SWau'
FRANK MoRDAUNI IN COURT.
Frank NOrdaunt the actor. was artalgneh IN me
Yorkville Police Court YESTERDAY 10 answer 10 'o
charge preferred against INN by MS WE, TaHnlc
MOrdaunt, Of having abandoned her. Justcc IW~S'
postponed the hearing in the case until next "eu-
nesday at the lomps
MR. HEss's BROTHER AND Mr. ROOT.
limited states District Attorney Root yesterday
recommended to the AtIorney-Gener he appoint
ment OF Charles A. Hess as an Assistant Dlj ~ to
Attorney MT. Hess is a young lawyer ana Is , me
brother of Commissioner Jacob Hess, he president
of the XXIst Assembly District Republican AsSocla-
ton, OF which Mr.. Root is IA member.
Peter Sally, of No. 593 Ihird-ave, was held IN
the YOrkyllle Ponce Court yesterday, TOT haVln5
while drunk dragged his sick wife out OF pea ana
beaten.her She issaid to be dying Of consumption,
and would have Jared badly had not ner $ n
Michael, a lad of twelve, called an ohcer 10 arrest
his father
THE IDENTITY OF A DROWNED MAN.
Superitteudent Walling yesterday received a
letter from George Smith, OF WinhepauS, C9Whnii,
who wrote that he had noticed III tne New i ,',
newspaper partial description OF a young MN
who ON SUNDAY morning jumped from pier NO 3D.
East River aud was drowned. Inc description cor
responded with that OF Henry CroWher VINO re-
Gently escaned from the insane asy lum at Middle
town, Conn The body OF the young man mas MOI
been recovered.
THE FUNERAL OF JEREMIAH SHERWOOD.
jeremiah sherwood, formerly Il member OF the
State Legislature and lieutenant III tu' ISL New
York Volunteers which served III "a . ui ~
the Mexican War, was buried yesterday from the
Church of the Strangers, at winch ne nau Deeh
treasurer for several years. His funeral was al
tended by veterans of the Mexican Var, member OF
tbe Socie V of Californian PiOneers and nearly 200
emp0yes of A. G. Newman & Co.. the firm of which
the deceased man was member. Inc sermon was
delivered By the Rev. Dr. hlng.
IcEBERGs AND SNOW STORMS AT SEA.
Captain Wilhgerod, of the steamship Eiba, OF
the North German Liue. which arrived Yesterday
reDorted having passed four ceOergs on March 10
more han 100 feet high in latitude I3o ~ nOrth,
Longitude 40 % west, ana aD0ther lar-e one on
the next day, in the company OF Two smaller ones
in latitude 42o 26 long tude 5O' -. n steamer
encountered a heavy snow storm on Fllday, when
began at a IN. and lasted until after 2 p. ILL.,
STRIKING OIL IN MEXICO.
NJ Ionphead arrived at this port on the steam
snin British Empire on Friday IRON Mexico, where
he has been sinking OIL wells: lie SAID TO RIB
UNE reporter: II went TO Mexico to prospect iOc
petroleum. ard was more successful than L NAG
hoped to be. / sunk two wells at Iuxpan, when
not only had a gOOi flow, but far beyond any antlc-
home TO get some machinery and intend to continue
the development OF oll wells for in the vicinity OF
TuXpan there seems to be g0Od hcld
IN AID OF DEsH IRVING YOUNG WOMEN
A concert is to be gwen at Chlckenng HAL on
Monday March 70 for the Relief Fund OF tie
Ladies' Christian Union. The oblcc5 OF The Union
is to provide homes and means OF support ana study
Tor deserving young women IN tie city. IL has now
two houses devoted to these purposes ana the' are
over-crowdcd. The Union de,iGes 10 obtain sun
Gent funds to extent us work. Mne Madeline
Schiller, Frederic Archer Miss Henrietta Beehe,
Miss Emma Wilkinson, George Ellard, Ivan N raw
SKI and Emile AgTamontO VIII taAe part III INC CON-
cert.
CAPTURING THE THIEF AFTER HARD CHASE
An attempt was mace Oh Friday nlgni, by party
OF pickpockets, TO rob Charles BOmelster wealthy
resident OF No. 81 West Twenty-hitn-St, OF var
liable gold watch, as he and his wife were gettl z
on a Iwenty-thIrd-st. car at Jhird-ave one OF the
thieves fed. but pursued by Boin~lsIer 70
Second-ave and Twenty fourth-st where tac tugi-
tive was captured by Officer Sherwood, OF the
Eighteenth Precinct. The prisoner gave ms name
as Thomas Owens. of No. 63 Sulv INST. n the
Yorkvlile Police Court, yesterday ne pleaded not
Cniltv but was held III 81 900 bali for trial.
JUSTICE GARDNER RECALL HIS BOYHoOD DAY..
Some persons having comp aimed that BOO .blacEs
obstructed the sidewalks in Mercer-st. by pitching
pennies Officer SayacOle, OF the Eighth PrcGlnei,
yesterday arrested LOUIS Pierre and ANTONIO Slhcl
Two ragged little Italians They were taken before
Justice Gardner in the Jefferson Mar&et Police
Court The Justice fired each of then 81 and sand
people complain 10 the police who they LAY,
don't end 10 their business, When the Officer rs
arrest boys, they say that the police can't arrest
anybody but poor little boys I've often pitched
pennies myself"
wAgTEE FOR PERJURY AT roUGHKEEPsIE.
Before Justice WmIe, IN tIc TonDs Police Court
yesterday, Detectives heidelberg AID Won Ger!chien
afraigned NJ. J. Newman. / he detectives stated
that the man charged with having cominttei
perjury at Pong 1KcepSie about hree weeks ag' A
Ponglkeepsc officer pr sent, and the Justice
surrendered the prisoner into his custody. Wmle
taking Newman TO the Grand Central Depot, The