New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-17
NETWORK CITY.

Beginning New-Jersey State Fair, Waverly.
| NETWORK CITY.
| Nearly ono hundred sparrovs we're counted feed
ing little spaos OF ground less than ten IeeS
| square IN the small park at tho junction Oh Iniru
and Fourth ayes. yesterday.
| BOY DROWNED IN MoRRIsANIA
| An unknown boy, about eight years old, was
drowned yesterday of the M0rrlsarla Steam,ooae
wharf His body was not recovered: Two 10y ,
| who were with aim away alter the acciuen'
| occurred.
FEW CALLERS ON THE PRESIDENT.
The Pr sident remained at the Flith Avenue no To-
tel YESTERDAY He did not go TO cnIrd" or him
among them being William DOWd, Seuator DIAN
| and Surrogate Rollins
AN INSANE MAN SLABS HIMSELF
In n fit of insanity John Decuurcy age twenty
nine stabbed himself IN the chest wltn pOciket
| knife yesterday afternoon at his home, NO. i0O Easy
| Forty-n,nth. st. lie was taken to Bellevue HoSpl'ai
| and shut up III one Of the cells for tue lpSlne
BLOWING OUT THE GAs-LrGHT
| Horace b. Pepper. age nineteen, guest at Ever
etts Hotel at No. 9S Barcay-st., before ne Went 10
bed Saturday night blew out the gas-lsn' ~ H."
room. lie was discovered IN an UNCONSCIOUS c9nql-
| ton a few hours aiterward, and by the ala OF
| physician his lie was saved
WOMAN TAKES oXALIC ACID.
Sophie Caoka, domestic, was taken 10 Bellevue
| Hospital on Saturday night suffering from poison
Ing. David JoseOrty, age thirty, had gwen ner OK
allie acid, as he said, by mistake Tor salt he was
| arrested aud in the Essex Market Police Court yes
erlay remahded Denomination.
HIT by STRAY BUILT.
Some boys were engaged yesterday afternoon IN
shooting a rats uEder the pier at the loot OF East
| Ihrty-cIghth-st, when stray bullet siruck
/ Michael Crowicy ago eleven, of No. III > rcund-
| ave- IN the right hand. The police stopped the
| amusement an sent the wounded boy to Bellevue
| Hospital.
| oUARRRLIGNG AND FIGHTING ABOUT A WOMAN.
| Charles Berger. OF No. 80 West IhIrty-nnfh-st,
and James Kelly, of No. 72O Greenw ch-St., quar-
| relied about woman on saturday night, ~hen
| Kelly drew pOcke-knlfe aud STABBED Berger,
nflcting, however. only slight wound. In the
Ynrkvlllr Police Court Yesterday Justice hermann
! heid Kelly for trial hXlng bail NJ 81 OOO
wfFF-BFATrR RFPRIMANDED
Edwin Alderman, of No 100 East Oue-hundIed-
and-thIrtcenth-st.. who sud he had been educated
Tor the ministry. was taken before Justice Morgan
at the Harlem Police Court Yesterday charged with
maltreating his wife and children; He was
severely reprimandcd by the justice ana allowed 10
depart on his promising to let drink alone. aud at
the request of : wife who promised him one more
chance 10 reform.
CLAIMING RELATIONSHIP WITH ASSAsSIN9.
Joseph Mcdonald. whiie drunk caused q disturbN
ance IA the liquor shop known as the Black Ele-
phant" at EIVntl-ayc. and Thirty -nnth-st, ga ur-
DAY evening. He Ourshcd "a revolver aud indie tcd
patriotic wish tor the sake of old Ireland and his
native DuOhn 10 Kill an American. iio SAID he
knew the PhnnX Park murder"rs well. aud was
related 10 of them. lie was arrested for being
di.oTicr.Y and hIcd glO yesterday IN tue JcHcIsOh
Market Police Court.
HURT ~ snooTGNG-GAtLfRY.
John T. Bottom. age thirty a mac hinlst. OF NO.
81 West Tmrtyeighth,,t, was IN shootiHg'
:}Ol West Ibrty-nInth-st., early yesterday morn.
lnR Several men were IN the place at the time 1nd
| Joseph Peudcr, age twcnty-iour, OF No. 3OS West
Thrty-ulnth-st.. wa, firing with rifle Tue bullets
| went wide OF tine mark and ono struck Bottom IN
the abdomen. lie was removed to the Roosevelt
Hospital and the police arrested Pender, who said
| that the shooting was accidental
| ABooKKEEPRR CHARGED WITH PETIT LARCENY.
Isaac ste II. of Stern Bros, Nos. ~ to 10 West
| Il AZ % -
against William Oest assistant boos keeper OF the
| hrm for the larceny of three shawls worth 3s on
| Friday Ii Is alleged that Two umbrellas aud
uumHcr OF other articles of the value OF SD were
| also taken by The accused man wnlc IN he COM
! painant's employment. which were traced 10 pawn
| shops where they were deposited by Mrs. MclnernY,
| Andlady OF the prisoner, NJ No. 20 East Iwenty-
hith-st., who bought the shawls for 81 from Oest.
A charge was also made against her, aud Justice
| Duly committed the pair iOr examination.
BROOKLYN.
The place Of Mr. Beecher IN Plymouth Church
Yesterday was filed by the Rev. Watson l.. Phillips.
! pastor OF the Summerheld Methodist Episcopal
Church
The Washington Street Methodist Episcopal
| Church was reopened with special services yester
! day, after extensive repairs Sermons were
| preached by the Rev DR.. ID ,ens and the Rev. John
Johns and addresses were made by the Rev. DIR. A.
| d. Val. the Rev Dr. j. A. PecE, the Rev George f..
| Reed. William l. Preston, and others
Three men employed IN the rendering factories on
Barren Island went ont among the lags In the salt
marshes ye- terday morning to shoot reed-blrds.
One of them, Rudolph Dexhrimer, of No. OIL Her
| bert ST. Brooklyn, became separated from his com-
| panions, and fred toward them at bird. he
missed the bird, out succeeded III woundlng both
| OF the men. Their hurts were not serious, aud the
bird-shot extracted by surgeon at the Kings
| County Hospital IN ClarksOn-st., Flatuush. DrX-
| heimcr surrendered himself TO the police IN East
New-YOrk. he injured men were francls Mcneil
! and Oscar Schum. H. both ot whom 1--we on Barren
| Island.
JERSEY CITY.
| An unrccognized struck at 4:15 ycstcr-
| day morning by q locomotive at the Greene-st.
| crossing and instantly killed Inc DOdy was re-
moved TO Speers Morgue.
At some hour Of Saturday wight or early yesterday
| morning Nathan Carter, of ~ PrescOttp place. fell
| from stOop III Warren ST., near the Pennsy lyanIa
RAJ road, and fractured his skull. Special Officer
LANCE who il employed by the railroad company,
| discovered Carter at 800 Yesterday morning ~
ing UNCONSCIOUS on the sidewalk, and Informed the
FIRST Precinct police Carter was removed IN the
ambulance to the Charity Hospital. tie recovered
consciousness yesterday afternoon and said that he
was trying 10 get into his fathers shop when he
fell oil the stoop.
NEWARK.
The accounts Of a clerk and salesman of Broad
ST. grocery firm are in process OF Investigation by
cx ert, to discover the amount OF alleged rregu,
larties IN his accounts The amount IL not believed
to be large, and will probably be made up by his
friends
The total amount Of the asceraned defalc cations
of Van Meter the clerk for Bailey X Alling lumber
dealers IS stated to be about $1,000 Van Meter Is
III jan.
German citizens arc subscribing literally to meet
the expenses Of the German BIZ Centennial celebra-
ton. There will be parade IN three divisions aud
the historical features OF the first division VIII cost
about -, 600
LONG ISLAND.
SIMULTANEOUSLY he new owners of Shlnnecock
lIlls at meeting held Friday, voted to sell the
Hills n: auction III New-York City within thirty
| days.
| FAR RocKAwAY.-Property at Far Rockaway is
still commanding good prices. Among the recent
| sales is "a plot of land of the Iesley estate. on
| Jamaica Bay, 200 feet by 200, TO Inspector
! Murray of the New-York police force, for 81 900.
| The Inspector intends to build house on the
property Jonn Mclaughlin, of Jamaica, has sold