New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-08

Nun of Krnnare being the proceeds OF the lecture
| delivered by JOAN Kelly on May 20 Added 10 the
proceeds of four ofher lectures tins swals the
| gift to the Nun of Kenmare to $4,000.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT URON HIS LIFE.
Dependency caused Henry Ste n, age forty-hye,
OF No. 10 ColumDa-st., to Try tn end MS ne ny
cutting his thro It with a razor He made bad job
| OF 1t and sent to Bellevue Hospital.
MS SKULL FRACTURED BY A BArH-TUB.
tho fell from platform on the deck nf BOAT AT
One-hundred and-iy -liftn-st. and the East RIVER
Yesterday morning and fractured the skull of James
Vincent, age twenty-seven, of No. 204 Hester-st.
THE PRESIDE rs son GOES A-FIsmSG
Chester A. Arthur jr., Private Secretary Philips
and a few merchants of this city Will deplrt to-
morrow on q fishing excursion To the Restigouche
Club near ST. JOnn. N. H. lney VIII oe s'no
about three weeks.
SMOKE CAUSES A TEMPORARY EXCITEMENT.
nre IN sharing bin beiongng TO the New-fors
Steam Heating Company at No. 90 Ann-st created
some excitement for a few minutes last evening
But the flames were quickly eXtingushed by inc
engine comp tnies.
AGERMAN JUMPS INTO THE RIVER.
John LOre,, axe thirty-seyen, of No. 42i East
Fith-st drowned him, self IN the East River at the
too of Eleventn-st. last night lie was "A German
and sickness and the excessive heat are supposed 10
nave driven him 10 his rash act. His body was not
recovered.
BREAKING HIS NECK BY FALLING FROM TRAIN
An unknown man tell from New Haven train
last night at One hi ST.. and
was killed instantly. Ilis neck wa found To have
| been broken. The body was removed 10 the NOR
nsanla Police Station. Tue man was about thirty
sandy complexion He wore dark coat ana trousers
dark Derby hat calico SHIRT and Congress CATERS.
SEIZURE or RINGS AND PRECIOUS STONES.
Fifty-uue gold Mugs, SOur OF them ser with prec-
ous stones we're sc &c AZ the Post Office yesterday
in the Canada mail. aud were handed over 10 the
Custom House officials, Inc rings were addressed
to a well-knOwn welrv firm IN this CITY. but III
formation as TO the name was refused al the Gus
tom House.
A DRIVER HURT IN A COLLISION.
A team of horses drawing navy truck ran
I'm Wrgt- afternoon
into collision with an express WAGON Inc
driver OF the express wagon, James
Hurley, was thrown h. the ground aud received -
slight sea -wOund. lie went 10 the Chambers
street Hospital Tor rcllef
CAPTAIN" ARCHER AGAIN IN THIS CITY.
"Capraln Archer, who left this country for
| England few months ago IN Charge OF Englsh de-
iec' YES has refururd to tins cry. Yesterday lie
visited the United States MarshaI's Office aud called
| ON Commissioner Osborn. by whom his cxtraditIon
| wa ordered. Archer did not say wn'tnrr he eA-
pected to resume operations m the peculiar form oil
| industry which he has heretofore pursued.
| FORT LAFAYETTE TO b. RECONSTRUCTED.
Ola Fort LAFAYETTE that has stool deserted since
il was DESTROYED by lire JUS, ter tho war. has not
been doii0itey abandoned by the government, as
sunposed by the fishermen whO have lO1g been It's
| INV visitors "The fort soon 10 take us place
among the harbor deiences drsIgncd 10 protect New
YORK against INVASION said Major ni'iespe. OF the
| Euuperr Jorps the other day. IL would PROB
ably be IN lIscreet for to tell you nov exactly
now IT will be used. butt will ice IN accor lance
| with the modern sci of harbor fortincstion as
| adopted by European prwrrs. NO rOuid iOft VIII
| ever he built there again"
| A LARGE INCREASE IN THE DEATH-RATE.
The report made Uy the Bureau If Vital Statistics
shows that there were l,0ol deaths IN the city Tor
| the week cOs.g at noon yesterday, as against IlO
deaths for the week previous. luis great increase
IN the mortality directly attrOUabie To the III
| trn,e heat which has prevailed Tor the past ten
| days The greatest mortality IS among cnildIen
under five years old from cholera infantnn, The
| week before last, the total number OF deaths
| 3yZ were of children under live years. Last week
| of the total number 672 were Of children under
five years Most OF these are in the tenement house
| districts
HELD FOR STEALING VALUABLE CLOTH.
In the 1omDs Ponce Court Yesterday James III.
| Wells and Jonn Ryan, ago respectively twenty
| three and twenty hive, were charged with grand
| larceny On Thursday from opposite the rear en-
| trace tn Rogers, Peet Co.'S clothing house at
| broadway aud Prnco-s,., bale containing ,weiye
rolls of worsted cloth anu case winch lnciosed SIX
rolls of Esquimaux beaver CLOTH all OF the value of
| " 100. were stolen. he matter was reported at
| the central Office and the prisoners were arrested
| on suspicion. it IL said that Wells acknowledged
his guilt, aud that r. an volunteered to return the
| goods If lac could secure his liberty. Justice Smith
| committed tncIn Tor cxa .naton
| PRACTISING MEDICINE WITHOUT LICENSES.
| DAVID Webster, OF No. 266 Madlson-ave., presi-
| dent Of the Medical Society Oh the State o, New
| York. appeared AZ complainant at me Jefferson
| Market Police Court yesterday against the follow
ing PERSONS. whom ne charged with practising
medicine without a license or diploma George III.
| Schwab of No. 80 bond-si., patent-medicine
dealer Bruno g. Lemar, OF No 2o3s Second-aye,
druggist Robert iiay.s. OF NO 81 Siacdougai-st,
Bond-s. Al, save Hayes. We're placed under $500
bonao for trial. Mr. llayes was psroed unti nh.
| Thursday, a. he stated that hs had diploma. but
through ignorance Of the law ne had not registered
COOL ROBBERY BY Boy
Richard Barry. punDer, nves NJ no. 3lo East
FortIeth-st. A few DAYS ago Barrys friends re,
ceiyen "A visit IRON William Green, age sixteen, of
| No. 34S East Ssvcntieth-sL, VINO SAID That he had
! been sent by Mr.. Barry to OBTAIN his Sunday
| clothes as "A wafer main had burst, drenching him
| with water. lie succeeded III obtaining the cloth
ing and then visited Richard Horstmans shop. tell
iug the 10Y IN charge that Mr.. Barry had sent him
| Tor some solder. AS Barry and Green were
strangers, the police we're informed aud Green was
caught yesterday. He Is thought TO be Implicated
| III oJner robberiea
| MAKING CAT's-Plw OF AN FRESHMAN.
| Thomas Brown. an lrIsnnan who mas Dcon III this
| country only "A lew weeks, yesterday by
Jaeger, Frenchman. OF No. 367 East Seyenty-sxth-
st. lie asked Brown To take "A check for $50 on the
| MURRAY Hill Bank, drawn III favor of Frederick
ClcmmOns, ana signed +. Espcr, TO Jacob Engci,
! WINE merchant OF No. 2Ol East FIfty-llitn-st, and
| nave IL cashed. lie promised to secure Brown
| situation II he complied. Brown did AS no
asked and Engel, being acquainted with Clemmons
| and suppOsng that the check was all right, handed
out the cash. Jaeger received the money from
! Brown and walking Uh with 10 when he met
Captain Mount. VINO was about to arrest him
suspicion, when he ran away. lie WAS captured aud
the money was recovered. He was held in 5000
bail III the Yorkv,le Police Court, and Brown was
sent 10 the House oil Detention. Jaeger ~ thought
to have been engaged In other transactions in
fraudulent checks.
BROOKLYN.
Permits for erecting fifty nine new buildings were
granted last week
body of a drowned nfant four months old was
foInd al south Ferry yesterday afternoon, wrapped
In mans coat and Caruigan Jacket
FIRE Commissioners Partridges quarterly report
shows 1877 fires with loss of $9l ,917, against 161
fires and loss OF @77.732 for the same period in
| 1882
Officer McClave found the body of q man about
five feet eight inches in light the river yester
| day. IL was dressed IN Dluo SUIT and was much
decomposed
| A horse driven by William Dooey ran away at 10
| a. m. yesterday, down the Brooklyn approach OF
the Bridge. The driver was thrown out aud