New-York tribune., 1883-06-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY
THE RIFLE TEAM TO SAIL TO-DAY.

.,aausb;n Alaska which sails this afternoon IN
=, aso O'clock, will take out the Amencan tcb nIge
Tss% that to cS SSmRfls aly 'u and 81
HsTaEd HSaaa as the psr tsn%s No. ss saRssd Seh
R,yer at o'clock The friends OF the ed rine me-
men will assemble at the Barge Onco AZ Od n,1U so 70
will be taken on the police Doas deoaptas % steam
h;n sha aoSn the harbor The members of the team
are ColoneG T. PHoward Brigade lnspecIsorr irs.
nr Scott. of the Washington Light Infantry
N NJ 81. Bull. I'd Regiment MASSACHUSETTS Z:
W. Human, 1st RegImenr, asI ant MasISsYk NsWuYork
Screen Ser@eant i. j. Doan, 18th Rsgipent Ssw-1Ofk
F. Stuart 6sth Regiment New-York Sergeant y.
L. paulding 18th Regiment, New-No, Nos. ork Lien.
tanont Walter Scott, Sd Separate Company, New
York Sergeant w. j.. Cash, Washlngton Llgnt 10.
lantry IL az BIswn, ash j. NJ Poi
;ard Washiuston Light Infantry; +. J. Rsbbetb 1st
Regiment, Massachusetts, Major f o. SnakaespeIGe.
aud Frederick Alder, 9TH Regiment, New f9fk' 9il
Colonel Howard's staff is made up as sfollows; Aa]n
tant, Major L. o. shakespere Sm,a;n Snar'S,nAaH "a IL
Hcrts; Historian Major, Samuel ~ DcninsSStnt aSt to
SerSeant +. j. Dolan said last pight 70 "a
TRIBUNE reporter that the menlper' hut M We're not
nparnon6dsnt OF success. The team mas ad-
yanced gIeatly both in rifles ana I'D p All If
s:nce last year. Sergeant Dolsn con;inuea. Al @ VI
them are we'll llknown rihemen and tpey naNo peen S
nt;sioo .nciu for wears We will probably get few
days practice before the lnternatlonal MatcI 'akes
,.Iaca OF Haunslow Heath ana at Blrmlngnain An
pnvitst,on to practise at the Birmingham kange
ins''s has been accepted by the team Ihen t0
Tn,v 90 70 shoot in individual matches at Wimble-
con We were somewhat prepared Tor the screw screw
yrind-pauge hlsiness. do not think the pronlDl,,
non OF its Will do any HARM ior unaeraIanap lam
that Mr. Brown, whose rifles have the screw VINO
gauge and are used by part OF the team, mas pIo
pared SIMILAR gauge which VIII hot CONS co.do nt1. tp
-. WI
screw but vii. not be enough different from me olu
one TO trouble the men by the change. Inc mem. %
bers of the team will wear ths UNIFORMS rs VI otcb
different regiments while shooting IN tne %matoI, %
We ex meet TO stay a week or two after the matonn
TO ex chan ge courteses with the Engnsh fihelnen'
sEouFIs TO THE BRIDGE ACCIDENT
Six of the ten suits which will he begun by the
I.vldy Brothers as counsel against the cities OF
New-York and BROOKLYN and also against The
brooklyn Bridge Trustees for alleged negligence 10
The Construction of the Bridge, thereby contrib
utng to the death and manning OF many persons
have been entered on the calendar OF the supreme
Cont The papers in four other cases have heea
prepared. The principal plaintiffs are Mrs Mar
garet Haggerty, who was Injured on the arm Npne
and otirer parts OF the body an ana VINO wants 1s
Twelve seriously injured about the head and BODY:
and wants $40, 900; Mary O'suliyan, the mother OF
Margaret Ooulliyan who was sled wnD deu,hnus hTs
the body and wants $2O.O0c ana Matthew Weish
VINO also thinks $4,000 is the extent OF his In
James NJ. Lyddy said yesterday that he would
make one test case and carry 1t up TO
the Court of. Appeals. He brought suits
against the trustees as well as the munci,
psiities because the courts had held
that where pubic official does not perform his
dntv and harm comes to some one IN consequence,
lie s responsible The trustees were clearly Tespop-
eible for the accident, having thrown open the
Bridge for travel beforet was finished, and for the
lack of proper police force Had the necessary pre-
cautions been observed there would have been no
panic and resulting loss OF life ana injury, % IN
trustees. Mr.. Lyddy said, practically guaranteed
their safe passage across the Bridge.
THE number OF persons who crossed tho Bridge on
Sunday was 765OO The receipts were 1919. New
Offices for the trustees, superintendent and secre-
tary are being fitted up in Sands-st., opposite the
BrSoklyn terminus The old offices, in Water-str
will be torn down.