New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-01

d ano Of cement which arrived Yesterday, reported
that on Wednesday last twenty-one days wesu "
the BANK drove Rsr for thirty hours
at ten knots an hour, although the Dark was oniS
| under lower topsails.
THE MCKELvEY INQUEST ,,
tin in the case of Margaret McKelyey, OF no. 3ga
ModIson-st who on August % was found deso III
her inf ay so accdensy received
| while intoxicated. Her husband WIN hau 'oo"
| arrested was discharged
SEVEN YEARS OF MISSION WORK.
The Rev James Marshall, VINO was Instruments
In getting Morris X Jesnp to build the De WIZ VIZ
Memorial Church, at No. $50 RiyingI onst ana VINO
IS to retire from tho pastcrate OF ,ne an years
needfl rest will give review OF ms seven years a
work Tomorrow evening. On Monday evening tne
church will give Mr.. Marshall farewell reception
| at the church.
Tn tile CITY Hall Park near the Register Oince;
is Croton water fountain that runs Dy nignU anu
is dry by day. The sleepers IN the PARK ds ,xhn5
wash their hands and faces in the basins ana 6
couple of countrymen who had been drihkihg tne
dirty water were told that it was not clean they
became sick, and hastily crossed INC way W so' '
emetc III the shape OF brandy
REVEALING THE LOSS OF ICE-wATER. ,
| Thousands OF persons who passed by the soutn
end of the Post Office Building yesterday weaS S d
prsed to find that the Icewater Fountain had nis
appeared. The inhabitants OF the rive folhs iv'U
their fountain day previous ana great Was th he
dIsappointment ia consequence. Now thaC Tue
fountains are removed" said an observer SOMEONE
should supply drinking cups to the fountains IN the
| city that have them not"
COMPETING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. .
Candidates Tor tho scholarship prizes oHcred ny
William X. Grace, John ID. CrImmins' Henry Any
and James ODonohue were examined a' ~,
| and Yesterday. There were twenty applicants and
each successful competitor Will be emitted 10 ior
main year tree OF charge III Tue c;nS1 W I
his prlze entities him. The winners VIII DC nahed
| to-day.
| NEW METHOD OF FORCING A H0RSE TO d9
| Andrew Lestranges horse refused to trayel DOWN
Second-ave az lively gait as bis owner 'nouguo
nroper. and after belaborng him with a shovel; ne
thrust the handle down the amman throat OinTo,
| Mclroy, OF the Eighteenth Precinct pIeierVIy w.,
| charae of cruelty against Lestrange in the 10rA-
| willie Police Court yesterday and he was heiu III
| 800 bad for trial.
FATALLY INJURED BY THE FALLING OF A scAFsxQ,lD D
| William Koran. "A house painter, OF NO 40 Nes.
| siyteenfh.st was at work yesterday afternoon on
a scnfTold thrty-hve feet rom tine ground, against
| the side of the Methodist Episcopal CnuIGh,, NJ.
| 3J7 West Twenty fourth-st. lie scano'u suuuonil
| Iii and Koran was thrown upon the pavement OF
the yard beside the church and his skull ana tlghe
shoulder fractured. lie was peIi1Fou III IL 10
| diving when the police sent hun 70 DeileVuo hoS
| pltal.
| UAsTEyING POSTAL DELIVERY.
| A disparch from Washington yesterday stated
that new line OF postal cars was 10 10 n NJ Yor
on the Penusy vania Railroad between New orh
| and Pittsburg Indianapolis ana ~. LOUIS lheIc
are already three services over that route iho hu
dItional postal car. which will begin 20 run to-day
will leave New-York nc q p. IN. aud VIII arrive at
| :, Ion,s nc 7:3O q. IN. on the second day. IL was
said at the New York office YESTERDAY tnat tne ihs
had heretofore been sent on that train. nut that
| postal car would now be attached 10 give quoAci
| through delivery.
| LIVING FAST A CENTURY.
| Mrs. Margaret DOnOhue. who died at tho nome Oh
| her son at No 2O7 East Seventy -fourth-st, on
| Wednesday, will be buried to-day in Greenwood
| Cemetery. She was SAID TO be IN her lUlss yea,
and she had fourteen brothers and SIX sisters. An
| elder brother lives In Canada. Mrs. D0nohue was
born IN County Longford, Ireland and came to this
f1nd of anecdo,es about the rish revolution OF 9s,
| and often told of the time that she saw hooert
Emmett short time previous TO DIS arrest, trr''1
| aud execution. When young. she was married ahu
became the mother OF eight children Oh WHO'LL tnIee
| are still living.
THE soNsr CASE TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED
| A fur. her investigation Is being male by IN
snec,or Byrnes's detectives under the direction OF
the DIsttIct-AttOmey INTO the death oil Lena 9ousI
| aud her little brother, who were drownhd whiIo on
| the river witu Patrick Quinn. IL was chaIgru that
Oninn was repousbe tor the accident, as there was
| evidence tending to show that he attempted 10
| CON mi AN assault on the girl. man reported at
tpe n,stricf- Attorneys office that a woman bad
| heard the girl cry out and say something that
would indicate that the charges against quinn
were true Two detectives have been engaHed III
trying to find the woman, but thus lar Without
success.
THE AUTOPSY on JOHN SMITH.
| Coroner Kennedy and his deputy DI. conway
made autopsy Yesterday morning on tne DO N VI
John smith who was killed. a. alleged, ny dow
| from a club in the hands OF Police Omcor Mautlce
| Mcnamara on Wednesday evening IN Mulberry-st.
The autopsy revealed that tn" cause oil death was
fracture OF the occIpita running into the base
| of he skull four inches IN length. FROM the sltua-
| t,nn of the yound Coroner Kennedy gives II rs his
| opinion that it could not have been produced ny
fail bat must have been the result oil violent dow
such as would be made by club. The Coroner
expresses his determination TO probe the matter 10
the bottom and will hold the inquest AS soon as tho
witnesses can be collected.
BROOKLYN.
The public schools will reopen on Monday.
Permits for the erecd of seventy-three new
| buildings have been granted IN the last week
| Police Superintendent Campbell has returned
| from his vacation and resumed his duties.
| MAYOR Low will appoint two assessors to-day q
| succeed Thomas A. Wilson and Charles Small,
| whose terms have expired.
The Brooklyn Sangerbund has purchased for
S45 900 tins large building at Smith aud Schernler
, | horn sts. formerly occupied by Burnhams Gymna
| sum. aud will use It for headquarters
MAYOR Low - preparing statistics and arguments
TO present to State Boatd OF Assessors IN Albany
next week showing why tho assessed valuation OF
real property in Kings County should be reduced II
proportion TO that of other counties IN the Statt
when the State tax IS levied.
Health Commissioner Raymond gave hearinl
Yesterday in regard To the nuisance alleged 10 b'
caused by tho odOr produced by burning bones f0
bone black, to DO used In refining sugar, by th'
D American Carbon Company, whose works are OF
| Newtown Creek Tue representative of tho
= company said that only dry bones were burned
| and they caused no offensive odor, but he was Will
| ing to adopt plan OF consuming the smoke.
Johr Cullen, ago eleven, went to the King
| County Iruants Home IN Cypress Hills, on Thurs
day In the evening he attempted TO hang hInsel
IN tho yard but was cut down and resuscitated. IL
court yesterday he appeared TO be out OF his mlld
| and said that his aunt gave him three cents ant
told him to go to tho ppOr-house The Society fol
the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children Will invest
Q gate the case.
Ia the case Of David Nicho who arrested OF
/. Sunday night, charged with insulting Mrs. Alice
! Van 1assel, at South Fifth and Fourth sts as sh
4 | was going from church. Justice Naeher YESTERDAY
o heard Mrs Van Tasscls evidences, which has been
| before gwen, and decided that it insufficient
| TO warrant holding Nichol. lie WAS discharged
| without being given opportunity to show. as he
said that he could that there had been conspiracy