New-York tribune., 1883-06-08

methods of taxing care of them, the establishment
| of driving park etc.
A MISSILE THAT HIT THE WRONG PERSON.
coyes pr %h eaS at strog musician on
Wednesday night. 1t hit William Gerlach, age fiye
of No. 25s East Houston-st, on the head, in1uring
felOnous assault before Justice Duffy yesterday IN
| the Essex Market Police Court. He was held 70
await the result Of the injuries inflicted on uerach
pGy59 J0 BE Vincent
| obtained an order directing that Edward Hoyey De
taken before the Supreme Court to have day hIed @
ago in the Court of General Sessions of the murder
| Of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Fannie Vermilyea, ana
was sentenced to be hanged. The Court OF ApPeaMis as
| recently affirmed the conviction Hovey VIII De
| taken to the courtroom of the General Term az
| 1870 o'clock this morning.
| AN OLD RESIDENT OF RoNDoUT MISSING
| The police were asked to search the hospitals IN
Of Rondout N. Y. who left his home on Tuesday
with the intention Of visiting his daughter at NO.
| 1876 Madlson-aye. Mr.. Thompson was seventy
wears old and he had not been we'll for some time.
| His relatives are afraid that he was overcome oy
| the heat after reaching the city. lie had money
| but the amount was not known.
ARREST OF GANG OF BURGLARS.
Mrs Adeline Nesbitt, of No. SO Lexington.ave.,
| went to the country recently, leaving her house
| locked up for the summer week ago, burglars
broke in and carried OIL about hundred dStars 0nr
Kirtland of the Eighteenth Precinct, found the
| grating in the area forced open, and, summoning
assistance he entered the house and captured
| Thomas Hunt, of No. $50 East Houston-st.; Oliver
| Dunn. of Chicago. and Henry Smith, Of No. $40
| East Twenty-fifth-st., who were concealed on the
wearing apparel preparatory to carrying IT OIL IN
the Yorkvie Police Court they were held in $l 600
bail each for trial for burglary.
| BROOKLYN.
The Rev. Or. d. Henry Miller, of tho Greenpoint
Baptist Church. sailed for Europe yesterday, 10 oe
| absent four months.
| A body OF man about fifty years old, five
feet six inches in height and wearing the clothes OF
| a laoorer, was found in the Buttermllk Channel
yesterday.
petition has been presented to the Park, Com
missioners asking that tho gateway at Ninth-ave.
and Ffteenth-st., which is now used by pedestrians
| only, be thrown open for vehicles
In the suit Of Francis Baker aganst the Methodist
Book Concern to recover 100000 for, alleged
breach of contract verdict was rendered yester-
day giving the plaintiff $500 as damages
John Moore, of Flatlands, recovered $1,000
damages in the County Court yesterday, from
| Abram Wanser. Of the same town, who called the
plaintiff thief. and said he stole some ees.
At meeting yesterday OF the directors of the
| Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company, OF
| which Police Commissioner Jourdan Is president
| semi-annual dividend of per cent was declared.
It's expected that $4,000 Of the $4,000 all
| lowed for street repairs Will be expended upon
Bedford-ave., which passed yesterday from the con-
troll of the Park Comm ssioncrs to that OF the De-
| partment Of City Works.
The Brooklyn City Railroad Company has secured
a permit from the Department of City Works to
extent its tracks from Futon-st. to the plot pur-
| chased as a car stand at Sands and Fulton sts.,
| adjoining the Bridge entrance.
The funeral OF the late Courtlandt Palmer Dixon,
who died on Tuesday at his home in Clinton-ave at
the age of sxty-six. was held yesterday AFTERNOON
| in the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church. The
burial will occur to-day IN the family plot In Ston-
| ingoD, Conn.
Steps are being taken for a compromise of the
| s.LN Iyn
covered $50 900 damages ia breach OF promise
| of marriage from Henry Fleming, of the Petroleum
| Exchange. motion il pending for new trlal OF
the suit while the defendant l. abroad. IL is SAID
| that he is willing to settle for $4,000.
JERSEY CITY
The CITY Treasurer reported the city's balance in
| bank yesterday as Sl52,O2l 81
The body of Emil Lehman, age twelve, of "a
| briskic-st who was drowned q few days ago while
bathing in the Hackensack River, was recovered
| yesterday.
| The body of an unknown man was found yester-
| day morning IN the Hackensack RIVER, near Penn
| Horn Creek. 1t was clad only i'll SHIRT aud
| trousers
John Mackin, age ten. Daniel King, age eight,
and John Riley, age six, were arrested yesterday
| on a charge of burglary. They had broken into
Shothmeyer & KIeps grocery store and stolen
| small articles Justice Davis discharged the in
| fants on account of their youth.
NEWARK.
| Patrick Maroney age twelve. used kerosene oil
| agL
| Canal-st The oil can exploded aud the boys body
was badly burned, but 1t is thought that he Will re-
| cover.
NEW-JERSEY.
| Op,yGF-Georgc Herman a liquor-dealer, com
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon. He laid down
on the floor of his store with his coat ior pillow
and then shot himself in the head. He leaves a
| widow and several children. herman hau peen
| dispirted for long time.
| WEsTCHEsTER COUNTY.
| yo>.rppc-Th ihel suit of .Iohn Brennan against
| the Yonkers Publishing Company, based upon an
article that was published IN The fonkers SatesmdR
| Westchesier Circuit Court before Justice j. +.
| Barnard and jury. A verdict was returned yes
| terday morning OF 81 damages for the paintln.
LONG ISLAND.
| BRooKHAvEx-The town refuses to take mp the
suit of the oystermen. The trustees yesterday de-
| cided not to pay constables on the Great South
| Raw and as q consequence dredging is being yigor-
| ously prosecuted
| FLUsUING-E X. Robinson. a grocer doing busi-
| ness ut Liberty and Union SITS, left his home on
ali his money with him, leaving his wife and chill
| dren without a dollar. He was financially embar-
rassed and his store aud goods are now III the pos
| session of the Sheriff.
IsLIP-Thc Rev. ,olin Scott Roche son OF the
| Rev Dr. j. A. Roche, pastor OF st. Luke s Metho-
dist Church, Brooklyn. and brother OF the KEY
Spencer s. Roche rector of st. Marks Church.
Brooklyn, has been placed by Bishop Llttel ohn IN
| charge of Emmanuel Church for the summer.
| IoSG sLAND CITY-There is some danger of o
| similar scarcity of water to that which pre- vail ed
| n little over a year ago petition was presented
| fo The Water Commissioners on Wednesday asking
permission Tor the Calvary Cemetery authorities to
use the Sater from the fire hydrants for the pur-
pose of sprinkling the streets. The chiet engineer
of the Water Board stated that 1t was impossible 10
grant the request because there was not sufficient
| water in the wells from which the city is supplied
.. Alderman p. j. Gleason has asked City Clerk
! Moran to explain how the city seal was at
| taehed TO certain bonds issued by ex-Mayor De
| Beyoise with the name OF the CITY CLERK Illegally
| attached.
| STATEN ISLAND.
| Npw-BRIGuToN.-Th steam lighter Jerome B.
| King sprung Il leak and had to be run ashore.