The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-22
Glimpses of Gotham.


PHASES OF CITY LIFE AS PORTRAYED By NEW
YORK HERALD REPORTERS. III NIGER AND
DISAPPOINTMENT.
William Henry Furniss, an immigrant who
arrived here the week before last by the steam
| er City of Richmond. died suddenly at noon
yesterday in Castle Garden. He was taken
sick the day before, was to have gone into the
| hospital yesterday morning, and while sitting
| IN the chair waiting for admission expired.
Among his Scanty effects We're found several
ship certificates showing that from 1874 he had
| been at one time seaman, at another third mate
| on freight vessels. and all indorsing him sea-
man of good character He was about thirty
| three years of age and was born in Birkenhead,
| England. He had also the rough draught of
will in which the name of his wife Sarah
Anne, was mentioned.
The most remarkable, however, of his effects
was a note book in which he Kept diary dat
| ing from the sailing Of the City of Richmond
from Liverpool. The diary was in pencil,
written in a small and very elegant hand that
would have done credit to any writing mas
ter The words were correctly spelled and the
| punctuation exact, the whole seeming to show
a man who had an education above the station
Of seaman. The concluding portions of the
diary have a sadness ahont them, and tell the
story of struggle for life in a strange city. 1t
would appear that he had never been in New
| York before. Inside the cover was written his
name, with the address. Mill Lane, Liscard,
Cheshire county, England Appended are
some extracts g
Came off the ship; supper. pork and beans;
Monday, Feb. 10. 10 80 rose; strolled about
coffee. dry hash; read paper; night. Castle Gar
den; interior, foreigners; sight.
Tuesday, Feb. 20. Gas works; ham sand
Wich, Pittsburg; bread and cheese, beer: Cas-
tie Garden, English part.
Wednesday, Feb. II. A. NJ, very cold:
walked to gas works. no good; back at 30:
Labor Bureau 8; p. NJ, Il few engaged-30
farm. 81 per month: tickets, bread, Castle
| Garden: no sleep.
Thursday, Feb. -. $50; Broadway. shops,
| buildings; Cathedral. glass windows, interior
alter mass organ. FAX Mora.
Friday. Feb %. Abbey's Theatre, hotels,
Central Park, animals; snow and cold; got
back T. 80; afternoon, cold and snow in doors:
night Castle Garden; bummers; Walker.
Saturday. Feb. n. Bureau, bread ticket:
Castle Garden, night very full.
sunday. Feb, 25. $ A. NJ, strolled on esplan-
ade; bureau, nothing but Germans night: Cas-
| tie: short dozes.
Monday, Feb. 26. Stroed on esplanade;
noon, Went round docks cadging. but got nil;
went to Post office. thence service City of
Richmond grub; night. Castle Garden; mid
| night. very i'll, heavy cold and shakes; right
side of face. neuralgia.
Monday, Feb 26. I'll all day in bureau; con-
stantly doing; more engaged to-day, but no
chance for me; night, Castle Garden.
Here death cut short the further record Of
munger anu ulNutlpOlltiltHl
WAS HE CLUBBED:
"Where can | see my husband?" asked a
| comely young woman yesterday, as she eXct-
edly entered the office of the Morgue. She be
! longed TO the humber walks of life, had a
| bright, fresh face, and as she waited for an
answer the tears rolled down her checks. Su-
| pcrutendent White led her 70 the dc;,dhouse.
! Removing the lid of a pine box he disclosed the
body of man in a coarse linen shroud. The
forehead was distgured with several ugly
wounds, which had partially healed. kneeling
| by the side of the box the woman kissed the
cold lips and said between her >obs: "Oh, Eu-
| gene YOU haven't even pillow to rest vOur
poor bruised head upon"
On the 4th inst. Eugene Grnncwald, nat
! i've of Al>atla, tWcnty-nne years OF age, left
his home at NO, lS1 Spring street. He was
cook and had worked at many of the leading
hotels of this city, He got Sl4 from his wife
with which to pay his grocer and to purchase
provisions for the day. lie returned to his
home about ten O'Clock, carrying number of
small packages from the groccrs, which he
deposited on the table and then left his home,
telling his wife and brother-n-laW that he had
to pay Il visit and would be back to dinner.
| Nothing more was known about him until the
following day, Monday, when his wife received
postal card The stamp showed it had been
deposited at station "A" 1t contained the in
formation that her husband was in Chambers
street Hospital. The writing looked like his
own. Upon calling at the hospital she found
that she had been deceived; her husband was
not there. On the following Thursday at tWen-
ty-tve minutes past eight A. NJ. he was taken
to the Prince Street station house by Policeman
| Frazier, who said he had found his prisoner at
Broome street and Thompson. GrinncwaId
was then in Il >cmi-con>ciouS condition. He
was then bleeding profu>ely from cuts in his
head and forehead. Frazier reported that his
prisoner had fallen and injured himself The
character of his injuries centradicted this state
ment. 1t was evident he had been assaulted.
and Captain Mcdonald at the time said that
| Frazier must have dubbed the man, but there
being no evidence to sustain this theory moth
ing could be done about it. The injured man
was sent to st. Nincent'S Hospital and from
thence to Bellevue Hospital, where ht died
yesterday morning Frazier few days ago
was dismissed from the department..
The matter will be investigated by the Cor
| oner.
TOMMY OR MICHAEL:
Michael Welch and Ann WcIch were before
Justice Patterson. in the jefferson Market
Police Court recently. Both We're much bat
tered and bruised
You are charged with being drunk and
fighting" said the magistrate. What have
you to say"
: 1t was only a chrisinen. Your Honor, so
don't be hard on US" answered Ann.
" But you We're lighting and disturbing the
public peace on Sunday. There's no excuse
for that
ITO be sure not but twas all is own fault
How was that" inquired the Justice.
Fur the past foiNe days. said Ann, "hm
here (pointing to MichaeD knew perfectly well
the boy wud be called Tommy, an be sed nuth-
in listerdee some friends cum to the house
an we made up our mines TO hould the chris
men'. Not till we goes out of the door does him
here say: ''Phat are sc gon to call it: 'Shure
don't ye know its Tommy sez |. no Tommy
for me- scZ he; it'll be Michael 'DiVil the bit
NV Michael for me- seq |, and over he comes
close to me. Yer gettin' 'risterkratic wild yer
Tommy sez he, an wild that he thumped me
on the side, an me wild the child in me armes."
An she fired the skillet at me-" cried Mich
ael.
Here! Here" interrupted the Justice, I'VE
don't want the fight over again. Now, if | let
you both 90, what will you call the chid:'
Tommy" said Ann.
''Michael!" said her husband.
SO: Well, I'll lock you both up until YOU
come to an understanding said the Justice.
IN THE WRON.i SHOP.
A German, apparently freshly landed. APP
peared on the mezzanine floor of the Post Office
recently. with registered letter notice in his
| hand, ntcntly looking at the signs over the
! several doors. but unable to read any of them
He finally wandered into the doctors ROOM
where applicants for positions are examined
physically prior to their examination before the
Civil Service Board. The doctor, who was
very busy, looked up and seeing the notice in
the Teuton's hand and u look of expectancy on
HOTTEST lace, LOON IL lOF granted llldl ne was
an applicant for office and that the paper he
held in his hand was q note from the Appoint
ment Clerk to examine him, and exclaimed SEN
tentiously, 'Strip.' making Il motion with his
arms to indicate that the visitor should take off
his coat. The applicant for otter-not for an
otfice-doubtless thinking such action was nee
essary as means of identification. at once be-
gan to divest himself of bis clothes until he
stood with almost nothing on but his complex
ion He was duly examined and pronounced
as unfit for the service and referred to the APP
pontment Clerk with THAT information. When
the German handed the latter a note to this eff
feet and at the same time exclaimed -"Nere is
dot regiSded ledder:'' the clerk took in the stu
alton at once, sweetly smiled and directed him
to the proper clerk.
CROSSED THE SEA TO MARRY.
Franz Hannes and Barbara Lechner, two
sturdy peasant children of fadcrland, lived and
| loved in Bavaria. She was serving maid, and
he, in an humble way helped to brew the beer
for which Bavarian cellars are famous Stern
parents forbade the matrimonial union of the
two young hearts, so Franz and Barbara pru-
IDENTIFY saved their little earnings, secretly took
passage on the Neckar from Bremen. and fled
| from Maternal wrath TO the land of free