New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-05
NETWORK CITY.

MISSIONARY WORK IN JAPAN
The Rev G. l.. Atkinson, for nine years MS
siOnary in Japan delivered an address on lnlSslon
airy work in that country at the Central Congrega
tlonal Church at MadIson-aye. and forty-se'oh'n
st. yesterday morning.
AN UNUSUALLY HEAVY MAIL
The mail By the Cunard steamship Catalonia was
an unusually heavy one. There We're hVe large
truck loads Part Of this Was the at
the Post Office yesterday were three hourS lao III
consequence OF the recent storms.
CHARGED WITH sTEALING CAR FAIRS. .ho
Martin Shaughurssy. of No. 2l0 Ihlrd-aVe, VINO
was at one time a City Marshal, was charged IN
Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday m9r11lus
with collecting two fares IN Twenty-thlrd-st
"bObtail" car and putting them III MS own poChoV
He was held for trial.
HOW IGNORANT MAN MAY BE.
On the door Of an uptown muslc store Is the l0l
lowing card Take notice We DO not know wHeto
meets, nor where John Kelly can be tonhl, nor
where postage stamps are sold. And we do not Keep
any directory dictionary or muscatne, Dut VIC uo
talk and sell Music"
STEALING FROM COLONEL BLISS.
4 numhcr of wOrkmen have been engaged re-,
Gently in making altcrations in the housc OF Colonel
George Bliss, No. 81 West Thirty-nnth-st. silver
ware worth about 5000 has been missed, ana Dc
tcctve Schmlttberger WAS detailed to ascertain ne
thief. On SATURDAY he arrested James Mcdonald
age tweuty-One. of No. lO5 East FIitecnth-st.,
one of the workmen engaged on the alterations A
silver saltcellar, fork and fruit knife, valned at
$50. were found in his pocket. In the, Jefferson
guilty and was held in ~ 900 bali.
BROOKLYN.
South BROOKLYN cats eat poison with impunity.
The Rev. J. Leonard Corning preached for Mr..
Beechrr who is In the West, IN Plymouth Church
yesterday.
James Fleming, age fifteen, of No. II Furmsn-st.,
was arrested on Saturday for stealing $l7i from
his father, Charles Fleming.
II was repor ed to the police yesterday that Miss
Belle Crowlan. q gc twenty-five OF No. 652 Myrtle
ave, ATTEMPTED suicide week ago today She
inflicted slight wound IN her throat with knife.
She has nearly recovered from IL.
In a quarrel In front of No ~ Tcnth-st., l.. d.,
Yesterday morning. William McSorey, who lives at
that number was cut IN the lower hi OF the right
eye with knife by Edward Rowel of No. 100
Hope-si. The wound is a serious one. ROwell was
arrested.
The funeral of Henry }. Dcghuee. who died on
Friday at his home, No. +2O Berg"n-st, Will take
place to-day. He was prominent member of the
BROOKLYN Singerbund and of several social
organizations His business was that ~ brewer.
lie was bora in Germany, IN 1910 and had lived IN
Brooklyn since SIS.
In n quarrel last evening John lIaggcrty, Of No.
90 Atlantic-aye., throw lighted Kerosene lamp at
his wife. striking her on the head. she recelved n
severe cut and was burner hy the explosion OF the
lamp, which also set The house on fire. The fire
was put ont with little difficulty. Haggcrty was
arrested and his wife sent 10 the Long Island Col
lcgc Hospital
After Charles Dedrick. a bartender in n saloon at
nigh on Saturday and had gone away, he returned
10 iiud tat two men had forced the lock, aud one
was 10 he shop leaning ont of tho back window
asking tie other. who was IN The ward. Tor match
They had Iiird the money drawer. getting small
sum. The Two men, named Patrick hcarney and
John McAllistrr. were arrested
A ten days conference for tho promotion Of
spiritual life and for revival work was begun in tho
johnson street II. +. Church Yesterday Three
meetings were hed-at 1880 a. III. and at $3.50 and
go D. IN. number Of clergymcn and lay eyangel
t.f. fol tu in q q
testimony Of converted persons was gwen, and In
tho evening addresses wer" made by j. W. Culver,
"A LAWYER: Or. J. ". kcnuion. city MISSIONARY. and
several OILERS. Meetings VIII be held each day ~
$50 and 1880 =. m.
Two ndroit thieves induced Charles Wilson,
nine Of No lN6 Madi,on-st.. and Henry llaze,ton.
noon 10 20 with them from NOstruud-ayc. and Ma
cou-st. 20 De kalh aud lirand-ayes. promising %
get them some candy. The thieves there gave the
bo1 q penny t. get candy with IN q store near by
and persuaded one If them 10 leave his oyeTcoat
aud the Other ni. nickcI-patcd witch ana skates
while they were gone 10 make their purchase.
When the boys got back with the candy the thieves
had disappeared with the PROPERTY.
LONG ISLAND.
BApYLoN.-Tbc work of building the cottages
prop6scd for the Argyle grounds has been begun,
and two OF the structures are VOL under way;
Twenty are ia contemplation, twelve Of which Will
be completed before the summer season opens.
HUNTfNGroN.-Thc old " Jacob Ketcham house.
in Spung-s now IN course Of demolition, Il one OF
the landmarks of the town. II Is ullY zoo years OLD
aud has been the homo of some of the most eminent
men OF the country.
EAST MARION.-On Saturday a three-year-old
daughter of Mrs Mary Walsh. while playing IN tho
upper part of the house, climbed into large oak
chest and the I'D closed down upon her. The child
remained In her prison for several hours. When
discovered, she WAS nscDsbo and almost suto-
Gated.
STATEN ISLAND.
Veterinary Surgeon Rose says that
Il new disease called azOtura has broken out among
the cattle on staten Island.
TOMpKINsvILLE-T will OF the late Xavier Iex,
the druggist. has been admitted 10 probate. lie
bequcathcd everything to his widow.
RICHMOND-Thc proposed rouio Of the staten
Iallud Rand Trarst Railroad begins at Pctetcrs