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

Unsafe buildings reported yesterday NOS. 90
East Fifty-seventh-st.
The Police Commissioners yesterday promoted
twelve, $500 policemen to the seoond grade, ap;
pointed six new patromen and retired TWO oid
officers on pensions of 5000 per annum.
CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A BARREL OF OIL
Bernard Wilson, twenty-One years old. OF No. 80
East Broadway, while working at No. so Duane-st;
yesterday morning was crushed TO death Dy Darrel
of oil, which fell on him.
BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER.
The body OF o drowned man about thlrty-hve
years old, with black hair and brown mqstaehe'
was found in the East River at the foot OF Fifteenth
st. yesterday. 1t was well dressed.
SCHOONER SUNK ny A STEAMER. -,
While the schooner j. II. Burnett, loaded with
COAL was on ITS way from Ezaoethport no fr TOY
dence on Thursday. 1t was run into when OH boyds
Neck, H. l., by the steamer Alert ana SUNK IN Six
fathoms of water.
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF SIDNEY SMITH;
William Anderson, the sten0grapher OF tho Court
of General Sessions, delivered a lecture last evening
before the Lvceum of the Central Methodist.
Church, in Seventh-ave. The subject was, Inc
Wit and Wisdom of Sidney Smith"
THOMAS b. PHEBY STILL IN CUSTODY.
Thomas ID. Pheby late SUPERINTENDENT OF the lnyo
Consolidated Mining and Milling Company. of Cali
fornia was engaged yesterday in endeavoring 70
get the $50 900 bail required of him. Being unable
to do this. he was remanded to Ludlow Street Jail.
TIE CITY WITHOUT HEAD.
The Mayor was away from the city Yesterday In
company with several friends he went to Babylon.
L. l., to enjoy aday's fishing. AS President Reilly
of the Board of Aldermen was at Albany the city
was without q Mayor or acting Mayor.
REPRESENTING TWO FIRMS.
Horace c. Sylvester, of the firms OF f. j. Denning
e. Co.. and Sylvester Hilton a. Co, III sail for
Europe to-day on the Britannia, to superntend the
importations of fall and winter goods for the whole
sale and retail departments OF the above firms.
LARGE AUCTION SALE or QUINISE.
large auction sale Of quinine wa held yester-
day at No 20 Burng Slip by Burdett d Dennis.
OF the foreign qninine 81 .0OOounces at 81 32i9 an
ounce; 570f sold at s. 81, and 100 at 81 Al.
1,250 ounces of American qunine were sold at
81 G0OSl 81,
CONTAINING OF BAD CROToN WATER.
People in West Forty-siXth-st. are complaining
bitterly of tho condition Of the Croon water in that
street near Eighth and Ninth aves They say that
the water has oiv taste. In one instance. buck,
etful of IT, left standing twenty-four hours, turned
green and purld."
A NEW DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDING.
Alfred Pell, tho manager in this country for the
Commercial Union Assurance Company Of London,
yesterday fled plans az the buildings Bureau for a
sxstory office bull Ing ito to be erected at NO. to
built Of brick aud sandstone.
COMING ANNIVERSARY or THE TRACT SOCIETY.
The American Tract Society Will hold IFS annual
formed Church. at Fifth-ave. aud Twentynlnth-st.,
on next Wednesday at 10 q. m. The Rev. Dr. John
Hail will preach The anniversary sermon on the lot
lowing Sunday night, in the Broadway Iabernaclc
COMPLTMENTED FOR KILLING a RUFFIAN.
Roundsman John Delaney who killed Patnek
Mctiowan in Hester-st. in January was directed by
acting sergeant in tho lombs Police Court lie has
been presented with a complimentary resolution OF
the Board on account of bravery exhibited IN his
struggle with the ruiiian.
FORTY DISTINGUISHED PERUvIASs.
The forty distinguished Pcruvlans who, twas
said. were expected on the steamship Colon. from
Aspnwall, have not arrived in this city. At the
Leland Hotel 1T said that they had probably
missed the steamer ] he Peruvian Consul said that
the party. If there was one had no political MISSION,
so far as lie knew. Its members had probably LETT
A PoucFMAN ASSAULTED IN A COURTROOM
In the TOm5s Police Court yesterday, Kate Wag.
ner was SENTENCED 20 three mIninS
her to the prison when she struck him over the eve
with sharp piece of glass which she had obtained
from broken window in the court room. She was
then committed for trial. without bail, for teonious
assault.
JUsTTFYING A SEIZURE OF TEA.
George w. Lane, Charles L. Beebe and Richard a.
Dormcr. tho commission appointed by Collector
Robertson 10 examine tftv-fve boxes OF tea which
were imported by Cassidy x Co, and seized by
Government Inspector Davis few days ago under
the lew of March 2. made their report yesterday.
They confirm the seizure, finding that the tea Is
adulterated and OF spurious and exhausted leaves.
CHARGE or BLAcKMAIL. NOT MADE. 1Rs
Marcus &. Stanley SAID yesterday to TRIBUNE
reporter that tho statement that ne had charged
William Anderson and Charles Rilllngs before
Police Justice Gardner on Thursday with an at
tempt To blackmail him incorrect. At the
request of Captain Williams he had stated the con-
vefsation he had had with the men 10 the Police
Justice Az the men had not made any threat to
him they did not come within the law.
REGISTERS OFFICE NOTES.
Bv annstrument recorded III the Registers Office
Yesterday il was shown that Emigration Commits
sioner George J. Forrest has acquired title To the
property Nos II aud 10 Broadway. The convey
ance is made by GEORGE F. Johnson in consideration
of the sum of $22S. 800 The Hebrew congregation,
Agudath Achim MKrakau, has paid $4,000 for
property having a frontage of 44l2 feet the east
side of Market-st., one lot south of Henry-st
A MISSING GIRL POUND BY THE POLICE
lent ggid hat hc
had found Pbilomena Greiner, fifteen years old,
who disappeared recently from tho house of her
aunt. at No. 247 East HOuaton-st. :" She is en-
ployed by respectable family at IS a month";" he
laid and she does not wish her relatives TO know
where she 49, because she says she il-reated by
them Az there is no evidence that her aunt has
any lawful authority over her, have concluded 10
respect the girls wishes"
BROOKLYN.
II ia proposed TO increase the compensation of
Jurors from 81 to 81 day.
John Wincerce. age fifty, homeless man, fell
from loft at Meserole and Waterbury SITS, where
he was sleeping yesterday morning aud was
killed.
Henry Hoffman, Of No. 344 Hamilton-ave died
Yesterday at the Homeopathic Hospital from inju-
ries received a week ago by being over by car
of the Fifth-ave line.
After his Sunday-school lesson talk last evening
Mr.. Beecher baptized by immersion one of The
vounp women w no will ioin Plymouth Church IN