New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-11
NFW-YORK CITY.


Two privates of Engine No. Is were dismissed
from the Fire Department yesterday for hghtlng III
quarters.
Luke higgins, young man living at Fifth l3yIo
and Nnet y-sixth-st., was drowned yesterday WHO
| bathing at the foot of East Nnety-seyenth-St.
District Attorney Oney had the question of jurls-
| dcton in the Kopf murder case under adVlsement'
| and n decision will be given tomorrow
| The officers and crew of the schooner Amelia "A
| Caboda arrived here Yesterday on the schooner y.
| ". Lewis. The Coboda was recently wrecked in
the West Indies.
FRUIT ASKED FOR POOR PEOPLE.
| The Rev. w G.. French requests those who nave
grapes apples or other fruits TO spare 10 send then
TO the foot of East twenty for the poor
people at the AImshouse
OFFICIALS INSPECTING THE BARGE OFFICE.
| Assistant Secretary Coon. of the Treasury De-
partment; Collector Robertson, and Surveyor
| benedict yesterday inspected the Barge once MI
| Coon was on his way to Washington from Geneva,
after attending the funeral of Secretary roger
THE WESTERN UNION DIRECTORS.
George j. Gould was elected vice-presldent OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company, IN me place OF
the late Augustus Schel!. at a meeting Ol the ulrr
tors yesterday. Samuel sloan takes Mr.. ScheIIs
| place ON the Executive Committee.
| REMOVING PILGRIM goCK.
The drilling scow of the United states Engineer
| il anchored over Pilgrim Rock. off Nineteenth-st
| East River getting ready to remove IT. IT - re-
questcd that steamboats, and other vessels carefully
avoid the vicinity of the scow that this work may
not be Obstructed.
wHfrTtrrs NEPHEW APPOINTED.
Appraiser Kctcham has appointed l.. H. Caldwell,
nephew of John q. Whittier TO the position OF
| Tie New York Post Onicc. MIR. Caldwell has been
connected with the Appraisers Department Tor
| nearly twenty years.
oN MAJ ron AMUSING srREFr-vENDFR
Policeman McDonough, of the lirst Precinct,
vas ON tnnl before the Police Commissioners
yesterday for kicking Isaac Jacob, street lendrr,
| near Fulton Market on August 7. several business
| men testified io the brutal conduct of the police
man. Decision In the ease was reserved
EXPLOSION oF sopA-wAtrn npttLF.
Thomas ponghrrtN, bartender ~ lWtn'yc
sixth-st aud Ninih-ayc was opening hott!e oi
soda water Yesterday when the bottle exploited ANA
n fragment of glass struck him IN the arm seyerlhg
an artery, lie was taken to ST. Vincent Hospital
I'm nn ambulance.
tnusnrp 40 DEATH ny Az rtrvAron 49,
Townsend Robina, age forty two. of NJ. 900 west
finy-sec9nd.sti Tos ct w,th lelelta"' "h '85ff
| Mcst FIFTY ninth A., when ia" elevator rAuehl
him and before II could be stopped he Wa'
| crushed to a icllN
rtsrrrs,Su cuntstt,y ttrr AVr WonE.
Tho toiprna con ,rntionnt the Twenty third street
| 1ahntupclc was we'll nttondod y"7teil'N
wunaua mrctins was ,onlu,t,d ~ Mlal 'ai,I
| vrtn made tv the Rev. Mt living uf Newark the
itr,. IL. renteooat aud the i'aN nr curt ct
! Washington
.n,soisa ,rtow4 rou roNStoWN .ruori HN,
,fer nomipal gonslde,all9n n aud ME-, l's'nh
NJ Emanuel and HleawH' T. Mrt9, N"Ee EH
measuau Orlando II, lutttri aud hr in lQth uth'-
irrs property IA Onr-hundtrd- ANA tuu ia atp west
| ct Eighlh-aNo, to Nh, MeNri Tor nominal sum
! Ironcrty AT the northwest corner of NeN-die ANA
Onc-hundred- aud iuurth-,t has been acquired hy
George II. Morris lor ~ 2Ouoo'
10 1uE ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION.
For the convenience of those desiring to attend
the Electrical Exposition at the fIuk Kim nSiIi uIe
Philadelphia, the Pennsylnn Ralioad VA o9
Saturday a special tram, leaving New loik Ut
t.}0 II. m. and returning leave Philadelphia at
1880 p. M The fare for the round t4p; including
admission to the Exposition. Will he w % me
fnI trqtr tvtl land
| Unity u the Exposition building
RUSSELL SAGE PREFERS THE COUNTRY
Russell sage yesterday returned TO Qnogle, L.
| l. where ne has been spending the summer aitef
having been two days IN the cltA lie salu Just DC
fore he left his Office that he should ProhaDly re-
main M Ouopue until October. unless there should
| he a heavy snow storm before that time, and that
| only important business could have persuaded nm
TO VISIT The city IN such weather lie spoke warm
| lv about the predictions OF cold wave from the
! Northwest
coILrGr OF THF CITY or Nrw.YoRK.
Only about half of the students OF ne tolegc OF
! the DIV of Nrw-York went to the College ye~ter-
dav to secure their books and prepare themselves
| for the studies winch begin on Monday. during the
resi- of the year the building will be open for stu
dents The hot weather up,ctS all our cacula,
tons said one of the Professors yesterday, ana
| if would be Just az we'll If the heat continues, to
postpone all work for week. he college opens
! earlier than other institutions OF the KIND.
THE coroNER's NEGLrCT FREES PRISONER.
william Hasche was placed on ralyeSerday J, lofe
Judgc Gldcrslceve in the court Of General >e'-
Sin ID "A
Annie Eeuton "A little girl, while she was playing
| in fine street on July Z. When an attempt was
made TO prove the cause of death the evidence was
| defertlve as the Coroner had hcld no inquest
iuJce CidcTsccvc requested the District Attorney
fo ce tine Coroner attention to the failure 10 hoid
an inquest, aud directed the discharge OF the
! prisoner
! p,RK CLOUD or WITNESSES ARISE FOR FORD.
| A dozen dark -coored spectators listened NesteI-
dgv IN the Court of General Sessions 10 the tcSli
mony of colorcd witnesses IN iaNor OF EuNItu II
| Ford "A negro who was charged with homlcldc, anu
! who was defended by MIR. simmons, tolored
| LAWYER John j. Cullen, white man. was cut, 1t
is charged by Ford with r9zori , Me opo u If
| Cullen who died week after at the hospital some
of the physicians thought the wound was the cause
| of death hut Or Peter A. Johnson ColOrcd man,
declared that death was the result OF other causes
The case will be continued to-day.
JOHN II. Lyon FINANCiALIY. EMBARRASSED.
John II. Lyon. dealer In building materials ana
coal at Nos 100 East one, hundreH
| st. aud 90 College-ave., made m assignment irS-
crday Ia layd Mech' mee,ting ne WIN -, h r1r
nulds for SO l72 %; aud the Murray I'M pank Tor
! ihr Avenue Savings Bank, which suspended
payment several yenls ng2 after WUhst"p","R ,n,
coal business aud paid lns merchandise u'Dts III
full but went nlo GanetnP'sa no G'o, y" ' w".
| hrouuht about through his connection with the
hank He owes about r2OOuO.
.rtrurtrp SUICIDE on GERMAN STUDENT.
Dlcderck iichmndt, German Immigrant whu
arrived In this country less than mont ag3 oh
NnrL oi the Hamilton ferry. The man was rescued
and Yesterday hc was taken 10 the lumbs Police
Unuft Justice Ford sent HIM temporarily 10 the
rate uf the commissioners of Charities and Cuiiec.
iona Through m Interpreter the priHonct ehid
| that he was thrown On hR own resources lhst JuN
| A., the failure of hls brother, who succeeded hl
father IN nn tensye diyg0Uda business AT pofuwn
la Oaiftiealand. Hanover He had attended tl'
Iuhingcn lni,ciRity iot two years aud thThrhi"it'
a. a. "a
ntudy nT medicine fut ihirp Nrnta, lie had in nlan
dan ha collegiate runinn through thr failure oi ny
brother. though lac had nearly completed hls H'ho
ipH,