New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-14
NEW-YORK CITY.

Blaine AMI Logan veterans meeting, Twentieth waid
Wgwam. Brooklyn, p. IN.
NETWORK CITY
There will be swimming race for policemen IN
the Harlem River next month for n gold medal Of
fered by Richard X. Fox.
James Mcdonald. No. Oil East Seventy-thrd-
ST. a workman on the Elevated Railroad IN sixth
ave. yesterday was injured seriously by failing TO
;he street
Tho Sisters of Charity of st. Vincent de Paul
have borrowed 800 900 from the Equitable Life
Assurance Society upon their property at RIVER
dale
The liabilities of Bcrliner & Kauss, manufacture
ers of mems neck wear at No. 4SI Broadway are
S0G.O4G 70; nominal assets $l2l, 1S9 80; actual,
$J2,2G4 II.
FOUNTAINS AND THE WATER SUPPLY.
A correspondent complains that the public foun-
tans never play. He is not likely 10 see them play
until the new auueduct is comp eted The water
supply is far too scany for the needs of household
ers None of il can now be lavished on fountains
OFF FOR JAPAN ny THE sUEZ CANAL.
X Okura and ". YOkagama. the two members OF
the Nippon Scichakoka i, or japanese Chamber OF
Commerce. who have been in this country severa
weeks. studying the silk and tea interests, sailed
for Europe yesterday on the National Line steam
shin America. They will return to Japan by way
of the Suez Canal.
NOT DEAD But SLEEPING.
A man Law upon the sidewalk in Duane st sleep
ing of drunken stupor Yesterday afternoon. An
cnterprlsuV hoothla,k Came along and with the
aid OF marking pot and the lid ol pasteboard
box erected this inscription In the hat of the slmm-
hcring inebrate: " He s not dead, but sleepeth."
LOOKING FOR AZ tvsANE MERCHANT.
by request of Mr.. Cooley, of Bates Reed ~
Cooley, superintendent Walling yesterday sent
general alarm directing the police TO search Tor
George W Lawrence, 70 wealthy merchant OF North
Manchester, Ind, who escaped from the Indiana
Insane Hospital ON August q.
SELLING prcoNrosrD rios FEET
Several policemen made raid yesterday on the
icb,tcri Of Mulberry aud adjacent streets who
offer for sale dccomposod pigs feet and unwhole-
some tu1t and vegetables. About dozen vendors
were nrestcd. aud their stock scattered about tho
attcot The prisoners wcro all Italians. and NJ tho
1omh4 Police Court Justice German committed
thom each Ia default OF 800 bail,
Ersr on A prrrOtfvr.
T. H. Andrews year ago took nap In tho hnl-
way of his house. 80. Olh Ihird'aNc, aud hnd ms
~ 30 watch stolen. He suspected that milknnn,
William Fortch stole II, ana Detective Gun tired
repeatedly 10 have him show IL. Then he brought
"A woman into the case, aud Mrs. FOftch showed
her the watch, which was recovered and fortGh
was held yesterday Tor examination IN the foik'ile
Police Court.
AvorHrH WRESTLER on THE KIcm FAMILY
Iiomada kOrilHchl, "A newly arrived Japanese
wrestler said H. be bigger and stronger than
varied results in tins country, viii try to angle up
Edwin Bibhy. IN Clarendon Hall, on saturday
evening. Bibby Will first wrestie with the name
and then with the man. Betting Is Disk that lie
viii bee thrown in both efforts.
HELD ~ DEFAULT OF $500 BAIL.
=. John Couuor age tWcut VI wo, was Ic-arragned BE-
fore Yesterday at the Essex Marker
Police Court, for stealing from the house OF Samuel
Kerr. of 40. e. West Twclfth-st., on July 80.
clothing household goods. jcwelry, etc, worth
-, 900. lie was committed IN default OF T%,'Uo.
robbery of Frederick Noeght. an cng"a yer. of Nor
don Conn, last saturday was also held III default
OF -, 800.
STJsT MAKE ETPNRS Of DEMAND.
The Dock Commissioners were yesterday advised
by ihc Council for tine Corporation that they were
required 10 mako any repairs in tho wharfs on
Ha.'s Island whom tn" tomm-sloncr5 Of Charities
and Correction d.mInd tLcm. The question arose
ON an Application OF the Department OF Charitles
for the dredging and repair OF the property. The
reply cite. that when part of We,tcnestcr County
was annexed to the city, Harris Island became
part of New York.
FoE 4 MONUMENT TO GENrRAt s7IrIps.
Al meetlu- az General james A. Shields Post
10. Gg,G. \. r.. ou tuesday resolution was uuan-
mously adopted that committee OF seven be APP
pointed 10 dcvi-" means 10 erect an appropriate
monument ~ General Shields. The following com
mIftee was appointed: Colonel Michael {. Mar
phy p. w. Puciau. Gauct Maggie John Beauie
Captain Michael OKccne. DIR. William OMeagher.
and Comrl de Edward j. St1pleton. The grave of
General Shields l,il Missouri.
STEALING A Wlr"H FROM CorOGrO WOMAN.
While Mrs Ellie NIhurn, colored woman of
No. ID Elcel-plgca, BroOkyn, was nm ElI1th-ave.,
between sixteenth and seventeenth sts., yesterday
Edward Mcnermott, boy living at No. 3G For
stt hc ST., suddenly sprauE OUT of a doorway. and
-ciIIug beer watch and chain ran down SIXTEENTH
st.. followed 10y the woman screaming at the top OF
her voice. The fugitive ran into tenement house,
followed by an officer and Mrs. Wilbum, who
scratched the house and found him under bed on
the top floor.
R.uctNr ABOUT THE CAUSE or 4 SUICIDE.
4 ynurg Hebrew won't to the Twelfth Precinct
Police Sta,iou yesterday and said that his father
Isaac Iorwit2, had died nm tine teucmcnt-house
40. 2l" East Qnehopdigdaud t"enlieth,St /"
lIo was auN,ous Doc said that the manner of his
fathers death should not be made public. Dr.
Franklin. of so. 1856 East Onc-huudrcdan seven
t,auth-st. WAS called ON Tuesday To attend IIor-
,,l hours. Members
of the family were lct,ccut regarding the cause OF
the suicide HorvitZ was sixty SIX years old and
was formerly am optlclau. For several years he had
been sufferer from asthma and unable to work.
FOR TIM GOOD OF ST.. PATRlCKs DAY.
d" The 81. Patrlck's Club of New-Iork" is the
title Of an organization recently formed, whose OBJ
va Ireland history aud traditions, toscucouiage 50,
cal intercourse aud promote a healthy national
feeling among lrsnmen or their descendants. and
in an especial manner 70 celebrate the National
holiday of Ireland. The principal officers are
Ih9mas a.; Angm, president; John Dclahanty
J B4 nc and James j. Bnckcy sccreiarc % and
Edward /. Moulsscy treasurer
CASTING 4 CLOUD OVER AZ EDUCATED FAMILY.
Michael sullivan, age hity-sN formerly
prominent lquor-dcalcr m Cana-st. and South
Finh-ayc.. was charged 10y his wife yes
tcuay at the EsseX Market Police Court
with habitual intoxicatiou She said that
her two sons had been graduated with honor
IA college. aud her two daughters were also highly
educated, but that cloud had been east upon their
liyos by the dsdpatcd habits OF their father.
O0iccr liell of the Court Squad, stated that Suli
van had squandcrcd $4,000. lilo was committed
ioi three months In default of $1,000.
BROOKLYN.
The terms of office of City Assessors Kurth and
noLaccy viii end on September l. They will prob
ably hc rcappointcd
Permission has been granted for the erection of a
brick chapel for the new Sixth Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, at SiXth-aye. aud Eighthst., at
a cost OF 10000.
Absolute divorce was granted yesterday 10 James
II. GIoyestoen from Mrs Amelia GrOyesteon.
EX-Assemblyman Charles j. Henry and Daniel
Grrrn both DrmncTAtlc nnhticinna of tho rhlrl