New-York tribune., 1885-07-25
NEW-YORK CITY.

(,rickef match. New-Brfght0n, IL H.
BroWn reference case before Referee Nolan.
Return Of 47th Regiment from PesKsKli-
NEw-YORK CITY.
Ernast Weber ten years old, or No. 34A East
One.hnndred- and sixth: ST., was drowned on Thurs
day night off East One-hundred-and. .fourth-st.
There will be music in East River Park this
afternoon at 4 o'clock by Eben's 7lst Regiment
Band.
ger fare receipts Of the Sixth Avenue Surface
Railroad Company for the month OF June az
The st. James excursion TO Ocean Grove ana
Long Branch will take place ON WEDNESDAY
S~eeches will be made by 8. G. Dey and Drs. VIM
cent and Harbut.
THE CAse OF ANTONIO BARRACHTNA.
Further testimony IN the extlaai.ign c.sS u
Cemmissioner Osborn yesterday. me case was al
;ournsd 10 this morning, when the counsel on
either side will sum up.
AMERICAN SHIPS SOLD IN HOLLAND.
The American ship Cbandos, 1,5O8 tons. built at
Relfast. Me- in October, 1869, has been purchases
by Captain A. Hemmss for persons in Holland; TINS
IS the fifth American s%a
Tor foreigners through captain hemmes "i'hin '"o
last eighteen months.
LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVICE RECOGNIZED.
William II. Stevens, who has been employed ior
ever forty years by the Manhattan BANK, mas Dccn @
forced by Ill health to resign his posItio'. Inc
directors unanimously refused to accept the Ieslg
nation but voted to retire him from active duty Oh
q pension of Sl ,OOO
SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Articles of Incorporation of the Southern lloimes
Electric Protective Company were filed yesterday.
The capital named Is SSoo9qO Win .ne nr.noses S
to construct and maintain lines OF telegraph
throughout the Southern states, to protect ouIIu-
nss Hns burglary apS rS Soom Dillon
Charles A. Tinker and j. Mcrrnew.
BUSINESS FAILURES or WEEK.
The business failures occurring throughout tne ne
ffadf N X y
Dun & Co.. yesterday by telegraph. num6er' Ior
the United Stares. 1872 and for Canada 20 or
total of 215 against total OF 70 last week ann
are reported from the Western and Paciiic states.
IL the other sections of the csunry business casual
ties are below the average III number.
FRANCHISE FOR NEW STREET RAILROAD;
Alderman Cleary for the Committee on Kali
roads reported Yesterday IN favor of granting
franchise to the Wall, Fulton and Cortlandt street
Railroad Company to construct ana efa,e n, sur
Street Ferries. Alderman Van Rensselaer, proies
ed against adopting the report. He said that the
should .ceIve much more consideration than had
been given If. The repert was acce J'et, however,
and an ordinance passed granting the franchise
THE CONTEST FOR GroGnrGAx's NoSEY.
The contest over the estate OF Owney Geo
ghcgap was continued YESTERDAY at No; 70 Broaa.
pusilist, said thar Phil" Ryan, the husband OF
one of Gee began's sisters. asked him to induce
Mrs Geoghegan to accept 20 pcr cent OF the es-
tale. This Waite says, ne refused to do knowing
that Mrs. Gsoghegan was "Owney's wle ana
that her little girl Mamie was "Owneys" daugh-
ter. Several witnesses, mainly "sp rtlng" men,
testified that they understood from "OwDey" that
Mrs. Geoghegan was his wife.
Hg WAS ANTICIPATING THEE MEALS 4 DAY.
In ths Richards case before Referee Hamilton
yesterday, Mr. Vemiya nut IN evidence letter
received by him from Richards when he was in
money none for clothing and enough to pay, his sx-
penses TO New-York lie also speaks OF the - near
iuture when he will get three meals day., lie
that will " knock DelmoaIcos silly and dweils at
great length On the good things ne VIII have to
eat when he gets some money. Richards laughed
heartily while the letter was being read.
BROOKLYN.
Timsthy Daley. OF Montreal went 10 Brooklyn on
them for monent in Atanticave., near Clinton- ST..
while he into drugstore 10 look for the address
Of hS rgSd IN .s and he s BEEN unable to nd
any of them suce. The police were asked to look
for them yesterday
upon the charge OF posoning his second
wife, to be exhumed to ascertain IL she was poisoned
also
Thomas O'shea who murdered his wife two weeks ago
and then surrendered himself TO the police pleaded
guilty murder In the second degree yesterday lie
will be imprisoned for liic
Policeman Daniel Evaus Of the York Street Station.
bravey rescued Mrs Katharine Arodt and her daughter
Sophia from burning building at York aud Fulton sts
yesterday morning He was nearly overcome by the
binding smoke through which he made his way Eight
persons were in the building but all were saved The
loss by the fire $500.
In the heated term the consumption OF water up
from average Of 40 900 900 gallons day to 40 0oO
OOU gallons OH the hottest day.
The report OF the death OF BgadIer General Roberts
proves 70 have been unfonndeG II was made upon the
authority Of attaches Of the Navy Yard where he was
formerly employed aud where the report OF his death
received full credencc.
Mrs. Ann Kelly, age seventy-three. was drowned I'M
der peculiar yesterday at her home No
IL seabring-st She is blind and IN passing through the
hall the house she fell down the cellar stairs. When
found another occupant OF the house she lying
unconscio the water In the cellar, which Is about
eighteen inches Deep Soon after being found she died
Oliver Olsen. age forty. Of No. 10f Lexington-avc
went into cellar OF his yesterday to drink
Of whskey by mistake he took drink OF oxalic acid
which proved fatal In few moments.