New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-05

or Enclosures of the annexed district providing per
mission rs first obtained from the owners. IL was
passed unanimously.
COMPLAINING OF A DUMP. .
Fmigration Commissioners Starr, stephenson,
UanseIt and Taintor Yesterday asked the Mayor ~
take action concerning the dump useu ~ Pnat
Street-C Cleaning Department near tne lou VI al al
One-hundred- and tenth-st, which IL eI T1d
sance to persons using tho ferry TO Ward isianu
THINKING THAT GENERAL GRANT HAP DIED So,o
MANY persons living near tho East River ap 9
Fiftyninth ST., noticed on SmuaaSS ou v ON Black
Wells Island and thought that General Grant naa
died. 1t was learned yesterday Una! Ino"i""
George j. Florence OF that station hau u'o''
NoN-REsIDENT oFFICE-HoLDERs. ii
Tho Aldermen Yesterday authorized their pressi,-
dent TO appoint a committee oil tnree ~ &c STATE
the Controller relative TO tile en- Tomrnn ConnciI
II: amounted Messrs Jaehne, De Lacy ana Mulry'
The real object is to take action against uonieS'
dent office holders.
THE MAY GRAND JURY.
pooord.r Smvth Yesterday opened Part ]. OF the
Conrt of General Sessions and admnlsleereta tno
oath to the Grand Jury and gave inc sidi cndso
as TO the performance of their duties. y.
Newell dealer in mems furnishing goods III Droau
wav, near Seventeenth-st, was maze lorelnan VI
the Grand Jury.
Tur NEw-ENGrAND TELEPHONE COMPANY:
The annual meeting of the New-England Ieie-
nhone and Telegraph Company was held al the
companys office at No. IA Greenw,ch-st'' y esuer
day. Theodore \. vai MILAN ii IHgham,
rbaTSs Gdden. stephen Salisbury and Fred
erick Aver, were reelected directors ana MOSES !"
Parker was chosen to fill n vacancy.
GOLD MEDAL FOR AN ESSAY. -.
The gold medal of tho Military Service lnstltu-
ton of the United States, prize essay OF 1857 On
The Necessity for Closer Relations peiwGen sno 0
con plish the Result" has been awarded 10 OapiaIn
George Price 9th VH bSd S5St? "a uneS States
Artillery was deemed next in order OF merit
FtRE-E.cAPFs FOT TENEMENT HOUSES
President Sanger Of the Board OF Aldermen
offered resolution Yesterday ThIcn was conle an
Immediate inspection Of all ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS III Or
der to ascertain whether they are provided Win
bot the Inspector rs directed to compel the owners
to comply with the law.
POLICE PROTECTION AGAINST STRIKERS; WI
Brennan & White, shoe manufacturers OF VII VI
Hamsburg some DAYS ago discharged some OF inc
girls employed by them because they were inemoeIs
of the Shoemakers Union; Since that time tne
shop has been closely picketed oy rue union e
day and applied for protection. OnceTs were sent
to the sh op but assured by the strikers that
there W ould be no trouble.
sTFAM-CARs IN CITY STREETS.
The last Board of Aldermen authorized the APP
pointment of a commission Of three persons 10 III
quire into the advisability OF turther Iunnins
steam-cars In West-st and Tenth-aye. Alderman
Waite was the member of the board appointed, the
New-York Central Railroad Company appointed
one and one represented n citizens delegation no
| renort has ever been made The board yesterday
reGuested tho committee to report at an early
day.
NO RIGHT TO RUN FERRY. .
The president of the Staten Island RAPID transit
Railway Company called the attention OF the Slnk-
ing Fund Commission yesterday TO the fact that
ferry is being run from New-1ork 10 staten Island
by the New Jersey Steamboat Transportation Com
pany IN violation of the franchise gwen TO inc
Rapid Transit Company. The Corporation ConnseI
was requested to take necessary action IN the mat
ter.
THROWN FROM WAGONS BY RUNAWAY HORSES.
A horse, driven by A. Hellecker, of Yonkers, ran
Pway al Eighth-ave. and One-hundred -and-twenty-
sxth-st on Sunday and smashed the light wagon
Mr.. Hellecker was thrown ont and his head was
injured mounted policeman stopped the horse
at One hundred-and- thirty -frs-st- Hugh leaney,
OF No "a West Forty-fourth-st, while driving
recklessly in Eighth-ave. at observation-disclosures
thirty ifh-st wrecked his wagon against an ele-
waited railroad pillar and cut his headiseyerely. he
arrested.
sPRINGING INTO THE EAST RIVER
When the ferry boat Jamaica was halfway across
the East River from the foot Of H0uston-st at $3.50
a. m. yesterday a man who had been walking ner-
vously about on deck pulled of his coat and sprang
overheard The boat was stopped, but tho body
disappeared. he suicide was Jacob llnrch a Cor
man cabinet-makeT of No. l75 Chrysue-st. His
family when informed OF his death, were already
en- gagged IN searching for him: On Sunday he had
shown signs of insanity and had talked wildly
about business troubles.