New-York tribune., 1885-07-18
NEW-YORK CITY.

The absence of one OF the attendants OF tno Nvuio
of General Sessions who had the key OF the prison
pen caused an adjournment OF one hour yesterday
The Catholic clergy of the archdiocese OF New
York will begin their annual retreat at Troy Oh
August "a.
The Union Theological Seminary is having several
west of FOurth-ave
The sale of the property of the Bankers and Mer;
chants Telegraph Company was formally postpofhSa
Yesterday until July "a pending the nearing oeioio
Justice Donohue on Tuesday.
Antonio Martini, an Italian laborcr. on June 2S
stabbed Mellizo Parraro. fellow tenant IN
Centre-st. Yesterday he was sentenced Dy Judge
CowIng to five years in the State Prisen.
Superintendent D'Oench has ordered the de- ds,
molition of the tws-sory frame house, NO oo9
West Twenty-seventh-st., and the four-story tehe-
ment house. No. 415 East Twelfth-st.
The Presbyterian church formerly at NO. lS9
East Seventy-sixth-st has leased the building IN
Seventy second ST near Third-ave The congrega-
ton will hold services there tomorrow.
The business failures in the last seven days, as
reported to X G.. Dun a. Co., of the Mercantiie
Agency. number for the United States 2O9; and ior
Canada l6 as compared with lS5 last week.
The Mayor, Controller aud president OF the Board
of Aldermen talked over the matter OF appointing
Harlem River Bridge Commissioners Yesterday but
adjourned until Tuesday without dong anything.
Two hundred and fifty mothers and their young
children were taken yesterday from the Eignth
Ward tenement houses to Brighton beach; Dv tne
Tenement Relief, branch Of the New-YOrk Juve-
nile Guardian Society
THE PROPOSED WARDS ISLAND PURCHASE;
Commissioner Porter of the Department of Chari-
ties and Correction said yesterday morning that
he had been appointed a committee of one TO con-
fer with the Commissioners OF Emigration relative
to the transfer OF the west side OF Wards lsiahu
from the State TO the city.
TO INSPECT THE TORPEDo STATION AT NEWPORT;
The United States Board Of Coast Defences and
Fortifcations has completed its inspection OF New.
York Harbor No session was held yesterday, out
to-day the Board will sail for Newport. TO inspect
the torpedo station there Secretary Whitney will
accompany Secretary Endicott on the trip
RICHARD n. WATSON STILL MISSING.
No trace Of Richard X. Watson, the absconding
stationer of No. 40 Maiden Lane, has been found.
His store is in charge of deputy sheriff. Iu-
NOR that Watson had returned and was IN COM
munication with Henry Morrison, jr., his book
keeper with view TO compromising the claims
against him. proved to be unfounded
CHANGES IN THE APPRAISERS OFFICE.
Appraiser McMullen yesterday promoted William lam
C. Jacobs, clerk and verlier at salary of 81 200
to an exanincrship at 81 800. Byron ID. Z. Eos
kett was appointed an examiner AT 81 .oOo, hooett
Kennedy; an opener and packer at % Gay gay was
SURVEYOR BEATriE TALKING TO HIS MEN.
The last batch of inspectors yesterday were nsh-
cred into Surveyor Beatties office and allowed TO
make the acquaintance of tseir new chief and TO
answer such questions he should see mt to put TO
them. Now that the Surveyor has become person.
ally acquainted with the whole force OF inspectors
something startling Is expected.
NEW OWNERS OF THE STAR"
The negotiations for the sale of The Star arc prac
tically finished. A syndicate. headed by William
Dorshemer ARE the purchasers. The price Isnot made
public. Mr. DoTsheimer and his friends Will prob
ably take possession next week. IL Is understood
that the publication of the daily Will be resumed IN
August. Mr.. DOrshcimer will be the Editor.
CONDENSED ACTIVITY IN CHATHAM-sT.
On one block of Chatham-st. between Duane and
Pearl sts., are twenty liquor shops, some OF them
low dives half dozen or more cheap and one fair
priced restaurant, several respectable hotels, and
half a dozen cheap lodging houses, several loan
offices and second hand jewelry stores, four or hye
cigar stores, an old curiosity shop, O fashionable
hat store and various other places OF business.
TEN CENTS FOR DINNER
Cheap restaurants on the Chatiam-st. five and
cigkt cents plan sprn gDg up i'll all parts Of the
city, / he latest is in Broadway near the New-York
Hotel where hungry man may dine for ten cents
or obtain modest repast for a nickel new
restaurant called the Cleveland has been sand
wIched in between the " Boss Tweed and /" jim
Fisk Chatham-st. places, aud is feeding over
$500 persons day.
HEBREWS TO BIZ SENT BACK TO RUSSIA
Four families of Russian Hebrews, comprising in
all about sixteen persons, arrived yesterday at
Castle Garden. Half Of them came by the Maiu
and half by the State of Nevada. Although these
people are not paupers, and even nave niue
soon all be a charge upon the community. They
are not willing TO go on farms, but wish TO make
living by peddlng in the streets of the city. They
will be sent back TO Russia.
ANOTHER sTABBING CASE IN LITTLE ITALY"
There was another stabbing ARRAY In :" Little
Italy " yesterday. Frank Brent, of No. 334 East
One-huudred-and- nd-iifteenth-st., was cut with
razor by Rocco Nevers, at ne-hundred-and ninth
Larrocco, of No. 437 East One-hundred-an
eleventh-st. who shot on Thursday by
Giovanni Driani. died yesterday at the Ninety
Street Hospital IN his ante-mortem statement 10
Coroner Messemcr he stated that he had no quarrel
with Driani, aud that the latter was sober.