New-York tribune., 1885-07-09
NEW-YORK CITY.

four-story builalng TOT tne ,otb'st , and
Shepherd IL being erected AT Nlhetieth-s'' anu
Ave-A., to cost $1,000
Clara Theice, age forty-two, OF No. 1,6OO lhlrd-
ave. fell from the second dstory iiIe escapo " 'ho
ward Yesterday, and was instantly killed.
w. II. Vanderbilt filed plans Mt the buildine De,
portment Yesterday for repairs TO his hnuSe III
Fifth-ave The cost of the repairs Is to be $soo.
The growth Of the Sunday-schOOl for the Chinese
in the Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church
has advanced so rapidly that more teachers aio IT,
quired to carry on the work.
two-stsry brick building, TO be used ns hos
pita and dispensary, Is being erected at One-hun-
dred and-thirty-fTst st. and Tenth-ave. by tne
Manhattan Dspensary.
GENERAL M'Mauox's SUCCESSOR.
Controller Loew received yesterday petition
signed by many business men and others request
ing the appointment of Alfred Viedenburgh as he-
ceiyer of Taxes. Mr.. Viedenburgh has been con-
nectcd with the tax Office for nearly thirty years,
most of the time a. deputy receiver OF taxes
ovFpCoME BY HEAT AND FscAPrNG GAS.
Foreman John Riordan. OF HOOK ana iaudrr
Company No. 6. was overcome bv heat and escap-
ing gas in the cellar of No. 65 licster-s where ne
had been engaged III putting out sight hrc ne
was taken from the cellar UNCONSCIOUS ahu scn'
home in an ambulance.
CLAIMS AGAINST ~ rxCUANG- SWAT
r. B. Armliage member Of thr Coffee Exchange,
gave notice OF his intention a. transfer ms scar
yesterday. whcreapon j; u, Scnrahh cnra tn'c,cu !
was due him from Mr.. Armtagc was satisfied he
matter was referred 10 the Complaint Committee.
cuEgsr. FISH AND C,NNKp fnri, pEslRoftp.
The sanitary police finished the cleaning out pro-
cess at C. Walls delicatcsscn store at No. 2i3 Bow
cry Yesterday. Among the goods condemncd were
1850 pounds of Limbnreer cheese Zo'o'o hrr-
rings 900 boxes and bottles Of fruit aud yegcta-
bles. and enough bad canned fruit TO make total
Of 1900 pounds.
sI>KiSu WILL oN UART's ISLAND.
Contractor George I. Andrews has been driving
n well on Han's Island for over year. lie made a
contract with the Department Of Cnarticsand Coz
rection under which he was 70 sink well and # he
he was 10 got nothing. He reported that he had
got water YESTERDAY and the Commissioners went
TO the island 10 Investigate the matter
PLEASURE AND BrsINrss FOR pFLEGArFs.
Seven members Of the Cotton Exchange who
have been selected as delegates To the Exchange
Convention Will have an opportunity TO combine NJ,
pleasure with business. The convention VIII De-
tle = ycnih OF the National organization and VIII
be held at White sulphur Springs. Va. next We'd
ncsdav The delegates are Henry llentz. Charles
u. Miller, Walter T. Miller, .ouis Walter, Felix
Warlcy J. II. Parker and Charles w. ldc.
snor HIMSELF WHILE HrSiiNG BuLlFRoGs.
Harry Herbein, German cigarmakcr, of No.
900 Chrvstie-st accidentally discharged his gun
while hunting bullirogs at Woodsde. l.. l., yester-
d,y and the two charges Of shot entered his left
shoulder He was unable 10 state how the acct
dent happened bat vaguely said: IL was the hot
went TO the Bellevue Hospital where the doctors
had not decided whether the wounds would be
fatal.
BROOKLYN.
Colonel Rodney G. Ward, for the last FIVE years and
half Collector of Internal Revenue IN Brooklyn retired
from tbe Office Yesterday and Vas succeeded by eX-
Alderman Robert Black who was recently appointed
by the President. Colonel Ward collected over
SIG 600 900 during his term of office Under him the
office was rated &" No. L." Collector Black made
Henry Beam, former private secretary OF w. Z:
Kingsley his chief DEF uiy lie reappolnicd .cver" ol
tho former deputies temporarily. Among them are
Misses Dora B Robinson. ana Evclinc ID. Perry, who
will probably bc retained as they eau scarcely be
classcd as offensive parti-ans.
Edward g. Ward. who was elected m associate super
incndcnt public instruction for three years on Tues
day l. about iOrty-hye years OF age lie has been
principal Of public school No 10 fer eight years BE
fore that he connected with schools In jersey City
A boy age about ten found drowned IN the
water at ia, Empire Stores yesterday. and drowned
man. age twenty seven, was found at the foot oil
sixty-hith-st
In the sixteen wears Of his connection with the
Bridge Mr. Stranahan. the retiring president of the
trustees never mIssod meeting oi the original
directors or OF the trustees who succeeded them IN
1873 except once. when t,o Ill To leave his room In
the summer he frequently iourneyoi from Saratoga to
attend the meetings, which often were not held for
lack Of quorum.
The funeral of Miss Minnie Kelley who. with her
companioh. Miss Frederika Gilbert, was drowned AZ
Milton on the Hudson. while bathing Sunday, took
place at her home. No ~ Second At, yesterday The
Rev James Duffy conducted the services. The burial
was In Calvary Cemetery.
Arra1pements have been completed for running
train, from Bay Ridge TO West Brighton Beach over
tn. tracks of the Bay Ridge branch OF the Manhattan
Beach Railroad ana the PROSPECT anu ,ohty
Island Railroad whose tracks intersect near Park
Vile a switch has been laid to connect them. The
new route will be opened In ten days and VIII prove
rival to the Sea Beach route the Bay Ridge stations
of the two side by side, aud boats for both arc
taken at the Battery, New-York
W. s. Simonson. who had been in Jail for nearly
three months charge of bigamy. was released on
800 bail yesterday and sentence IN his
pended owiIg To the complications in IT, His first wife
deserted MIN and remarked. and two years later he
married his second wife at the urgent request of her
mother, who later had him arrested for bigsmy.
A runor gained circulation yesterday that T.. A.
Boyd who went to the Penitenthry ON Monday, was
dead Mr. Boyd Is sick in the prison hospital, but his
condition n hot regarded as dangerous.