The New York Herald Newspaper, July 8, 1874, Page 8

NEW YORK CITY. Wiliam Rutter, of No. 277 Bleecker strees, fell from 4 wagon yesterday and was severely injured, The students of De la Salle Institute last even- tendered a reception party to the Kev. Brother urick at No, 48 Second street. "The stockholders of the Gi!vert Elevated Railroad | ©ompany met yesterday afternoon at the oMces of the corporation and re-eiected tue old board of Birectors. August Meekin, of No, 922 West Twenty-ninth Street, suot himself in the leit breast yesterday Bfternoon, The wound not being a serious one he ‘Was removed to Bellevue Hospital. The annua! examipation and exhibition of St. Teresa’s school, at No. 10 Kurgers street, took lace last evening. The main room of the build- ‘was weil flied with the friends of the pupils, Daniel O'Connell, a sailor, residing at No. 190 Cherry street, Monday night !ast assaulted John E, Froburg with a pair of brass Knuckles and at- Sempted to deal with lis landlord, Frederick Alex- Ander, m like manner. faylor, of the Seventh precinct, and held by Judge ixby, at Lssex Market, in $0,000 bail to answer en eacn charge. The book store of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Fourth ‘evenue and Twenty-third street, in the butdiog efthe Young Men’s Christian Association, was broken into on the aiternoun of the Fourta of July, i some Valuable stock was carried off, the ‘Uhieves were probably interrupted in their work, Qs they appeared to have made only a vegimning tm clearing the sheives, John McCarthy, who was arrested by Officer Burke, of the Sixteenth precinct, on Monday night for a felomious assault on William Benson, of the Park Octavia, was arraigned yesterday before dudge Murray, at Jederson Market. Captain | Mekride appeared to testiiy for Benson, who Is at Bees lying in @ very dangerous conattion in ievue Hospital, McCarthy Was committed to |@wait the result of the injuries. | The traming that had been used in Tompkins @quere jor setting off fireworks the night beiore | Just fell yesterday morning and injured a number | of children. Frank Mulhaer, of No. 418 Fast | Eleventh street, had lis leit thigh fractured; @©haries Brown, of No. 154 Stanton street, was se- verely vruls out sue head: John Waliace, of Wo, 410 Hast Hieventh street, had tis left thich moved to the Seventeento rec! where their wounds were ressed, and tiien sent to Bellevue Hospital, BROOKLYN.’ Acorrespendent calls attention to the miserable @efciency of free swimming baths in the City of Cburehes. He states that the only facilities for He was arrested by oflcer | | in the proof of thet tax in that year; no trace that | they stated that they had no intention of fighting it bas been given to the credit of the city was | a prize fight, but simp.y to settle an old grudge. found; ine general tax assessment: included | The excuse was too thinand Boylan and Ban- | in the tax ahd Special or local assessments; the | nagher were (ned $20 each. The others were weneral tax includes the general expenses of tne | fined $10 a piece. The money not forthcoming all city; the county and State tax and the School hands were committed. Five rounds had ery fund is included in the general tax; with each one | fought, but neither party received any marks of the local funds there 1s a separate account kept, | further tan a few marks on the body of Hane and they are made to appear on separate bills. | nagher. All the parties hatled from the T wonty- a Lemuel Burrows, Collector of Taxes and Assess- | Ward of this city. A mumber of the ORT ey, ments of Brooklyn, testified that be entered upon | preseut, among whom was Alderman Cu * his office June 1, 1872, and appointed Gill July | of | Who acted im the capacity of referee. the same year; the de‘endant coutinued in the ' | discharve’ of nis duties until January % 1874; Capt. WESTCRESTER. | Gill ordimariy received the payments of taxes and assessments. Witness then deseribed the Foutine ol receiving aud entering money pald OF | 41 Conergy morrisania yesterday Otto Hellback, | “Matthew Flanagan, a clerk in the Tax Office, tes- | @ lad of 15, comuitted suicide by hanging himself tified to the manner of receiving taxes; he never | in a cellar adjotuing his father’s stable. It is un- | recetpted a bil without coarging it; no person bad | Gerstood in the neighborhood that the boy had | access to the money drawer except Mr. Gill, | been so invumanely treated by his parents that he | the prosecution here rested, when General | giadiy sought self-destruction as @ means ol es- ‘Tracy said i that was all the evidence they had tO | Ggping trom a lle of misery. | Sut he hardly thought it worth while to. pre- | present be hardly thous Tyvod. to dismiss ‘the | The present crowded condition of Sing Sing Case Ou the ground that there was @ variance be- | prison necessitated another draft of fifty convicts, tween the allegations in the indictment and the | who were sent to Auburn yesterday. Twelve jall- Tool; of Brooklyn but the taxes of Kings county, and that according to the new charter there Was no such ofce as Deputy Collector. The Court ad- journed avout five o'clock, until to-day, when the | argument will be continued. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. identally drowned near Blue Rock, at c ‘an Platt, Chairman and | Kill, was acc! “iadanlncves apa cae becommittee of the | Aunsville Creek, yesterday afternoon. Deceased Alderman Ripley Ropes, & sab-com) was bathing at the time aud got into deep water, Brooklyn Aldermanic Bridge Committee, called | where, owing to his not being able to swim, ne yesterday upon Comptroller Green and were in | was drow ned, as above stated, Coroner bassett consultation with him for some time, ‘The reault | Déld ap mquest on che remains, of their interview could not be fully ascertained, | ANOTHER OFFIOIAL DEFAULTER. as the Brookiynites leit at once lor home, wuile f the Comptroller was very reticent upon the sub- | The Contagion of Dishonesty in Weste Ject. | chester County—Suggestive Disappeare A HERALD reporter calied upon the Comptroller | #mce of a Tax Coliector—A Young and desired to flud out the paruculars of the | Woman Also Missing. conierence, provided the same were for the pub- | In the town ol Greenburg, Westchester county, le to know. Mr. Green stated that the visit of the | the mysterious disappearance, or deliberate Might above geutiemen was wercly informal and in rou- | of Daniel King, collector of taxes for that place, tine. He Was asked whether the committee is as yet being commented upon in whispers called with the object, a3 stated in some news- f papers, of getting the city of New York to sub- by the few who were yesterday cognizant ot scribe More imoney—tbat 18, $1,000,000 to every | the affair, As though asbamed that one of $2,000,000 of Brooklyn's subscription. The Comp | their trusted officials shouid have reversed er 2 Wi subject Jor the pny: Barings peopl Poser the record of a heretofore honorabie career cousideration of the Common Council, and did not say Wuetuer this Was purt Of the interview Or | to join the ignoble army of absconding de- faulters, those Jamiliar with the circumstances aud Clinwon prisons, are to be returned to Sing | Sing, by order of te state Prisun Inspectors, that | the friends of the men, who are in indigent circum | stances, way ViSit Chem at the last named prison, | Frank Larkin, aged nineteen years, connected ot, A Brooklyn reporter askea the Comptroller whetuer tuis sub-committee did not endeavor to induce him (the Comptroiler) to use his infipenee with the Cominou Council to have an additiona: # ‘ appropriation voted, To this question Mr. Green | self-imposed task, however, was futile. smued, but theugnt that his induence w.th -ne | missing man has held the position of tax City Fathers was of a very limited extent, espe- | eolleciur for the town named during the past two their secret irom the press represeatatives. The cially as he refuses to pay their salaries a8 Super- | y24°. ana has always been regarded as one who, | visors. The gentlemen above named are a sub-commit | like Casar’s wife, Was “above suspicion.” Green- also that 1t was not the money of the city | birds heretofore draitea from Sing Sing to Auburn | | with Boland Farm Catholic Asylum, near Peeks- | have fur the past eignt days carefully guarded | A | quently jumped in himself to complete the trag- | edy. hen the news of the horribie ocourrence spiead the utmost wonder was felt that a man who was Eben proverbial for the deep and alfec- tionate regard he bore fur his children should be guilty of sucha | RASH AND UNNATURAL DEED, | | Speculation was rife as to the cause which led him to it, From the fact that he was lately dis- charged trom his situation in # factory, and that | coupled with the habitual inteniperance practises | by his wile, it 1s conjectured that the poor man | became demented, aud m a moment of frenzy per. petrated the terrible act, The day before, he was served With a dispossessing warrant, which it is presumed only added fuel to the already en- kindied fame of despoudency and misery, Kemp Was 4 native of Pnglana, about forty-five years of | age and @ member in good standing of the New Brunswick Lodge, No. 6, LO. 0. F., which organi- | in this sport as the bay on Monday in charge of Mr. Williams und Captain Kennedy, no difficulty in believing the words of the Master, zation attended his funeral in a body yesterday | aiternoon. Alter the examination 01 nine witnesses, one of | | whom testified that he saw Kemp throw his chu- dren into the canal, the jury rendered a verdict in the case of the father that he came to bis deata by | suicide in throwing himself into the canal while under a temporary aberration of mind. In the case. of the daughter the jury rendered a verdict that she was thrown into the canal by her father and drowned, The two surviving children are in @ jair state of recovery. A FEMALE CANNIBAL Desperate Fight Between Two Women in Jersey City. | Shortly before midnight on Monday night a san- | guinary encouuter took place at No. 459 Henderson street, Jersey City, between two women named | Mary Hide and Ellen Garry, The latter was | formerly a tenant in the house and borrowed | money from Mrs. Hyde, who sent her child to demand payment. Mrs, Garey une so enraged at the demand that she rusned to the | house and attacked Mra, Hyde in a! | most savage manner. Having thrown her | to the ground she seized one of Mrs. | Hyde's hands with Ler teeth and lacerated it in a | | shocking manner. It required the eiforts of three | men to pry open the jaws of the enraged woman ‘The latter had aiso one of | Murs. Garry was ar- a | and liberate Mrs, Hyde. | her eyes nearly gouged out. | Tested and committed for trial. THE NEWARK OOURTS. | The extra term of the Supreme and Cirenit | | Courts of Essex county began at Newark yester- | | day, but no business was transacted. In the Quar- | ter Sessions John H. Huber, the young man who | shot his sister because she would uot desist from | | Keeping certain “company,” was arraigned tor | sentence, le having pleaded guilty of assault with intent to kill, He claimed to have been trrespon- | sible, by- reason of stnstroke, but was sentenced to five years State Prison. Joun Gotthard, the Jorger, was simi- | larly sentenced, Charles H. Bertram, the NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET, THE CHILDREN. How They Are Cared For—One of Our Noble Charitics—The Little Waifs and Their Friends—A Chance for Large Hearted People. Yesterday's HERALD told the instructive story of & noble charity, whereby less than $800 in money, generously donated by some of our large hearted citizens, made happy for a day nearly 2,000 poor children of the Sixth ward in a picnic excursion to Raritan Bay. No doubt the admirable and periect success of this experiment will insure an early opportunity for every boy and girl of the poor class city to od day's down enjoy those who such a sailed In our large cities there 18 “The poor ye have always with you; and it is most gratifying to those who incline to think weil of hu- man nature that suggestions for their relief and the alleviation of their miseries always receive such prompt response from those who are them- selves placed in @ more fortunate position, ‘(his Was amply attested by the generosity which, all through the long, pinching winter, fed, clothed and warmed the city’s unemployed poor. It 1s again exemplified by the kind charity which sug- gests these summer picnics for the poor and | whteh so promptly provides the funds therefor, Another instance of this thoughtful recogniuon of the claims of human brotherhood by the prosper- ous and thriving for the improvident and uniortu- | are was yesterday seen by a HBRALD reporter in his visit to the St. Vincent HOME FOR Boys, At Nos. 53 and 65 Warren street. Here are the | three upper floors o! two large stores, under the careiul guardiansiip of Father Drumgoole, ar- ranged lor the sheiter of 200 poor boys o1 the | street who have no other home and none eise to care jor their welfare, This institution has lately completed its fourth year o1 usefulness, having within the past season been more than doubled in capacity tor good by the addition of No. 56 to the original preinizes In No, 53. For the large class, called by the would-be facetious writers “the Aravs of the street,” who are for the most part orphan boys, ranging in age from five to fifteen years, thisis indeed a happy home. They have canredl the hardships of an unprotected ie in the cheated, beaten or traduced by all with whom their early attempts to be self-supporting lias finows them into contact, bat they nave entered THE HARD BATTLE FOR LIFE as skirmishers out of the sheltering organizations of the tamily, They commence the campaign with- out rations, equipment or weapons, Their ward- | robes all on their backs, their beds wherever they | can tind @ nook protected from the wind, with Not tuat they have always been abused, | this healthtol exercise are at the docks. tee of the following, Which represents the Broo! f Motion was made by the counsel for Isaac Ba- | ly Common Council in the Brooklyn Bridge :— @eau, ex-Treasurer, before Judge Tappan, to have the two suits of the city of Brooklyn against Ba- Gean consolidated and sent to a reieree. Extraordinary efforts are being made on the part of the police anthorities of late, looking to the removai of disorderly houses Irom the con- Qnes 0! the city. The progress made 1s slow. te agendas eagueal areaiset ee belonging | snd in reply to the statement of the delegauon Yo the Anstrian bark Anna, lying at the Atlantic | Mayor Havemeyer said:—I am unwilling torun the fell from the maintopsatl yardarm to the city of New York iurther in debt tor any project ay and was fatally injured. He was | by issuing bonds. foo many Platt, chairman; Aldermen Kichardson, Ropes, | Howell, Rowiey and Duna, to be handed over at any time. Mayor Havemeyer priations one jot. He says as lon; as he is Mayor he will not vote one cent more to this project. bas not relaxed his opposition to apy more appro- | ‘the amount of the taxes to be collected. we j the time prescribed by law for the payment of | A Teacher Convicted im Jersey for Beat- | taxes, Tne Brooklyn gentlemen called on tue Mayor, | statute once in twenty-iour designated by the fown Supervisor ail the moneys received by him each day, these deposits to be sub- | bounds are being is- | ject to the order of the County Treasurer. » Long Isiand College Hospital. an open session of the Aldermanic , removed to ‘There will b Committze on the East River Bridge held in the Common Counc) chamber this afternoon, when the question “shall Brooklyn pledge herself to pay 2,000,000 toward the completion of the bridge? ‘Will be finally settled. Acase of genuine Asiatic cholera has been re- ported by Dr. Wright to the Hast New York board 0! Health. The patient is a Mrs. Loutbert, thirty- Bve years of residing near Cypress Hill Much anxiety is felt among the facuity pending the resait of the case. nt of the 3d inst. the apartments of Henry Kauifield, in Johneon avenue, Wiliamsburg, ‘Were entered, aad money, watches and other prop- | erty, valned at #250, w Det ve William Ihne, of the Sixth precinct, arrested Jonn Krepps @nd Mary Miler yesterday, aad they are held for & Bearing vefore Justice Hames. At three o’clock yesterday morning a man | mamed James Martin was jound in possession of a | Valuable horse, that he was endeavoring to sell to @ farmer for $10. Officer Karcher, of the Sixth recinct, Williamsburg, arrested the man and Ked himup in the Stagg street station house. Ab owner is wanted for the horse at that place, ‘The inquest touciing the killing of the three children of Mrs. Margaret Dwyer by their mother, ‘Who is evidently insane, wiil be resumed vefore Coroner Whitehill this forencon. Testimony to be taken is with rejerence to the wental condition of the prisoner. won be im attendance at the inquest. A caucus of the democratic members ofgthe | amMouuts to $450,000. Several experts on diseases of the | who have exumined Mrs. Dwyer’s case will | sued already, and we Should not increase the debt. | The tenth instalment under the old act has notyet \ ply with to the Bridge Company, and that | Of wnat lL suppose New Yoik | must pay ber snare—a third of the wuole—but be- youd that $160,000 f am unwilling that the city | Should go in debt jor anything just now. Mayor Hunter then said that these were exactly been paid | ns sentiments. He dia not want to ran Brooklyn any further in debt, but he took tms view of the que:tion, that if the two cities did not take the Scheme Up NOW and bring it to @ conclusion all | the money which had been sunk up to the pres- ent by the two cities, a8 well as by private stock- | holders--and the amounts subscribed under the old law by the cities greatly exceeded the latter— | would be @ dead loss. the cities should jointly finish the bridge. Along disctission followed this statement, and Mayor Havemeyer conveyed -to tue delegation that it the Common Council ol New York should decide to agree to tle terins of the new act and subscribe &0 evasive aD to White Piains “in the morning.” ‘For this reason he believed | children look in vain for bis return, that he proceeded as jar as New York on the way to White Piains, but up to last evening he had not been traced beyond the contines o1 the metropolis. | His books and papers, which he took with him on the morning of his leaving home for the pur- burg comprises some of the most pinhurenade Sa valuable estates and country seats on the banks Of | Gardner conspiracy case, pleaded guilty. ayor Huater, Comptrolier Schroeder, Alderman | the Hudson River between Hastings and ‘Larry- | ares piracy D guilty. town, ; Aiuounting to The tenth instalment of New York’s quota to the | On being elected to the oflce, however, the Ool- bridge, $150,000, has not yet teen paid, but isready | lector of Taxes, before entering upon iis duties, must find sureties who have to qualily in double tax roll annually. hus a $250,000 and accordingly It nearly During interest added thereto, the that tne Collector shall hours deposit in a bank without provides it does | hot appear that King faiied in any respect to com- | THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATUTE indicated; but three or four weeks have elapsed since his duties tor the year had ceased by law, revious to wnicli time he was still daily receiv- | Ing taxes from deimquent property owners. To his iriends, who frequeutly urged lim to call upon his books and financial aifairs with reasurer, King would generally give er, or say he contemplated going Having announced hus intention of goin; It 18 Known he would not veto any resoiution to that effect, | pose, ostensibly of submitting them to the County ve ELOPEMENS AND DEATH. | The Fate of Best the Teutonic Tailor Who Abandoned His Wife and Family | for the Wife of Another Man. | The Brooklyn police authorities are in receipt of @ telegram from Albany notifying them thata | | German, Ludwig Best, had been found dead in the | streets of that city. Best was a well known tailor ana kept a smalistore in McKibben street, Eastern District, were bis wile and several children also | lived. A few montis ago he became enamoured f a Mrs. Eggrieh, wile of the proprietor of | an oyster saloon on Montrose avenue. The | illicit acquaintance led to the elopement of | the parties in April last, Beiore leaving | Best, who was about forty-one years of age, drew | Board of Supervisors was heid yesterday Jor the from the bank the balance of his account, amount. | purpose of selecting three Commissioners of | ing to $825, and left nis tamily witbout any pro- Charity to fill the places vacated by the conviction nd removal of Commissioners Powel, Wilis and ergusson. The uames of ex-Alderman Thomes nnis, of the Fifth ward, Winnant D. Benneti ana Aeron Brinkerhof were mentioned in connection With the mach coveted office. The Supervisors ‘Wall meet to-day. Five rufians foliowed Peter Disarzo, a seaman, ‘Delonging to the bark Olivia, lying at the Atlantic @ock, on Monvay night, while he was approach- Sug the water front, having been ashore in Ham- | Uton avenue. As he entered the gateway leading to the vessel he received a blow on the sive of the head which stretched him senseless on the ground, The feliows then rifled Peter's pockets o! their contents. They robbed him of twenty goli sov- ereigns and $50 in currency. The rogues made 00d their escape. BEQOKLYN TAX OFFICE FRAUDS, Commencement of the Trial of Adolphus A. H. Gill, Late Deputy Collector of Taxes—The Case for the Prosecution Rests—Motion to Dismiss om the Part of the Defence. ‘The Governor's extraordinary term of the vourt ef Oyer and Terminer met yesierday forenoon, pursuant to acjournment in Jave last, to continue the trials of the indicted ex-ofliciais of Kings county, im the Supreme Court, House, Brovkiyn. Judge Daniels presided, Justices {1 Sessious Voorhies and Johnson sitting as side Justices, The cave catled was that of Captain Adolphus W. fH. Gil, ex-Deputy Collector of Taxes, ‘Who has veen indicted fifteen times for alleged eembezziement of rhe funds of the city while hold- Ang the responsible oMice of Deputy Collector. The prosecution clects upon the trial of each indictment | weparaiely. The prisoner, who was commandant | of acompany i ‘be gallant Fourteenth regiment | of Brooklyn during the war, has a spiendid record 46 @ soldier, and Wotil certain circumstances which srose iast spring and caused suspicion of dishon- sty in the Management Of his oMcial duties on- @er the Collector of Taxes (the latter being an @iective office), no breath of sevndal was known to tarnish his character. It then ascertained, through accountants’ researches, tiat a system of embevziement nad been carried on by Lie accused jor some ¥ aud the facts were made public and given to the Grand Jury in due iorm by tbe ‘District Atiorney. Che resolt was the finding of Aiteen tadictments against Gill, us above set fort. The prisoner's counse) are General Tracy and P. Keady. Prominent among those lu atteadance in the court, whieh was uot crowded by any means, were noticeable General James Jordan, President @i the Police board ; Commissioner Briggs, Clerk George Herman, ex-) Cranty Commisseoner Cunningham, muesiover Massey, ex-Judge ‘Troy, Tax Col lector Borrows and several members of the Har, {here was mot much difficulty expe- rienced in obtaining a yary. Thoagn many had Tead the case in the HERALD, but Jew hat iormed @u Opwion, so that by Halepast eleven o'clock in the iorenugn twelve men occupied the juryvox, aud the much written of case of “The Feople ugilin, She pr Adviphos W. H, Gv” was ready fer trial. ee poser was conduetved by District Attor- Bey W.nsi we Jownua Van Coti, Mr. W, €Xed Moore and Mr. Levi Farron. The opening address Was Wave ON benadi of the people by Mr. Van Lott Denuw McNamara, Deputy Clerk of the city, was ee st witness sal Jed, and idemtatied the book in Whicu was recordec the oath of office, recorded duly i, 672 mast Puilip Seaman, an expert and accoustant, en- ee in eXampping the LOOKS Of tke Tax Collec- rs ofice GRP EW OR aa ir. Van Cott produced in evidence a warr: the Supervisors of Octover I, 1571, which pip the Coliector tore temic yd | over taxes; also the tax against the property of Mrs. H. Baciiar; ® bili purporting to be @ bill jor the tax on the three pieces of property im the Thirteenth wara, Delouging to Mrs. hiar, the bill with defauit Making & total of 4192 6. Mr. Van Cott also of fered the stamp int evidenoe, to which Mr. Tracy jected on the grogad that (he bill stated that it & general tax, While the indictment against the deiendant avers it to-be taxes abd assessu.ents for Jocal improvements. ‘The Court admitted theevidence, remarking that the question involved could be settied better as the case progressed. Witness then testified that the enm of $192 65 collected September 18, 18%, Was Dot entered in the cash tickler of that die, Bor was there any | entry of such an amouns in tX@ Cash arregre books De uiede a thorough examinauon of that tax, aud | founu that the amount was @ paXt Of the deficiency | County Court | vision Jor their support. His companion 1p Crime, | Mrs. Eggrich, abandoned her paramour at Albany | @ few weeks ago, and took tne residue of the money belunging to him with her, She went to Chicago, and upon her arrival seut for her husband ip Brookiyno. e responded to the summons, and | is now with the irail sharer of nis joys and sorrows | in the Garden City of the West. A brother of the | | unfortunate deceased nas gone to Albany to take | | charge of the remains, whicn will be interred in a | Brooklyn cemetery. LONG ISLAND. | Two hundred tons of pipe for the College Point | Water Works have arrived, and it 1s to ve de- | uvered at the rate of 100 tons per week until the | contract is compieted. | The Board of Excise of the village of Jamaica at their meeting last evening received a petition | signed by 250 ladies of the village, asking them to | gTanut no more licenses, Its eflect was wo induce | the Board to scrauunize applications closely, and | Several were rejected, | Complaint is made by lot owners in the Cypress Hills and Evergreen cemeteries that flowers and plants are stolen and carried away by visitors. | In some casé¢s, it is alleged, choice plants have — been taken up by the roots and transferred to pri- | vate gardens in the village of East New York, | The Water Board of Long Island City have been informed by the Holly Water Works Company that the machinery intended for the works of that city, | is now completed and ready for delivery. The | reservoir is calculated for a retaining capacity of | about 7,000,000 gallons, Tbe Water Board have ap- jointed Mr. William KE, Worthen as engineer in | r, Ketcham’s place, as the question oj the source of supply is to be decided immediately. The frequency of incendiary fires in East New | York has not only alarmed property owners, but | Tendered tenants uneasy. One of the largest real — eatate agents ihere, who manages much of the property in what is now familiarly known as “ihe burnt district,’ has within a lew days been noti- fled by the 0 under his There are various theortes to account tor these burnings, Which appear to be systematically | managed, One is that they are the work of an organized gang of ‘fire-bugs” connected witf the | Fire Department of the place. Their object, how- eve! i hardiy be plunder, a8 in most cases the property set on fire is tenantiess. Another 1s that the owners of the property themselves procure it to b on fire in order that they can realize Whatever insurance there may be upon tt, rather than bave it stand idle and unproductive. These are merely conjectures, however, and the truth still remains to be discovered. Meantime the fire uuderwriters aeciine to East New York property. A PRIZE FIGHT SPOILED. The inhabitants of the cosey little village of | Woodside, L. |., were somewhat startied yesterday morning, about four o'clock, by the appearance | of some 400 men congregating in their midst, | Imagine their surprise when soon after the assem- bling they beheld stakes driven into the ground, a ring quickly formed, two burly men, stripped to the waist, skip over the rope, and assume the at- | tude of prize fighters, The police were by no | means napping. About one o'clock Officers Hunt and Donegan got wind of the affair, and imme- diately notified Detective Moran. To cali out the reserve was but the work of a lew minutes, ana, under the command of Moran, they proceeded to Blissvilie, Some of the party were iound drivking in Aiderman Ryan's saloon. Detective Moran cut the stripe olf his pants, and, entering the saloon, was soon in conversation with the party, He learned that @ fight was to take place, but wh: be was unable to find out. The ofiicers proceeded in the direction of Sunnyside, but ail was quiet there, They had gone a short distance beyond this polvt when they were startled by loud cheering aud the clapping of hands. Alter a few minutes’ Waik (he officers came in view ofthe party, and 0 divisions—one under Detec- tive Moran and the other under Sergeant Lew | Smith—they surprised the crowd, and succeeded MD arresting the tw contestants, with their sec- | take any more risks on Fire Com. | separeting Into onds, together with tomr sports who fad come over | to Witness the “milly? The bruisers where ar- | Taimged beiore Recorder’Parcells yesterday morn- | ing and gave rnames.as Jack Boylan and Peter | Bannag! Tim Crowléy acted a8 second jor Boylan, and Pateey O' Hira did the honors for Bannagher. When brought yefore the Recorder | freusurer, were found a day or two ago in New | york, at a store which he used to frequent, It ap- | | pears that he called at another store 1n the city on | the 1st inst., and requested one of the clerks, with | whour be Was acquainted, to accompany him on A “®ROLIC TO CONEY ISLAND. The party asked did not accept the invitation, At present it is not known to what extent the abscouding Collector is a defauiter, Some say that itis probable he has not taken away more than | $10,000 of the town funds, while others assert that turee times that amount, eraliy prevails, however, that the object of King's flignt Was not*a pecuniary one, and in this con- ection 1t is understood that A YOUNG AND PREPOSSRSSING WOMAN who has lived in the immediate vicinity of his home, also disappeared avout the time King last shook the <‘ust of the hamlet of Ashiord from his feet. Shoulc vhe absconding collector not return the county will be no loser by his delalcatfon, as bis sureties arc ‘esponsible citizens, NEW JERSEY. On a new wing which the Essex county freehold- ers nave decided to add to the Court House will be spent $10,000. James Henry, the boy who was acctdentally shot last Saturday in Jersey md is now ina aying cvudition at the City Hospital. The trial of Jonn Shaunon, the Jersey City con- tractor indicted Jor manslaughter, was postponed | yesterday to the next term of the Court of Sessions. The Board of Freeholders of Hudson County have passed a resolution prolibiting the admission of visitors to the Lunatic Asylum, at Snake Hiil, ex- cept on Fridays, and thep only relatives of patients will be admitted. Two men, named Dean and Stevenson, quar- relled about a woman in Camden yesterday. Dean | attacked Stevenson with a rasor and the latter drew a pistol and shot Dean in we leit breast. Stevenson was arrested, ‘The report furnished the State Comptroller by James 8. Yard, Commissioner of Railroad Taxa- tion, shows the aggregate valuation of railroad pra tee in the State up tothe date of tne report be $16,755,523, A few townships are yet to be heard from. Drowning cases are increasing in Newark and vicinity. A son of Charles F, Murphy was drowned on Monday night. Yesterday the body was found o! a man named Flannagan, drowned in the canal at Bloomfield, The body of an unknown man was also found in the canal at Newark. Marks ot vio- Jeuce are on the body, Which some suspect are in- dications of foul play. The law for the prevention of cruelty to animals is being rigidly enforced in Jersey City. A colored man was arrested yesterday for driving a joad of calves and lambs huddled so vom together that mauy of the lambs were trampled down and bad their Horns torn off. The driver gave his name as Augustus Henry and said he worked for # firm in Wastington Market, He will be brought up for examination to-day. An inquest was held yesterday at Trenton on the body of Herbert Harbutch, who was drowned on Sunday last in the Delaware River. The unfortu- | mate man was taken with cramps while attempt- ing to swim across the stream, from the eifects of which he sank to rise nO more alive before any assistance could be rendered him. Three of his companions were i swimming at the same time, but were not near enough to rescue him. De- ceased was an iron finisher, and used to work in Carr's foundery. He was avout jorty years of age, and jeaves a wife and a large family of helpless children to mourn over the untimely death of an aflectionate father, A verdict of accidental drown- | ing was rendered, THE NEW BRUNSWICK TRAGEDY. Coroner's Inquest—A Sad Chapter of Do- mestic Troubles. The inquest held yesterday before Coroner Schnyler in New Brunswick, N. J., brought to light achapter of circumstances which culminated in the melancholy tragedy of the previous da: Jt appears that on Monday last Thomas Kemp, of that city, @ man of reputable standing in the com- munity, took his three children, named Mary Jane, duiia and Jonn, aged respectively nine, seven and five years each, With him on the ostensible purpose of paying a visit to @ fricnd named Hickey, He had proceeded as jar as the canal in the neighborhood of the upper lock wnen he wus accosted bv the lock. keeper, Mr. Britton, who said to him, “fiallo, Tou; which query @ reply was given, “I never had as floomy & Fourth as the one I spent this year,’ The lockkeeper then went into his house and in a few inoments heard a heavy splash in the water Which alarmed him so much that he speedily came OUt again to see What Was the matter. As soon as he ol to the brink Of the canala terrible sight caught is attention, Inthe middle of the streom were Kemp and his three children struggling tor itte, Without a second’a hesitation Britton mace a plunge in the direction of the drowning innocents and succeeded in rescuing two of them. The eldest child, Mary Jane, was mext brought to D but, Alas! net before life was extinct, tunate tatier was the last person resened, but he only lived afew pours afterwards. It secms that Kemp nad thrown the poor calidren into the canal Jor the purmose of drownine them. and sume. : The uniors co-conspirator at is Known as the Keisbeck- | 2 gentle mouher or luving sister to soothe the woe | P Slr der Ae elsbeck- | of fatigue or bunger, no father to encourage them dressed the Court and begged a two weeks’ sas- | by a hearty word of hope tor better success in the pension of sentence so as to enable him to produce | Mature. They have none of the happy dreams of facts which Would have, he thought, a mit childhood; they are, in thelr small way, men of the eee On iis Sentatan? De Sought, a mitigatory | worid, sharing ita enterprises, its labor, and by their enforced shrewdness and rigia industry win- CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS. bing a share of men’s successes. To them Father Drumgoole offers not a lazy boy’s paradise, but an industrious, surring, ambitious boy’s home. Here, for five cents, he can secure a supper after his ing a Pupil. das( mares An equal fee gives him a clean bed in Ateicher in one of the public schools of Union | #0 airy dormitory reaching from the front to iy C- Hil, named Patrick O'Connor, was tried yesterday, | cupy "ga" iron Ory Paar in the Court of Sessions, at Jersey City, on the | between the upper aad the lower one. The to the | county seat, on the morning of the seth ult, King leit his home at Ashford and has not since becn | seen, while a sorrow-stricken wife and wondering | lence, on the other hand, called oa the jury to | charge of assault and battery. It } that one of his pupils, a young girl, ; was contumacious, and not only refused to obey the teacher's order, but called him a ‘damned whelp.” For this offence the | teacher whipped her with a cane. Her parents | went before the Grand Jury and nad the teacher indicted, District A:torney Garretson, in sum- ming up for the prosecution, insisted that under | the law of 1567, wich abolished —_cor- | Poral punishment in schools, the teacher | was prohibited {rom chastising @ pupil inthe manner proved, and in doing so be was | guilty of assault and battery. Counsel for the de- | scvut the case out of couri, as a conviction under | such circumstances would lead to serious | trouble. it would establish a precedent that | would inevitabiy lead to the disorganization of | | the public schouis. The jury did not concur tn his | view of the case, however. | Alter a few minutes? | absence they rendered a verdiet of guilty. O’Uon- | nor was remanded for sentence. | A OASE OF “POOR PREACH, POOR PAY,” IN \ NEWARK, There is a colored Presbyterian church in , Newark, located on Plane street, the pastor of | | which is Rev. Mr. Morris, At a meeting yesterday | i | of the Newark Presbytery, Rev. Dr. Berry, of | made application to bave his pastoral relations | | with the Plane street church dissolved, | His reasons, he frankly stated, were that | | the church’ had not paid him his sal- | ary promptly, and that for six _ months | | he had only received six weeks’ pay. His su/fer- | mg, therelore, bad been great; he urged and de- ' sired tobe released from the church, Commus- | | utensuis, Of this he carries the key. appears | 4Fe ranged in rows the length o! the room, wit! aisles between the rows, and spaces between each frame, 80 as to (ile ample breathing room. bed is numbered and the boy carries w check for his number so that he occupies night after night the same bed. ‘fhey go to bed early and sleep the slumber which fatigue brings, soundly till they are called to rise at six neXt morning. Mass is said each morning in the neat chapel, which will noid 160 lads, and prayers lollow in the school room, On Sundays each occupant is required to attend ayers. On other days -this ts optional with each oy, Breakiast,@ suvatantiial and plentiiul meal, though lacking the variety of dencacies which migit be found on Mr. Delmonico’s buard, costs - also tive cents. So THE YOUNG SOLDIER OF FORTUNE is lodged and has two meals for fifteen cents and | igsentto the day’s fight for life fortified by a sound night's rest and a full stomach, uld be unlortunately have come to the Home destitute of the price of these refreshments it 1s bad for hum, in Father Drumgoole’s estimation, but he none the less goes away supplied, happy and thankiul. Each boy has @ small closet for his spare clothes, his stock im trade or lus He havaiso the privilege o1 leaving any money he may huve | with the worthy Pastor till his business may re- quire it. Ifhe becomes a regular inmate iis wasi- ing is done for him gratuitously. An evening school, with competent teachers,offers him a free education, while a select jibrdry is at bis com- mand, These are all tree, and ne may or may Dot, examination of his books may show a deticit of | Montclair, acting as Moderator, Rev. Mr. Morris | at his own option, avail himself of the opportu- ‘fhe impression gen- | | nities they give him for instruction. As aruie she boys see in these eduvational facilities tie meaus to improve their condition, and they prove earnest ana Ve scholars, In their studies itis apparent that they MEAN BUSINESS, and their progress is rapid in consequence. ‘here is also provided for them @ Well iurnished gym- ach | | sloners appointed by the church said the church | Basium, where they May amuse themselves and at did noi want Mr. Morris to go. One of them said this room 1s a stave, with scenery and the same time develop their physical powers. At | how dia you get through the Fourth” 6 | | visit around more, &c. During discussion on the | | matter, Dr. Cowen said it was high time the Pres- | | bytery exercised its powers in visitations. On a | motion, Rev. Dra. Findley and Campfield and | Elder Penington were appointed a committes to | | investigate the matter. STATEN ISLAND. | ‘The parsonage of the Trinity Methodist church, | having given orders to expend $1, pose. The drought is now being seriously felt on Staten Island, especially in the potato and garden crops, | In the northern part of the island no rain of any account has failen for three weeks, | Yesterday there were one steamship and three | barks at the lighterage grounds. near Robbins’ | oReef, discharging cargoes into lighters before being allowed to come up to the city, } ‘The Stapleton Yacht Club are making extensive | preparations (or their annual regatta, which will | take place on the 16th inst. A steamboat will ac- | company the yachts for the accommodation of the invited guests. | The Sunday school of the North Shore Calvary | Presbyterian church will have their annual ex- | eursion to the Raritan Beach Grove, on the 9th | inst. The steamer Josephine has been engaged | | for the occasion, | Ex-Policeman Thomas Malls, who was illegally committed to the County Jail for contempt of | court, on Sunday, has been released by means of a writ of habeas corpus, granted by Judge Gilvert, | of the Supreme Court, at Brooklyn. Mr. William Butler Duncan has given notice to | the Trustees of School District No. 2 in Stapleton | for the pur- | that he would fx aday next week on which he will give the children of that school, 500 in number, a ‘and picnic at his grove on the Stapleton Feights. Mr. George Gallagher, referee, under an order of the Supreme Court, soid at auction five acres of | land, on Bement avenue, for $3,500. Mr. De Witt — Stafford, under a like order, sold eight acres at the | corner of Bement and Forest avenues, for $5,000, | the purchaser in each case being Mr. George H. Wooster. | ‘The ladies of the congregation of the Reformed | ebarch at Port Richiwond will have their annual | moonlight excursion up the Hndson on the 23a | inst. Asteamboat has been engaged, and Gra- | julla’s Band Will furnish the music. The proceeds will be devoted to the improvement of the par- sonage. | The failure of the Messrs. Turner, bankers, of | New York, has seriously afected a number of citl- | zens Of Staten Isiand, who had depostts with them | on percentage. It is stated that Mr. Hugh Me- Roberts, the Treasurer of Kichmond county, nad a large amount of money belonging to the county on deposit with them—some $20,000 to $30,000, The annual mecting of the Kichmond Connty | Medical Society was held at the Seamen’s Retreat, | Stapleton, yesterday, The following named gen- tlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year :— President, B. Henry King, M. D., Physictan-in-Chief of the Retreat; Vice President, F, EB. Martindale, | M. D.; Secretary and Treasurer, F, Anderson, M, D.; Censors, A. 8. Carroll, M. D., of Castietou; Wilham Anderson, M. D., of Middletown; William C. Walser, M. D., of Northfield. Dr. David Bdyar, of Westileld, declined a re-eiection to the Presi- dency, Which he had held during the past sixteen years. OOTTON STATISTICS. In reference to a report of a recent conversation with him, the President of the Coiton Exchange informs the HeRaLp that bis estimate places the | Calcatta export at 150,000 bales lees thi u .ast year, | which, considering the weight of Vales oo” staple, he holds a8 equivalent to 60,000 bales American, or rhaps it would be more safe to sav 50,000 bales, ‘ne shipments from Madras are vected Lo dA au | increase over iast year. Plan'iny was ! lin the bottom (inundated) lands «1 the Wi ‘ssippi | Rever in June. The receipts of new cotton in | eee 1860 (the big crop year), were, accore ag to the crop statement issued by the New York Ship- | ping List, 61,800 bales, not 61,000 baes more than | ever before received. Soch large receipts of new | crop were never recetved befuxe or since ia the month of August, Lk complaint was made that he aid not work up, the end of at Factoryville, is to be EUS the trustees | 0! footlights. the Acacemy of Music, yet once a weck in the winter the boys have nere their plays, which prob- abiy please them as weil a3 any they could see on the boards of the regular theatres. But Father Dramgoole’s care for these poor watts does not stop with iurnishing them food, tree rest, ecucation, in short—a howe. He also provides tor them clothing. Any articies which can be used by boys are solicited by them for his protégé. His appeals have thus far been literally answereu, Through the winter the Home was filled every igot with even @ greater number thau its beds could hold, Many thousands o! lodgings and meals were during the season given away. Mulder weather has relieved the pressure on the Home. its ave! of lodgers at present is about 10, Many of these are lads learning trades in places sought ior them by the worthy Father, ONE FINE YOUNG OBPHAN LAD of fourteen was taken from the Home @ few months | since by veh 3 English Earl of Roseberry and laced in the St. Francis Xavier College. The oys, though showing in their dress and manners the special peg: ol the streets, are not mole | heir boisterous in t behavior than many ol the more fortunate class Who are tenderly reared in faunily associations, They consider the pious pas- tor their father, cheerfully taking his advice aud heed{ully listening to bis good counsels, Excepy the | rent of the original premises, $2,000, which 1s borne by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the ex- pense ol this charity is assumed by the self-devoted pastor. Lf deeded has been thus far supplied by the contributions of our citizens. Any one wno would like to share in the pleasure of partnership io an enterprise which pays dally premiuins in usefulness and help for those wno strive hard to help themselves aud are abundantly thankrul for aid can take stock in this grand enterprise. The Children’s Fold. The Executive Committee of “The Children’s Fold’ report that during the six months ending July 1 they have admitted forty-four orphan and destitute children to the privileges of the institu- tion and given them their entire support, equal to 943 wecks’ beard, Or upwards of 6,600 days, As | they were obliged to refuse over twenty-five a month last summer and as the present season is Pod to furnish a still larger number of deserving applicants for indoor relief they earnest! the iriends of needy children to remember their claims whiie apportioning their summer charities. Mr. William H. Newman, No. 55 Water street, is the Treasurer of the Children’s Fold, which is located at No, 437 East Fifty-cighth street, Hebrew Children’s Excursion. Achildren’s holiday excursion, under the man- agement of a committee of Hebrew gentlemen, | wiil leave the foot of East Seventy-ninth street at eight o’clock, and the foot of East Highth street at half-past cight to-morrow morning, on the com- modious barge William Jay Haskett. The company is expected to be very large, and abundant arrangements have been made for the full enjoy- ment of the day’s pleasure. The sum of $800 has aiready been subscribed, and more is expecied ior jusequent excursions, The Children’s Picnics, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘The trustees of the Poor Children’s Free Excur- sion Fund beg toimform the public that the pres- ent series of picnics tor street and tenement house children has been commenced under the happiest auspices, 1,965 boys and girls having been taken out by Mr. George F, Williams on Monday and safely returned to their homes. The children had a whole day of healthiul enjoyment at a very slight cost, the pro rata expense being thirty-nine and aquarter cents, For that small sum cvery child was well fed with substantial as well as luxurtous food, and enjoyed @ delightful sail down the harbor, visited a rarai grove and spent the day im the most pleasant way. It1s the intention of the trustees to give these excursions ag often as the state of the funds wiil permit, but they cannot do all that is necessary uniess intending contributors send in their sub. scriptions at once, Cuntracts tor boats or supplies cannodbe entered into unless sufficient money is in the hands Of the treasurer to warrant inciting the responsivity. To arrange tor these excur- sions properly time is also necessary, and the trustees hope that their hands will be strengthened 80 that the work may go on without apy check during the months of July and August. ‘The following is the state of the jund to-day:— Previously acknowledged 1,312 Contribations by guests. of og sunday, July 6 » Thomas Cler! ove 25 For this oor uiideena jadi, P* It is not so luxurivusly appointed as © request | Balamtee in hand... ce sores $751 “A Thank ‘Omri irom a Country Home” was erroneously printed m last report as “Country House.” WILLIAM BUTLER DUNCAN, No, 9 Nassau stree! CHARLES H. MARSHALL, No. 38 Burling slip, if GuORGE i, BODIEAD’ Nov 13 Wall strech,” 2 l. 0. ‘all etree! EDWARD KING, No. 73 brouaway, " ‘Trustees. FURTNER CONTRIBUTIONS. In addition to the above we acknowledge the: receipt of $25, from A, A. F., for the benefit of tne fund. The amount has been placed to the credit of Mr. G. F, Williams. oo MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. GLEASON—MCKFox.—On Monday, July 6, at St Peier’s church, Barclay street, by the Rev. Father O'Farrell, pastor, Mr, JOHN GLEASON tO Miss SARAH McKeon, daughter of John McKeon. isq. (Frank~ lin street), all of New York city. No cards, Granay—binsse.—On Tuesday, July 7, by the | Rev. Dr. Haight, assistant rector of Trinity churen, | WALLACE GRAHAM, Lieutenant United States Navy, | to Vicrorne MA BiNssE, daughter of John Binsse, of Watertown, N. Y. SaNroRD—ASH.—At Clifton, Staten Island, Sat- | urday, July 4, by the Rev. B. k. mes D., DRUBIB- |S. SANFORD, Of Ravenswood, Long Island, to ADDIE’ H., daughter of Join G, and Adeline R. Asb. WALL—BAXtTER.—At Moresby, near Whitehaven, England, on Tuesday, June 16, by the Rev. J. Dann, | Herserr H. Want, of Flatbush, N. Y., to Mary JANE, eldest daughter of Jonn Baxter, late of | Whitehaven. -Diea. BraGaw.—On Tuesday, July 7, 1874, CATHERINE: BraGaw, in the 68d year of her age, Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend her funeral from the resi- dence of her brother, John Bragaw, Dutch Killg City, L. L, on Thursday, 9th inst, at two o'clock Cook.—On Monday, July 6, NATHAN Cook, in the 51st year of his age. Relatives and trends are invited to attend the funeral services at the Methodist Episcopai church, | Forty-fourth street, near Tenth avenue, on Wed- nesday, July 8, at one P. M. | CONNELL.—Mrs, ELINOR CONNELL, aged 62 years and 8 months, | Faunerat from the residence of her brother, Joseph | Morrison, No. 234 West Forty-second street. at halb | past one o’clock, Wednesday, July 8 Friends and acquaintances invited to attend. | _CurTis.—On Monday, July 6, CATHPRINE JANE: Curtis, the beloved wife of John Curtis, aged 26 ears. } 4 Funeral from her late residence, 245 East Thirty- | Seventh street, on Wednesuay afternoon, July 8, at | uwo o'clock, | | Newry papers please copy. | DuyHaM.—At Rahwav, on Monday, July 6, Miss | Eva DUNHAM, aged 19 yeara, | “Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, at the Second Presbyterian ehuren, Rahway, Thursday, July 9, at half-past | three P, M. EDWARDS.—At the residence of Mrs. Henry J, Khe, Amsterdam, N, Y., on Saturday, July 4, at | 5:30 P. M., ANNA HL, wife of Rev. E. F. Edwards. | The faneral will take place from Grace charel Brooklyn Heiguts, on Wednesday, July 8, at hali- ' past ten A.M. The remains will be taken to the | Cemetery of the Evergreens tor interment. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully | invited to attend. FINLEY.—At 87 Ryerson street, Brooklyn, on | Monday, July 6, ANNIE, daughter of Joon and Ann Finley, aged 13 months and 24 days, The friends of tha tamily are invited to attend tne iuneral, on Wednesday, July 8, 1874, at two pM. . GEDDES.—On Tuesday, July 7, ROBERT GEDDES, & native of Scotland, in the 74th year of his age. The friends of the family are invited to attend | his funeral, from the residence of his brothér, | James Geddes, East Seventy-lirst street, between | Fiith avd Madison avenues, on Thursday, 9th inst,, at twelve o'clock noon. | His remains wiil be taken | to Woodlawn Cemetery for interment. Hourz.—On Monday, July 6, 1874, at 303 East Twenty-ninth street, ELIZA VIRGINIA Hurz, widow of Perry Hutz. The Yemains will be taken to Philadelphia for in this city, on Tuesday, Joly 7, JESSE KEN, Esq., in his sot year. Relatives and triends are invited to attend his | fanera!, from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. R. | K. Avery, No. 228 West Fiftieth street, on Tharsday morning, July 9, at half-past ten o’clock, | Zanesville (Ohio) papers please copy. | Livinesron.—On ‘tuesday, July 7, James Livina- | STON, in the 20th year of his age. The relatives and friends and those of nis aunt are respectfully invited to attend the inneral, ) irom Mr. Merrit’s, undertaker, 149 Eignth avenue, | on Wednesday, July 8, at one o’clock P. M. MOLOUGHNEY.- Harlem, on Monday, July 6, 1874, JOHN MOLOUGHNEY, aged 76 years. ‘The relatives and iriends are respectfully in- vited to attend the iuveral, from the residence of his son, 1,974 Third avenue, on Wednesaay, July 8, atone o'clock, | MURRAY.—On Saturday, July 4, Patrick MuRRAY, age! 38 years, formerly of Glasgow. | His remains will be taken to Maryland for in- terment. NicHois,—On Sunday, July 5, 1874, at St. James, , LILLA Virernia, wile of Richard Nichols and daughter of William F, and Elizabeth C. Speer, of Brooklyn. The friends of the family are respectfully invited | toattend the imncral, irom the residence of her parents, 271 Madison street, Brooklyn, on Wednes- | day, 8th inst., at two o'clock P. M. Petersburg (Va.) papers please copy. | Novo.—On Monday, July 6, of diphtheria | Macain, the only daughter of Joseph and Mar- garet Novo, aged 10 years and six montns, Relatives and friends, also Knights of Pythias | Henry Clay Ledge, No. 13, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, trom the residence of her parents, 113 Eldridge street, on Wednesday, at | one o'clock. | PEARSALL.—Suddenly, JoHN N. PEARSALL, son of | the late John Pearsall, frait importer. | ‘The remains interred in Greenwood Cemetery. | Reoan.—On Sunday, July 5, KaTE ReGan, aged 24 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 528 Filth street,. Jersey City, on Wedaesday, July 8, at half-past eight o'clock A, M. YAN.—On Monday, July 6, ALICE MAUDE RYAN, | daughter of James and Mary Ryan, aged 6 years and 7 days. | Funeral from the residence of her parents, No. 189 Henry street, this (Wednesday) moruing, at ten o’clock. | Ryan.—On Tnesday, July 7, after @ short. | Mllness, Mrs, MARY RYAN, Of the parish of Galway, ' county Kilkenny, Ireland, in the 65th year of her fige. Funeral from her residence, No. 163 East Broad. way, Thursday, July 9, at One o’viock, A re quiem Nigh mass will be celebrated in St. Theresa’s chureh; thence to Calvary Cemetery for interment. | Bolsa eA and friends are respectfully mvited t¢ attend. | SADLIER.—On Tuesday, July 7, DANIEL SADLIER, a native of Tulla, county Clare, Ireland, aged 44 years, The relatives and friends are respectfully in- | vited to attend the funeral from his late resi | dence, 360 West Byenty ae street, on Thursday, | July 9, at one o’clock, P. M, His remains will be interred in Calvary. Séymovr.—On Tuesday, July 7, CHARLES FRANK. LIN, son of Charies #. and Saprina Seymour, aged 4 months and 9 days. | Suexpy.—On Tuesday, July 7, 1874, Joun SHEEDY. aged 22 years. Funeral Tharsday morning, at nine o’clock, from his late residence, corner Franklin avenue and ucean boulevard, Flatbush. SmiTH.—At Patchogue, on Monday, July 6, after e severe illness, CATHALINA, beloved daughter of O, P. Smith, aged 23 years. | The relatives and friends of the family are re- | spectiully invited to attend the funeral, on Thurs day, July 9, at half-past one P. M., at the Method- ist Episcopal churct. SMITH.—On Monday evening, July 6, after a short illness, Many WILLIS, beioved wile of J. Spencer Smith, The relatives and friends of the family and ot her tather, the lave Samuel Jones Willis, and of her father-in-law, the late Charles H. Smith, are invited, Without further notice, to attend the funeral op | Wednesday, July 8, from No, 241 East 126th street, at half-past nine A.M. The remains will be taken to Christ church, Manbasset, L.L, ior burtal ser- vices at Manhasset charch, at half-past one P. M., on arrival of train via Fiushing and North Side | Railroad, leaving tsunter’s Point at twelve M. | foy.—On Monday, July 6, Mrs. Atmiee L. Toy, Wile of Peter W. Toy. | Funeral on Wecnesday, the 8th inst., at St. Tim- | ie church, West Filty-seventh street, between. Eighth and Ninth avenues, at eleven o’ciock A, M. | Friends invited without turther notice fuBss.—On Tuesday, July 7, 1874, MARGARET, the: | beloved wile of Cornelius Tubbs, im the 75th year | of her age. The relutives and friends of the family are re- Spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of ber daughter, No. 9 Bast Thirueth | street, on Thursday, July 9, at one P, M. | WitaALen.—On Monday, July 6, MARY CARMELITA, | only child of Daniel and Sarah A, Whalen, aged 11 montis and 24 days. Kelatives and iriends of the family invited. to atiend the funeral, trom the residence of ‘her | parents, No. 67 West Filty-third street, on Wednes- day, at half-past two P. M, | Waring. —On Tuesday, July 7, GERTRUDE COLLA> MonE WHITING, eldest daughter oi Rnous R. and | the late i. Davis Whiting, aged 6 yeurs and 4 months. | “Funeral this (Wednesday) afternoon, at two o'clock, at 162 Grand street, Jersey City. YouNGs.—in San Francisco, Cal., on T June 25 last, 53 Margaret G. Youngs. | ‘The funeral will take place from the residence ot his parents, Oyster Bay, L. L, at one o’ciock, on Friday, July 10. ‘The relatives and iriends of the family are respectfully invited to attena, without further wotice. Carriages will be in waiting at | the depot, at Syosset, on the arrival of the train | Which ieaves Hunter’s pomt at ten o'clock a, M.. | revwrniug at Jour o'clock P.M. *