The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1875, Page 5

THE RIFLE MATCIL| a Preparations in Ireland for the Coming Contest. ———— THE TOPIC AMONG THE PEOPLE. + Deseription of the Ground Se- lected for the Match. Dupin, May 1, 1875. As the time approaches for the international | Rifle Contest—to be fought out at the end of June | between the Amorican victors of Creedmoor ana | the vanquished frish eight—puble attention is becoming daily more aroused to the interest and importance of the event. It is a recognized topiv of conversation among all Classes, with ladies as Well as gentiemen. Animated discussions may be constantly heard in rairway ana tram cars, in ball- rooms and theatres—in fact, wherever haifa dozen peopie meet, as to how the lime will be filled up. Every moment 0! a whole fortnight cannot be de- | voted to shooting, and there is @ universal wish that arrangements shall ve made which will en- able the Aimerican gentlemen who are atout to | visit the country to see it under the most favor- abie circumstances, SBLEOTING A PLACE, But, after all, the shooting is the cause and ob- ject, the motive and the end of the visit; and everything connected with it must, for the time | at least, be paramount. Foremost among the mat- | ters connected with the contest was the | | | lection | of % proper place, and it 1s nov surprising that this engaged for a considerable time the serious auten- tion of the persons on whom the choice aevolved. Various localities in Ireland solicited the honor ol being the scene of what is sure to be a memor- able event; but the choice became soon narrow to three places, There was the Phoenix Par almost in Dublin itself, where the Lord Lieuten- ant resides during the summer, and where all military reviews are held, But it would not be exusy to find within this bobie park a@ level space 1,200 or 1,300 yards long and suMiciently free from obstacies. At least such @ space could not be Jenced of for the purposes of a rifle range withous much inconvenience. The next place was the Murroe of Wicklow, & long, moderately wide belt or sand rouning nortuward from the town of Wickiow along the seashore, Tuis is the ride range of we Wicklow Shooting Ciub, But it nas many drawbacks. It is twenty-eight miles dis- tant from Dublin and the railway service is not the most excellent, while it would not ve possibie to provide suitabie accommodation in the neigh- borhood for a tithe of the persons likely to be per- sonal interested in the shooting matches. [tis cut up by a stream which irregularly crosses the ground and spreads itself out vere and there into B marsh. It is tow near the railway to make the Oring perfectly sale. So tue chances of the Mur- roe of Wicklow speediiy vanished, aud all voices agreed in selecting the Norvn Bull, near vablin. YHE GROUND SELECTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE CONTEST, The “North Bull” is a low, sandy down, elevated above the surrounding slob, on the northern side of Dublin Bay, There is a corresponding prom- inence at the south side of the eutrance to the channe), but it is notably smaller than ts northern fellow, ‘This North Bull is about one mile and three quarters in Jength, by about 750 yards across in its widest part, and it rugs in & northeasterly direction, aimost paralle! w the northern shore of the vay, ‘rom which it is divided by a channel of about 800 to 900 yards across, which at low water is almost bare, The “ali” hes @ little beyond Clontar!, opposite Doliymoant, sta distance of two and # baif miles from the Dublin General Post Omece. Tram cars run vut there from Dublin, and the whole ueighvor- | hood i very picturesque, The whole iine of | coust, and the Bull itself is a memoravie place in irish bistory, being the scene of the great battie | fought by Brian Boroimne, the monarch of Ireland, | on Good Friday, 1014, which put an end w tue Danish power in the island, This battie has sig, ested the subject Of Gray's well known ode, Tye | Fatal Sisters.” The Ball is connected with the | thore by & eauseway and bridge; the causeway, | known as the “Bull W 18 continued in & south. southeast direction towara the mouth of the river, and was erected mainly with the view of deepen- ing the river Coannel, vy preventing the extension of the siov, Which, at low water, 1s of immense ex- tent. THE BULL is divided along itseuiire jength Into two stri of nearly equal dimeusio! The northern side a level paten, rising gradually from the water's edge, oF rather out Of tae wlob, to an elevation at (ts bighest pout of about twenty-five eet above | uigh warer mark, Tae maps mark this por- tou as linble to be covered by extranr- diuary high tides, bat mo sucn casualty | has happened within the last quarter of a century, it . worth observing here | that the Hail not always beag ax we see it | W, bal has actually acqutl its present size, e avd consistency during the lives of the younger eu of the present generation, If any one Will look at the Ordnance Survey map of tu r Bve-and-tbi years ago, prepared by Sir | pmas Lar om, of toe Koyat Engineers, he will | see that What was then the North Hull occupied | Jess than buf the urea Whicn tt DOW holds as its own, andeven this contracted space could only vy courtesy be styled ferra firma at ail, beiongiue ra to (he category of Marshy swamp. hat | is how Lue larther Or hortheastern poruon o: the | then almost entirely covered, even at | t r, and on the sue three eminences nb are marked on the map as ‘“isiands.”? | te a disappeared, or ratuer | heve been annexed by the Bail, which, if it con- | tinues to progress at the same pace during the | next half century, Wii, by the end of that period, | wave joined the Mainiand at Sutton, it is known that the coast about Dubin Bay slowly rising; but the rate of this secular eleva- | tou IS Much Loo slow to account for the remark. | abie increase of the Bull, This seems mainly at- cribatabie to the fact of the growth of the slov | fod Consequent receding of the tide. It 1s not to much fresn territory won by the land from the | @ a8 useless area surrendered by the sea be- could no longer cover it with 1 side of the Ballis mainly com. of rolling and hills, the bighest posed OF a se! of which is raised scarcely More than fifteen or | John Splan NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEE! Ne a iittle inthe rear, We may now look about us and geta GENERAL GLIMPSE OF THE GROUND, We are standing near the ‘d’s Yara’? with our back to Dublin 44 our faces turned nearly northeast, Away to the left. yond the broad channel, are the wooded grounds of Clontarf and Rony cass rising rapidly from the water's edy the hillsides dotted with pretty villa residences. A little further on is the brodd white strand of Rabeney and Sutton; then the coast line sweeps round in a poid curve, which would be really veautiful and majestic but for the miles o! slob which lie uncovered at low water aud which reek offensively under the summer suo of July and August. Follewing this curve, away on its extreme right, we see Howth looming up in huge proportions, rising precipitously trom the sea wo a height of nearly #ix hundred feet, and stretching along for about two miles, From its northern posicion, With {ts light troro early morning til evening, the Hil of Howth is always a striking and picturesque ooject. Continuing our survey loward the right, the open sea stretches aWay ior miles to the horizon, then | our view catches the land at Kinysiowa, and so round by the southern sbore of the bay 10 Dublin. Cazing iniand, the sigbtis very fair and diversities paiches of woodland, grasslanas, cultivated fields alternating and fading away toward the hills which close in tne southern herizon—ihe “Vudlin Mountains’ they are called pere; and rising to heights varying from 700 to 1,800 feet, they are a most suitable Sethng to What is, on tae whole, a pleasing landscape. If we add that as we stand, with our back to Lublin, over beyond the Sutton wtrand and the narrow, half-mile istumus which joins Howth to the mainiand, we catch a giimpse of “Ireland's Eye,” We shail have completed our survey. THR TARGETS. Coming back to our position, @ little ip front and to the left of the “terd’s Yard,” 800 yards away, directly in front of us, we see tue targets. Tuere are four o! them, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, from the northern shore toward the sand — hills, Each ol Bix strong upright slabs of iron bolted on to a strong wooden frame, Each target is twelve feet long by six feet high, They have around buti’s eye, and, according to the Wimbledon arrangement of 1874, a surrounding space calied the “centre,” which is again sur- rounded by an “inner,” all the rest being out. The targets are alternately for long and short ranges, the buli’s eye for the long range being three feet to diameter, that for the short range oe@ing only two feet, Between each pair Of tar- gets Stands @ mantiet or scoring hut of wood, covered with sheet iron, properly equipped with thick plate-giass windows, slots, &c. Avout ten ards in iront of target No, 4 there 1s also a mant- et or sentry box of iron, tn which the score marker can Sit and note the fring. ‘There is also a large target twelve feet square, built o1 horiontal siabs of iron, bolted on to a Strong Dacking Of wood, ali fastened securely to great wooden props. Each siab 18 about eight inches wide. This ‘arget is intended chiefly for experimental purposes, such as tesubg and Cem- paring rifles, &c. THE KANGES—LONG AND SHORT. Let us now reiuro vo the “Herd’s Yard,” near the Gimog station for the 800 yards range. This yard, it will be remerabered, resis upon the sand hills, and the “long rang are a littie to its ieft nearer the northera shore, Let us uow go in the otter direction and cross the nearest sand dilis, We find ourselves at onee in a jong, Darrow, open vice, almost level, lying im the bosom Oi the sand hills, Just as Wwe outer plateau is by the jaw of natural selection the obvio ite for long ranges, so this inner ampuitheatre is a natural short range. Starting from @ spot aimost in a jine with the front the “Herd’s Yard,” aud then measuriog forward 300 yards neariy paraliel with the line of the jo! Tange, we come upon a short-range target, built up like those already described, except that there are but three siabs, and the size of the whole Is about six feet it has its iron mantietin front. If we measure back again from tue target a fartner dis- tance of 300 additional yards, find ourselves mounting & sand hill, Thus we find that this amphitheatre gives us @ range of about 600 yards as (he utmost extent of Its accommodation. THE NATIONAL GAME. The Atiantic and Philadelpbia clubs played their third game of the series on the Union Grounds yesterday afternoon. The attendance of specta- tors was very small, Game was called at four 18 composed oveiock, the Philadelpbias winning the toss and | in financial circles as an ert ala sending the Atiautics to the bat. During the game | Nichols, the third baseman of the Atlantics, made several good plays, winning rounds of applause. Fuimer, McMailip and Suyder, of the Puiladelphia nine, Gisiipguisbed themselves both in the feild and at the bat, The Philadelphi a tard matter to obtain Fulmer’s peer at suors- stop. The Atiantics, as a genera! thing, show seme signs of improvement. Clinton, as pitcuer, ap- pears to cause @ ilttie “uneasiness” to those who are compelled to bat his delivery. The game throughont was well contesied, The following is the score :— PHILADELPHIA . Players. MAD. PLA EB, B.P.A.E. McMolhn, 1. f.1 0 3-0 0 os si 120312 Ve i ae -O01000 e230 M oul 02 000 o1i6o 1M Oo 11061 100 Det PE tf 042 0 1 0.0 Y Cluck, ¢. ft ool 0 0 40 0 Pabor, Lt. 020 4 62719 5 Totals... S27 ew TNNIN Met Ud, Sek At. DA. Oh. THA, Bt Oth. tie me bat iam | 0 1 Ot ‘Liladely 0 Oo ust Gan Spec Seas SE AEN Rans earned—Avantic, 0; Philadelphia, 0. rst base by errors of opponents—Atlantic, 3; Phila- me—One hour and forty minutes, fr. Matthews, of the Mutpals, BASE BALL NOTES. The Philadelphia and Mutual clubs piay ths afternoon on the Unicn Grounds, ‘The Staten Island Cricket and Base Bali Club will play their first game this season at Camp Washington to-morrow afternoon with the Ar- Imgton Club, 0: East Orange, N. J, DEERFOOT PARK. THIRD DAY OF THE SPRING TROTTING MEETING— LOTTIE THE WINNER OF THE 2:33 RacE—THE THREX MINUTE PURSE POSTPONED AFTER FIVE HEATS. ‘The third day of the spring trotting meeting at Deerioot Park proved eminently satisfactory. The ather Was pleasant, tne track in excelient fix and the sport of the most interesting and exciting nature. Two events were on the card—the first being a purse of $200, jor horses that never beat three minutes, mile heats, best three in five, in harness. is | Of thirteen entries eight respe call—Joho H. Md to (he juiges’ Puillips’ bay stallion Compeer (winner of the 3:10 race, first tue meeting), v'Connor’s bay | mare Erith, William 3. Thow’s gray geid- | ing Henry Miller, Peter Manee’s bay | welding Cuntevelio, Dr. Hurd’s black mare Bliza- | beth, Thomas Couner’s black gelding Vulcan, ‘s chestnut gelding Brilliant and J. tweuty feet above the level of the northern | Walker's black gelding First of May, Compeer was Plateau. along this southern side. The northern plateau | A narrow fringe of white sirand runs all | ino favorite over the fleld, $100 to $46, The first is covered wich a short coarse grass. mixed with | proved a dead heat between Miller and Compeer, “sand in some piaces patenes of lichens ap- pear. Rough as the herbage ts it appears to be re! ed vy the email herds of cattle that usually tenant the Bull. Among the sand bills there is scarcely any Vegetation, even (me «lender r whien are usually found in suen situ ing © find a dificuity in obtain: amidst the svity soil. Por all th sand bills are, in One way at least, a boon, From 10D in 2:40%4. Vulcan was now the iavorit nds for him to lose it, but Miler and Vompeer ianded under the string head and head, and another dead 24, Was recorded, race Wns postponed until to-day at two o’ciock. it, Darkoess approaching, the the position of the Bull it will be seeu that #ea- | {here are ont three to finish che contest, as Brill- Ward it is quite unprotected aad is exposed to the east and southeast Winds which prevail ‘n Dublin Bay and its neighborhood, Those winds wouid quite rake the plateau ont for the interposition of tue sand billt, Which sheiter it all along tts south- east Cuge ana b K at least the violence of the biast, although they are not high enough to quite ward Wom, A NATURAL RIFLE GROUND, From the foregoing that the Bull is & nato: piece of Natural Waste land, anavaiiabie for tiilave or any ordiuary purposes of husbandry, lying quite close (o she metropolis and yet suMclentiy removed (row the main land to render the wiicest shooting Of the most inexperienced member vi ue “awkward squad” perfectiy monoecious, Among the laps 0; the sand filils (with one exception, to e presently. referred to) no sp sumicentiy pen for even short ranges can be jound. plateau is pointed out by tae conformation ocullly as the eXerelse gronnd—and a ca pince it ts for the purpose. Tne rt sWare gives excedent foothold for tise WHO statu, and is & varpet spread by natare for those who prefer to ie whe fring. There is scarce an wnduiation to | aistract the caleniatiwn of acy markeman, waiie | the isolated position guarantees aimost absolute ImmUnity from accident. It is not surprising that the Dublin Ride Clue should have selected it as their pracvice ground. There are tWo pinces on the | Bull Which serve as points of reference for dis tan ezvous—the Coast Guard station aud place Is sitaaved tn- nee upon the Bull trom th Causeway, and i the point nearest the shore, from whien it ts distant about a quarter of @ mile. immediately behitid the Coast Guard station te eal eau HemIOS rising up at that spot quickly to ite average level, A walk of about three quarters of amie brings as to an ovloug yard, fenced ail round with 4 igh stove wail, in Whicn there is a residence for a herdsman (wulyo, “nerd”), 0 care for tre cattle Which may nappen to be grazing on the Bull. Tots yard may ve sud vo rest upon the sand bills, ¢ is well sereeued cy them from the e ids, the inveriave companions of the long spring of Davin and its aewguborhood This spot may be consicered to ta the maim pornt | i coppection With the ranges, A iittie in front | of it is the 600 yards range; civngside is the BUC | wag) jantand Biizavetn remain in the stable under | ral horses that never beat 2:33, mil | W. & Thom’s brewn geiding Phil 0 | Goldsmith's bay mare Thomas Vonuers’ vik. g. Valcag 45 | J. A. Phillips’ b. s. Compeer.... Oo. W. S. Tnom’s gr. g. Heary Miller. o4 Jona Splau’s ch. g. Brilliant ie Dr. Harets lk, m. Elizabeth 67 W. o'Connors Kai 83 John Walker's bik, 16 Peter Mauee’s 8 8 Hall. First heat « ing Second heat. rs 4:20 Turd heat Ad Tog Fourth neat. 0 0 Masa. Wale the AI ards wud LAOLTAEUA,| LOLBEA HAAt MEXEE ABN. r= of $300, for le ts, best three in five, in harness, which brought to the score a “hot feld’-—J. H. Phillips’ iding Decet fhe second contest was a Lottie, 'T. geiding White Clond, and J. W. Lady Annie. Ia the pools beiore the start White 4 brought $40, Lady Anuie $16, Pull O'Neil $24, Lottie $20, and Deceiver $12. Lottie won tue when White Cloud went in and eapiared the second and third in 2:3744 and 2:3) In the second heat Lady Annie was foul driving, White Cloud and Lott! even terms, 2 to i over the simith’s mare Won the fourth he; Sty @ sev struggle with White Cloud, beating bim out Balf ® head In 2:54%, and sve also Tedired with the flita and the race, after owe of the prettiest tassi wasever seen on ay track, coming ander the string im advance by oalf a length in 2:334. White Cloud takes second and Priv vil third money. SUMMARY. DeERPOOT PARK, PARKVILLE Thirty Vay OF THE SPRING TROTTING MeETING First Kace.—Purse of $200, jor horses that ir beat three minutes: mile neat, best turee in five, $116 vo the Grat, $65 to the second and to the’ third horse. Judges— Messrs, Currey, rr and McMahon. L. T., May 13, 1875— Firth heat.. * Postponed antil to- SaMR Day—SECOND ¥ at two o'clock. OR.—Purse of $200, for day of | Tae latter won the second in 2:41, | when Vulcan captured the third and fourth in 2:2and 2:41 3 | it Was tought Impossible by his i top covered with heather, reflecting back the san. °! this city, | upon our mettle, | nent citizen; Mr. Alfred Simmuison, well ki | nam | and | thas is in the re: in five, in harness; $170 to the first, $100 tothe second and $30 Lo the third, A. Goldsmith's b, m. Low . B. Bailey's w. g. White Cloud W. 5. Thorn’s br. g. Phil O'Neil, J. H. Phillips’ b. g. Deceiver... Re First heat... Second heat Fito heat, | 'PHE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MUSIC. When the announcement was first made to the world (hat ap unknown gentleman, a millionnaire Was about to endow durmg his iife- time a college of music in the city of New York for the iree education of the American people in the art of music, the world shrugged its snoulders and id, “Can such things pe’ From time to ume scraps of news have floated out to the pabile through Dr. William Eimer, tne one medium of | communication between the generous unknown and the world, The extent of what has been done is only known to a few and bis been kept a secret by them unwi the preper time for divulging it should come. The passage Of the charter of this 1p- stitution by the Legisiasure bas already been made known to the readers of the HexaLp, The immen- sity of te design of this schoo! Of masic has only to be known to be appreciated. in the first place, the free gilt of a sum sufficient to found an institu- tion for the pablic good is Of itself enough to | attract the attention of the world when left by will, But when @ wealthy gentioman gives that sum during bis lifetime, so that he may see for himeel! 1{8 good resuits—not only gives but gives freely and in such & manner that the imetitution he has founded will never be trammelied by halt measures or restrictions that make some gifts a burden vo their recipients—then the people may well rise up and ca!i bim blessed. Unquestiona- bly this college will give a new impetus to the progress of music im America, and may be the means of placing ue at the heaa of musical nations, A country whose popo- jJation is made up from thas of every othér coun- tryin the world may reasonably be expected to reproduce the best characteristics of each. The voices of American giris are celebrated for their peculiar, rich and birdlike quality. Although we have not yet proauced a tenur of great distinc- vion, we have given the world one of its greatest prime donne in the person of Miss Clara Loulee Kellogg. We have numerous good orchestras and singing socteties, and it only needs @ little en- couragement to show what wecan do when put The gentieman who has devoted his means to this end will find, a8 soon as bis name is given publicity, that republics are not aiways# ungrateful, ‘The names of the gentlemen who compose the board of trustees are sufficient guarantee that there is nothing mythical er speculative in the plans of the American College of Music. They are pine in number and tt 1# safe to say that a stronger board has seldom sat at tne head of any institution in this country, and the generous donor may congratulate himself upon having procured Dames thas will carry so much weight and dignity with them. Taey are as followe:—Mr. Henry WU. Stepbins, than whom no man is better known asa patron Of masic in this city or as one who sympa- tizes with every generous enterprise for the msthetic education of the people; Mr. Marshal 0, Roberts, whose close connection witi art is too well known to need repeating; William Eimer, M. J), who 18 really the projector 01 thi eat schoo! ; Mr. Williain H. Vanderbilt, @ wealthy and promi- id successful man of basiness: Mr. Charles hitany, a well-Known man of business; ex-Covernor Mor- wal udge Jewett and Attorpey General Edwaros Pierrepout. These last three names have. been belore the pubire so long and In sucn distingaisued connecuion that they Deed no iptroduction not obly to New York, but to the country at large. It would find it | will be seen aia glance that this Board nas been seiecred not only for its prominence, bat lor ite foancial abinty and culture, Two or three more may be added, but that is a matter for the future. Its strength ts concentrated now. Since the plans of the American College of Music were first made known Dr. imer das nad inter- views with and received letters irom wealthy gen- tlemen offering to encow scholarships oF to do anything they can to further tbe gova work, wentiemun called upon the Doctor tre other day vegged that be would get the old gentleman to withdraw ie endowment aad jet hiv give the $5,000,000, He said that he oad jong had just such a project in nis mind. and was only Waiting the proper time to make it known. | He seemed greatly disaypolated when Dr. himer told him that he wae too late. Finding that he could not do as he desired, be begged thas the col- lege would accept @ gilt oF $500,000 from his well- filled treasury, which offer was not refused. A UEBALD representative Suggested that this other milhonnaire, whose mame, by t 1a & house- noid word in this ty eee do mach with lis wealth for art as the former bad done tor music, bat he would pot listen to the idea. Muse was his idol, and to it alone would he ranse a temple. Negvtiations are pending by which the Grand Opera House witi be leased for a term of years, £0 that the school may be commenced by the lst of September or even sooner. A HgkALD represeu- tative visited the Grand Opera iouse for the pur- pose of seeing for himseli how well it was phed vo the purposes of t ne a he w: thor- oughly su atw The white mar- ble baiiding on Eighth avenue ana Twenty-toird street does not contain the opera house proper; running pearly through to Ninth avenue. main buriding coatains the oMces ately occupied by the Erie Railway Com. pany. There are four stories of rooms, each story communicaing by broad stairways of tiack Wal- not. There are two ro« that woud 0 jor concerts, which hold 2,000 persons each. In wne = odays «oof = Fisk = these = two) rooms were ol with a cetling thirty-two iret high and a gallery running all around, and thin wae the baliroom. Now it ts divided inw two rooms, with cellmgs of ixteen and a halt feet in hewht. The rooms that were occupicd by w oficers oi the company are about twenty in Dum. ber, and are ot ere papered and frescoed and fnisned in blac ag | and are exceientiy 3 | short with White Cloud that | | ' | edapted for el: ss rooms. verything about tue batlaing is of the most elaborate a substantial uaracter, and no pains were spared 'o mal jeed a grand opera bi There are arrangements tn case oi fire—the most periect in the we are told. Eyem the cellar is @ model int ay, and is high, dry and well ventilased. un every Moor of the buliding there are do municating with the auattorium. Alto; seems as though some higher power were at work to bring @ noble institution the College of Mosic to wipe off the cloud from the innocent brow | of the Grand Opera House. An informal meeting of che trustees was held Wednesday night. TRIALS OF POLICEMEN. Commissioner Voorhis held court at Police Head- quarters yesterday to try policemen on compiaints by citize: ‘The frst case of interest called was that of patrolman Jeremtah Mahoney, of the Fourth precinct, wh» stood charged with having received from Thomas Wild, of No. 107 Cherry street, the sum of $20, paid jor tne purpose of having the officer use his influence to procure the rele: ofa boy named William Cliford, arrested on a charge of larceny. An indictment was found against the boy above named on tue 17th of August, 1872, bat he managed to evade the po.ice until May 22, 1874, when he was arres'ed by Manouey. Wild claims that he r ed & from Clifford's mother and paid the me vo Mal , bus the latver denies tat he ever received the money. He admitted having been approacied on the su ject by Wiid, bat says tht he refused the protfered vribe. The case was referred to the full Board. Patroiman Joun Purvia, of toe Sixteenth pre- cinct, Was arraigned on the charge of Baving in- suited, aoused and illegally arrested Mrs. Eliza- beth Canfield, residing at No. 437 West Seven- teenth «treet. From the evide It appears that before tweive o'clock on the night of M: i Mrs, Canfleld went to a iiquor saloon in Tent avenue, near Sixceenth street finding ber husband ana bringing him nome, While thus engaged she Was approached vy OMicer Purvis, weo arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, whic barge, however, Was not entertained by the sergeant in command at bie Station hoase, Who ordered tue release of tne prisoner. Mrs. Canfield appeared in court yester- day and told a pitifal story. She was irequentiy compelled to leave her house late at night to tnd her husband, who, she says, drinks freely and ren- ders but little assistance to her tamily of seven small children. On tbe night in question, she claims, the oficer, seeing her alone, mad roposals to ber, and on bein sed, she aiso telling htm that the matter before perior of a man literally wed wer to the # ber clotning aga tureatening to club every step, The policeman denied the alleged bratality, and asserie that th Woman was disorderiy. The case was referred to the full Boa.d. THE LIVINGSTONE MURDER. It has been asceriained py the police of Jersey City that Pati Reilly, the alleged murderer of Liv- ingstone, is secreted in New York, He has been recently seen several tim in a ioon at the corner of Houston street aud Broadway, Two de- tectives Went ib vUrsult yesterday, but failed to PU ROA NORE LOG) AUG Tide One | for the parpose of | THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATL | ELECTION OF OPFICERS—SECRETARY FH AR A SEVEN-TERMER—~A RELIC OF WASHINGTON— THE BANQUET LAST EVENING. The triennial convention of the Society of the CinciAnati was resumed yesterday moruing at Del- | mMonico’s. There was @ full attendance o! aeic- | gates and the proceedings were opened by prayer. Hon. Hamilton Fish, the President, wore yester- | @ay the insignia of his oMce, @ costly eag'e, | studded with precious stones, about two hundred | in number. The leaves of the olive vranctes and | wreaths are composed of emeralds, the berries of | ruby and the beak of the eagie amethyst. | Above the eagle 18 & group of military | ewblems—fags, drums and cannon—all of | diamonds, surrounding a ribbon — upon which are inscribed the word “Presented | im the name of the French sailors to His Excel- lency tne General Washington,’ which 18 also studded with precious stones. Above 1s a bow of moire antique ribbon of Nght blae color, with white eoges. The genera) effect of this diamond e@agie, which cost $3,000, is dazzling. ‘The following 1s the LIST OF OFFICERS | elected yesterday for the next tbree years :—Tren- | jaent General, Hon. Hamilton Fish, of New York; Vice Presiuent General, Mr. James Simmous, of Soath Carotina; Secretary General, Mr. George W. Marrs, of Pennsylvania; Treasurer General, Alex- ander Hamilton, Jr., of New York; Assistant Secre- wary General, Richard 1, Manning, of Maryland; ) Assistant Treasurer General, Willlam b. Dayton, ol New Jersey; Chapia.n, Kev. M. 5. Hutton, of New York. Mr. Fish, upon accepting the office to which he bas now been re-eiected seven times—thus show- ing that he is even worse than a third termer— acknowledged in @ few felicitious words the com- pilment paid to him, He had now been President General of the Society of the Cincinnati for twen- ty-one years, he said. At the time of his first | election be was already in public life, and he had been in office durng the greater portion of these twenty-one 5 thons he had ever held this w | Dim, His remurxs were recel) plause. it was stated in correction of @ statement that appeared yesterday that the late treasurer, Ge: eral feuen Tightaan, was notin dejauit in Mis ac counts With the society of the Cincinnati, vu simply had not made a statement o1 bis accounts beiore his deata, which was sudden. The reso!u- tion adopled on Wednesday by tne ose i. therelore, only to authorize the Assistant Treas- urer to take steps in order to seenre such account from Geveral Highwan’s executors, AN ANCIRNT RELIC. Mr. Alexander {lamilton, Jr., presented to the society adozen forks, once belonging to Generai Washington and formerly in possession of the so- ciety, They are plain, three-prouged steel forks, with horn handles and silver tips. This curiosity will provably be sent to the Centennial Exmbi | tion, along with many of tne Other relics of the | household of the “Father of his Oountry.”? THE BANQUET LAST EVENING. After transacting miscellaneous business of no special interest, iné society adjourned, ana aiter lunckeon the delegates were driven to the Fark in she eleeant carriages belonging to the embers of the New York State society. In tue eveniog the grand banguet took piace in the great nal) at Delmonico’s. Ali the delegates ana most of the members of the State society were present | the One de rest to ed With bearty ap- to join in this renewal Of old —Iriend- ships formed im memory of their fore- | fathe fellowship in arms. The dinner | was reat success and reflected much credit upon Mr, Deimonico, as weil as upon General Cochrane, of the State society, WhO was intrusted with the arrangements, The speeches were all of a convivial and humorous character, Mr. Fish presided in virtue of his office as President Gen- eral, and alluded tn fitting words to the glorious memories which clustered around the founders of this association and for the perpetuation of which the latver was formed, All the speecnes, in fact, breathed this delignt in renewing old tles apd hovoring the memory of the first members ol tue society. The dinuers lasted until a late hour, and the members finally separated with bearty hand- shakings aod cordial wishes ol “au revoir/” | Where tle next triennial convention will be held has not yet been decided, but bhe provaonlity is Ubat the choice will fal! apon Baltimore or Charies- ton, The present reuuiou Was iu every respoct a complete success, HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. i i | WORK TO BE STOPPED IN THX CHANNEL—A BOARD OF ENGINEERS TO TAKE THE MaTTER IN BAND. The Board of Engineers appoiated by Congress General Newton’s plan for improv- | ing the channel between Staten Island and New | Jersey have a8 yet taken no definite action te- | yond organizing formally, The Preaideat of the | Board is Colonel Z. B. Tower and tae Recorder | Captain William H. Hener, Of the Corps of Kn- | wineers; the other members being General New- ton, Lieatepant Colonel H. G, Wright and Lieu. tenant Colonel J. D. Kurtz. It ie expected that | this Board will either mdorse General Newton's | pla» or devise a new one which will not be open to any objection, Daring tue present seasion of the Legislature | residents on Statep Island petitioned that the | work of improvement according to General New- tou’s plan shonia be stopped, on the ground that | it was of serions embarrassment and injury toa | number of persons engaged In the oyster trade in | the vicinity. A Joint resoiation was passed recom- | mending that Congress make no further appro- | priation for the present toward the improvement of the channel. Congress, however, made no ap- | propriation last year for the purpose, and awatts the report of the Board of its own appoimtment before disbursing ay more money, it is said by } | to investig: | the trends of tne improvement, as carried out according to Geueral Newton's ideas, that the petitioners «id not sertousiy | consider what they were doing and (nat (he piea | Of interference wi't the Ovster trade was more Imaginary than real, as there are no oyster beds in the netgivorhood, and the oniy trade carried on is whatis KNOWN as “iresvemug,” Which is not of consequence compared wit au improvement in the chann* in originated by eral Newton, and has been in great part carried out, was to relieve vessels from inconveniences by tarans of dikes 80 Constructed as to keep the caanne! clear of sediment amd afford boats a clear course through the Kill von Kull, and some 2,000 feet of the dike, running irom Howlana Hook, will be completed this week, and on com- pletion of this parc the work will be Gisconanued, not tobe resuined until after the report of the | Board of Engineers, nis dike was to ran out to @ point Hear Shooter's Island, where it woult meet another dike connecting at right angics with @ trird, which would start from the snore pear the railroad at Elizabethport, aad ran par- ailel with the one irom Howland Hoo«. The aixe from Howland Hook would be sixteen and a bait | feet In depth—the lowest depth of the channel | around Kill von Kali—and wouid form the mata passage, the two other dikes being accessortes to | the ovject in view—viz., to provect the vessels from the two bars at this polit, one of whien is to (he west of the Lowe d the other a littie | below Shooter's Isiand. aiding tne r Stake isa dat, and at times many as twenty have been seen here aground, iO get around ssary to head avove the Ke, and then to come down 0 around the bar below Shooter's Island, the aud width between toe two bara being over two nun- dred yards. The dike irom Howland’s Hook would run in @ straight line between toe Corner Stake and Shooter's Isiand in a depth of sixteen | and a half feet of water, right out into tue c Bel and on to Kill von Kull. At present time the flat is constautly the re | ceptacie of sediment lodged tuere, on the ebb tide by the waters from Newark Bay, ont of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers, Alougsile the dikes, such as General Newton vroposed to form them, there were sure to be currents which would sweep away these settings on the chan- nei bed ana 49 arrange the separation of the tides | at Shoover’s Isiaad that no obstacies tu tue Move- ments of the oats conid arise. |. The Opposition of some of the Staten Islanders, | however, has saceveded in stopping tie work for ; the present, DULIt 18 said thas many of the peti- Woners alieady regret the part tuey took in i n- | peding the improvement of the channel. At ail events, several mouths must now elapse belore the Board of Engineers can make @ report, avd theu further delay Will ensue before Congress can grant an appropriation, Some idea may be formed Of ihe importance of au improvement in the channel at the pots above aawed when it wsremembered that boaw from all part of the Soutnero coast, canal boats and steam propellers, pass through this troublesome cireurt, withia which these bars and flate are circumscribed, Prom Op the Rarttan River, ‘rom Souchern ports, over 5,000,000 tons of produce have been boated | through this poins im @ year, and over 6,000,000 more sed from other ports. The grave importa thereiore, of an improvement in the channel at Shooter's Isiand and ts vicinity would seem to claim acknowledgment. [1 is said that the men engaged tn the “iresnening” of oysters af the place dé HOt Humber many more than hail | @ hondred, SUICH R. H, Olmstead died at the Long Isiand College Hospitai, Henry street, yesterday forenoon, fron | the effects of a pistolsnhot wound in the head. | Deceased was found seated on a bench near the Sixth avenne eotrance to Prospect Park a& tew days ago, biveding from 8 wouud in the head, | When he inflicted hime: ile gave as an excuse | for the rash deed financial difficulties, Le was a native Of the United States, was twenty-five years | of age, and leaves a ife who resides at No. Lod SIxKy AVOUUC, ears; DUL among ali the posi- | the great advan- | AN INTER-INDIAN WAR. ~-—- o Breaking Out of Hostilities Between the Snakes and Sioux. - ANOLE OF AN KUTCH T NATION. A Great Chief and His Friend- ship for the Whites. ON THB PLAINS, May 7, 1875, Some days ago the telegraph informed the read- ere of the HERALD that the Sioux and Arrapahoe Indians bad gone to fight the Shoshones. We DOW have the firs: bit of indian news ip this cam- patgn, which comes to us from the Wind River Valley, and i# in favor of the Sioux, they having | Stolen some ponies from the Shosbones. The Shoshones, or Snake Indians—as they are best known by the latter name—possess an uncommon H history and have been at war with the Sioux for | Over hall & century. A residence of over three years among them will enabie me to tell you something about them. Their earliest recollec- ton, they say, of white men is of Lewis and Clarke, who, in 1006, came up the Missouri River in the midaie of the hot moon (August) and ascending the Jefferson Fork, tied their boat and | came to the village. The tribe then numbered 13,000 souls and was under a + chief named Vameahwait, who really seems# to have been a great man and a sort of King Philip in the West. The Indians were greatiy excited at the approach of the white men, and some wanted to kill them, but Cameahwait bade them be quiet and sent out sixty warriors to receive and welcome the stran- ‘i Toe great chief met them at the eoge of the village and escorted them to a lodge made ef new skins, where he wasued thelr feet, gaye them food and ordered the whole tribe to show them every respect. He sent young men to waiton Lewis and Clarke and offered them young women for wives while they stayed In his village. Tnis royal host seems vo have entertained the white men as became a king, and when they departed he accom- panied them with an immense retinue to their boats. The Snakes, or, in their language, the Sho- shones, in those days (180¢) were scattered over a large territory anid claimed al] the lands between the Columbia River and Missouri Valley, They roamed principally on Green River, Bear Rive Sweetwater, the Colorado and Piatve rivers, and | had vast herds, pumbering tens of thousands. | Their neighbors were tne Sioux, Blackfeet, Co- Manclies, Minnetarees and Pawkees, and they | Were constantly at war. The Snakes were a TERROR TO ALL NATIONS, and they fought with @ desperation and bravery equal to the Greeks and Romans, Carrying um- mense shields of buialo hide op their left arms and spears m their might hands they advanced to battle on foot, and notuing could exceed the ferocity oF persistency of their attack. It was not until 1810 that they obtained guns and learned to use them. They bought their arms from the Yellowstone Indians, who said they got them Jrom fur dealers (probably the Northwest Fur Company). Schoolcratt thinks the Shoshone Ir- dians were one of the primary stocks of Rocky Mountain Indians, buc in this he was mistaken. The Snakes say they came from the south, and | they are undoubtedly 4 branch of the Camanches. | This view is sustained by General Alvord, now Paymaster Genera! of the army, who served thirty years in the West, and by Colonel Cady, who knew the Snakes for forty yeurs, and in 1863, at Vort Laramie, recorded them as an offahoot of the Comanche family. What caused them to separaie from the Comanches, or when the sep- aration took piace is not particularly known, bus the Snake traditions put the independence of the tribe at 1780 to 1787, and that 48 probably about the time they separated from tue parent stem of tue trite. fhe decay of the Snake tribe has been very marked. In 1845 they were divided into two dis- | tinct tribes, Eastern and Western Shoshones, and in 1850 they broke up into four bands, Root Eaters, Buffalo Katers, Sheep Eaters and Honey Haters. The tribe in 1850 numbered 4,500 souls, In is49 they had declared war against the whites, and for @ time necessitated the abandonment of the route to Califor. nia, They were among the few Indians who understood the eMciency of a charge in battie. From behind @ hili they would dash ont on their tomahawk the drivers almost before any one ; could draw a revolver. From Swe er to Green iuver the road is marked graves of | emigrants slaughverea by the Snakes, every pill and cafon bas @ history of blood and | murder, | gers, Saimou Baters, Sheep baters and Bafaio Haters. Intve winter of ised the bands, aiter 4 long trace, having become again HOSTILE TO THE WH General Connor, with @ regimens of California | voluateers, surprised them ou Bear River and ai- most anuililated them. They now gumber less n 2,000 souls, The Aga-dik-ara, or Saimon faters, ive on snake River aud, as their name indicates, subsist on salmon, or Sheep Baters, itve on Salmon River and eat the musmon, or Rocky Mountain sheep, These are the wildesr looking Indians I eve? saw. Koolsa-tik-ara, or Buffaio Eacers, live on Wind Kiver and are known as Washakie’s band. It is tom baod the Sioux and Arrapahoes have | goue to Gght, They live om the sead of Litie Wind River, where they have an agency, and two years ago Washakie and his band namoered 1,040 Bowls and could muster 300 warriors tor battie. | The writer was in the Wind River country in 1569, | 1870, 1671 end Most Of 1872, When the weet water my goid mines were ope to flock in Re as Sioux iand and in 1968 and peopie began ad cisimed the country wWarced the whites to leave, Washagte at once sent word the jand belonged to the Snakes, aud the whites were his friends and srouwld remain Batties were jought in summer of 1s08 between the Snakes aud on one side and the Sioux on the otter, D the spring of 1869, when government and mine tf they wished. the | a fore to protect the mines. This fort was known as Old Fort brown, aad Was dismantied in 1871 and removed to the head of Little Wind River, where it is how known asx New fort Brown, a: at the present time 18 garrisoned by Compaty B, Second United States cavairy. in 1870 the govera- | Pasa, ment built 9tWo company post near Seutn on rhe side of the Wind Kiver Mountains, and it is NOW kKnoWn as Comp Stambaugh, and garri- soned by Company D, second United States cav- alry, Major D. 5. Gordon command ‘The yore is named after Lientenant Stambaugh, whe’ fell io 1870, while gallantiy figating the Sioux Indtans in the Wind River Vaticy. im the summ if 1560 Red Cloud sent down 250 warriors under one of | bis best fighting chiefs, Little Six, to attack | Darass the troops in the Wind River country. They came into the Popoagie Valley, killed eight white men and succeeded in killing one soldier, When Lieutenants Dinwiddie and Stambaugy witn thirty men of Company D, Second cavair¥, aud five ciuzens, ATTACKED THE INDIANS killed Little Six and five of ols warriors. The fight lasted (rom two o'clock ta the afternoon until sunset and ended in the retreat of the In- diaus. The troops lost seventeem borses killed and wounded, one soldier Killed, five wounded and one citien wounded. Washakie and his indians wore atthe time seventy mies ap toe | Wing River. He was sent word to come down and attack the Sioux in front while tae troops would follow them ap, bat Washakie toox the wrong side of the mountain and miased the sions At ope vime the two bo of Indians were within three miles of each other, the oue commg down and the other going: uD, only 4 iow mountain separating chem, but neither party sav the other. 4 Washakie taken the other «ide of tue Mountain Dot & Sioux would have escap Washakie bitrerly felt the blame attached to him by tne United States officers for allowing the Sioax | tO escape, and early m the spring sent twenty- seven picked Warrtors to steal into their country, surprise the Sioux Village and ran of ponies. They succeeded, bat as they returned with tweir booty tuey were cut off in the mountains, surrounded an alt killed but one. This warrior four seve Wounds on his body, and the last four miles tie crawied on his hands and Knees, being too weak 0 Walk, He was picked up by Major aldwin, an Indian trader, taken to his house id caresully pursed until le recovered. in the springs 1871 the Sioux, Arapahoes and Northern Cheyennes formeda a comoined expedi- won against the Suakes. The Chief, Washanie, hearing of their coming visited Cam Stamoaugh, and asked the United States officers for help. The Commanding Over said othe government was not at war with the Cheyennes or Af | thived with Washak | to help bim. it was then arranged a company of cavalry should de sent to support the Snakes, wio were +o do all the fighting, Washakie advanced, caught the hostile Indians, touted them and took | oe Scalps and alot of ponies, He lost five ) Indiaws, | swilt ponies, swoop down on @ train and shoot or | and almost | in 1860 the Snakes were divided into Lake Iig- | The Tvok-a-rik-ars, | The | sent ia its troeps, Occupied the Country and built | Op tuis vecaslom Wasiakle displayed tue 5 _———$—$—$—$—$ 5 greatest bravery, dashing into a cave where somo Cheyenn had taken refuge, and with bis own hand killing and Gregging out by the nair a warrior whom ne scaiped, At another time Washakie charged alone some Sioux who were crossing @ ford, and, with a sabre, cut down apd killed arrior. SKETCH OF A GREAT CHIEF. Washaki about sixty years of age and one of the Qoest looking indians | ever saw. He is over “1x feet tall, perfectly proportioned and bis tace eld ely resembles that of Washington. a8 seen in Peale's paintings, He dresses to citizen's cioth- ing, and fights with a sabre and revolver, if Sioux and Arapahoes, as reported, have gone down itn force to the Wind River Valley, to make war on him they will tind the old warrior ready to receive them, and, unless | am muctt nustakem, they willin the end wet the worst of it. Colone! Baker, of Pegan fame, in command of tne Wind River district, aud of course will do ait he can to aid Washaki Last summer when General eridi Captain Bates to attack the Sioux on the lead of Powder River for the murder of white men Wa- ahakie sent 100 warriors along to help the troupe. Lieutenant Young Was shot down Im the battie by a bull throngh the knee, and the Smake Indians defended his body unni he could 0¢ got off the tieid, aud thus saved his life. ! | APPRENTICES FOR THE NAVY. THE FRIGATE MINNESOTA DESIGNATED A8 A BE CEIVING 8HIP—THE TERMS UPON WHICH THB BOYS ARR ENLISTED. The steam frigate Minnesota, now stationed in this harbor, bas been designated as receiving ship for boys between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, to be trained for the naval service under certain specified regulations. Already a number of lads, with the consent of their parents, have joined the vessel, where they are to remain under instruc- tion until they reach the age of twenty-one, when they will be enlisted in the service of the United States. This experiment, for it cam be called hardiy anything else, judging by past experience, it ts thought will be productive of considerabie good, both in respect to opening an honorableand useful career to the boys and also in respect to im. proving the character of seamen empioyed ou American ships-of-war. On former occasions youths were taken as naval apprentices with the prospect, ifexhiviting proficieney in studies ana correct deportment, of being sent to the Academy at Annapolis for further instruction, so as to qualify taem to become midshipmen and thus commence on the road that leads to the highest rank in the naval service, But the plan did pot work Well and it had to be abandoned. ‘The Secretary of the Navy now proposes to take boys between the ages avove mentioned, of ro- bust frame, intelligent, healtay constitutions and five feet one inch without shoes, on bourd ne- tional vessels. ‘The education will oly comprise plain English branches, alternating with practical seamanship and other professional occupauons designed Lo prepare them to be sailors in the navy. Yhe boys are enlisted at the race of $10 60 per month and one ration, Whiie serving on the Min~ nesota in this barvbor they may, if deserving, be promoted to the rating of first class boys, and on sea-going Vessels Will be eutitied to higher ratings @t the discretion of their commanding oflicers, as a reward for proficiency and good canduct. Boys on being enlisted are furnished an oatit of cloth ing, for which they are to pay themselves. They caunot allot any portion of their pay to their parents, but are allowed to draw monthly $1 for pocket money, and are also allowed to go on shore at the discretion of the commanding pftiver. Boys who may be recommended for honorable discharge upon the expiration o! their enlistment are to receive continaous service tickets entiting them to turee months’ ex'ra pa! 4 the addition of $1 per mouth to their pay, provided they re- list for three vears within three montis. Boys injured in the service, or having contracted disease in the line of duty, are entitied to and will receive pensions, In sume cases ao imperiect knowledge of reading and writing will not be re- garded as a barrier, aud preference will be given to the sons of old sailors and soldiers, ‘These terms appear to be quite liberal, and #0 far there 1s @ zood prospect of obtaining a large number of youths, ‘The Minnesota is & fine vessel, and tne officers in charge have been sciected it view of their finess jor taking charve of b who are destined to fill valuable ana uselul positions in the service of Meir country. ‘the Sane is stationed at Portsmoutn, N. H., for @ simular pur- pose. CITY. NEW YORK Matilda Schwab, living at No, 68 ayenue A, walle playing on some beams yesterday alternoon, accidentally fell, sus'atning @ fracture of the Jey. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Samuel Frank, aged thirteen years, of No. S12 EPigridge street, was secidentaily run over by a track at the corner of Canal ant Eldridge etreets last night, sustaming @ fracture of the leg. Eliza Hoimes, forty years of age, living at No. 338 East Twenty-fifth street, died suddenly at ber residence last night without medical attendance. ‘The Corover Was notified to hold an inquest, Charies Henni, aged two years, died yesterday at tne residence of his parents, No. 624 East Elev- enth street, trom injuriea received on the 6ta inst., by being ran over by a butcher’a wagon, John Pebier, a child six years of age, was severely injured by falling down an embankment at Sixty-ninth street and Ninth avenue yester- day afternoon. He was takeu to his residence. | Francis Mann, residing at No, 242 East Forty. | second street, accidentaily fell of the platform ef Tbird avenue car, at the corner of Broome street aud the Bowery, last bight, breaking us j arm. Jeremiah Sheanan, of No. 147 Leonard street, | white at work on the building No, 99 Mercer | street, accidentally fell from toe second to the first floor, sustaining severe luterual iajuries) Le was sent to Bevevue Hospital. Theodore Reed, the young man who stabbed his Stepfather, the particuiars of which crime were fully given in the HeRALD of yesterday. wad committed to the Tombs yesterday by Coroner Croker to await the result of tue inquest, which | Will be heid tp a tew da} A gang of thieves boarded the schooner Ann Fy | Glover, Captain Terry, lying at pier 13 Norta | River, on Monday evening, and stole the ship’ chronometer. The chase, aud the thieves soding themse'ves so | closely pursued dropped their booty and escaped. | Toe Roman Catholic Church of St. Bernard, ia | West Fourteenth street, ef which Rey. Gabriel Healey is pastor, will be dedicated on Sunday, the 50th inst., by Cardinal McCloskey, assisted by Bishop MeQuide, of Rocuester. A large nampert of priests will be present and the ceremonies will be very imposing. | The members of the Senior Debating Society ot St. John’s Coilege, Fordham, gave a literary en tertainment in the college hall yesterday. consist. img of debates and recitations. The relatives and friends Of the Collegians were present in large bumbers, and testified their hearty appreciation of the order of exercises and the intellectual manner in which the debates and recitations were rendered, While Mrs. A. H. Baldwin and child, and Mrs, D, A. Baidwin, residing at the Gramercy Park Rotel, were riding in a carriage yesterday noon the horses took fright aud ran away, throwing the driver from his seat. Holding the child in her arms Mrs. A. H. Baidwin endeavored to jump irom the venicle, but in domme so the infant re- ceived a severe cut in the forehead, No one else wus injared. The commencement exercises of the Law Schoo! of the University of the City of New York will be held tits evening at Steinway Hall, at eight o'clock, Chancellor Crosby, D. D., LL. D., will preaide and conifer the degrees on the graduating ciass ot forty-one memoers, Short #ddresses wil be mada by P. & Jennings, A. Lybolt, J. A. Cantor, J. I. Stem, J. D. Ahrens and M. J. K aud an adress to the class b An essay prize of $250 aud prizes of § best written and $100 for the best oral ex tion will be awarded. BROOKLYN. —_———_e—_— Henry Ahern, aged six years, fell off the dock at the foot of Reta street, South Brooklyn, yesterday aternoon, and was drowned. The boay was taken to the residence of fis parents, No 214 Conover street. Coroner Simms Was notifed to fold an in- quest. Owen Talley was arraigned before Judge Rey- nolda, In the City Court, yesterday, on a charge of mayhem. fe was accused of biting the thambp neariy oif of Waiter i r 4d on & Myrtle a aumitved to dati in t Mary Williams, of No. 162 Bldridge street; Mary: Wilson, of No. 185 Cherry street, and James T. Raymond, of No, 638 Third street, New York, were arrested by two of the Central Office police yester- day OO suspicion of shoplifting. Three coats, s'olen from Messrs, Wolf & Levy, of No. 131 Fulton street, Were found ia the possession of Mrs. Wil< Hams. The prisoners were locked up to answer. ‘The Board of Estimates met yesterday and re- ceived estimates of expenses from severai of the departments of the enty government for the year | 1976, TI oun raised for city purposes daring | the carrent flscal your was $5,001,116 24 and I ounty go ment $1,531,709 84. The Departs ment Of Assessments caiis for $58,160; the a ofice, $15,800; Board of Audit, $6,000; Board | Aldermen, $40,000; Aeeper of City Hail and assisu | wuts, $6,400; Fourth Diatriet Court, $7116. <