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TIIE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
HANY AlU-ES OF MAINS LAID TO AAWBT IN TUTTING
OUT Fl BEA
Tbe erection of many lofty buildings in Talion*
tarts cl theeitv ha*> called theattentuta Dot only of
luirsnce mei) sad firemen but of tne. business ccm
. Mtntury generally lo tiie necessity of an ample
Waler supply. Tba average howlit of the
WflJings throughout His tlrv-u.-o-is district
is (BYdntv feet, and msur are considerably higher.
within Alis comparatively limited area are stocks
of goods value' rt more than $250,000,000, and
tbe buildings ur_ worth over $00,000,000 more. 'A
tire that should sweep over thia district might
bankrupt nearly every lire iusuiance company
doing business in the Cnited Mutes, lhe
al uni tmnuK (In* underwriters representing both
homo and foreign companies emited by tiie burning
ot Chicago in the fall of 1871, und the dostructiou
of ibe f ho I omi lo district nf Boston oue year lau-r,
led thom to investigate tbe water supply of this
city. The Fire Depart mont was then, as now, the
be.iL in tbe couutry. But th.rc had been occasional
coinpla-uts on t!>e part of tho Chief of the Depart?
ment of a lack of water when a considerable num?
ber ot engine* had been worked in one locality,
endeavoring to extinguish a large tire. The increas?
ing value ot laud iii business localities had led in
the erection of tall buildings, and this
teudencv was increasing yearly. A committee of
the Fire Underwriters caliedori the then Commis?
sioner of Public Works, Georgs M. Van Nor!, soon
alter the Boston dre, ami expressed their fears tbat
New-York night be visited hy a large conflagration.
The Chief Engineer of tbe Croton Aqueduct, Mr.
Tracy, was called into consultation, and a plan was
formulated for gradually increasing the supply of
Croton water below Twenty-third-st. This general
plau was followed by Commissioner Van Nort dur?
ing the rema i utter of his tenn of office, and was
continued by hia successors. General Fitz John
Porter, Allan Campbell, and the present Commis?
sioner, Hilliers O. I notnpson.
Tbe first work doue was the laying of a new 30
iut-li water main from Forty-second--sit. and Msdisou
ave., .connecting with one of tbe largo mains there,
down to (J natham and Chambers sis. This main
was not tapped until it reached Park-.t., thus
insuring a fair volume of water below C.inal-st.
Then a 24-inch main was laid from Chatham-st.
through to Church-at, A '20 - inch main
was laid from Green wich-st. through
Church-Set, to Canal-st. This insured a
good supply of water (in case of fire) for tbat por?
tion of the dry-goods district west ot Broadway.
To lucrease the supply on tba east side of Broad?
way, a 20-inch maiu was laid from Pearl and Park
ats., up Park and Mott sta., and thence to Broad?
way. This work bad extend>ed over several
years. It was then found tbat more large mains
weie needed to connect directly witb tbe Central
Park Reservoir. A 48-incb main waa laid from tbe
Reservoir through Eigiitieth-st. to First-ave., and
down .to Fourteentb-st. Tbis was followed by a
30-inch main from Fourteenf.h-.it, down First-ave.
to Orchard-at-, and thence to East Broadway. For
the west side of the city a 48-inoh mam waa laid
from the Central Park Reservoir through Eitnth
and Tenth aves, lo Tbirty-aightb-st. A 4t-itnh
main was also laid from tbe Forty-second-st. Reser?
voir through Forty-second-st, to Teuth-ave.
The large mains on eaoh side of the citv were
noon afterward supplemented by a 20-incn main
beginning at Fifth-seventh-at., aud running down
Fif th-:i ve. to Washington fcquare and thence i brough
Wooster st., t<*> Canal-st., corresponding with the one
Iud several years before in Chnrch-st and connect?
ing with it. Meanwhile several large fires on the
east side of Broadway below Cbambers-st. bad
drawn attention to that part of tbe etty. The re?
sult waa that a 20-inch main was laid
from Cu ambers- st. through William-st. to Frank
fort-si., thence to Nassuu-st. and down Nassau-sL
to Wall-st. The next largo work was tbe laying
of a twenty-inch main from Elevcnth-st. np
Seventh-are. to Fifty-seventh-st. A twelve-inch
main was laid in C rosny-st. liom Bleecker to iiow
ard-st., and a corresponding one in Mercer st., lrom
Csnal to Eighth-st.
Tbe large mains having boen laid, they were
supplemented by smaller ones in the cross-streets
bnt of double the capacity of those tbey replaced.
Te render the dry- goods district more nee ure, twelve
inch mains were laid in Lispenard, White,
Worth, Duane, Reade, Murray, Warren, Barclay
end Vesey-nts. from. Broadway to West Broad
Way and College-place, connecting with the
twenty-inch mains in Broadway and Cbnrch-sr.
Twelve-inch maias wera laid in Teuth-ave., from
Gausevoort-st. to Forty-second-st., and in Eic vent Ii?
ave. from Fourteenth to Fiftieth-sL To guard the
North Riverfront a twelve-inch main was laid in
Washington-si. lrom tbe Batteiy to Twelflb-st.
Twelve-inch mains were also placed in
University-place from Fourth to Tenth-st.; ia
Cbrystie-sL, between Houston and Division sts.; in
Klisabetb-st., between Bayard and Canal sta.; in
Beekman-et. and Maii-st., between Broadway and
Naasau-si.; iu Maiden-lane, between William and
Pearl sts.; in br..od-at., between Wail and South
ste.; in Jacksou-st., between Cb- try aud Grand st*.;
in Bond-st., between the Bowery and Broadway ;
in * our th-a ve., between I.i i_lith and Thirty-tbitd
Sta.; in Lafayette-place, between Eighth aud Croat
J ones st*.; in Great Joneii-st.,between tua Bowery aud
Broadway; in Caual-st., between Mott and Orchard
ste.; iu Tweniy-second-sr., between First and Third
aves,;tn Beaver-st.. .between Broadway and Pearl
st.; in Franktort-st., between William and Pearl
ste.; io Cherry-..!., between Jackson and East
Broadway; iu Greene-st., between I bini anti
Eighth sts.; in Ttventy-third-st., I.e, .teen Avenue
A sud Elev ntn-av".; in Wesi-si., between Tenta
aud Gansetoort sta; in Ros.-st., between Frank?
fort aud U ilium-.-).s.
On ail tbe large mains below Twenty-third-st.
double uozzlu hydrants Itu ve beeu placed, so t hst two
btrcauis eau be drawn trnui each tivdiMiit. lu tills
auu in oilier ways tn facilitate tue labors ol the
bremen the Department of Public Wolli, in the
post ten years baa expended about $2,500,000.
Tbe entire cost of laving addi ti-mal mains and
vf improved hydrants, etc., since work vras begun
tarty in 1873, bas been about $7,000,000.
Cbief Engineer Newton says thal the network of
Croton maius now laid below Central Park ls (-ulli
cient in capacity to deliver 200,000,000 gallous
of water daily. All tbat is necessary tn Jo Gus
are sufboieut storage reservoirs in ihe Croton
water-.ned Bud an andi'.ional aqueduct to toing tte
water to a point wbere it can ba distributed orer
tiie city. Tue amount which the present aqueduct
can deliver with safety is 03,000,000 gallnu* daily.
This it bas beeu doing lor thu las; five a ears. All
the engineers who bave uiven ttie subject
careful study, including ex-Chief-Eugiueer
Tracy, General Fitz John Porter, Allan (amp
bell, and isaac Newton, the pretc.it cliiet-eugiiicri,
are of the opinion thin tbe Croton Watrr-sbed can
deliver 250.000. OOo gai Inns daily if tbe proper stor?
age appliances ate constructed.
Tue (.'loton Aqueduct Commission will meet on
Wednesday uml will undoubtedly elect uv its secre?
tary Jame. W. McCullob, who has beeu se?
lected by the committee named ior
that purpose. ibe plana for a new uqoeduct
and storage reservoir or reservoirs which the
Department of.Public.Works has beeu for some time
prep.,rms by'request ol the Commission, wi 1 ba
l>ieeeuted. The question nf the (Quaker Dam Bridge
Reservoir, which bas caused so much di-_cu__iou,
will probably come ny at the meet
lug. There will uot be much difference
of opinion over the aqueduct or tile route
for il. Whether it is advisaoie to have one great
reservoir, such as is contemplated on the Quaker
Dam Kridge site, or several smaller ones on the
various branches of tho Croton River, is a question
which the Commission will be called on to dscide
Bl tbe outset. _
MISSING MARY MCCULLOUGH.
The disappearance of Mary McCullough hoe occa?
sioned much cmuineut at her home iu D dill's Ferry.
Bbe has always i,twn regarded as a girl of good char?
acter, and the reports costing discredit on her repu?
tation are discredited by her friends. She
was seen in Yon k.th on last Monday. wh< re she had
gone to meet a relative from Netv-York, Monday
evening. The following morning sbe came to New
York, sud since then nothing has been beard of ber.
Mer lather, who went to Yonkers on Wednesdav to
search for ber, became intoxicated and was locked up
in the station-house. The following day he came to
Nsw-York, reluming homo ou Saturday evening
without information of hisdaugbter. It was said by
b?r mother that she waa in the city with her uncle,
Thomas McCullough, wbo lives at No. 837 West
Tbirty-mnth-st. Bbe bas Bot been ai this home,
however, and Mrs. Thomas McCullough said to a
reporter yesterday that she bad uot seen her niece for
two yeara Mary, tbe said, was a plain, unattractive
girl, aud sbe had no reason lor leaving home, aa her
father waa wealthy aud thought a great ilea! of
lier.
Mr. McCullough is the Street Commissioner at
Dobb's Ferry. One Of the causes a .sunned there for
tbe girl's disappearance is that abe quarrelled with
her parents and determined to seek employment in
Mew-Yurk. Sbe carried with ber $17 50.
WHY HE DESERTED llIA WIFE.
Jesse H. Phillipa, of Freeport. L. I., a .young man
nineteen years of age, fell in love with a dark
eyed damsel ona year nu junior aud the two wore
married last Christmas. Phillipe is a brakeman on
tue Long Islaud Railroad sud bis young wife
seemed to be gi eat) v disappointed at his frequent
absences from borne. This diseatisfation eventually
became so marked that Phillips stayed away
altogether, and on Juue 18 he went to live at
Laug Island City. Mrs. Phillips oonld not lind bim,
but on Saturday abe obtained a warrant for his ar
tatt tor abandonment, iie was arrested yesterday
?nd lodged in tbe county jail. When asked why be
bad lett his young wife so soon after his Bamaga,
Pd.Hips replied:
" Well, I waut<ed to get some money to buy some
?lethia for myself,"
CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING A GIRL.
While Nellie Arkenborgb. age twelve, was play?
ing on Saturday afternoon in front of ber father's
bouse in Kltzabcthpart, N. J., a woman known as
i-*ua Koeer, aiios Peters, age twenty-seven, ptnttd
along the street sud engaged her in conversation, i
** tb* girt aud tba latter was thus oereuaded to i
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accompany her. They took a train for this city after
reaching tbe railroad depot, aud the woman then
took the child to Brooklyn. There sbe abandon-d
ber in Statg-st., and a man wbo found her crying
aud saying that she was lost, pnt her in charge of
the police. Search was made for the Roser woman,
and at an early hour yesterday morning she was
arrested. She was locked up in the sixth Precinct
Polioe Station noon the charge of abducting the
child. Tbe latter was sent home yesterday with
ber father. He said that he knew tbe linter woman,
who lived near hts bongo and had an attachment
f?r his (laughter. The woman woe employed as a
Washerwoman in Elizabethport.
MK. GILLIAM'ii MESIAL COXDITIOS.
HELD IN A PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
his wife says that mk i . sane?thk stoky or
HIS INCARCKIIATION.
The circumstances surrounding the confinement
in a lunn ie. asylum nt A un ty ville of John Gilliam,
of Bayport, 1. 1., are attracting attention.
Mr. Gillman owns a small farm at Bayport adorn?
ing the farm of William B. Arthur, one of the di?
rectors of the insane nay lum. The property consists
of a house, barn aud (lurleen acres of land. Early
in the precut year Mis. Gilliam paid a visit to
some relations iu the city of Brook?
lyn. While abe was there her brother became ill
and she stayed to nurse him. While sha was In
Brooklyn she wrote several letters to her husband,
but much to her astonishment none of them were
answered. As soon as she could leave her brother
she re t ni'ned to lier borne and there learned for the
first time that her bosband had been de?
clared a lunatic, and was locked np in
tba Amityville Asylum. Sbe at once
placed the case ia the bands of a lawyer for tbe
purpose of having her husband released.
From ber statements to ber counsel it appears
that Mrs. Gilliam's husband is of a very excitable
temperament, but never irrational in any of bis uc
t ions. Borne time ago Mr. William B. Arthur was
engaged by him to transfer a piece of property
which had been willed him. Arthur discovered
that tbe will hod never boen admitted to probate,
and so, Mrs. William says, be assured her bus
band he had committed a State prison ofleuco bv
endeavoring to transfer the property. This
statement sa worked upon Gilliam's excit?
able temperament that he soon imagined
be was being followed by officers of the law, and he
shut himself up in bis house and refused to see any
one. 'ibis all took place while the wife was in
Brooklyn, and naturally cansed considerable
comment among tbo villagers. A man
Haine,! Terry, who occupies the position of Overseer
of the Poor of the town and is alto associated with
William B. Arthur in the management of tbe Amity?
ville insane Asylum, bad Gilham examined by two
physicians, one of whom, Mrs. Gilliam asserts, ia
connected with the Amityville Asylum. They de?
clare d Gilliam to be insane, and Terry at once or?
dered hie removal to the asylum nt Amityville.
This is said to be iu violation ot tbe statute which
requires every person of unsound mind to be
conveyed to the institution provided by the county
authorities, which tn this ease is tbe asylum ..t
Yaphaak, and not the private one at Amityville.
After Mr. Gilliam had been safely lodged in ths
asylum, au application was made to Judge Youngs
al the Suffolk County Court, for the appointment nf
a commission de lunatiiv intiuirendo. tie appointed
William B. Arthur, who, as Mts. Gilliam complains,
without bringing the alleged lunatic before him
pronounced bim lusane and committed him to the
Amityville Asylum, wbere be is required to pay $7
per week for hil support. Mr. Arthur sn'nw quent ly
obtained au order from the courts to sell
Mc. Gilliam's property at a valuation which Mrs.
Gilliam asserts ie far below its real value
Mr. Walker, of Green point, who'is conducting
Mrs. Gilliam's suit tn set aside tbs action of the
Court and the work of tbe Cominissiou, at ates that
Mr. Gilliam is compelled to work at the asylum
from '6 o'clock in the morning until S o'clock
in the evening. He save tbat when Mrs. Gilliam
went to see her husband recently she noticed a scar
on his face. She asked who hod struck bim and he
replied: "For heaven's sake don't say anything
about it, or they'll treat me worse." Mrs. Gilliam is
determined to push tbe case, os sbe is confident
ber huaboad ls not iusaue, uud the effort to place
him tu an asylum is for the purpose of obtaining
possession of bis property.
RUMORS ABOUT THE HEATH OF MRS. BOYD.
PRONOUN CKl) BY MR. CRAWl't illl) AND HIS WIFE TO
BE A 1UMUK OF LIES.
James Crawford waa seen yesterdao by a Tr.mr m:
reporter who talked with bim about, the published
report coming lrom Freeport, L, I., of tbe
dea.h of his mother-in law, Mrs. E. C
Boyd, who died suddenly st
Smith Island, near Freeport, on J uly 27. There
nrt stated that Mrs. Boyd had died in O miserable
t on the island, t bal Droner caro bad uol been
git en her, and that the funeral arrangement-, wer?
imt fitting for a p.-i? -ti of her ni an*. A
theory of ooisening waa advanced owing
to the unusually good preservation of tim
body after several days, ami th" fact t bat Mr. Craw?
ford had pu rc hos d. at a Freeport drug-s'ore on
July 9, half an .marc tim turo of opium and
half an nunn* of epirits ot camphor. Craw?
ford signed tbe name *'i_. C. Boy I. Kl.D.," to ibe
preemption. No traces of poison were found
itt tbe woman's stomach, though several oOMOtt
bottles were lound 1:1 the hut aud regarded willi
suspicion. It was ulse stated that thu body ap?
peared to tte bruised.
Mr. Crawford said that the report was a tissue of
lies. "Mother tv, nt t" the island,'' saul he, " to stay
a (cv diys and .see some laud 1 had bought.
She pretexted staying at the lint to being aboard
tue yacht. My wife. her daughter, was with her.
1 also have slept in the but. uud il id imt so unin?
habitable os they would makenut. The delay in lolc
praptung anti the v tor tn which prevented my yacht
from reachiug 1 lier,?, explain so.ne of ihe delay
which the report calls neglect.
'? Now, at tu tl.0 drugs, 1 nm sn (Teri nf mid heve
been foi ycai. lrom thu Chugres lever, and have
been laking fur along time the mm.no which I
bought. 1 Have some ,.f il lure now, and 1 biugli:
tli.it on Long Island because I was short ol the
ilmi!* in the store. I si gut -tl tho name ' E. C. lloyd,'
M thai it tuc name you see over tue door >l my
?stoic, and it is butter known than niiti.-. Mm. Boyd
died trom a cold to whicb stn- was ausc-i>tihio.
ticing a native of the West ladies. She was i larne
woman, and had been wcuiteucit by an ah* ess iu
her back. Tbe reason tbe body kejit so ?i,l was
simply occau.o it was on ice. lhe ni,irk i mi:>
pesed to be bruises 1 presume were thc set rs
mado by a blister which my wile a'id another
woman applied. As for tbs woman fiom
tvboui 1 am divorced, aud who furnished part of this
repent. 1 trill on y say abo came here to-day mid maj
wile ordered ber away,"
Mrs. Crawford corroborated her husband'-, st.,*o
Uicut. and said tbat her husband had alway.** ii e., j, u
her mother kindly aud his solicitude lor ber bad
Itei ii commented ou by their neighbors.
Coroner Ciouin, wbo ncld the inquest, n <<*i v.m!
the lollowing letter from Dr. Henton, of Freeport,
who made a po.t-uiorteiu examination ot the b nv :
I'UKKi'Oki, July lil, lb-.'..
Mr. F. F. Crotan.
My Desk Hilt: According to V'ur Instructions Dr.
Hammond nut ii.y?elf have completed Ilie Mtopev upon
the (tody of Mrs. Boyd, ute Kennedy. We Hud oue kinney
to have beeu a nntes ol tat, and couiplrtely ,il...r__.i.
ireJ, hut li,nt trust bave been of long st audit.,/, snd
tbere wus a.i open channel lead.uk tenn tait "pol of
diuoigaunted kidney opeulniC luto or upon tim back,
about live Inches from the back bone, Ottbtbty therosult
nf an abvccHS _,m.tr years slue**, abd wus nut tbe caiise
of death. Tbs hear1, uui latscaal organs wen lo ?
healthy condition, excepting thc bronchial tubes, which
were slightly dtseiiScd. i'be stoiiiaelicoutaliie.t uboutoae
ball ounce uf fluid, and it is in,possible to tia. t* \, ne ilc-i
auy vegetable poison was usea except by unaly tia. lu
?kart) tbe insult of the post-mortem, taken as a ts hole,
tvs. negative. Hm upon iii.-right side there was a large
bruise Just below ihe shoulder-blade, aud if we ron i.t
exclude the probability ot vegetable p ulaon, or oilier., I
t .mk licit Li, r Ur. Hammond nor myself would have any
i,ehitaii'.iii lu isyiug lhere ls a ktrmiK belief lhal the
?aime of ilie In mst) was In innately sssocUied tv, tu the
mtaat ot death. J. Il.lt. l>i mon, m. ti.
Tue stomach and liver are still iu the posses*ion
il Dr. Henton, and at Ihe meeting of the Board of
Supervisors on Auvust 16, Coroner Cronin will ask
foran appropriation lo bare au analysis made, and
f it ia granted be will then ask the Supremo Court
to set amie the verdict amt reopen the case.
b'OUND DEAD IN THE STEEN OF A BOAT.
E. I*. Jennings, of Greenport, L. I., saw a man
dtting in the thwart of a small sloop tied to the
wharf on Friday. Tbe sloou had come from Sag
?la:l,or the previous dav with thine mau ou board.
I'-linings al tirst believed that tim roan waa asl.-ip,
mt a close inspection showed tbat be was doad.
_t thu lustiest it was shown that the Imat, whicb
was from 11 add am Conn., had been hired by li. \\.
Kelsey, ot New-York, for a pleosuie nip. Tbe de
?ea-eii man was Isaac N. l'lnsip*. a member of a
respectable family at Middletowu, Conn., who had
mlv a few days previously beeu released from jail
Utera thirty days' tenn for drunkenness, lie hail
Men hired hythe owner of tbe boat to act aa a
.'lot. iie had buen dnt.king uud was probably
bunk from tbe time the boat left Goodspeed's
Landing. Tbe jury fouud a verdict of death Hom
Uoohohsm.
MEETING OF CUBAN PATRIOTS.
The members of the Cuban Club La Indepen
;ia No. 1 held a meeting yesterday at Clarenden
Hall, C. La Antigua in tbe chair. Tba following
)fflcers were elected: President, Cyrils Bauble:
rice-president, Francisco Fernsude/; treasurer, J.
amati; controller. R. Ktibiera; secretary, Francisco
Varoua. Tbs subject of publishing a journal to ex
?ire-s ali the club's sentiments on the
Jillian question waa then discussed and
(greed to. An address by Morna Delguue followed,
dr. Kubiera proposed to tender General Bonacbia,
it present sojourning in this city, in tbe name of
,he club an expression of respect, wbiob was
igtsed to.
JUCHTS ATTEMPT TO KILL HIMSELF.
Frederick Jnoht, tbe young German barber "who
irarly succeeded in taking bis Ufa by cuuing his
hroat at bia ?bop. Mo. 160 Th roo p
ivs., Brooklyn, os Saturaay night, la Ia
St. Catharine's rJosoitai constantly guarded by
policeman. To a TribVSK reporter who ioiiuir<
at tbe door yesterday as to bis couditic
the little porteress brouirht back wore
" Sister Agnes says vou needn't come, for vt
never_t ive any information." SisterAgnes is the dru
gist ot tb-* hospital. She luisa busine-H-like way, au
a certain promptness of speech and aggre?*i ve essi
manner, which in a won!ly sister would lie eoj
sidered charming, mid which do not entirely lot
their effect by Txing secluded within cloistere
walls. Sbe evidently does not like reporters, b,
cause, it is alleged, oue of them om
said in pnul that she was piquant un
pretty, or made some snch ellan
equally distasteful to the well-poised (cumin
mind.
Dr. Henry Hesse, of No. 188 Biishwiek-sve, tl
house surgeon, subsequently slated that Jacl
wm (loins well aud was likely to recove
" He made the mistake that most a
of them do," said Dr. Hesse, "cnttiug squat
across the larynx. By th*) time they get tbrouit
the Adam's apple they feel pretty tired." .lucht Ioi
a large quantity of blood. Ilia friends endeavored I
have the police report thst he cut himself in shavini
He is uow endeavoring to sin,tillite insanity, prubi
bly with the idea nf escaping the penalty of thu lav
It is said that, as usual, there is a woman somt
where in the case, but just where is not so easv I
learn, os his friends avoid the subject and Juc!
only stares with open eyes when spoken to on lt.
SULLIVAN AND SLADE.
THE SPARRING MATCH TO-NIGHT.
THK CHAMPION STILL IN BOSTON?THE MAORI I
TRAINING AT CONKV ISLAND.
At snnxet. yesterday the office of the Ashlan
House in Fourtb-avo. was des ried, but before
o'clock it was filled with a curious assembly, win
with a unanimity of purpose that was remarkabh
looked over their shoulders at each new arri va
and then looked hack again with manifest di sap
poiutment. The men were waiting for the Bosto
pugilist, John L. Sullivan. It was rumored euri
in tbe dav that the great unconquered
never* knorkeu-ont Sullivan would atnv
in town in the at'ternor. i and pal
the night In innocent slumber, in erda
newly to acquire that freshness and strength wine
have distinguished him in th** Madison Squar
Garden pma-ring so otten in the past. But Snlliva
dil not come. As time passed bis admirers bee.un,
weat v um il thev all left the hotel, to gather agau
thin morning. Why Sullivan did not occupy room
at tho Ashland House will perhaps be known afte
to-night's tigtit, which ''Harry" Hill pleasant!
terms a "sparring entertainment." But while Sal
liv.m .vasili all probability paemna the hours ii
indolence in Bunton, Slade was battling at Cone'
Islaud. 1 he Moori, after receiving his many friend
of the "sporting "fraternity at "Garry" Cateo'
hostelry, near the Weat End. and exhibiting to then
the easy play of tbe muscles of his legs by rnnnini
np and down the beach, finally took a plunge inti
tbe sta. aud escorted by a long hue of men who fol
lowed his example, swam some distance from th
shore and, contrary to the hopes nf some of the lest
pugnacious of the spectators, swam hack. Slad>
has beeu ni training for some time, ami he bas <beai
trotted along the besch in fro_t of Caten's ever)
morning and eveuiug for some time by a geutleuiai
named " Bill'' Brighton, wbo acquired rcputaiioi
iu England many years ago ns a long-tlisetauce ran
uer and who bas recent iv been received in thi
country as it remarkably sn.ssful trainer
" Jem'' Mace bas been caring for his protege will
wonderful Udell ty, but roaAotdaj he seemed some
what tis.-d up, perhaps remembering the nt ber en?
ergetic " sparring " ina'ch he hod with Slado lost
Friday.
Boin Sullivan and Slade were expected to adi
themselves to the attractions of "Harry Hlll'i
Sacred Concert " last night, but tbey did not. Mr
Hill was, bowrver, brimming with expectation foi
the morrow. He said the betting was about evei
on the chances of Sullivan knocking Slade out ii
four rounds. Au employe of Mr. Hill, who so.*me<
to be well acquainted with thefiglits and rumors o
lights watch have originate,! at Mr. Mill's iiniqiii
establishment, said that tbe betting was five to nm
against Slade. The ..pinion most general amoni
moat Hii.-tct.-d is tbat the Maori will stand bu
ground to-Tiight and that Sullivan will in-.t a mai
who will caul* bim considerable work, slade hal
acquired?at least so bis friends sat?a marv-llwu
activity and is "like scat" on his feel. In w.igtn
he is much heavier than Sullivan, tipping tbe scal*?<
at VOO pounds, while Sullivan's lighting weight il
1**0 ikiuu'Is. In height also tbe Maori ti a iargei
mun, nn a-ur.tig ti1*] f>Bet to Sullivan's 0 toot 10
inches. He uses his bands with grear quickness and
his blow willi ban) glove" ls, it is Bald, equally ai
heavy as Sullivan's. Tonight the men will fight
with soft gloves at tl ac< tinting to the inimitable
rules of the Marquis ot Queen-herr.-.
Sullivan will arrive in town this morning. He
will be act om.iaurd t>> "Jo I' t>"- ?. " I'cle " McCoy,
" Pat ' Shepherd and "Mike" Keeuao. 1 'hey all
belong to ihe " proicsiou ' la which Sullivan bas
achieved wi iiiucii dis'itu tina. lt ls thought that
Sullivan will omma the entire day in preparing for
the evening's Ight. Slnde will remain ai Coney
Island until th" afteruoou. anil will iweeive the
assiduous cale of .Mac* .iud llugliti.it nulli boataM
on ihe platf..r;n to li cine the target fm -Soil ..m's
blowa Both men are nippoie-d to be in ex
,??:>-.( coii.litioii ami lioth are e.tger for
tim fray, but there ls a distrust in both
camps lb.it tue peile! will imt rem mi pass ve ??*???
th- "sparring' xbibiiion.'' Tiie friends ot
Suiiivtin god Blade, when gay notation ef
"knocking-.uit" is 9)909, wac their lie.id- in Otli inn
.,-, aid ?! ?nv ilia: tiie match is to Im any?
thing imt an innocent ai.tl iire;>rvben**ihle enter
tiiintiieiii. li >_?expected that tully Hl.lHMl tn*rson.i
Will be pie-i-nt ii tin- ti I'.'it. at a great number ai
ll, _.i''_ have b-,*il soe! I'hete ale no stakes, but
ih ?? wi Mst tv l. like the (argea) portion <>f the gate
inouey. Slat!*, is guaranteed lt) per c tit of the
receipts, wnetberhe is whipped or not. Altin.uah
the paraOeSs wbo will sapertntend the tight hare not
yet noan d <i,>d upon, " 11 try" lill will in all
probability a *t aa tiine-keei) r, uml the venerable
Top^ Whittaker as motet of hmmiMi
A IUMBBI OF SIABBINU CA.-*!.-.
The knifo was plied with nun-,ul freiiuencv yes?
terday in Um larg" number of affrays
ind alternations reported hy the police.
Michal Killian, age thirty-one. * |a.
..tiler, ot No. ,-,'_'7 West 1'or, V-t'-V.-ntli-st..
rta* .liiiibed tlllee limes in tin- left side by all un?
known ttiriti while Iie was standing ut Seventh ave.
md I Inn v-lirst-Hf. Thoinsia Met in in ness, age
twenty-six. ol Mo. 1.0-7 Bargen-st., Brooklyn, was
etssiiiilted, knocked down ami cut on tbe bead witt
i knite by foin? men, all strang, rs t.. him, in V. i sf
I tutti -suth st. Both men were sent to tl... Koo,(
feJt Hospital. Sam Hui... a ('l.ii'.ttiian. w .:m stand ?
ng ni (be do rviij of his laundry at No. 00 ( berry
It., at midnight on S.-furday, wiien he was stabbed
iitlliout piovoeatlon I', an iiiikuown tramp, '('he
woii'iil Wat slit'lil. lu eucn ot tires ? a'lr.ivs lip* a?
taiiaiits escaped,
Iii an iiltiieitiou early on Sunday morniner l)e
Iweeii Loins Bik'T, a gs twenty-lime, el Na 200
l)elamey-st., and Charl"** lloltuian, of No. in
I-s-ci-n:., iii Orchard and Rivington sts , Bfekw was
? tabbed twice iii the back by Hollmau und
iteeived ft.-iioti" hurt*. Hnllm.'iii wis ar
. .*-?:*? 11 ililli lo,ked up lilllie Ilclalice,-?l. hi il i,,n.
Daniel Pallon, age I wenty-liye, ot Hml-oii and
Ibo enif st., was St lillie.! lu I lin forehead an.I
lilgbtlf linn by an unknown tuan with whom li.*,
na! bc-n lighiitiK near bis home. Tim police saut
lin III fHWlMH Si Hospital, Phillip smith, a va?
cant, twenty-seven yean om, was .teat totiieNcw
IOlk Hospital sutler.ng irotn a stab-wound in the
:beek tullii ted by Patrick Sullivau, of
S'o. 22 Mulberry-st. At No. 41 Mill?
ie, rr v - st. Michael C-Uay, a tramp,
was stabbed in tie tigiit aim in a tight willi Jobi
Kennel!}, ut No. ls Pell-?l. He was sent to the
Mew-Yon Hospital und Kennedy wus arrested.
lan l-l Hurley i ano twenty-two, ot No. 80 <'lark son
it., wa., cut nu I li- tatt und slightly wounded bc
Jamel Healy of tie salim pb.ee. Healy was ar
ested ami thc wounded mau sent to M. Vincent's
lnspital. _ gf.
JAI'TUKIN'.i A STACKS I HUCK DADQBTIE
Felix Quinn, an engineer, whose home is at No. ll
vYusliiugdui-ave,, Palereon, JN. J., went lo Police
leadqiUUters on Saturday ami aOMt fl Inspector
Jyrues to assist him iu recovering his runaway
laughter Annie. Tho girl ls a wayward maiden of
?veatocu years and extremely piett j, p,,r along
line shu has had it fancy lor the variety stage, ana
vas au expert song umi dance girl. Twice beloro
lie ran away trom home and wan recaptured, onci
n Philadelphia and once ta Norwich, Conn. In
pector Byrnes seut Detective Heidelberg with Mr.
^uiiin to try aud lind bis daughter. 1 he two men
'isited a number ot vat icty shows in tbe city dur
ngilie evening and ti u al I y weut Into " Sandy "
'pencer's olotM on the Bowery. A graceful form
dad in the seamiest of garments was singing be
ore a large audience, "Oh, My Little Darling, I
Attn You." When her eyes tell upon Mr. Quinn
lie gave a little scream aud tied through au ,,ut_ii
vindow in tbe rear na to a woodsued, where the
letective and Mr. Quinn .secured her. She was
aken to Police Headquarters and locked np to
iwait tbe disposition ot lhe Court.
CHARGED WITH BIGAMY.
Mrs. Mary J. Mole, of No. TAH East One-hundred
nid-lhirtceuth-Ht? charged her husband, Charles
dole, with abandoning ber. iu the Jefferson Market
'olice Court yesterday, Mrs, Molo staled that she
va. married eighteen years ago, and thut eight years
tgo her liusbaud abandoned her. She did not seo
nm again until Saturday afternoon, when abe mst
lim lu Merci-r-st. aud procured his arrest by OIHcor
_ayden, of tbe Eighth Preciucf. A woman accom
tauied Mis. Molo to court aud stated to Jostles
jardnei that for tha past live wara shu bad not
lved with her husband,who was a"iiitmdof thc hus
iand of Mrs. Mole. She also slated thal Mr. Molo
t as married a second time bye years ago and said
hat her husband, Arthur lo witsend, of Wes Ust,
lear Charlton, knew of the marriage. Mr. Mole de?
emed to disclose bis addreaa Tue case was put
town for sxauntiat hm on August 8. Mr. Mole was
daced in $900 bonds for examination, and tbe
ioi! not being furnished hs waa locked up in the
eflersou Harket orison
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.
Prtvoori Route? Woo Qaong Poy, of thc
I Leemlou st Washington..a..Wi
Chinese Legation ?I W?shlmrton..A..rt/7A _4ee.ii/e
Uotei?The Rev. J. A. Welsh Collins, of l'lvmout'
laud.Bofftnan Uome?Lleutensut r, Singer,
WHAT 18 GOING ON TO-DAY.
Races at Monmouth Park.
8'iiate Cominiitee's Investigation of telcgraphers'
strlk,
Bulllvan-Sladc sparring match at Madison Square Oar
den.
Departure of Fresh-Air children for Bennington and
Uakerstleld. Vt.
Cbamplunsulp swim of policemen In Harlem River.
Meeting of dliurt-Hoiir ia* nene.
NEW YOKK CITY.
John Williams, a deck-hand, fell overboard from
the steamboat Harlem yesterday afternoon and was
drowned.
While fishing off Pier No. 50. North River, yes?
terday, James Nichols, a steata.-ihip hand, loll in the
mer and was drowned.
FiSHKIIMF.N It _PPY.
Coney Inland mhrr.n have discovered a happy
bunting ground just off Coney Island Point, and
OOM day last week ono rod palled oat nearly 120
poonda of wt-ak-lish before breakfast.
Ill 1.1) FUK ROBIIINQ AN ALBANY MAM.
Iii the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
Lillie White, ace twenty-livo, waa held for tual in
default of $1,000 hail for stealing, oji Saturday
evening, $50 from John Houlihan, of Albany.
DHOW.NKI) 5VHII.K BATUIXU.
John McGinn, age twenty-seven, ot No. 547 West
Twentv-suttb-st., wm drowned yesterday afternoon
whila balling at the foot of West Twenty-seventh
st Ills body was not recovered.
YKH.OW-KKVKR I'A I [KN IS RECOVERINO.
The yellow-fever patients in the Quarantine Hos?
pital at Swinburne Island are nnproviuir, wila the
exception ot the fireman who was taken from tbe
steamship Saratoga on Thursday. His casa is still
Uoubiloi.
FFW DRLROATKS AND LITTLK hf -INKS.**.
The Central Labor Union held a secret meeting
vetterday afternoon at C roe n's Patent Ventilated
Hall, Nu. 120 Hast Thirteenth-sr. There were few
delegates present and no lin-mess of importance
was transacted.
KH.I.K.n BY r ALUINO FIVK STORIES.
George T. Muldoon, ugo thirtv-livo, a porter,
while sleeping ou the roof of the live-story building
at No. 500 West *.'.. at au early hour yesterday
morning fell to ti.e ground and died instantly of a
fractured skull.
TURK.* DINING AT CA8TLB OARDKN.
Twenty lurks, who arrived from Constantinople
oa tba steamship Nederland on Saturday at Castle
Gurdon, yeeterday sat on Persian rugs spread on the
floor. Bating their noonday meal, which was fur?
nished them by Murray Ol Nugent. They wera wait?
ing for a Mr. Goldstein who is to take them to
Worettler, Mass., to be employed in factories there.
Tbey are without means.
XOr RKQCIRKD TO PASS (CXAMlNATIONS.
For the benefit of several coireipoudonts who
have inquired of Till. Trihi'*, k what Federal ap?
pointments come iruler the oognizauro of the Civil
Service rules, it is stated Hut. janitors and mes
temi ts in the Custom House anti Post Office, open
era and packers tu the Appraiser's Department, and
others whose salaries are S_t 50 per day or less are
not required t.i pass tbe exaiuinatioua
TO BK TRIF.D WHKN MR, WATSON MIUB_f__ TO PORT.
Robert Watson, tbe longshorsman who wm ar?
rested on Saturday evening for attempting to rob
Hotter' K. Poster, the chief mate of the steamship
Arizona, was arraigned before Justice (lardner at
ihe Jefferson Market Po! ie* (ourt yesterday. Mr.
Foster stated that Watson was the man who choked
bim. Watson pleaded not guilty anl was com?
mitted for tnal. The thal will take place lu about
thirty days, when Mr. Foster will bo in this port
again.
I'KItMITTINU BOYS TO PLAY POOL.
Anent* Young and Wolff, of tba So?
ciety for tho Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, on Saturday night found six boya
under a>ga engaged in playing pool and
dniikina lieer in tue liquor store of Willinot Klmrt,
of N<>. Ti A venue-ii, in violation of chanter 400 of
the laws nf IHfll. They arrested kheit ami the
boys, who were taken before Justice Duffy yester?
day at the l.seex Market Police Court. Ebert waa
ii-i'iire.l to furnish bail in $500.
DOWN TOWS SHROL111:D I.V SMOKE.
Thu air in the lower part ?f (lie city was heavily
ladened with smoke early last even; ig, aa if a con?
flagration was in progress somewhere within its
holders. Posseug'-rs ou the Jersey Citv ferry-boats
stated that the smoke seemed to roll acre*, tint
river lu a huge volume ami for a time buried every?
thing out of sight- Tbe smoke lasted only a snort
time and then sll waa clear again. It ts supposed
to luv. tome fiom tue meado'evs on Newark Bay,
walch were reported to be on lire iu the al Comoon.
f_M.l___.tA ur Kt il Alis CAPTfRF.D.
An entrance was made lo tbe pawn shop ef
F.dward M.aieib-iif. ot So. 75 Caual-st. on tooday
i il ghi and silver watches, money, ute., were stolen.
Mr. snareiihetif, ts-im wat awakened from sleep by a
burglar il tun. cai, i tired John Brad ley, uge thirteen,of
No. ilti l barry st.,With the i>ro[>erty in his poasexsmm
lirotll.-y salt) that be had b<eeii assisted ny James
Ma h.igai., age sixteen, of No. 354 Madtsou-s'.. who
was s. en nial),ting in trout of (tin premixes. Juatioe
Di.Itv yee.tsr.lav nt K-s-x Marks: Police Court,
Held each nt default ot .>l.o-M> bail.
A Jt'HSF.V F5l!5ir.lt AMnVii THIKVK&
Henri Mun.le. gjorsoy tai tu r. put u> bis truck
at No. 83 (_reeir.ti,-!i-'t.. Oil .saturday nigh', ami
saunter. I leisurely into Halter-,- Park, Ho fell
Selsea QB oiieof t'.e le-iiehes, anti Thomas (}?*fting,
uge forty-two. of N?>. Ill Mott-.I., abstracted from
bia emerson .t silTot watch, ciiaiuaud revolver, ali of
the value ol * I ti. Ho was arrested by Otbcer Cos
gi">ve, of the 1' i-f Pre.met, sud on being charged
with Hie oftener- betor,- Justice 1'o.ver yesterday at
Hi" I milli, Polios Court, bail iu $1,000
was iet|iitr tl im los :ip;iear '.nt ?? iii (isiier.il Sessions.
i' -.INT I'I'on .A 0t0OaX?MMVt liol sc.
I'pon the complaint of Danial D. Stevens, of No.
.270 West Forty-third-*!., ami others, and upon a
teat rant by Jostles Herrman, Ofllccra Kiely anti
Ito. kli'Tir. ol (he I'weuty-Mcoud Precinct, on S.tt
uroav night malle a dOOOOBl upon tho a,legen ili-.nr
derlv linn*-' No 200 \So.st !? orty-tlnnl st., kept liv
Mary Scanlon, alias Fieuii.nr. I Ito ottieers arrested
Mrs. .Scanlon amt several inmat'S. Iletore* Justice
Herman, at the Vork ville police Conn yestenl ,\.
tbe k?e:>er of th.- Imus.' was paroled fur an examina?
tion to-day, nml the others were tined .mallhues,
whit li were paid.
MHKHTIrTHi
Thirteen mit of the tw, ntv-liv.< pawnbrokers of
the city have failed to take out licenses limier the
new law, bv whicb they havo lo pay a fee of $..00.
WiHiam Alt. BgS S''Veiity-f,)ur. of If aw J M MJ
as,-., betwien Liberty ami HtlLu: sts., Fast New
York, commuted suicide ve.t rd ay morning while
nut nf Ins mind. H.-shut himself ni the heart aud
died ni ? short time.
JKRsKY (UV.
Midis, 1 Dav. BM Hurtv-four, a laborer employed
at tli,< Delaware, Lackawanna and W, stern liali?
ne nt enal docks, willie wiiecliu_( eo.il iu a barrow
from a cn al le.at to tiie pier.oti Saturday nigbl.fell
into the river and waa drowned, lb* bit,I been in
tins conni rv onl v a lew weeks and at po one knew
whero he lived the body was taken to Hm morgue.
m:w-jkksi;y.
r.NloN' Hll.i..? John Schick, u_.t* forty-live, com
mitteil .-un nie M-nierilny by bunging himself to a
limn knob in his (.ouse nu Ma,ust. Schick was of
a passionate leiii|,erament, and bis cumin, t at times
leti bis neighbors to suppose that he was inssm*.
Yesterday hs quat relied with his wile and becalm)
M violent that lie procured a gun aud was about to
shoot her, when sin-tied in terror noni tie* house
.ml sough I protection in the home of a neighbor.
After a tune she returned aud found her husband's
hotly hanging to the door knob, lief,,if commit I ing
suic.de. St hick hud toni up a feather bed aud brokeu
u,i neal ly all the furniture iu the house.
UMKI ISLAND.
YAriiAVK.--George F. JoJry. age niuety-eight.
died ul the Suffolk County Almshouse, on batar*
day .lodry was a native ot Franco sn,I a veteran
ol the Uiaud Army ut Fra:.ce. Ho was tt itu Napo?
leon in Ins retreat from Moscow, aud ut the battle
ol Waterloo, He had been an inmate of ibo Pour?
tia usa tor several years and chargeable lo tbe towu
of .smithtown, lu the h.tine institution Mary
lo-wieeud. colored, of Port .)? ii, i-on, died ou
.\ i .tuesday last, age ninety-six. Tin* oldest inmate
ot tin* b,un., itt tin* pre .eui time ia Hannah Creen,
colored, who says tbat she is one hundred years of
age.
1'tiiti Ji.KKKKrtnv. - Mrs. Kata Lincoln, while
fondling a pet cut, a few days ugo, was severely
binnu io th.-ann. she hus siucesuffered greatly in
irons' queue* of il und is unable to use her arm.
ITALIAN BARRERS WITH LOW RATES.
It IS noticeable that clii;l|i l>.irln*r-sluips
kept by Italians are srnwiug lu number lu all parts of
the city. Like tbe Chinese, tne Italians are formidable
competitors in auy Hue nf business In wbicb low prices
eau M Buttle. A'Ihiuune reporter dropped lulu ono ol
the Uo wei-jr b.neineui barber-shops, kept by au Itallau,
where was conspicuously displayed tbe slfu " Hbavlng,
6 eenie. Siiaviog with bay rum aud clsaa towel, 10
cents Hair cutting, 10 cents." The basement oon
taineil three liarUt.-r-clialrssud two barber., uot lucludlug
the proprietor. The place was cheaply fitted up at u
etan perhaps of some *.',i). Tiie lui niiui-u was old.
" Doc yuur bustn<sss pay! " asked His reporter.
"Mot nt,icli; Bul I aiake a il vIbk," <eal<t tbe propri?
etor, wbu spoke 1-nglish well. Un said that bis rsm was
Ilti per month, or $_ per week. Tbeu gas must, be used
by day- Ile paiu his assistants _*.'> per week and board.
l-.aeii of tt.sui shavsd about thirty to forty persons a
day. Taree-fourths of the sbaves were .'ice ut shaves,
l'nen there wera tke protlis on tbe 10-oent shaves,
aud usually a pruitt on Hair-cut tl lg, when ttieeustomer
would take some kind of " teulo " or hairwusU with ths
" cul." They werked seven days In tbe week, and the
receipts of each mau were on an average $3 50 per day.
Dorine the two mouths lids barber hod boto In business
he had managed to pay for tbe fliting nn of bis shop,
support bis fatuity, pay all expenses and save f35.
. SOME NEW AMERICAN TTPES.
From TTie London Netts, July 20.
The Americans of the United States are
rapidly evolving new tinman types with appropriate
Dames. About the Dude every one knows sll tbat can
bt. said. The Dudo ls recognized as a " Masher " (also,
we fondly hope, an American word) without the lordly
ami an ogam bearing of the proud youths In singular
collars, lhe business of the Dude ls to reduce Demo?
cratic o -let t to a sad well bred level. The natural good
spirits of tiie race demand to be tamed and chastened,
and the Dude chastens them, lie behaves In Amerlct
like the liiictily wellborn people at home who are too
pure und proper ever to see any fun In anything, maa
think wit vulgar, and humor " bad taste." Wtrugt<ltiig
against the 1),nie, American society (uot in it* b,slier
strata) has developed tbe " Whooper-up." The tin.les
of tbe Whooper-ttp ara to prevent the gayety of nations
from being eclipsed by tbo Dude. At present the
Whooper-up only pi actives In music balls " und places
where they sing " and smoke. If the fun lags the office
of the Whooper-up ls to stimulate excitement, Inflame
the spirit er revelry, and banish gloomy thought
Not the most delicate but the most eflkieut meuus are
selected by tbe Whooper-up, who laofteu t lady,dowered
by nature with hlgn spirits and tbe gift of song. At this
?ad moment, when we are all io "susceptible," wheu the
Chinese aud Auaimtes aud people of tbe Cengo and the
llor as sre ail lu vol ved lu gloom, the whole world needs
an International Whooper-ii p. At home we hsve bad a
social Whooper-up, whom we kindly lent the Ameri?
cans, but he seems unequal io the occasion. Many a
party tu the seasou tbat bas waned sadly required the
services o( a Whooper up with a cheerful manner, a stock
of new stories, and a proper contempt for well-bred
"drearlbead." A literary Whooper up ls sadly needed by
most of our contemporary novelists, whose volumes are
deficient in gayety. The city has lom. pi uud for a com
iiieret-.il Whooper-up, and lu fact, lifo needs to lie
Whooped-up In all Its departments.
The other fresh Americas type is loss remarkable?the
Ku,meer. One might suDpose lhat a bouncer was a
noisy braggart; but no. A scientific writer In Tbs Nation
describes the Bouncer as a "silent, strong nomi." livery
one who mixes much tn society In Whitechapel will un?
derstand tue functions of the Bouncer when we explain
tbat be ts merely tbe English "Chucker-out." When the
Whooper-up bas been somewhat too successful, wbea
h her; y verges on liccBse aud gayety on wanton de ii ri mo,
the bouncer selects the gayest of the gay, and?bounces
biiu. lie does lt, we learn, wtth tbe utmost delicacy and
geatleneas, as a parent, more In sor?
row than In anser, might bounoe an
erring child. To "bouses" ia simply to prevail on
persons whoso un ir th Inter/ere with tbe general enloy
meut to withdraw from society whicb they embarase
rather than allora, lite Bonuoer almost Invariably uses
gentle mesas and moral persuasion. He bonnoes the
erring "as if be loved them." Hie reputation fur
strength and science are so great that no one cares to
resist the Bouncer, and the boldest hold their breath and
let themselves be bounced without a murmur. To the
political philosopher lt may well seem as If Europe
needed a Bouncer. Prince Bismarck has ones performed
the office with firmness, and may be relied on, perhaps,
tn certain circumstances, to correct the too exuberant
member of international society.
RECALLING TUE SIEGE OF PARIS.
From TA* London DallyNeus.
Much interesting information, some of which
recalls tbe stirring lodden ts of the siege af Pans, is given
by M. Mieenae.iiers, a friend of M. Gambetta, In a sketch
willoh be has written of the work Bone liv the French
Poet i uHee during the war with Germany. M. Steen sobers
was appointed director of the Post Office by the Ciovern
nient of the National Defence, and lt rel! within bis
province, after the investment of Parts by tbe Germans, to
organize the dispatch of balloons wltu letters for the in?
habitants of tbe departments. M. Mteenacbersdescrlbes
at some length tbe way la whioh this service wss sun ed,
and he slates that tbs oars la inuuy cases carried as
much as half a ton of Isfrers. to say nothlnc el two or
three pause a ger* and the aercaaut himself. The first bal?
loon left Paris on tbe 23d of Keptember and the last on
the 'irita of January, and during the interval of faur
months sixty-five balloons, carrying 164 passengers. 3.1
f,g-nus. Ore dogs, and ten tons of let ten and newspapers,
eil the iu vested city. Seven of these were captured by
the euetoy, aad two bave never sines been heanl ef. Une
of these, the Jacquard, left Paris os the l._tu ot Novem?
ber and waa .seen above Plymouth the following day.
All trace of lt was subneetjneutly lost, aud th.*Hir Kn-bard
Wallace, which left on the 27t_i of January, aloe disap?
pears.! forever from human gase. M. Steeaachers de?
scribe* the voyages nt various ha.loona, such as the Ar
uaadBarhAs, lu wbleh (.ambetetalefi Paris on the 7th
of (JetBber; the Ville d'Orlsaos, wbicb effected a descent
north of Christlaula; aod lbs .'ills, de Paris, willoh came
down at Wet/.tar, and wa*, of course, captured by tue
ii- muss. M. Steenaehers describes also the unsuccess?
ful efforts made to use well-trained aacep dogs, adilca
were takeu ont of Paris In balloons, as BMSSOOger's for
bringing letters lute (hit besieged etty. Hollow collars
w,-r? pi4. eil around their necks sad filled wilB letters,
but none of ina ting* aver gm back Into Paru. Out of the
?'ts i pigeons started from (Be tlspsrtmsuu, all but sixty*
ose re .ched their destlnstitiu, anti one of them made tbe
voyage no fewer than fonr times. M. Hleeuaeiier de*
soribea in ooiao detail tho efforts mads to steer balloons.
shu lt ls no surprise to read that all of ihaae were ita*
succeasful.
_?
A MIDSUMMER IDTL,
from Tem** F'fttngs.
If there is one season moro than another
? lilch st. iiii voluptuously upon us like a sweat-box, IC
I- ii.M-niiiiincr. Poets hsve warbled itu praises, and fat
men have goue out nader ihe china trees am I client it.
.spring ls the -.ensoii of I ve when a fuller crimson conies
upon ths robin's bress!, but midsummer ls tbe seaso of
prickly heat, hives, salt riieum uni ui.iii|uitocs, whens
fuller cr ui?ou conies upon tbe obi man's uoso from dally?
ing with the suerry outlier, sud toying sith the rye
straw when the Intoxicating ailment ls exhausted, and
the crushed Ice aud orange peel mingle together lu tho
bottom ot lite glass.
There ls a soft midsummer languor stealing through
tbe mai row of our bones, ami a midsummer an li j. titty ts
lets* beef aiul ouious bas taken posseselou of tbs cita?
del.* of our soul, uud we capitulate, lu the heated tenn
Ills - ( mr kingdom for a Norther!" and when winter
sets In we griiiiilile at the high price of wood, coal nutt
kerosene oil. Tbere Isn't so much love-making going
ou lu luilsutumer. Tho ? Mlll-thou-lte-inlne I" business
lt cmnpletely p truly z-d. There ls enough wlltlog, how?
ever, of a far msre practical enameler, winch is easily
demonstrated by the languid lassitude exhibited by
i ellar*, tulla sud shirt trouts.
The .log dava uow have sorely come, tbe doggiest of
HM year. Hilt we forget. It ts not our intention to
il.BM)>,!l_e ,luring tho hot weather, so ?. will i_.ei.er
ous't lot ni) ou the reader and give him something tbat
lie cati read without blushing, In lils shirt-sleces. It is
wrong to u uki* any oue blush lu hot weather. There ls
enough heat in Ili? stuiosphere without creating any
in,un hy artificial means.
The mali with a yellow umbrella mops bis vermilion
tinted face, uni tbe sweet sixteener withe Japaueae
putasol murmur*,- <), traci ons I" and casts one lougl.ig
rye ut lite Ice cream bazaar and the oilier ou ihe tl ry
? < lerk lolling lu the shade of the awning, wbo eau t
get away from the store until after 8 o'clock. They are
li..th s(ieeulatort. Hlie ls speculating on tbe chalices of
roping hlin into the frozen pudding shop, ami he la aptsc
ulating ou (he probabilities ol getting au .advance on his
week's wages lo meet tbe centlngent expenses of the
corningpoeasloa. i-et us trust that fortuue will ami's
? ti both of their Utile love-Ul scbume*. and with the wel
?>,min:,' nh*,le*, oi evrniug aiay two tomi hearts rush
together like the meeting of tbo witters, mid Heir-ol;.
? weet nothings, whi?;,ere<l Into willing ears, be drowned
<y the i la.*h of the ice urea ai spoons. Mid" mumer ls
iere. ^^^^^
PRU TARLO TOR TUE CUDI. I.R.I.
From The Detroit Free Frets.
A middlc-.ttred twgro who seemed to Ix.
shoring limier coiiiiderab.e excitement halted a pollce
naii tm Larne,l-sr. yesterday anti asked :
"Say, boss, what 'bout dat 'O/pahuin cholera de
?aper* am makin' sich n fuss otter t'
"Why, they nave tho cholera over there." was tho
eplv.
?? Ai,' she's gwtne to spred to dis kentry I"
?' lt msy."
"Au' tlev say It's po-vsrfu! hard on do riill'd populs
ihun. -Man ii o Wood warda ve. tole dal ll Jumped right
iber wliMe folks to get al a black euc."
?? i believe mai's so."
"Wall. l/egttnn' ready fur lt. Ize carrytri'an onion
n i-arii bu-eei.es poeket. Women ou de market lolo me
lat was a sure stand off."
" I ahoiil'lu'i wonder."
"An'Ixe tinakln' a rup full o' vinegar wld kyann
it ppm -sprinkled m. Hardware man (ole me dat was a
.us* iliing."
" Yes."
"An* Uosoakln'my feet In sour milk free nights In a
ve.k an" rubbiu' my spine witt kerosine Ile Bulcher
ip Mienlgai ave. tole nie dal waa a s.rtln preventive "
" 1 should think it wss."
" Au' Ue got tarred paoer an' cul out Miles to weer in
av bntes. One of de Aldermen tole me dal do cholera
.lins strikes de feet fust thing. I reckon lt won't git
rew dst tuted paper. Au' fie boen ehcwln- a gum
lute or beeswax an'taller, wtd a lettie camphor gum
oiled in. An' l/e bm bled twi.e in Se last mouth, au' had
to,nh pu.iel, an'nu ba'r cut au' my photographtaksu,
n' I reckon If de cholera cornea filsklu' arnuad Detroit
needa'i be uneasy."
PB0FB88I0EAL SECRETS.
From Ths St. Jmm'i's Oatetlt.
M. Francisuuo Sarccy li as just favored tho
Aiders of Hie xIXt Steele wnb a dissertation on the
ehcte subject of pro(<essloual secrecy, and the ohllga
on lt sometimes imposes of telling a Ile. The circuit)
Lances or a case cited by bl in In which the seal of secrecy
rsa brok .u arc of a very dramatic character. A lady
rbose duughrer was about to be married having ac.
Hired a suspicion tbat tke antecedents oi lhe fianei
tere not of tbe most desirable character thar b* bad,
) fact, undermined bis constitution by early diasipailon
-culled upon lil* medical udvU-r. Dr. Delpecb, ons or
tie most distinguished professors of the Montpelier
'..rilli v of Medicine, rounded her suspicions to him, and
aked If they wore well rounded, iho doctor fenced
nth tbe question as -sell aa he could, and tried to avoid
lying a direct answer. Tho lady tuslsUd. " I do not
.1,11 ess . ..ii as a piofessloual man," she said, "but I ask
eu. aa the father of a family, would you give your
slighter te this young man I" Overooine by this appeal.
he .loci or gave a rein.-taut auswer la tbe negative, sad
he rosrrlago was broken off. Hows days atterwanl tbe
arrlage lu which tbe doctor used to drive to bia class
*uit: to a stand before the (b>or of the medical school,
in wit liotit either the physician or the coachman, who
rere iK>th found lying dead on tue road al some dis
ettice, each with u bullet lodged in a vital part. Tbe
Ircumstituces of the murder were shrouded in mystery
ira time: but eventually the dead body of a young
ian, wbo had blown bis brains out, was found lying la a
)om the windows o^whloh looked on to tho scoue or tbe
ssasMinatton. It was the body er tue young mau whom
?r. Delpeeh said be would uot accept as a son-in-law;
nd there could, of course, be no reasonable doubt that
e was the assassin.
RESCUED FROM DROWNING.
John Connelly, a painter, of No. 29 Sheriff
., fell Into the East Uiver at FlXiy-Btth-st. yesterday
yesterday
oat Morrisania.
.. of No. 34 Jacks*
orang overboard af wv bim.
?soiled by Phillip Dougherty, of No. 34 Jacksons.., who
?Ml'
Al AMIE E INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAO.
Ona rises 503; sets 710 Moon sell. 8:4S' M'Hti'ssfe, day* f
huiu WATsa TO-nsr.
J.H.?tAtltlt Htoa. 9 44: Hov. Ubini. __?Mi .tell Ossa ?
F.Jfc-Sanity Uo?.x. 10 03; '*ov. larval. 105U. Usu Oats, g,at
FOREIGN STEAMERS DUE A1*\\*HIS P0S1.
Ta DAY.
r*m*L frem TAnm
Nevada.Liverpool.Onion.
Itel vella.Liverpool.MttonaL
Alpin.West lutlles.Aila*.
(J reece......._,.Lontion......Nauousi.
Poll vis. .Ui?sgow...._.Anchor.
Billie.Liverpool.While star.
.'livonia.Iaveniooi.lunar,:.
ssndago.Havaaa.Ward's
orinoco.Bsnnuda.Bermuda.
Warwick.Brlsiol.Ores* Western
TUESDAY. AUU CST 7.
Advsnoe.. Braid.t*. 8. ABrasfl.
Frisia.lismburg..Hsmb-Amec
A th os.Jsiuslea.Atlas.
?Slate of Fiends..ilaagow..-state.
Grecian Monarch.London.Vonni cb.
WEDNESDAY. Al.'ii U..T 8.
British Kmpire.Hsvsnssnd Meii<co. Alexandra
Canalla.Havre.Fietirh Trans.
Muriel.Uall Perta.unit Peru.
SHIPPING NEW*.
FORTOF SRW-YORI.SUNDAY. AUG. J, imym
ARHIVKO.
BiesamerDurham City (Br). Land, London 18 day^wttb
mdse io Peter Wilgin 4 .Sons.
Stomer Edells Thorpe Br). Rontfl.rar, Barrow IS las
with pig iron (o order; vessel Ut iSlniiuion. 8 pencil A Yonag.
MeauitT sylvia uri Passey, ..weueea July iO. with Om
plates, etc. to order; vessel to .-Umptin, spence A Young.
-teamer Wyauoke. Hulphers. Hlehmood. t'itv Petal sad
N si folk, with mdse aud passengers to Old Dominion ss Co.
Btearasr Moho, on.), Jeane/, Weet Point, Vs, with ndse to
Old DomlBton Se Co.
Steamer John Oibeo., Young, (ieorgetown. with mdse ta
Thne W Wightitmu.
Steamer Cuiainoiiweslth, Van Cleat Philadelphia.with sadse
to John (t Koherta
_ teamer Neptune. Berry. Boston, with mdse aad es va sa?
ge rs to H F Dlnwck.
Bark Mtuiart eilan. Huawind. Hamburg AU dava with sm.
ty Barrels and salt to order, vessel to Wstjen. Tesl A Co.
Bark Maddalena (IUD. Maa-gioio. caiilstl 67 days, wit*
ssh womer, vessel to-easter.
Bark it W Ut mutts io! lurk's island). Drummond. Hs vasa
lu days, wita sugar to order; vessel to F H smith A Co.
-Ul .?_??.?_ r-svind at Sandy Hoek, Ireih, Wi clear. AtCltg
I_a__,t. same.
Amvsd yesstenlav
Htesmsr Amsterdsm (Dtch), I.acss. Amsterdam 14 daya
with mdse and paSMtigers to Punch, t'Aye A Co.
SAILED.
steamers LoBghlm, for Brsraea; Manhattan. Lewes, Dal.
Barks Ferdinand, Copenhagen; Peleeae. Trieste; fcimuis,
Bsmbuig; Clotilda, Montevideo.
AIM saUed-Vls i_oug leslaad sou ad- Barke Mohican, tor
Anlter, Java, Falmouth, windsor. NS. Brig Willie, Monte*
video.
Anchored at City Talsnd, bound out?Ship B J Spicer, tot
ABiw<erp.
TUE MOVEMENTS OP STEAMER*
FOitEION FORTH
LtVfarooi, AugS?Arrived, steamer Iowa (Br), Waitera
from Besstou Julv 37.
q.ek.ibK'W.. Aug 5?SelleC steaaaer Wyoming (Br), Doa*.
leStta, frem laveroooi hence for New-York.
MOVILLE, Aug 5?Arrt*red, steamar Paridaa (Br), Wylie
from Montreal July db and Uuebs. 23, bb hor way le Liver
pool.
PATHim ronrr, Ana 4? Paased Inward, steamer Haaovsttsa
(Br). Stephens, Ulasgew tor Quebec sad Montreal.
DOMBMno PO-tra.
BOegTOK, Aag4-Arrtved.a_eamera (ilaueai. Beena Nsw.
York: (Hallo iari, Abbott, Hath City ol Poitlaud, ''nam.
nt John. NB. .
Cleared, steamers Neptune, Berry, New-York; Worcester
Blenkinshtp, Halifax.
Sailed. eUtemera Batavia, Woreeeter aad Neptune.
Bai/naOBE. Ang 4?Arrived, steamers Alleghaav, Hallett
Boston; (ieo Appol.1, Poster, savannah.
Ciearsd, atea.unt Ottmisoemm. Warren, Charl es toa.
Sausd.steamers Annie sud Albala.
6th Arri ved. si-** nen Agues . Uri. Ualbeek. Bte Marias!
Buteshire .Br), Wllsoa. Vsra Cruz, John W Carrew, Pesta.
New-Yofk. T/
CuAauuiro*. Aug ..-Arrived, steamer Virginia. Ft___s_M*
ptila. i
S_.v_.__.ah. Aug* -Anlred, steamer Tallahassee, New
York.
Sailed, ateamera Nacoo.-bee, New.York; City et Sbv______l
Philadelphia.
Niw-oaixtus, AM 4-Arrlv.sd. steamer Chalmstte, Nsw.
York.
detered, steamer New-York, for New-York.
Salted, steamer Cadis.
?PO ii RION 8RIPPIV 1.
I_0<nto_i, ABjt4-SBiled,Jaly24, Nord: 2*th. Ophelia, Mm
Hsu Francisco: 81st, Burgenuei. ter Eirstela, ,*>as i-olgi;
Ang 6, Herbert ile*, h. **_o____
Amvsd. July :u. Benaueia, Flora (rant Nielsen,; Aug J,
Coudor. Freeman, liindinorg st Dover, Mypsiia, Lyn, aiagv
pera, at Albans, Sta. Aile*rs.
Aattounoemeau
Karl Sr. Wilson's E and W brand of Men'l
Collars and Cuffs are the beet. Mold everywhere.
-rn
" FidiiL'li on Kata.'' Clean out rata, raic%
tiles, rosettes, be*l bugs, sa ts, vermin, chi ji ai un ks. lie.
HEVttr A- DANIEL", M. Dl
144 latta<__ii.?ve.. between doti sa I i ill-it*.
_re, Sin I, foti. "- - -
tinullo-Unitary i
Hours, Si, ? I, .i'i i/. IM-eatei if int *,'i,t/h trites.
r Organ*. I-nepoteoo) sui xtrtliif.
DONT WAIT
Till year system becomes enfeebled by tbe heel, bat get
Heood's Hsrssparllla early. Il will cure Dyspepsia ?.eneral
Debility, Blllousee**. Headache. Less of Appetite, Kidney
Complaint, Female Weakness. Scrofula aad ail diseases ads*
lag Iron aa impure state of the blood.
BLOOD-FOI-OV
" Laal summer I met with au accident which resulted ts
poisoning the blood In my left lag. Hv recommendation of a
fr end. I ma.ir use ol Hood's Sarsaparilla. I took one bot tia
snd received Immediate relief; Ute swelling on sty legra,
dueed la size, sud I could walk witt greater siaa Ia all I
took lour boides. sad am entirely sure.!. In connection wita
the sarsaparilla I made use ot Hoed'a Olive Ointment, aad
testify wltb hearty indorsement lo tbe ettlcacy of beta
r. insoles, should any one injure about my case I shall bo
pleased to explaiu it lally.
B. Buick, Maid en. Mass,
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Sold by druggists, fl, six fer $5. Prepared only 'or C. X.
Huon A CO, Apethecsrlns. I_owell, Mama.
J
A WORD TO TIIE WISE.
DON'T BE SCEPTICAL. REASON TEACHES AUTO
EXPERIENCE ( , i.M I HM-* Ttl A 1' T-.lt lt INTI HELT.
/.EU APERIENT IS AN INVALUABLE Ktr-MMDV
FOR ANY AND ALL DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH,
LIVER AND BOWELS. A TEASPOONFUL IN A
OLASSDP WATER EVERY MORN INO. BEFORE EAT
INO, 18 NOT ONLY EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL,
BUT A PROTECTION AHA INST DISEASE WHICK
NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO DlSREOARD. FOR SALE
BY ALL DRUOUlbTO.
(Established 2S4S.)
*HEir HLLtfft
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
bveldbm or tina
QCPLEKUREI)
All styles now on EihlMtlon and s-Je at our NIW.Ytlll
WARKROOMs. HROAI1WA V AMII TUlHTY.?l_fc*9
AU onr pro.1 notions guaianteed to be ot tte mimtaat
MBB<da?d saaliiy
PILES
"nred without the use of the knife, powder or sa've. Pattest
mirers n? pain No oharge antll cured, i nit nt mon free
iVrtle foi refereuc.ee. DH. A. A. ('ORKINs, ll e:?st JS?th tX
>IB. e hours 10 to 4. At United States Hotel, Saratoga ev.?rr
r-stutday.
-
CARPETS.
GREAT SALE.
600 PIECES BEST TAPESTRY BRUSSELS AT Tt*
?EH YARD.
240 TIECK*! BEST QUALITY EXTRA 8UPKB I***
IHAlNb AT lie. PER YARD.
SHEPPARD KNAPP
* Cfc,
MUh-ave. and 13(h.ftl?
p? AVA ODU Ely'. Cream Balm will, whan spplteed oe
?waiMWn n the ?n??r luto the ut-?inle. Oe sbaorb^
namtmrTryaMn eSertnally clesnalag Ike taaal ps.ssageseg
caiarrhal vims, cueing healthy seers
tiona. 11 allaya lallauimai iee, protects Os*
neuibranal linings ol ihe head troai earnr
ll.ihtl colds; coapUiely heels Ihe eoiBS
aad resterts the sease et taste sud ?ail
BeaeSclal results sre realised By a tmmjjH
pl ital tiona. A Utcrough treatment trill eoret
UBoaasUed tor colas la Ibe Lead. Agree*
ablate use. feud fer oircalar. ?? eeasa
by mau er at drufglste'. EU'S Casa*
BAU* co., oweB?_M?Y.