But first..some ADVERTISEMENTS

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GENTLEMEN
C. SIMIS' leading quality and shape $4.00 and $5.00 Silk Hat, retail
value $6.00 and $7.00.  $3.00 and $3.50 Derby Hat, retail value $4.00
and $5.00.  No. 385 Fulton st, opposite City Hall.
 
CARPETS
The lowest prices ever known are now prevailing at GEORGE H. TITUS' for
all grades of carpeting.  Largest assortment of the most reliable goods.
607, 609 and 611 Fulton st.
  
FRANK PEARSALL'S PHOTOGRAPS
Below cost.  The finest imperials $5 per dozen on and after April 2.
Lowest price ever offered by a photographer of acknowledged reputation.
298 Fulton st, below City Hall; only one gallery.
 
REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATORS
The only genuine Eddy Refrigerator for sale at W. B. DAYTON & SONS, 693
Fulton st.  The demand for Eddy's Refrigerator increasing year by year.
 
COUGHS
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES are used with advantage to alleviate coughs,
sore throats and bronchial affections.  Sold only in boxes.  Price 25 censt.
 
435 TO 55 CASH
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complete. 306 Fulton st., and 303 Grand st. 

A SUIT OF CLOTHES FOR $1.35  
Take your boy (whether 5 or 12 years old) to SMITH & PRESSINGER'S, 565 Fulton 
st, and if you prefer a better than the famous $1.35 suit they will show you 
one for $1.90, $2.50, $3.25, $4.50, $5, $6 or $8. Then, with one of their 
men's all wool $9 or $12 suits for yourself, you are prepared for a warm 
"Anniversary Day."

THE "PROSPECT PARK DIVISION"
On Children's day will embrace 12,000 scholars and teachers, and every boy 
should have a base ball, especially when one is given away with every boy's 
suit purchased at SMITH & PRESSINGER'S, 565 Fulton st.

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1 April 1885
ARCULARIUS -- NICHOLS -- 
In Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday, March 25,
1885, by the Rev. W. H. DODGE, Charles S. ARCULARIUS to Maggie NICHOLS,
both of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 
CROSSMAN -- KOUWENHOVEN -- 
On Tuesday, march 31, 1885, by the Rev. John S.
GARDNER, Alfred B. CROSSMAN, of New Lots, to Anna, daughter of William I
KOUWENHOVEN, of Flatlands.  No cards.
 
ROBERT HUBNER'S WIFE
A Morning Scene in the Washington Street House 
Officer SHANLEY led a man named Robert HUBNER into the Washington Street
Station House last evening about 8 o'clock.  A prepossessing blonde
followed and she informed the sergeant that HUBNER had assaulted her by
striking her in the face.
"Do you want to make a complaint against him?" the woman was asked.
"No, but I don't want him after me." 
Under these circumstances the sergeant discharged HUBNER, and all that
is further known of the case is what HUBNER says himself.  He states
that the woman is his wife and she left him a short time ago and ran
away with a man, whose name HUBNER told the sergeant was James O'CONNOR.
HUBNER traced them to a house in Washington street and saw them having
supper together.  He watched and waited.  When the couple left the
Washington street house he followed them and finally confronted the
pair.  He spoke to his wife and she did not want to recognize him.
Then, as alleged, he struck her, and Officer SHANLEY arrested him.  The
woman followed him to the station house, but her male companion left
her.  HUBNER says that his brother is Max C. HUBNER, a lawyer, residing
on Staten Island, and that he intends to see his brother to get him to
commence divorce proceedings.
  
MRS. ROEBLING'S CARRIAGE HORSE
Mr. Williams Wants His Commission in a Trade 
Suit has been commenced by H. F. WILLIAMS against Charles GOUBEAUD,
better known as Charley COOPER, of Atlantic Avenue, to recover $200 as
commission, or brokerage, for the sale of a pair of carriage horses.
>From the complaint, it appears that the defendant offered the plaintiff
as commission all the money over $1,000 for the span if he could
introduce a purchaser.  Mr. WILLIAMS alleges that he introduced Mrs.
Colonel ROEBLING, who bought the horses and paid $1,200 for them.  In
Special Term City Court this morning, before Judge CLEMENT, Mr. F. E.
DANA, for the defendant, moved for a bill of particulars, or the
revelation of the name of the partied introduced by the defendant, but
as BRUSH & ARMSTRONG, representing Mr. WILLIAMS, pointed out that the
name of Mrs. ROEBLING appeared in the papers the motion was dismissed.
  
A MARRIAGE AT MIDNIGHT
Compelled to Choose Between Matrimony and Incarceration 
The Rev. Mr. DUNN, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Hempstead, was
called out of bed between twelve and one o'clock this morning to perform
a marriage ceremony.  Constable ELDERT introduced Ernest T. KESSLER, of
Woodsburg, and Miss Josie LANGDON, daughter of Joseph LANGDON of East
Rockaway.  A few of the bride's friends witnessed the ceremony.
Yesterday the constable arrested Mr. KESSLER while he was acting as
conductor of a horse car in this city, on a warrant charging him with
betrayal under promise of marriage.  He had escaped arrest for six
months.  At Hempstead he was given the choice of marrying the girl or
going to jail pending examination.  They drove to his father's home
immediately after the ceremony and were kindly received.
  
THE GRAIN SHOVELERS'STRIKE
Stopped at Woodruff & Robinson's Commercial Stores 
The strike at WOODRUFF & ROBINSON's commercial stores in South Brooklyn
ended yesterday afternoon.  About thirty grain shovelers struck because
their pay of twenty-five cents an hour was reduced to twenty cents.
Yesterday afternoon, the old standard of wages was again put in force,
and the men went to work this morning.  When the shovelers stopped work
it necessitated the stoppage of work for the dock laborers, who were not
on strike at all.  When the shovelers commenced to-day, about fifty dock
laborers, who had been compelled to be idle because there was nothing
for them to do, again resumed their labors.  At FINLEY's stores the
extra five cents an hour has not been given, and the strike there still continues.
 
A SHOEMAKER'S WILL
He Disinherits His Sister in Law, and She Contests It. 
For forty-five years, Jacob D. UHLER labored as a shoemaker in
Livingston street, in which vicinity he was a familiar figure.  During
his frugal life, he amassed nearly $3,000, which he deposited in a
savings bank.  Some years ago, as he was growing old, he made a will,
bequeathing his savings to a sister in law
 And her child, but owing to subsequent family squabbles he revoked that
deed, and did not make another will for some time.  In the meantime, he
fell ill and was kindly nursed by Mrs. Caroline WEBB, daughter of
William KILBECK, with whom Mr. UHLER boarded.  On December 10 last he
instructed Mr. David F. MANNING, his attorney, to draw up a will,
leaving his money to Mrs. WEBB.  He died on the 16th of the same month.
The probate of his will is now contested by his sister in law on the
grounds of undue influence and insanity.  Horace GRAVES and David F.
MANNING for the will; George N. BROWN for the contestant.  Several
witnesses were examined in the Surrogate's Court this morning and the
hearing was adjourned.

HE CLEANED OUT THE PLACE
Morris Brundage Deserts His Wife and Carries Off the Furniture 
Morris BRUNDAGE, 25 years ago and residing in Long Island City, was
arrested yesterday on complaint of his wife, Mary, for abandoning her
and her two children.  Mrs. BRUNDAGE resides at 385 Oakland street, this
city.  BRUNDAGE is employed in Smith's Box factory, on Newtown Creek,
and earns a good salary.  A few months ago he disappeared.  One day last
week during the temporary absence of his wife, BRUNDAGE took away all
the household effects, not leaving even a bed behind.  Mrs. BRUNDAGE
demanded the return of the furniture and was laughed at.  She then swore
out a warrant for her husband's arrest.  Justice NACHER put him under
bonds to provide for his wife.

THE REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
Incidents of Minor Importance in Brooklyn and Vicinity 
A fire in John BERGMAN'S house last evening occasioned a damage of $250.
The house, which is at 586 Pacific street, was insured.
 
Five hundred dollars damage was caused by a fire which occurred last
evening on the tugboat James A. Garfield, which was lying at the foot of
Clinton street.  The origin of the fire is not known.  The boat is
insured.
 
James COXSON, arrested by Roundsman O'REILLY for striking his wife on
the head with a chair, causing severe injuries, was held for examination
by Justice MASSEY this morning.
 
Thomas RATHBONE, of No. 368 Myrtle avenue, was held for examination by
Justice MASSEY this morning upon a charge of attempted suicide.  While
despondent he hung himself to a gas pipe in his residence, No. 368
Myrtle avenue.
 
George KOELSCH, owner of a saloon on Marion street, irritated by John
MCAVOY, who wanted to sell him some honey, hit him on the head with a
club.  Justice MASSEY fined him $10 this morning.
 
A FATHER'S BRUTALITY 
William MCKINLEY, who resides at 44 Spencer street, was arrested by
Officer SCHUMACHER for abusing his family.  Mrs. Wilkin, of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, informed Justice MASSEY this
morning that the three children of the accused were sick with pneumonia,
and that the father had driven them with their mother out of the house
and compelled them to sleep in a woodshed.  His only excuse was that he
had been intoxicated.  He was sent to jail for ninety days.
 
FOUR BULLETS
Which Were Mysteriously Fired in South Brooklyn
A Strange Occurrence Which Alarmed Bernard Scanlon's Wife - The Police
at Work Upon a Mystery. 
A Mysterious occurrence in South Brooklyn last evening has been reported
to the police of the Eleventh Precinct, and Captain REILLY is doing his
best to throw some light upon it.  Bernard SCANLON ids the proprietor of
a liquor store at the corner of Nelson and Henry streets, which is in
that portion of the city called Red Hook.  In talking to an EAGLE
reporter related the facts as follows:  "I was away from home last
evening for a few hours.  When I returned, I found my barkeeper in a
state of excitement and my wife was almost scared to death.  I asked
what was the matter.  They pointed to the window of the store which is
on the Nelson street side and I saw that there were three holes in it.
Then I told that someone had shot at my store window and had put three
bullets through it, and that a bullet had been sent through the window
of my wife's bedroom.  I went upstairs and found such to be the case."
"Have you any idea as to who might have done it?" the reporter asked.
"No, I have not.  I can't account for the thing at all."
"Was there any one in the store at the time who had had trouble with
people outside?"
"No, not as far as I can learn.  My barkeeper told me that he notified
the police right after the shots had been fired.  Then when no one came
from the station house to look after the matter I went to the Captain
and asked him what he had done about it.  He said he knew nothing about
it at all, and I told him what had occurred.  The neighborhood in which
I live is what some people would call a 'hard' one, but I don't want to
believe that there are people there who would fire bullets into a man's
window where they might cause a loss of life.  If my wife had been in
her bedroom at the time I am satisfied she would have been shot.  My
barkeeper's name is William TRAVIS.  He told the officer on post
directly after the shooting, and he tells me that the officer was on the
corner when he ran out after the bullets came through the window."
"Who was the officer?"
"Officer CUMMINGS of the Eleventh Precinct, and it seems that he paid no
attention to it."
 
2 April 1885
TRAINOR'S TRIP BEHIND A RUNAWAY
Yesterday morning Joseph TRAINOR, the driver of a coal cart belonging to
William FREEMAN, was nearly killed.  While driving through Greenpoint
avenue the horse took fright and ran away.  TRAINOR lost all control of
the animal, but still held tightly to the reins until West street was
reached.  The horse in turning the corner struck a lamppost and almost
upset the wagon.  TRAINOR fell out and struck heavily on his head.  The
ambulance was summoned and his injuries dressed by Surgeon O'KEEFE.
They included a serious wound nearly four inches long and other bodily
injuries.  He was removed to his home, No. 52 North Eleventh street.
 
SOME OF THE NOVELTIES THE SEASON WILL BEGIN WITH
Last year Coney Island claimed the biggest rink in the world.  This year
it will have three rinks.  Paul BAUER will build one between his music
stands, and the Brighton Beach Hotel will also add a large rink to the
list of its attractions.  The Elephant at West Brighton has fallen into
the hands of a capitalist who will put elevators in the front legs and
unlimited beer in the howdah, and one of the novelties on the grounds of
the Sea Beach road two storied merrygoround , the lower tier of which
will be tenanted by the usual animals, while the upper story, fifty feet
high, will consist of cars hung from balloons, the balloons being braced
so they cannot pitch their riders.  Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band will
play at the Brighton Beach Hotel and Gilmore's at the Manhattan.  A few
amusements have been added to the lists at each for the edification of
the guests.  Fireworks at Manhattan are promised on the greatest scale
of magnificence yet seen in this country.  No shows will be allowed on
the grounds of the Manhattan or the Oriental Hotel, but lawn tennis and
archery will prevail.  The timetables and fares of the railways will be
about the same as last year, and the Sea Beach, the MANHATTAN, THE
Brighton Beach and Culver's road, with the hotels attached to the
management of each, will open about the 26th of May.
 
BUTCHERS IN TROUBLE 
Justice MASSEY sat in judgment on butchers this morning upon complaints
made by Health Inspector HOBDAY.
 
M. WIEL, of 379 Fifth avenue, was fined $15 for selling three blown
sheep.  His excuse was he didn’t know the meat was blown.
 
L. VIELMAN, of 403 Smith street, was charged with exposing for sale
three calves less than two weeks old, the meat of which is known as bob
veal.  He obtained an adjournment through counsel claiming the meat was
older than two weeks.
 
W. J. LANCASTER, of 425 Fifth street, was fined $ (unreadable) for
having on sale bob veal.  He claimed that the bob veal was sent to him
by mistake, and he had ordered it sent back

HE LOST AN EAR
William Crooks Roughly Handled in Fight in New York 
William CROOKS, residing at No. 209 Franklin street, Greenpoint, paid a
visit last evening to a friend named Bernard HUGHES, at No. 107 ½ East
Eighth street, New York.  In his company was a sister of HUGHES’ wife.
Beer was sent for many times and the party became intoxicated.  A
quarrel arose between the two men and CROOKS was ordered to leave the
house.  He declined to go, and during the struggle which ensued, HUGHES
seized CROOKS’ right ear between his teeth and tore it from his head.
The injured man ran out, bleeding copiously, and informed an officer,
who arrested HUGHES, and locked him up in the Seventeenth Precinct
Station House.  CROOKS was taken to Bellevue Hospital.

SHE DID NOT WISH TO DIE
Mrs. Annie Edwards’ Vain Attempt at Suicide 
Mrs. Annie EDWARDS, an attractive widow, 22 years old, attempted suicide
yesterday afternoon at her boarding house, No. 103 South First street,
by taking arsenic.  When her landlady became aware of the fact she sent
word to the Fourth station house, whence Officer Charles QUINN was sent
to investigate.  The young woman acknowledged having the drug, but had
become repentant and desired to live.  The officer sent for an ambulance
and returning found Dr. J. F. BARLOW in attendance.  The patient to the
officer’s astonishment, then denied having taken poison and refused to
be taken to the hospital.  She was treated for poisoning and soon
recovered.  As the physician declined to state that suicide had been
attempted she was not arrested.
 
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
Frank WAGENHAUSER, aged 65 years, left his home, No. 44 ½ Meserole
street, on Thursday last, since which time no tidings have been received
by his wife as to what has become of him.  He had been latterly much
troubled in mind, his son, aged 30 years, his principal support, having
died only a few weeks ago.

DONLON'S DESPERATE PRISONER
A Greenpoint Detective Who Had His Hands Full. 
At 10 o'clock last evening, as Detective DONLON, of the Seventh
Precinct, was walking through India street, Greenpoint, he heard a
woman's cry for help.  Near Franklin street, he found a man who had his
coat off and who was assaulting a young woman.  At the detective's
approach the girl's assailant fled.  He proved to be a fleet runner and
soon outstripped his pursuer.  At Eagle street the fugitive stumbled and
fell hurting himself severely.  DONLON assisted him to his feet.  While
taking him to the station house the man turned on his captor and dealt
him a stunning blow in the face, knocking him down.  DONLON grappled
with the man, and in the struggle the latter escaped.  This morning as
DONLON was on his way to the station house he noticed a man going down
Green street who resembled his assailant.  He pursued him and captured
him as he was about entering the factory of J. REEVES & CHURCH.  A
desperate fight again occurred, the prisoner making frantic efforts to
escape.  At the station house he gave his name as William BLANCHARD,
residing at No. 85 North Tenth street.  He was taken before Justice
NAEHER this morning and held for examination. 
 
AN OFFICER COMPLIMENTED
For Arresting a Man Whom he Recognized by his Picture. 
Officer John COLGAN, of the Second Precinct, yesterday afternoon
arrested a colored man who says his name is Thomas BROWN.  He lives at
43 Baxter street, New York.  A general alarm had been sent out from
Police Headquarters a few days ago to arrest him.  His picture is No.
1,978 in the Rogue's gallery.  COLGAN apprehended him on suspicion, the
officer recognizing him from a picture.  He was fully identified as the
thief who had robbed Mr. A. NORDEN, of 172 York street, of $144 worth of
clothing and jewelry on March 26 last.  A gold toothpick and a
buttonhook belonging to Mr. NORDEN were found on the prisoner.  He is
also identified as the man who robbed Mr. DUNN, of 203 Gold street, of
$35 worth of clothing, and who stole articles of clothing and silverware
from several other people.  Justice WALSH committed him to jail this
morning.  Superintendent CAMPBELL complimented Officer COLGAN on his arrest.
 
A MISSING MAN'S SEVENTH WIFE
Seeking Relief Because Her Husband's Tenants Won't Pay Their Rent 
Soeren C. STAHLKNECHT, of No. 255 Hudson avenue, left his home on the
morning of January 9, last, to collect some money in New York, telling
his wife that he would return in the evening.  He has not since been
seen.  Diligent search has been made by the police and friends, but thus
far with no satisfactory result.  Mr. STAHLKNECHT was 63 years old and
was well known in the Fifth Ward, where he pursued the business of
manufacturing ice cream for twenty years.  He accumulated property
consisting of three small houses, two of which adjoin his residence, and
which in all are valued at about $6,000.  His present wife Margaret, is
his seventh conjugal partner.  Since her husband's disappearance Mrs.
STAHLKNECHT, it appears, has not been able to collect any rents from the
estate, the tenants refusing to pay.  The rent amounts to $50 a month.
In consequence she made an application to Surrogate BERGEN through her
counsel, W. J. CARR, and testimony is now being taken in proof, by order
of the Surrogate before giving a decision on the application.  It is the
first case of the kind that has come under the notice of the present Surrogate.
 
HE DIDN'T OCCUPY THE ROOM 
An unknown man, forty-five years old, and who had mixed gray whiskers
and was dressed in dark clothing and a derby hat, called at the boarding
house of Mrs. A. H. PERRIN, 64 Henry street, and said he wanted to hire
a room.  He looked at one and left, saying he would return with his
trunk.  After he had gone Mrs. PERRIN discovered that her gold watch,
which she had left out on the piano, was stolen.
 
A COSTLY COLLAPSE 
At noon to-day two two story frame houses owned by Charles MILLER, of
East New York, and which were in the course of erection on Hull street,
between Stone avenue and Broadway, fell and the brick and timber work
was destroyed.  The damage was $3,000 and the cause of the collapse was
the caving in of one of the foundation walls.
 
THE REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
Incidents of Minor Importance in Brooklyn and Vicinity
 
The stolen harness which the police of the Eighth sub-Precinct found in
the possession of Frederick MILLER, of Fourth avenue and Thirty-sixth
street, has been identified by Henry BENNETT, of Bay Ridge, as his
property.
 
A thief entered Mrs. Louise RINGE's residence in Forty-eighth street,
near Third avenue, and stole $2(2?) worth of clothing and jewelry.
 
Henry MORRIS, a boy of 10 years, who resides at 218(or 213) Hudson
avenue, climbed to the top of the elevated railroad structure at the
corner of Hudson avenue and Concord street and fell off.  He was
severely injured.
 
Christine J. MOYNAHAN, while playing in front of 87 Third street, her
parents' residence, was trampled upon by a cow owned by Mr. WHEELER, of
Bergen street and Vanderbilt avenue, and severely injured.
 
Good Friday will be observed at the Church of Our Father to-morrow
evening at 8 o'clock, with appropriate exercises and a sermon by the
pastor, Rev. A. J. CANFIELD, D. D.
 
When Louise MURPHY opened the basement door of the dwelling No. 205
South 9th street at 8 o'clock last night, she nearly stumbled over
something wrapped in a shawl.  It was a two weeks old child.
 
John LILLIAC, aged 26 years, fell from a coach ha was driving at North
Sixth and Fifth streets at 7 o'clock last evening and sustained a
contused wound on the head.
 
Jeremiah TEEHAN, residing at No. 1 Van Brunt street, while at work
yesterday afternoon on a barge in the yard of the Greenpoint Sugar
Refining Company, on Commercial street had his head caught in the hooks
which are used in lifting barrels from a vessel. He was severely
injured.
 
Thomas CRADDICK, alias "Dr. TANNER," who was concerned in the "cleaning
out" of the laundry of George YUNG at No. 106 Franklin street,
Greenpoint, last Saturday, has been arrested.
 
Clothing valued at $20 was stolen from the residence of Mrs. Hannah
HELDING, No. 517 Atlantic avenue, yesterday afternoon.
 
Thomas J. CONROY, an East New York plumber, left his kit of tools at 76
Union street, where he had been working. Last night the tools were
stolen. They were valued at $30.
 
A firs caused by an overheated stove in the newsstand of William KING,
corner of Court street and Fourth place, this morning, damaged it to the
extent of $50.
 
This morning Surrogate BERGEN awarded Alderman ROESCH $30 for services
rendered on appraising the property of Adam EISENMAN, deceased.  He
asked for $50.
 
The students of the Adelphi Academy presented Professor PERKINS with a
crayon portrait of himself, this morning.
 
A Grand Jury is to be called in the United States Court this month.
 
James WALSH, who attempted to steal a lamp from Mrs. Harriet BIGGART, of
417 Fulton street, was sent to the Penitentiary for four months this
morning by Justice WALSH.
 
In Justice BERGEN's court this morning, Justice WALSH sentenced John
WILSON to a term of eight months imprisonment for stealing a spirit
level, a bricklayer's hammer and a trowel.
 
In Dr. VAN ZILE's suit against W. H. CHILDS to recover damages for being
thrown out of a buggy by defendant's truck the jury gave plaintiff $25.
 
James MCGOVERN of Greenport, fell from the roof of Catharine Market, New
York, this morning, and sustained internal injuries.
 
The third annual ball of the Joseph J. KERRIGAN Association will be
given at the City Assembly Rooms, on Washington street, on Monday evening.

3 April 1885
MARRIED 
BOECKEL - RICHARDSON - SACKETT - RICHARDSON - On April 2, 1885, at the
Classon av. Presbyterian Church, by the late Rev. Dr. CHAMBERLAIN, D.
D., William A. BOECKEL to Nettie Richardson and Frederick D. SACKETT to
Nellie RICHARDSON, all of Brooklyn.
 
WATERMAN - SMITH - At the residence of the bride's parents, Tuesday,
March 31, 1885, by the Rev. J. Hyatt SMITH, Fred. A. WATERMAN and
Eugenia SMITH, both of Brooklyn.  No cards.

HE WILL PAY $50 OR LEAVE
Patrick LYONS, who keeps a cow stable within the city limits, was before
Justice MASSEY yesterday charged with maintaining a public nuisance.  He
said he was about to move.  The magistrate gave him two weeks in which
to move, with the understanding that he would be fined $50 unless he did so.
 
SPECIAL NOTICE - In consequence of the sudden bereavement in the family,
the Spring opening which was announced fro April 1 and 2 has been
postponed until Monday and the following days of the week.  H. M.
WINTER, 480 Fulton st.
 
VERY LIKE A CRAZY MAN
At one o'clock yesterday morning a man was caught in the act of trying
to forcibly enter the residence of Mr. Edward SHERARD, at Woodhaven, by
Charles KOCH.  The man assaulted Mr. KOCH, but was knocked down and
secured.  He was arraigned before Justice BETTS in Jamaica yesterday,
and appearing to be demented, was remanded.  He gave his name as William
MULLEN and his residence in Oliver street, New York.  He said he left
home because he had not been invited to his uncle's funeral.
 
THROWN FROM A WAGON
Joseph GUY, a painter, who carries on business at 237 Flatbush avenue,
was thrown out of his wagon yesterday as he was  trying to turn out of
the tracks at the junction of Bergen street and Flatbush avenue.  He
fell upon his head on the pavement, and was picked up unconscious.  The
ambulance surgeon stated, after an examination, that Mr. GUY's skull was
fractured, and it is believed that he is fatally injured.  Mr. GUY is
fifty-seven years old.
  
HIGH TONED MARGARET GRADY
Margaret GRADY, who resides at the foot of Court street, keeps pigs in
violation of the law.  Numerous complaints have been made against her.
When notice was served upon her yesterday to appear before Justice
MASSEY to answer charges she said she would not come unless a coach was
sent for her.  Justice MASSEY issued a warrant for her arrest, and she
will ride to court in the Maria.
 
THE REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
Incidents of Minor Importance in Brooklyn and Vicinity.
 
Mr. Bernard BIGSBY, the well known lecturer, last night delivered at
Adelphi Academy a lecture on the subject of "Arnold and Rugby."
 
An entertainment was given last evening at Music Hall, juncture of
Flatbush avenue and Fulton street, for the benefit of the Howard Colored
Orphan Asylum.
 
Rev. George VAN DE WATER will preach his annual sermon this evening to
the members of Clinton Commandery, No. 14, Knights Templar, at St.
Luke's Church.
 
The annual ball of the Joseph KERRIGAN Association will be given at the
City Assembly Rooms on Monday evening.
 
Doris HUTMAN, of No. 114 Sackett street, had her foot seriously crushed
between the bridge and a Hamilton Ferry boat last evening on the New
York side.
 
Early this morning clothing to the value of $20 was stolen from Annie
MCNAMARA's apartments at No. 353 Kent avenue.
 
Edward KIERNAN, of No. 72 Amity street, was seized with a hemorrhage
while returning home last night and died before the arrival of the
ambulance.  Coroner MENNINGER will hold an inquest.
 
Frank H. WARREN, 230 Twelfth street, New York, was arrested last evening
by Officer FLYNN, of the First Precinct, for stealing fourteen silk
handkerchiefs worth $10 from W. H. LEADBETTER's dry goods store at 209
Bridge street.
 
Daniel O'NEILL, a six year old boy, of 127 Park avenue, was run over and
severely injured internally by a truck driven by A. J. NOSTRAND on
Cumberland street yesterday afternoon.
 
An entrance was effected in to the office of John VAN GLAHN's wholesale
grocery store, No. 5 Washington avenue, last night by thieves who pried
off the door of the safe and stole $86.
 
Joseph GUY, a painter, of 227 Flatbush avenue, sustained a fracture of
the skull by falling from his wagon near Bergen street last evening.
 
Two coats valued at $20 were stolen last night from Stewart MCALMONT's
residence, 237 Willougby avenue.
 
Yesterday morning Frederick CLAPP, 73 years old, fell into a pool of
water on Eighth avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, and was
nearly drowned before he was rescued.
 
Some children playing with matches in a closet in James O'BRIEN's
residence, 182 Sackett  street, yesterday afternoon, set fire to the
clothing it contained.  Damage $10.
 
John WILSON, a tramp, was sent up for eight months by Judge WALSH
yesterday for stealing tools.
 
4 April 1885
BOGUS CHECK
William MILLER, who keeps a saloon at No. 3?80 Reid avenue, was
victimized to the extent of $15 on the lst inst., by an ex-car driver
named Samuel W. WILSON, who passed a bogus check on him signed A. WILSON
and drawn on the National City Bank.
 
WANTED FORTY WITNESSES
Mrs. Sarah GRAVES, of Graham avenue, charged her husband, Timothy, a
young man, with assault, before Justice RHINEHART yesterday.  She stated
that he struck her with his clenched hand last Wednesday.  He
indignantly denied the allegation and asked for subpoenas for forty
witnesses, but the astonished clerk of the court, Davis LINDSAY, induced
him to reduce the number to ten.  The case will be tried at a future day. 
 
A SERIES OF MISFORTUNES
Adonijah UNDERHILL, of Long Island City, has been followed by a series
of misfortunes in rapid order.  First of all he lost his position on the
Long Island Railroad.  A little later his residence was burned with most
of its contents.  Then thieves plundered his new residence.  Mrs.
UNDERHILL's name was forged on a check on the family grocer, and lastly
a son died suddenly.
 
A DOUBLE WEDDING
Sackett - Richardson - Boeckel - Richardson 
Thursday evening a double wedding occurred at Classon avenue
Presbyterian Church, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Nellie
RICHARDSON to Mr. Fred. D. SACKETT and Miss Nettie RICHARDSON to Mr.
William A. BOECKEL, all of this city.  The brides are twin sisters and
the daughters Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. RICHARDSON, of No. 407 Quincy
street.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. L. T. CHAMBERLAIN.  The
brides resemble each other so closely that even the grooms, it is said,
had difficulty in being sure of their respective lady loves.  They were
attired exactly alike in olive green satin robes with velvet brocaded
fronts.  They wore large bouquets of deep red roses at their belts and
tan colored gloves.
There were no brides maids.  Messrs. John B. HOMAN, George E. SACKETT,
Samuel C. ROGERS and James H. WILCOX acted as groomsmen and Messrs. T.
Harry LEE, M. LANE, T. GRADY and J. BOWEN.
 As the bridal party proceeded up the aisle to the altar, the organist
played Mendelssohn's wedding march, and on the conclusion of the
ceremony the party proceeded to their carriages to the strains of the
wedding march from "Lohengrin."  The twin brides looked very pretty, and
the ceremony was altogether a very novel and interesting one.  There was
no reception after the service, the couples starting at once upon their
wedding tours, Mr. and Mrs. SACKETT going to South and Mr. and Mrs.
BOECKEL going to Niagara Falls.  The happy couples were the recipients
of many handsome presents, including two sets of solid silver spoons
from the grandmother of the brides, two French clocks, and a handsome
square piano.  The church was crowded to the doors with the relatives
and friends of the newly married quartet.
 
ATKINSON - BULL - On Thursday, April 2, in Liverpool, Eng., Alfred
ATKINSON, of Brooklyn, to Jessie, youngest daughter of the late Edward
BULL, Esq.
 
KNIGHT - AYRES - In Brooklyn, March 31, 1885, at St. Luke's Church, by
the Rev Mr. VAN DE WATER, Robert Phelps KNIGHT, of Lakesville, Conn.,
and Elizabeth A. AYRES, daughter of the late Captain William AYRES, of
Ithaca.  [Ithaca papers please copy.]

BOGUS CHECK
William MILLER, who keeps a saloon at No. 3?80 Reid avenue, was
victimized to the extent of $15 on the lst inst., by an ex-car driver
named Samuel W. WILSON, who passed a bogus check on him signed A. WILSON
and drawn on the National City Bank.
 
WANTED FORTY WITNESSES
Mrs. Sarah GRAVES, of Graham avenue, charged her husband, Timothy, a
young man, with assault, before Justice RHINEHART yesterday.  She stated
that he struck her with his clenched hand last Wednesday.  He
indignantly denied the allegation and asked for subpoenas for forty
witnesses, but the astonished clerk of the court, Davis LINDSAY, induced
him to reduce the number to ten.  The case will be tried at a future day. 
 
EVIDENCE ACCUMULATING
Two More Charges of Robbery Against Thomas Brown. 
Thomas BROWN, the colored man from Baxter street, New York, who was
arrested for robbery a few days ago by Officer COLGAN, of the Eleventh
Precinct, is being surrounded by a network of evidence which will render
it extremely difficult for him to escape.  BROWN's method was to sneak
into apartment houses in the southern part of Brooklyn and make off with
articles of clothing or anything that was convenient.  He converted the
property into cash and spent it in riotous living in Baxter street.  He
is also credited with making presents of considerable value to females
of his acquaintance, some stolen articles of jewelry which have been
identified having been used for this purpose.  This morning, in Judge
WALSH's Court, two additional complaints were made against him.  Mrs.
Emma CONLON, of No.210 Concord street, charges him with stealing
clothing valued at $70 from her apartments on the 21st  March, and Mrs.
Jane MCCABE, of No. 217 Gold street, charges him with stealing clothing
and jewelry valued at $125 on the 23d March.  The prisoner was committed
for further examination.
  
A DESPERATE SPANIARD
With a Dirk and a Club He Wounds Two Citizens of Babylon. 
This morning a savage looking Spaniard was arraigned before Justice
LEWIS, in Babylon, on the charge of assault with intent to kill.  The
accused first appeared in Babylon last Thursday night and during Friday
wandered aimlessly through the town.  In the afternoon he was accosted
by Constable WOOD, who found that he could neither understand nor talk
English.  WOOD's badge of office met the Spaniard's gaze, whereupon he
muttered something unintelligible and rushed madly into the house
occupied by Mrs. BYERS, a widow, and locked himself in a room in the
upper story.  Mrs. BYERS and her children fled from the house in terror.
Constable WOOD followed the Spaniard, who, armed with a club and dirk,
resisted arrest.  Assistance was summoned.  In the struggle which
ensued, WOOD was struck several violent blows in the face and on the
head, sustaining a painful gash across the right cheek.  Arden WEEKS,
who assisted the constable, was cut on one hand and had three fingers
broken.  The offender was finally lodged in the town lockup.  He has the
appearance of being a sea faring man, and his actions denote that he is
somewhat deranged.  He was remanded for examination on Monday.

CHOLERA SCARE LEGACY
Chaining up a Steamship Passenger Who Declined to Pay his Board. 
A very novel case arising out of this Summer’s cholera scare came up in 
the Special Term, City Court, before Judge CLEMENT this morning.  
Robert BALSAMO, an Italian by birth, but naturalized as an American citizen, 
paid a visit to his native country last Summer and started on his return in 
September by the steamship Elysia. The vessel called at Marseilles at the 
time the cholera was raging there and on arrival in New York harbor was 
quarantined for seven days off Staten Island.  When the seven days had 
expired Captain Alessandro VALLOT demanded board for that time from Mr. BALSAMO.  
He declined to pay it.  Hot words followed during which the captain and the 
passenger exchanged some rather uncomplimentary epithets.  According to 
French law the captain has supreme right to order passengers in irons for 
disrespectful language or conduct tending to reflect on his dignity or power 
as captain.  Mr. BALSAMO was handcuffed by the captain’s orders.  He broke 
the gyves, and then was chained to a heavy iron bar for eight hours.  Now 
he brings suit in the City Court against the captain to recover $10,000 
for false imprisonment.
 
THE REPORTER'S NOTE BOOK
Incidents of Minor Importance in Brooklyn and Vicinity. 
-Thomas LEE, 15 years old, of 62 Classon avenue, was gathering wood on
the Brighton Beach Railroad track, near Bergen street, when a piece of
timber fell on him and fractured both his legs.
 
-Mrs. LEWIS, of 89 Lafayette avenue, dropped a gold watch while getting
on a Fulton street car yesterday afternoon.  A boy picked it up and ran
off with it.
 
-Diedrich LUDWIG, while working in the sugar house on South Ninth street
yesterday, had his leg fractured by a bag of sugar which fell on him.
 
-Anthon OTTO, OF 203 Ewen street, was painting in the fifth floor of
Liebman's brewery when he slipped and fell to the ground.  His leg was
fractured and he was also injured internally.
 
-This morning a piece of iron fell on Daniel O'CONNEL, of 207 Willoughby
street, who is employed in the Atlas foundry.  His left leg was
fractured.
 
-Mr. James MAGDERMOD has withdrawn his name from the lathing contest
which was to have taken place between him and J. K. YOUNG, of New York.
He says Mr. YOUNG failed to deposit any stake money.
 
-The third annual ball of the Young Men's Catholic Literary Association
takes place at Uris' Academy, Monday, April 6.
 
-Miss TITCOMB's talks about the holy places of Palestine have been
largely attended by the congregation of St. Luke's Church, Clinton avenue. 
 
PLEADE GUILTY UNINTENTIONALLY
An Old German Anxious to Get Out of Jail after Imprisonment. 
Henry SCHLEICH, an elderly German carriage smith, living on Siegel
street, E. D., was keeping up New Years', and had a few warm words with
his wife, advising her in high Dutch, to get out of his way or he would
break her neck.  On the following day he was sentenced by Justice MASSEY
to twenty-nine days in Raymond street jail on a charge of intoxication.
During his confinement his wife went before the same Justice and
obtained a warrant for her husband's arrest for threatening her life.
When SCHLEICH was released from Jail he was re-arrested, pleaded guilty
and committed by Justice MASSEY in default of $200 to keep the peace.
This morning Mr. Charles J. KURTH appealed from the Justice's decision
to Judge MOORE, on the ground that SCHLEICH did not understand English,
and pleaded guilty without fully understanding what he was doing.
Decision reserved.
  
NOT INSANE--GEORGE H. MILLS TO GO TO THE GALLOWS
The Murderer Responsible for His Crime. 
NOTE: Story: please click on MILLS Continuation

5 April 1885
ABOUT BROOKLYN PEOPLE 
-Joseph H. HUTCHISON, M. D., Joseph RAYMOND, M. D., and Delavan
BLOODGOOD, M. D., of this city, are named on important councils for the
International Medical Congress to be held in Washington, D. C., in 1887.
 
-Mr. Aaron VANDERWERKER, of this city, recently lectured before teachers
of Waterbury, Conn., on "School Helps and Hindrances."  He said one
eminently practical and important thing - "Were I a teacher, and had I
the power, I would close the doors of any room to all casual visitors
except during the one period set aside for examinations at the close of
the term."
 
-Mr. B. Y. CONKLIN, principal of Public School No. 3, in Jefferson
street, near Bedford avenue, who had a leg broken while attending the
recent sham battle at Prospect Park as a spectator is still confined to
his home.
 
-Captain Judson A. LEWIS, well known in this city, United States Consul
at Sierra Leone, is busily engaged furnishing the people of that region
with American sedans.
 
-Mr. and Mrs. William H. SLOCUM, of 312 Carlton avenue, are spending a
few weeks at Lakewood, N. J.
 
-Professor Alexander R. WALSH, the organist and choir master of St.
George's Church, Greene avenue, for the past four years, is to continue.
 
-Mr. John L. COFFIN, formerly of the Engineers' Department, Board of City
Works, of this city, has been appointed Water Commission of Asbury Park,
N. J.  The new water works at that place will be begun the Spring.
 
-Ex-Mayor R. H. GOLDEN of South Norwalk, Conn., E. C. DANA, of New York;
Miss S. A. MORGAN, of California and Captain Fred PERKINS are to be
entertained to-day at the Easter dinner given by Mrs. Captain PEASE at
her residence, No. 72 Lawrence street.
 
-Mr. and Mrs. H. D. GEROMANOS, of Classon avenue, were surprised by a
party of friends en masque last Tuesday evening.  The occasion was made
very pleasant to all concerned.
 
-Miss Alice Eulalie GALLUP, the young elocutionist, has been the
recipient of many marks of appreciation for her excellent reading before
the Fulton Council R. A. last Tuesday evening.
 
-Charles M. BELLOWS, M. D., has just terminated a two years' practice at
the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, and is now home with his friends.
 
-Ex-Alderman Fred KALBFLEISCH has been severely ill for a long time,
suffering from jaundice, calculus and peritonitis, and is now slowly
recovering from an attack of erysipelas.  His host of friends wish him
speedy snd thorough recovery.
 
-Mr. William WARING, wife and daughter, Lulu, of Carlton avenue, left
home on Thursday night last for an extended trip to the West.  They
intend to stop at St. Paul, Minn., Chicago, Ill., Fargo, Dakota, and San
Francisco, Cal.
 
-Rev. Dr. CARROLL, formerly of this city, but now of Stillwater, Minn.,
in a sermon recently delivered in his church, "Characterized those who
make up the passenger list of voyages to Tarshish the ministers - timid,
trifling, trimming, timeserving, trickling and truant; and members -
with whom conscience is a rag and official fidelity a sham."
 
-Mr. Henry E. HUTCHINSON, organist in the Middle Reformed Church,
Harrison street, will after the 1st of May take charge of the musical
part of the services in St. Mark's Church, Adelphi street, with a
quartet and large choir.  Miss Jennie FIGGIS, the soloist of St. John's,
well known as a concert singer in the Eastern District, will be the
soprano at St. Mark's.
 
-Mrs. William H. GARLAND, of Oswego, is a guest of Mrs. Z. G. WILSON, of
Jefferson street.
 
-Miss B. O'NEILL, of 152 Ryerson street, is to be tendered a sociable by
her friends to-morrow evening.
 
-Hon. John S. MARCY, of Clinton avenue, is steadily recovering from his
severe illness, and is now able to drive out daily.  Mr. Charles H.
MARCY has been engaged as soloist in the Garden City Cathedral.
 
-Mr. A. F. WISE, of William Wise & Son, Fulton street, has determined
upon a pleasure trip to South Carolina.  While absent he will take such
observations of Southern life as will qualify him to enlighten and
interest his friends upon his return.
 
-Mr. Samuel GARRE, of Pacific street, left town last week for Montreal,
Canada, for a four weeks sojourn.
 
-Dr. Henry J. BOWDITCH, of Boston, is spending a few days in this city,
being the guest of Dr. H. F. WILLIAMS, of Gates avenue.
 
-The Hon. Jasper W. GILBERT has returned home from the South, where he
has spent some months for the benefit of his health.  He has become
stout and ruddy and is ready for a great deal of important legal work
which awaits him.
 
-Mr. Clark SUMNER, formerly a resident of this city, but now of West
Brighton, S. I., will have his two children baptized to-day in the
Church of the Savior, by Rev. Dr. PUTNAM.  One of them will be
christened Grover Cleveland in honor of the President.
 
-Officer GRAHAM, of the Second Precinct, sent his son to South America
several months ago for the benefit of his health.  On the way thither
the steamer was wrecked off the coast of San Domingo, and the young man
experienced such a hard time of it that he returned to this city by the
first steamer.  The mishap acted as a set back upon him, but his many
friends hope for his ultimate recovery.
 
-Mr. Anthony M. KELLEY, ex-Mayor of Richmond, and recently appointed
Minister to the Quirinal is well known in this city.  His brother, Major
J. M. KELLEY, is at present the head of the Catholic Benevolent Legion here. 
 
-Mrs. Judah B. VOORHEES and Miss Anna M. VOORHEES, of State street, are
now on a health and pleasure trip to Bermuda in the steamship Trinidad,
of the Quebec Steamship Company.  They will be absent for some time.
 
-Mr. William H. NEIDLINGER, present organist of the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Seventh avenue, will act in the same capacity for the Hanson
place Baptist Church after May.
 
-The Meteors Social will close their first season with a reception at the
residence of Mrs. WITTERS, No. 1,330 Pacific street, on Tuesday evening.
 
-District Attorney RIDGWAY, who is at Jacksonville, Fla., for the benefit
of his health, writes that he is eating strawberries and rapidly
advancing in the direction of full recuperation.  He says he will return
home in a week.
 
-Mr. John QUEE, the only son of Dr. James QUEE, of Fulton street, after
having been with his father for many years , and having obtained a
thorough chemical education, is about to start in business for himself
in William street, New York.
 
-Mr. J. EICHELL, a prosperous tobacco merchant and prominent political
leader of Evansville, Ind., is at present on a visit to this city.
 
-Miss Emily SPADLER sang for the Haydn Society at the Academy of Music on
Tuesday last.
 
-Colonel Thomas C. CARROLL is at Chicago and will be in town on Monday.
 
-Mrs. M. E. WEBB, of Cumberland street, has moved to Greenport, L. I.,
where she intends to reside permanently. 
 
MARRIED
RUPP - JEPPENER - On March 26, at the residence of the bride's parents,
Annie C. RUPP to Paul JEPPENER.

BRIEF NEWS OF LONG ISLAND
-Two Chicken Thieves Sent to the County Jail.
 
-Joseph SPRAGUE and William SEAMAN, of Seaford, were sent to jail for
thirty days each for stealing chickens from Mr. MOSES, at South Oyster
Bay.  DeWitt SPRAGUE received a similar sentence for destroying shade trees.
 
-Mr. Mark WIGHTMAN, of Babylon, having become insane, was on Friday
committed to the asylum at Babylon.
 
-The congregation of the Methodist Church in Moriches, have subscribed
$1,300 to build a new parsonage.
 
-William GARDINER, of Easthampton, is a candidate for the position of
keeper of the Montauk Lighthouse.
 
-Rev. Alfred KETCHAM, who was pastor of the Presbyterian church in
Babylon from 1839 to 1848, died at Vineland, N. J., a few days ago.
 
-Phineas WALKER, who founded the Congregational church at Woodhaven,
where he resided for a great many years, died last Thursday, at
Guilford, Conn., at the age of 92.
 
-A sneak thief on Friday stole $34 from the house of Ellen T. COOPER, in Hicksville.
 
-Frank SAVAGE, of Jamaica, fell between two moving cars on the Long
Island Railroad on Friday and was dragged a quarter of a mile by the
brake rod catching in his clothing.  But for this he would have been
killed outright.  His injuries are very serious.
 
-A hand car on the Long Island Railroad ran into Philip ENGLEDURN's wagon
at Jamaica, Friday morning.  The wagon was partly demolished and Mr.
ENGLEDURN sustained serious injuries.
 
MISSING SINCE YESTERDAY
A Jamaica Man Who Hired a Horse and Wagon. 
Thomas ARCHER, a butcher of Jamaica, L. I., has been missing since
Wednesday last, when he hired a horse from Cornelius CANNON and a wagon
from James ASHMEAD, both residents of Jamaica for the purpose of driving
to Bushwick to purchase meat for his customers.  He carried on a small
business.  Previous to this time he was a painter.  He is about 30 years
old and small of stature.  He leaves behind a wife of about 60 years of
age.  Mr. CANNON and Mr. ASHMEAD have obtained warrants from Justice
BETTS for the arrest of ARCHER on charges of grand larceny.  The harness
used on the occasion was borrowed from a third party.
  
6 April 1885
STRANGE SCENE IN A STATION HOUSE.
Father and Son Meeting for the First Time Since the War. 
About 7 o'clock last evening an elderly man with a large growth of hair
on his face and whose countenance betokened that he had seen better
days, entered the Seventh Precinct Station House and asked Sergeant
BROWN if he might stay there over night.  He gave his name as James
STAFFORD, 58 years old.  A minute later another man entered and also
applied for lodging.  His face bore traces of dissipation and his
clothing was tattered and torn.  He also gave his name as James STAFFORD
and said he was 28 years of age.  Sergeant BROWN noticed that the two
men bore a striking resemblance to each other and called back the
elderly one who was on his way to the lodging room.  The sergeant asked
the elder if he knew the man by his side.  Almost immediately the old
man uttered an exclamation of joy and embraced the young person.  They
were father and son and had been separated since the breaking out of the
war.  The son was hardly inclined to believe that the man standing by
his side was his father, and told him so.  The latter related  the
following story to the Sergeant:  "At the breaking out of the war  I
joined the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth New York Infantry.  This boy
(pointing to his son) was 3 years old at the time.  I had been separated
from my wife. No correspondence ever passed between us.  When I returned
to New York I learned for the first time that my wife has died in my
absence, and thinking me dead had given the custody of the child to her
sister.  I lost all trace of the latter's whereabouts.  I made repeated
efforts to find my son, but did not succeed.  I re-entered the army but
was discharged about eight years ago and have since been tramping the
country and doing odd jobs here and there in order to keep body and soul together."
 The son said that he had a faint recollection of going out West with a
woman he called his aunt.  The latter died when he was fifteen years old
and his uncle treated him cruelly.  He ran away and went to Illinois
where he remained several years and then went to Texas and other States. 
Father and son declined to lodge in the station house and left together.
  
SOCIAL EVENTS TO COME
The Third Gatling Battery of the Second Division, N. G. S. N. Y., will
hold a reception and drill at the Fourteenth Regiment Armory on
Wednesday evening, April 8.  Military and Grand Army guests are
requested to appear in uniform.
 
The annual ball of the Joseph KERRIGAN Association will be held this
evening at the City Assembly Rooms.
 
The sixth reception of Wyalusing Council, No. 1,060, of the American
Legion of Honor will be held at Rivers' Academy this evening.
 
A musical and literary event will be held at the residence of Mrs.
FENNEY and Mrs. BAILEY, No. 181 Joralemon street, on Wednesday evening,
April 15, for the purpose of obtaining means to assist in the erection
of a church on Bayou Teche, Louisiana.  Among those who will take part
in the entertainment are Miss Maggie MITCHELL, the soprano; Mr. William
E. BOLAN, Mrs. FENNEY and Gabriel HARRISON.
 
The Gilbert Dramatic Society will present "False Shame" at their
reception given on the 15th instant.
  
WHAT HE SAW
A Generous Man's Most Unpleasant Surprise.
He Befriends a Lonely German and Lives to Repent It - What Jacob
Bertrand Discovered Because he Did Not Walk Across the Bridge. 
Mr. Jacob BERTRAND, a well to do grocer, residing and doing business at
No. 41 Gerry street, is aged about 35, and his wife 32 years.  Till
recently they have lived happily together.  In October last, however,
there arrived a countryman of theirs from Alsatian Germany, named Emil
WEINSUCKER, a tripling of 18 years.  The lad having no friends, BERTRAN
good naturedly welcomed him to his home till he should be able to obtain
employment.  Here he remained till Sunday, March 22, when young
WEINSUCKER, having taken a walk across the bridge and back, Mrs.
BERTRAND mildly suggested top her husband in the evening that a walk
over the bridge would do him good, too.  Mr. BERTRAND  appearing to
favor her suggestion, left home soon afterward, but instead of going
over the bridge he went to a saloon in the vicinity and obtained a glass
of cider. 
Returning unexpectedly he was dismayed to find rather strong evidence to
show that his youthful guest had already displaced him in the affections
of his wife.  Waiting for no explanation he instantly ejected the
ingrate, not withstanding the inclemency of the weather.  BERTRAND went
over to New York next morning and on his return found that his wife had
disappeared.  He succeeded some days later in finding an expressman who
had taken some trunks to the pier of the Boston steamers on the North
River for Mrs. BERTRAND.  Thither he accordingly went, and was lucky in
meeting WEINSUCKER himself, who, it would seem, had come for the trunks.
Confronted by his host he acknowledged his guilt.  Submissively yielding
to BERTRAND's peremptory demand he accompanied him to the Eastern
District where, in the presence of witnesses, he opened a sachel and
handed BERTRAND his watch and chain, which had disappeared
simultaneously with Mrs. BERTRAND.  WEINSUCKER said that Mrs. BERTRAND
gave them to him.  The case has been placed in the hands of Counselor W.
W. BUTCHER, of the Garfield Building, and a suit for absolute divorce
has been begun by service of summons.  Since then Mrs. BERTRAND has
returned from Boston and asserts her innocence.  The youth WEINSUCKER,
it is said, has returned to Germany.
 
A FREE FIGHT
A fierce fight took place about 10 o'clock last evening at No. 911
Myrtle avenue between Ferdinand BERLAU and Annie, his wife, at the end
of which Mrs. BERLAU, in a disabled condition, with a wound across her
forehead, was carried off in an ambulance to the Eastern District
Hospital, and Ferdinand was conveyed a prisoner to the Thirteenth
Precinct Station House.  Mrs. BERLAU alleges that he struck her with a
chair, and Ferdinand says that he did so in defending himself against a
poker with which she trying to lay him out.
  
THEY WERE NOT ACTORS
Two respectably dressed men, who gave their names as William HAYES and
Alfred MORT, were charged before Judge BERGEN this morning, with begging
and also with trying doors on Baltic street on Saturday night.  They
said they were respectably connected in Philadelphia, which was their
home, and that they had walked all the way from that city in quest of
employment.  They said they were not actors.  The Judge sent them up for
thirty days. 
 
MRS. KLAUBER'S COMPLAINT
A middleaged, respectable looking woman who gave her name as Mrs.
Catharine KLAUBER and her residence as First street, near North Third,
told Sergeant HALLET at the desk of the Fifth Precinct Station House
Saturday night that she wanted have her husband arrested.  She stated
that he is her second husband, and that he abuses her eldest daughter, a
girl of 20 years, and insists on her keeping company with vicious young
men.  The stepdaughter, she added, has to supply him with money for drink.

HYMENEAL
WHITE-DENNISON 
At St. James Cathedral, on Jay street, last evening the marriage of Mr.
J. F. WHITE, of Jay street, to Miss Mary E. DENNISON, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter DENNISON, of Bergen street, was solemnized.  The ceremony
took place at 7 o’clock and was performed by Father MITCHELL.  The
church was filled with the many friends of the contracting parties.  The
bride, who was richly dressed, was given away by her father.  After the
ceremony the happy couple were driven to No. 135 Bergen street, where
they will take up their permanent residence.  During the evening many
persons called on Mr. and Mrs. WHITE and wished them happiness and long
life.  Among those who witnessed the ceremony were Mr. James WHITE,
brother of the groom; James D. DOHERTY, Misses Annie and Katie DOHERTY,
B. SCHNEIDER, P. O’KEEFE, John CODY, Julia EARLY, Lizzie DENNISON,
sister of the bride; Charles DEARY, Bernard KIERNAN, Mr. and Mrs. Robert MELVILLE.

THE FIRST GIRL
There is a house at Fresh Pond, in Smithtown, L. I., that has been
tenanted continuously since 1754, and Saturday for the first time during
one hundred and thirty years, a girl baby was born there, out of a total
of ninety-eight births.  The distinction belongs to Mr. and Mrs. E. S.PLATT 

MICHAEL MULLER’S MONEY
Dr. ARNOLD, of the King’s County Hospital, has made a report to the
Charities Commissioners, regarding the alleged robbery of Michael MULLER
who died on the 27th of March.  He has made a careful investigation, but
cannot discover that MULLER had any money when he was taken to the
hospital.  He draws no conclusion from the assertions made by his
employees, and apparently believes that no money was stolen.

THE REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK.
Incidents of Minor Importance in Brooklyn and Vicinity. 
-Canadians living in Brooklyn are invited to send to Room 43, 229
Brooklyn, New York, their views as to the propriety of forming a
Canadian Association.
 
-The trial of the SPETH forgery case, set down for this morning, was
postponed until the 27th, and the Court of Session petit jury was
discharged until Wednesday morning.
 
-William KENYON and Jacob BRINCLE were each fined $1 by Justice MASSEY
this morning for driving over the sidewalk.
 
-Daniel LEE of 97 Eighteenth street, was arrested yesterday by Patrolman
COLE of the Tenth Precinct for reckless driving.  The prisoner had
collided with a Fifth Avenue car on Bergen street and had broken some of
the windows.
 
-A man who described himself as Erdean CAMERONIAN, of 327 South Second
street, was arrested in New York yesterday for picking the pockets of an
inebriated countryman.
 
-A fire in the three story frame house, No. 29 Prospect street, owned by
Joseph HAWLEY, of No. 44 Center street, New York, and occupied by
Frederick DUNCOMBE and John MURPHY, did about $250 DAMAGES.  Fully insured.
 
-Frank H. WARREN was sent to the Penitentiary for four months this
morning for stealing fourteen silk handkerchiefs from R. & W. H.
LEADBETTER, of 218 Bridge street, on the 2nd of April.
 
-Martha W. REDMOND has got a decree of divorce, absolute against Edmund J. REDMOND.
 
-The Good Templars of Suffolk County have elected Rev. W. A. LAYTON, of
Southampton County, Chief Templar, and George TERRY of Peconic, County Secretary.
 
-The jury gave Mrs. Emma RODRIQUEZ $500 damages in her suit against the
MANHATTAN Beach Railroad Company.  The Court said it was a very close case.
 
-William ANDERSON has committed a suit for $5,000 damages against
Frederick NEIHNOBLER, for false imprisonment.  The defendant had him
arrested March 3 on a charge of theft.
 
-Bernard HOLLER, charged with attempting suicide by opening the veins of
his wrist with a razor, at 34 Broadway, was committed for the Grand Jury.
 
-PALTJEN, who jumped from a ferry boat at the foot of Broadway some days
ago, with suicidal intent, has been held by Justice NAEHER for the Grand Jury.
 
-A gas jet in the parlor of Mr. H. D. BROOKMAN'S RESIDENCE, 118 Remsen
street, set fire to lace curtains, causing a damage of $500.  H. D.
POLHEMUS, who happened to be in the vicinity, and who is a veteran
fireman, did some expeditious and effective work in suppressing the flames.
 
-The statement that Mr. ROBINSON has reduced the wages of his workmen, or
ever refused to accede to their demands, is denied.
 
7 April 1885
 THE REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
Incidents of Minor Importance in Brooklyn and Vicinity.
 
Clothing, valued at $65 was stolen from Mr. Elmer BILLINGS' residence,
No. 213 Sterling place, during the absence of the family yesterday.
 
Martin YACSTONS, of No. 30 Hudson avenue, had his pocket picked of a
silver watch while standing in front of his door yesterday morning.
 
A child, about three weeks old, was found last night under the stoop of
No. 420 Franklin avenue.  It was given into the care of the city nurse.
 
J. D. JOHNSON, who was accused of having stolen $5,000 worth of soap
from Jacob A. SHERMAN, of New York, was discharged yesterday by Justice WALSH.
 
Mrs. HALL, of No. 147 Pierrepont street, complains that the garbage on
that thoroughfare has not been collected for a long time, and adds that
frequent visits to the Health Department have proved of no avail.

OFF FOR EUROPE
Mrs. T. DeWitt TALMAGE, with her daughter Misses May and Edith, will
sail for Europe on the Umbria next Saturday afternoon.  On arriving at
Liverpool they will go directly to Italy for a month of sightseeing, and
then return to the north of Europe for the Summer.  Doctor TALMAGE and
his son will go over in July to accompany them home.
 
CLARA ERNST RETURNS HOME
Found in a Bowery Dive by Her Father and Detective Ennis 
Clara ERNST, the 17 year old girl who disappeared from her home in
Walton street, Eastern District, on the 1st of April, was found last
night and returned to her home.  A young man, who did not give his name,
went to Mr. ERNST's house on Wednesday night and said that he believed
his daughter was in a dive at 103 Bowery, New York, where she was
employed as a waitress.  He had read a description of the missing girl
in the papers and was positive that it was she.  Detective ENNIS went
over on Sunday night, but failed to find her.  He went again last night
in company with her father and, after waiting an hour or so, they saw
Clara entering the place with some companions.  When confronted with her
father she expressed penitence and consented to return home.  She says
that the reason she left her father's house was that he was only earning
$7 a week, and that this was not enough to support them both.  She
concluded to go out and seek work and made the acquaintance of an
elderly woman who induced her to go to the saloon on the Bowery.
  
STRING BEANS AND A BROKEN ARM
A Suit Resulting From Allowing Vegetables on the Sidewalk. 
Mrs. Johanna REEGAN, an elderly woman, brought suit in the City Court
this morning, before Judge REYNOLDS, to recover $5,000 damages for a
broken arm.  She testified that one evening in September last she was
passing the grocery of the KNAPP Brothers, corner of Hicks and Harrison
streets, when she trod upon some string beans lying about, fell down and
broke her arm.  Defendants endeavored to show that at the time of the
accident they had removed the rows of vegetables into their store and
had swept the sidewalk twice.  Some boys, however, who were lounging
about there had been shelling beans and throwing them on the sidewalk.
Baldwin F. STRAUSS for plaintiff; C. J. PATTERSON for defendant.
 
 A BOY MISSING FROM BRESLAU
The Creeks Dredged Without Finding His Body.
 Louis VELSOR, thirteen years of age, son of John VELSOR, of Breslau, L.
I., has been missing since Wednesday of last week, when he was dismissed
from his position in the button factory.  Another boy told Mr. VELSOR
that his son had been drowned by falling into the bay at Babylon.  The
bay was dredged, but the boy's body was not found.  Young VELSOR is four
feet, five inches tall, and has brown eyes and light brown hair.  He had
on a brown suit and a black Derby hat.  The belief is quite general that
the boy committed suicide.
 
AFTER TWO YEARS
The Sequel to the Elopement of Mary and James Reynolds. 
On the 1st of MAY, 1883, Miss Mary REYNOLDS, a dressmaker, 23 years old,
living with her mother, Mrs. Johanna REYNOLDS, at No. 298 Washington
avenue, eloped with her cousin James REYNOLDS, a young leather finisher,
who had been boarding in the house for about a year.  His habits had not
been of the most regular order and the mother did everything in her
power to discountenance the attachment which she noticed was growing
between the two young people.  Some months after their disappearance the
runaways returned and were warmly welcomed by the forgiving mother.  All
went well for a time, but REYNOLDS gradually fell into his old habits
and would not attend to his work, throwing all the burden of the support
of himself and wife upon his mother in law.  On Sunday she made up her
mind that she would stand it no longer and informed her daughter that
they would have to seek another home.  Last night when the husband
returned he was informed of the ultimatum and flew into a violent
passion, throwing the furniture about and finishing up by breaking a
valuable marble top table.  This morning his mother in law appeared in
Justice BERGEN's Court and swore out a warrant for James REYNOLDS'
arrest, charging him with malicious mischief.
 
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LAWYER
Accused of Assaulting a Man with an AX. 
Yesterday Westley ABRAMS, of Seaford, asked Justice WALLACE, at
Freeport, to grant a warrant for the arrest of Mansfield COMPTON,  a
lawyer residing in Jamaica.  Mr. ABRAMS swore to a complaint charging
Mr. COMPTON with attempting to kill him with an ax.  The complainant
gave the Justice the names of persons who he alleged witnessed the
assault, and they will be examined prior to issuing the warrant.  Mr.
COMPTON said this morning that it was an old affair, and that Justice
SMITH, at Bellport, had refused to grant Mr. ABRAMS a warrant.  Mr.
COMPTON denied the charge of felonious assault.  There is a civil suit
pending between the parties, in which Mr. ABRAMS is the plaintiff.
 
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN POISONED
Mr. R. L. Mathews and His Guests by Canned Lobster. 
This morning a can which contained some small pieces of preserved
lobster was taken to the Health Department, the object being to have the
contents analyzed to find out if there was any metallic poison in them.
It is supposed that Mr. Robert L. MATTHEWS and his wife, who live at 271
Pearl street, and two ladies residing in East New York, who dined at Mr.
MATTHEWS' home on Sunday last have been poisoned by eating the lobster
which formed a portion of the repast placed on the table.  Dr. John J.
KEANE, of 101 Johnson street was summoned to Mr. MATTHEWS' houses early
yesterday morning and found both MATTHEWS and his wife suffering from
intense gastric irritation.  The doctor at once placed them under
treatment and both have recovered.  He thinks they were poisoned by the
canned lobster, On inquiry being made it was discovered that the East
New York ladies were also attacked in a similar manner.  Dr. KEANE
thinks that the lobster had undergone a chemical change, which mad e it
poisonous.  The chemists of the Health Department are afraid that there
is hardly enough of the lobster left to bear a proper analysis.
 
STRUCK A HIDDEN REEF
Accident to the Ferryboat F. R. James This Morning. 
The ferryboat F. R. JAMES, which runs on the Staten Island North Shore
Ferry, on the 7 o'clock trip from New York this morning, while running
past what is called Livingston's Point, between the Sailors" Snug Harbor
and West New Brighton, S. I., struck quite forcibly against some hidden
rocks.  The reef is a natural one and recently caused the ruin of a
costly pleasure yacht.  When the James struck the rocks the tide was
low.  The obstruction was not sufficient to stop the boat, which
proceeded to the dock and landed her passengers.  There she was found to
be leaking, so she was run upon a mud bank near by where she lies in
three feet of water.  She will be pumped out and replaced on the line to-morrow.
  
THE FIRST TRAIN
The first train on the Brooklyn Elevated Road - four cars attached to a
locomotive bearing the name of "Seth Low" in big gilt letters on its
side - glided rapidly and easily over the track on Grand avenue, between
Park and Lexington avenues this morning.  Nobody but officials of the
company were present to witness this quiet little experimental trip.
  
STILL UNRECOGNIZED
The Young Lady at the Eastern District Hospital. 
An effort was made this morning by Dr. SAYLES, house surgeon of the
Eastern District Hospital, to induce the handsome young patient who gave
the name of Josie WHITE to disclose her identity so that her relatives
could be notified, or to reveal the name of the New York merchant who
wronged her, but without avail.  She was firm in her determination to
guard her secret and protect the man, and declined to tell the number of
the house on Second street where she had boarded.  A woman called at the
hospital at noon and expressed her fear that the young girl might be her
daughter, who has been absent from home for a couple of months.  After
looking at the patient she was much relieved and thanked God that she
was not her missing girl.  A second mother visited the institution with
the same result.  Miss WHITE's condition is about the same as yesterday.
 
ASSAULTED BY MAN AND WIFE
William Curtis Stabbed for Saying "Red Herrings" to Mrs. Roberts. 
"Nora, Nora," cried a man lying on the sidewalk on Sixth street, near
North Fifth, Saturday night.  A man and a woman were beating him.  Nora
did not respond, but several persons gathered around and the man arose
and entered his house, No. 287 Sixth street.  He was covered with blood
and his wife, Nora, washed it off while his mother in law hurried to the
Fourth street Station House and informed the police.  The man's name is
William CURTIN, and he stated to an EAGLE reporter that the man and
woman who attacked him were Charles ROBERTS and his wife, who reside
next door to him.  There was a stab wound in his neck, another on his
face and his upper lip was badly cut.  He said that after being cut and
lying on the sidewalk Mrs. ROBERTS kicked him in the mouth.  He called
for his wife to assist but she did not present herself.  The trouble
originated according to CURTIN's story, over a casual remark he made to
Mrs. ROBERTS.  She was in a grocery store when he said, "Red herrings."
Mrs. ROBERTS informed her husband and they laid in wait for CURTIN and
assaulted him outside his own door in the manner described.
 
WHO IS SHE?
A Dying Patient in the Eastern District Hospital.
The Handsome Young Lady who Baffles All Efforts to Learn Her Name,
Although Her Condition is Next to Hopeless - Preferring Interment in a
Pauper's Grave to Revealing Her Identity. 
There is a handsome young female patient about whom there is
considerable mystery, as she persistently refuses to disclose her
identity, at the Eastern District Hospital.  She was found under
distressing circumstances outside the Forty-seventh Regiment armory, at
Fourth and North Second streets, at 3 o'clock one morning last week, and
was removed in the ambulance to the hospital.  She gave what she
admitted to be the fictitious name of Jessie WHITE, and her age as 19(?)
years.  Her refined manners and her conversation and her stylish apparel
indicated that she must have been carefully nurtured.  Although she is
in a precarious position, with the chances against her recovery, she
continues to remain silent, and there was no paper found on her by which
she could be identified.  The name of a prominent New York merchant
residing in the Nineteenth Ward has been coupled with hers, but she
declined to give any information on the point.  She stated to House
Surgeon O'KEEFFE that her relatives live in New York and are respectable
people.  She formed the acquaintance of the merchant over a year ago,
and at his suggestion she came to reside in the Eastern District three
months ago, boarding at a house on Second street.  She was ordered to
leave last Monday night and was not able to walk further than the armory
steps.  When told that she might not recover and that if she died
unrecognized she would probably be buried in a pauper's grave she
replied that she would much prefer such an interment under the
circumstances.  Her condition is less hopeful to-day and a clergyman
visited her at her own request.

CAN'T BLOW HIS LITTLE HORN
Mayor Grace Prevents a Brooklyn Prodigy from Playing at the Eden Musee. 
A few days ago, Mr. Elbridge T. GERRY caused the parents of Master E.
Clarence WORRALL, a very juvenile Brooklyn cornetist, to withdraw him
from the Eden Musee, where he has been serving as an attraction under
the caption of an infant cornetist.  The father appealed to Mayor GRACE
through Rev. Father E. J. O'REILLY, of St. Stephen's Church, and backed
up the latter's word with testimony from Dr. George R. KUHN, of this
city, and Mr. Patrick S. GILMORE, the one saying that the boy was in
good health and the other that cornet playing was a delightful and
harmless exercise for an infant.  The Mayor looked at the boy himself,
and then decided in favor of Mr. GERRY and his Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, on the ground that the boy did not
look healthy and was too little anyway to appear in public, even if he
was a prodigy.
 
A RATHER EARLY VISITOR
Yesterday morning Mrs. Charles EIFORT, of No. 321 Ellery street, was
awakened by a noise in the rear room off her bedroom, and on rising to
ascertain the cause found a strange man who, on seeing her, caught up a
tea cup and , hurling it at her with all his strength, struck her with
it on the side of the head, inflicting an ugly wound.  Taking advantage
of her stunned and dazed condition, the stranger escaped through the
rear window and over a fence.  It appears that he had entered the house
by undoing the fastenings of the window and raising the sash.
 
A GAME DID NOT WORK
Late on Saturday night a man went into John KRUGER's butcher store, at
218 Hamilton avenue, and asked the proprietor to cash a check for $7,
which was drawn by B. F. HUGHES in favor of D. F. AYERS, a personal
friend of KRUGER's.  Some objection was made when the stranger produced
a note purporting to be signed by Mr. AYERS, in which Mr. KRUGER was
asked to let the man have the money as a favor.  The butcher was still
suspicious, and sent one of his employees to see Mr. AYER [sic], and
while he was out the stranger disappeared and did not return.  Mr. AYERS
pronounced the check a forgery.
 
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
A Pleasant Affair at the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. WAGNER 
Mr. and Mrs. P. WAGNER, of No. 145 Concord street, celebrated the tenth
anniversary of their marriage last evening at their residence.  The
parlors were elegantly decorated and filled with guests.  At an early
hour in the evening dancing was begun, and was kept up until twelve
o'clock, when an intermission was had for supper.  
Among those present were 
Mr. and Mrs. P. WAGNER, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. KOECHLIN, 
S. Frederick WAGNER, 
Miss Annie MEYER, 
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. HAMMOND, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. FULLER, 
Mr. H. WITTY, Mr. 
Mrs. F. STANG, 
Miss Nettie FRENGER, 
Mr. and Mrs. P. HILL, 
Mr. BOYD, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. MCCORMICK, 
William H. SHOOK,
Mr. C. H. HAMBERT, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. MATHEWS, 
Mr. and Mrs. BLIVINS, 
Mr. and Mrs. George HUBERT, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. BITCHER, 
Mr. and Mrs. LOHMAN,
Miss Emma SALT, 
William FRIDAY, 
Mr. and Mrs. David RICHARDSON,  
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew HUGHES, 
Miss Gertie HUGHES, 
Dr. CHASE, 
Mr. and Mrs. MCKENZIE, 
Samuel DEAN, 
George DEAN, 
Fred. NASSAUER, 
Frank BOWEN, 
Mr. and Mrs. John WILSON, 
Mr. and Mrs. T. WILSON 
J. HANLON.
The bride and groom were the recipients of many costly gifts.
 
THEY HELPED THEMSELVES
Early on Sunday morning an entrance was effected into Patrick MURPHY's
saloon, at the corner of Bond and Carroll streets, and some liquor and
cigars valued at $5 were stolen.  Later in the day, three young men,
Thomas MURPHY of 864 Carroll street; Peter FAY of 370 Bond street, and
Alexander BEATTY of 366 Bond street, were arrested by Patrolman MCCARTY,
of the Third Precinct.  Part of the stolen property was found on the
prisoners.  They were committed for examination by Judge BERGEN yesterday.
 
SCHMIDT'S RETALIATION
Charles SCHMIDT was arrested by Officer MARTIN for intoxication
yesterday and when taken before Justice MASSEY he pleaded guilty to
having been drunk and then made a charge of violation of the Excise Law
against Otto STACHER, proprietor of a saloon, No. 1(2?) Sumner avenue,
whom he alleged sold him the liquor on Sunday.  A warrant was issued for
the arrest of STACHER.
  
STABBED THREE TIMES
Joseph LUKE, a resident of Bohemia, as a section of the city running
along Bremen street, in the Eastern District, is called, was arraigned
before Justice MASSEY yesterday to answer a charge of feloniously
assaulting Mrs. Tillie GLAHN of (3?)0 Bremen street.  Mrs GLAHN and LUKE
reside upon the same floor.  Yesterday after having returned home after
having visited a  [Transcriber's note: remainder of the article is missing.]
  
GENERAL LONG ISLAND NEWS
-A Petty Thief Arrested and Fined in Babylon
 
-John HUGHES, of Babylon, was fined $20 by Justice LEWIS for  stealing
two hats.
 
-On Dr. JONES' premises, at Cold Stream, a well has been sunk 130 feet
without finding water.
 
-The measles prevail to an alarming extent in Greenlawn, more than half
of the children being sick.
 
-The Presbytery of Nassau will meet in St. Paul's Church, at Foster's
Meadow, on Monday, April 13.
 
-Ann MCKENNA, of Flushing, was sent to jail for twenty-five days for drunkenness.
 
-T. Mitchell TERRY, of Northville, who eloped with the wife of Rev. Mr.
DOWNS and later sent her home to her father, has left Northville for
Mount Sinai, where he purchased the PHILLIPS farm for $4,000.
 
-The schooner Franklin, of Greenport, which was sunk in Port Jefferson
Harbor, has been floated and will be thoroughly overhauled.
 
-Joseph PENNY, of Southampton, wants to be keeper of the Pon Quoque
lighthouse.  The present keeper, Wesley SQUIRES, has held the position
thirteen years.  He was formerly captain of a whaling vessel.
 
GOING TO PANAMA
Dr. T. Urquhart JOYCE sailed today on the steamer Accapulco  for the
Isthmus of Panama.  He is an old and much esteemed resident of Brooklyn.
During the last two years he has made the voyage between New York and
Aspinwall many times as surgeon to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
and his success in the treatment of the various virulent disorders of
the Southern latitudes has made the steamship company loth to part with
him.  The Accapulco bears six hundred marines from the Brooklyn Navy
Yard to the scene of revolutionary trouble on the Isthmus.
 
ARRESTED BUT NOT HELD
Herman HAMBURGER, of 114 King street, reached home late Sunday night,
and while attempting to light a fire knocked over a kerosene lamp, which
ignited some of the furniture.  Very little damage was occasioned.
HAMBURGER was arrested by a zealous policeman, on a charge of arson, but
the sergeant refused to hold him.
 
CAPTURE OF A THIEF
Discovered in a Lumber Yard While Trying on a Stolen Coat. 
Last Friday, while the family of Peter ROONEY, residing at No. 106
[or166] Franklin street, were seated at supper, one of the members of
the family drew the attention of the others to a strange noise on the
next floor.  Mr. ROONEY ran up stairs and when he had reached the
landing he was confronted by a stranger, who dashed past him and rushed
into the street.  ROONEY gave chase and after running several blocks he
saw the thief scale the fence of a lumber yard near the Twenty-Third
street ferry.  ROONEY pursued him and while searching behind lumber
piles discovered the man in the act of trying on the best coat the Mr.
ROONEY possessed.  A struggle for its possession ensued, and in the
meantime, a policeman, who had been apprised of the occurrence, came
upon the scene.  At the station house the thief gave his name as William
CONNELL, of No. 111 Allen street, New York.  He was locked up and this
morning Justice NAEHER held him for examination.
 
PATRICK MURPHY'S FREAKS
Patrick MURPHY, aged 47 years, no home, was acting in a strange manner
at the North Eighth street Dock Saturday afternoon and expressed a
desire to drown himself, when an officer of the Fifth Precinct arrested
him.  He was suffering from delirium tremens and butted his head against
the wall in the station house, with the intention of destroying his
life.  He was taken to the hospital.
 
INCREASING HER INCOME
William FARRELL, who lives at 998 St. Mark's avenue, gave his wife $10
in three months for the support of his family.  Yesterday Justice MASSEY
put him under bonds to give her $5 a week.

7 April 1885
SQUIRE-JOHNSON - 
In Brooklyn, April 5, at the residence of the Rev. Mr.
FOOTE, Minnie P. JOHNSON, daughter of Captain Edward JOHNSON to Henry H.
SQUIRE, both of Brooklyn.

8 April 1885
HERRIMAN-SEELY
On Tuesday, APRIL 7, by the Rev. D. N. VANDERVEER at
the residence of the bride's parents, William S. HERRIMAN to Henrietta,
second daughter of Edward H. SEELY, Esq.
 
HURSTON - TAYLOR
At the residence of the bride's parents, on April 7,
1885, by the Rev. Charles TIBBALS, D. D., Miss Mary E. TAYLOR to Mr.
James HURSTON, both of Brooklyn.
 
RAY -FROST
On Tuesday, April 7, at the residence of the bride's
sister, by the Rev. William J. FROST, D. D., of Philadelphia, Conrad H.
RAY and Caroline, daughter of the late Samuel H. FROST.
 
HYMENEAL
IRWIN- TWING 
At half past eight o'clock last evening Christ Church, on Bedford
avenue, presented an attractive appearance.  The interior was
brilliantly lighted and the seats were all occupied, while the organ
pealed forth a wedding march.  The occasion was the marriage of Miss Ada
Livonia TWING, daughter of Rev. Cornelius L. TWING, pastor of St. Thomas
Chapel, on Cooper avenue, to Mr. John Clark IRWIN.  The bride was
handsomely dressed and carried a bouquet.  The ceremony was performed in
accordance with the Episcopal rite by Rev. Mr. TWING, assisted by the
Rev. Dr. S. M. HASKINS, of St. Mark's Church, and Rev. Dr. DARLINGTON,
of Christ's Church.  There were no bridesmaids, and the ushers were C.
L. TWING, Jr., Samuel IRWIN, Edward VAN TASSEL, William BISHOP, Alfred
W. SOUTHERLAND and John H. MOTT.  After the ceremony the bridal party
drove to the residence of the Rev. Mr. TWING, on Quincy street, where a
reception was held.  Mr. and Mrs. IRWIN departed on a bridal tour, to be
absent for a short time.
 
BROOKLYNITES IN BERMUDA.
Mr. Whitman KENYON, of Union street; Mr. Russell IRISH and son, of
Sackett street; Mr. and Mrs. Henry SHELDON of Montague street, and Mrs.
George CHAUNCEY and children, of Henry street, are enjoying the mild and
invigorating air of the Bermudas.  Surrogate Jacob L. BERGEN will sail
for the same place next Thursday, and will be followed by Mr. George
CHAUNCEY.  The latter gentleman will spend a month on the island, and
return to Brooklyn with his family.  

SCENE ON A CAR
Mr. Phillips Assaults His Daughter's Escort.
The Manager of an Eastern District Shoe Store in an Embarrassing
Predicament.
Chased Through the Streets by Officers.
His Explanation of the Incident. 
  A few evenings ago, a handsome, stylish, self-possessed young lady of
about twenty-four Summers emerged from Harding's shoe store at No. 191
Grand street, near Fifth, about nine o'clock, and stood on the sidewalk
for a moment until joined by a fine looking man, fully six feet, two
inches in height, with blonde hair and a small, light auburn mustache,
who hailed a passing horse car on the way to the ferries.  The lady
carried a pair of shoes neatly wrapped in paper on her arm, and the
gentleman gallantly assisted her on the platform without the aid of the
urbane conductor, who stood ready to perform that service.  When the
couple had entered the car, a short, stout gentleman, aged about
fifty-five years, without a word of warning, attacked the tall man and
in a moment had him grasped tightly by the ears.  A scuffle ensued
during which the tall man hurried from the car while three or four men
held his assailant.  The lady followed her companion to the sidewalk,
and the car with the stout man on board, passed on.  The incident
created only a momentary commotion on the car, and the lady and her
escort walked leisurely down Grand street to First, where they boarded a
passing Greenpoint car.  When they reached Broadway, they alighted and
immediately the stout man confronted them and gave the tall man a
violent push, which threw him face downward, on the street.  He lost no
time in regaining his feet and, after telling the lady to go home alone
as quickly as she could, he fled up Broadway as fast as his heels could
carry him.  The girl, when she saw him running, followed, screaming
hysterically, and, before she had covered many feet, she fell in a
swoon.  Two policemen took up the chase and captured the man after
running three blocks.  They instantly recognized him as Mr. Alexander D.
BARRY, the business manager in charge of Harding's Grand street shoe
store.  They thought he had probably stabbed the lady, and brought him
back to confront her.  The explanation was given that he was only
hastening from her irate father and that she, in her solicitude for his
safety, had screamed and fallen in a faint.  The old gentleman had
departed, and Mr. BARRY offered to take charge of the lady, at the same
time helping her in to an adjoining restaurant.  It was then ascertained
that she was Miss Clara PHILLIPS, and that it was her father, who
resides at South Second and Second streets, who had assaulted Mr. BARRY.
Miss PHILLIPS, when her escort was first attacked on Grand street, cried
out to him, "Don't hurt my papa."  The old gentleman rode to the
Broadway Ferry, where he awaited the arrival of the pair, with the
result already given.  As soon as Miss PHILLIPS recovered Mr. BARRY
accompanied her in a horse car to the bridge entrance.  She then went to
New York. 
   From well authenticated sources all the particulars of the case were
subsequently obtained.  Mr. BARRY, who had been in charge of Mr.
HARDING's store for eleven years, was a married man and the father of
three children. He is now about 32 years old.  He is handsome and fluent
and polished in his address.
   About six years ago he met Miss PHILLIPS, then 18 years old, and,
although a married man and father of three children, they became
intimate and were much in each other's society.  About this time Mrs.
BARRY instituted proceedings against her husband for absolute divorce,
and coupled the name of Miss PHILLIPS as a correspondent.  The case
lingered in the courts until about two months ago, when it was tried
before Judge VAN WYCK with closed doors.  Miss PHILLIPS was yet
mentioned as the correspondent and the name of a handsome young woman of
eighteen years, whose parents had been well known in that section, was
also in the complaint, but it was eliminated before the case came to
trial.  Mr. BARRY was alleged to have made the second lady's
acquaintance a couple of years ago in a rural cemetery - Mount Olivet -
and an officious gravedigger talked about the matter.  As is usual in
all such cases, the scandal reached his wife's ears.  The lady is said
to have left in comfortable circumstances by the death of her parents.
  Mr. BARRY put in no answer to his wife's complaint and a divorce
absolute was granted in her favor, with an allowance of $7 a week and
the custody of her children.  It was testified that MR. BARRY received a
salary of $24 a week. 
  Miss Clara, it appears, felt extremely jealous at the existence of the
second young lady, who was said to possess a share of the gay Lothario's
affections and devoted some time to trying to hunt her up, to no purpose.
  Miss PHILLIPS is the owner of what is considered by her lady friends a
very pretty foot, and she always wore neat fitting shoes of the finest
material and the best workmanship.  She visited Harding's store and had
her measure taken by Mr. BARRY.  She called for the shoes at half past
nine o'clock in the evening when he was closing up, and after paying for
them, Mr. BARRY offered to see her home.  They were on their way to the
ferry when the scene already described occurred.
   Mr. PHILLIPS is said to be not over charitable in his feelings toward
Mr. BARRY and when he accidentally encountered him on the street car
with his daughter lost control of his temper.  It was stated that he
threatened to again thrash Mr. BARRY on sight.
   An EAGLE reporter called on Mr. BARRY at the Grand street store.  He
said that he had been acquainted with Miss PHILLIPS for six years and
admitted that she was a correspondent in the divorce proceedings, but
said there was no truth in the allegations, as he could prove if he had
contested the case, which he allowed to go by default.  During the six
years he had only occasionally met her accidentally, and their relations
were only of a friendly kind.  It was wrong to mention the name of the
other young girl in connection with him in any way, and, as to the
graveyard insinuations, they were vile and false.  The lady was much
respected by all who knew her.  When he first met Miss PHILLIPS she did
not reside with her father, he said, nor does she now.  She was in
lucrative employment at a trade.  He had not seen her in a year, or
nearly so, until she entered the store to order the shoes.  He closed up
the store and was escorting her to the ferry when attacked.  He pushed
the old man away from him in the car and walked out.  He was surprised
to see Clara following him.  He had just alighted from the First street
car near the Broadway Ferry, and was helping Miss Clara off the
platform, when her father pushed him.  He slipped and fell, and when he
was assisted to his feet he told Clara to go home alone as he did not
want to get in any trouble.  He then fled, followed by Clara and the
policemen, but when he saw the officers he stood.  The policemen thought
that he stabbed some person, but when the situation was explained they
went about their business.  PHILLIPS had previously left.  He did not
desire the acquaintance of any lady, and regretted that in obeying the
dictates of common courtesy he should have brought so much trouble on himself.
 
9 April 1885
HERRIMAN - SEELY
On Tuesday, April 7, by the Rev. D. N. VANDERVEER, at the residence of
the bride's parents, William S. HERRIMAN to Henrietta, the second
daughter of Edward H. SEELY, Esq.

REDFIELD - FULLER
On Wednesday, April 8, at the Classon Av Presbyterian church, by the
Rev. H. Humphrey NEILL or Amherst, Mass, assisted by the Rev. A. J. F.
BEHRENDS, DD, William . REDFIELD to Elise MERCIEN, daughter of Humphrey
R. FULLER, all of Brooklyn.

UNCLEAN TENEMENT HOUSES
The tenement houses Nos 48 and 48 Columbia place are reported to be in a
most filthy condition.  Commissioner RAYMOND has notified the agent for
the property, Elias LYNCH, of no 1014 DeKalb avenue, that he must remedy
the evil at once.

10 April 1885
BALDWIN - BENNET
On Thursday, April 9, at the Tompkins av Congregational Church, by the
Rev George PENCTECOST,  Phoebe A. BENNET, to Lester H. BALDWIN, both of Brooklyn.

PIDDING - SHEVILLE
At 1503 Pacific st, April 8, by Rev George VAN DE WATER, Arthur Stephen
PIDDING of London, England, to Carolene SHEVELLE of Brooklyn.

SIMPSON-ROCKWELL
On July 19, 1884 [that's the date in paper], by Rev Howard HENDERSON, of
Jersey City, William REID SIMPSON to E. Frances ROCKWELL, both of Brooklyn.

CHASING A THIEF
OFFICER JAMES V. SHORT, IN A WAGON, OVERHAULS A FUGITIVE IN ANOTHER WAGON
Two men entered Herman ISAAC'S clothing store at No. 123 Grand street,
at 11 o'clock this morning and asked to be shown goods, which they
priced.  While one of the men engaged the proprietor in conversation the
other picked up two rolls of cloth and was running away with them with
Mr. ISSACS caught him.  He was taking him to the Fourth street Station
House, near by, when Officer James V. SHORT, who was off duty, saw the
second thief driving away at full speed in a wagon which had been
standing in front of the tore.  SHORT also procured a horse and wagon
and gave chase, catching the fugitive at First and North Fourth
streets.  The prisoners described themselves as Harvey BOCH, alias
BUTLER, of No. 10 East Third street, New York and Edward WALLACE, of
Maspeth.  Judge NAEHER held them for examination on a charge of larceny.

THE REPORTER'S NOTE BOOK-INCIDENTS OF MINOR IMPORTANCE IN BROOKLYN AND VICINITY
-The eighth anniversary of the Brooklyn City Lodge, No. 570, Knights of
Honor, will be celebrated on Monday evening at Saengerebund Hall, with
an entertainment and reception.

-Three tons of bob veal were seized by the health officers of New York at
several ferries along the North River.

-This evening , before the Young Men's Christian Association, Alexander
HUTCHINS, MD, will lecture of "Cigarette Smoking".

-"Charles the Second, the Merry Monarch," will be performed at the
residence of Dr. RIACH, No. 212 Seventeenth street, tonight.

-Next Tuesday evening a convention of canoeists will be held at No. 371
Fulton street.

-The annual ball of Company B, Fourteenth Regiment, will take place at
Saengerbund hall on the 14th.

-Brooklyn City Lodge, No. 570, I.O.O.F. will celebrate the eighth
anniversary of its foundation at Saengerbund Hall on the evening of
Monday next with a musical and literary entertainment and reception.

-The SUMPTER Club of this city is to observe the twelfth anniversary of
the reraising of the old flag on the walls of the Charlestown fort, with
a reception and dinner at the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening.

-St. John the Baptist Council, No. 8, Catholic Benevolent Legion, gives
an entertainment in St. John's College Hall, corner of Willoughby and
Lewis avenues, Monday evening, April 13.

-The Amaranth Dramatic Society will tender a complimentary benefit to
Clinton Commander, No. 14, K. T. at the Academy of Music tomorrow evening.

-John HUNTER, colored, about 10 o'clock this morning fell from a second
story window of his home, No. 96 Gwynnett street, and sustained
dangerous injuries.

-While George F. LEIGH was exhibiting trusses in his store at No. 69
Broadway yesterday  to two men a third stole $8 from the money drawer
and escaped.

-The Young People's Association of the Church of the Redeemer held their
regular monthly meeting last evening at the residence of Mr. Amos
Lanphear, 27 Nevins street.  After an oration by Mr. August KOLB and a
solo excellently rendered by Miss Lily MEYER, dancing was enjoyed.

A HUSBAND'S BRUTALITY
HUGH TONER TRIES TO THROW HIS WIFE OUT OF A WINDOW
"Don't throw me out!  Don't throw me out!" screamed a woman who was
already half out of the open window on the second story of the dwelling
of No.147 North Second street, shortly before 8 o'clock last evening.
She held firmly to the sill while her husband attempted to dislodge her
grip.  A young man, attracted by the woman's cries, entered the house
and hurriedly ascended to the second floor.  The husband turned to
assault him, but a powerful blow sent him to the floor.  He regained his
feet and attached the young man, but several men who had just entered
held him until the arrival of Officers HAYES and PETERS, who took him
into custody.  He made a desperate resistance, and on the way to the
station house he tried several times to break loose from his captors.
At the station house he gave his name as Hugh TONER.  His wife says that
when her husband reached home at about 8 o'clock he quarreled with her
and caught her by the hair, dragging her again and again around the
floor and striking her with his fists. She screamed and he drew her
toward the window and tried to throw her out.  Justice NAEHER sent Toner
to jail for six months.

CHASING A CRIMINAL.
William JACKSON Captured in Long Island City.
	This morning about two o'clock, Police Officer SHERIDAN  arrested after
a long chase and a desperate resistance, one of the two men whom he had
seen acting very suspiciously in the neighborhood of the best houses in
Long Island City, on the Hill.  The other man escaped.
	The prisoner fell in his flight after SHERIDAN had fired two shots at
him ineffectually.  The officer found a large self cocking loaded
revolver in his hand.  An examination of the revolver showed that when
he man fell the lock was choked with sand and dirt.  A large jimmy and a
sheath knife were also picked up.  He gave his name as William JACKSON.

11 April 1885
DEWEY - BOOTH
On Wed, April 8, 1885. by the Rev. George M. REED, at the residence of
the bride's parents, William Henry DEWEY to Harriett O. BOOTH, all of
Brooklyn.

IRWIN - TWING
In Christ Church, Brooklyn, E.D., by the Rev. Cornelius L. TWING,
assisted by the Rev. S. M. HASKINS, D.D., and the Rev. J. H. DARLINGTON,
John CLARK IRWIN to Ada Livonia TWING, daughter of the officiating
clergyman.

ROBINS - SUTTON
On April 8, at the residence of the brides parents, by the Rev. Henry.
B. CORNWELL, Jennie HARPER BUTTON and Samuel Charles ROBINS.

UNRECOGNIZED AND DYING -
THE MYSTERIOUS PATIENT AT THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL
Miss Josie WILSON, the young lady confined in the Eastern District Hospital 
who refused to disclose her identity or divulge the name of the man who was 
the cause of her trouble, has been unconscious at intervals during the past 
two days and no hope of her recovery is entertained.  She was asked in the 
lucid moments to give the name of some relative or friend, so that he or 
she might be sent for, but firmly declined to do so.  She was told of her 
approaching death, and it was hoped that she would send for her betrayer, 
but she kept her lips closed.  The attending physicians are of the opinion 
that she will die with her secret unrevealed. 
Coroner HESSE was summoned last night to take her acute mortem statement if 
she had any to make.  The Coroner questioned her but she refused to say anything.  
House Surgeon SAYLES stated that the girl must have been wandering around for a 
day or more before she was found on the steps of the Forty-Seventh Regiment 
armory at 3 o’clock last Thursday morning a week ago.  The merchant, she stated, 
paid her board for several months at a house on Second street.  She lived in New York.
After particulars of the case were published in the Eagle six or seven gray 
haired ladies called at the hospital looking for their daughters.  They went 
away relived.

QUARRELING ABOUT THE GALLOWS.
HOW A DISCUSSION ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WOUND UP.
Late last night John VOGEL and John BEEKING, who board at No. 222 Nassau street, 
engaged in an argument concerning the advisability of capital punishment,
the subject having been brought forward while they were discussing the 
execution of MILLS.  VOGEL, having failed to convince his opponent by means 
of logic assaulted him.  During the rough and tumble fight which ensued, 
BEEKING was stabbed in the left thigh by VOGEL with a small penknife.  
VOGEL was arrested and locked up in the First Precinct Station House. 
This morning he was taken before Judge WALSH who committed him for examination.

SUFFOLK COUNTY INTELLIGENCE.
NEW OFFICERS OF THE SOUTH SIDE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
The South Side Teacher’s Association of Suffolk County elected the following officers:  
President C. C. MARAH, Babylon; 
vice president, A. J. WELLS, Bayport; 
secretary and treasurer, Miss Laura MARSH, Babylon.

Daniel D. CONKLIN, one of the old time whaling captains, died  suddenly in Greenport.

The Port  Jefferson Strawberry Producers’ Association elected 
William H. EDWARDS, president; 
Sylvester HULSE, vice President; 
Thomas R. TERRY, treasurer; 
John E OVERTON, secretary.

THE REPORTER’S NOTE BOOK
INCIDENTS OF MINOR IMPORTANCE IN BROOKLYN AND VICINITY.
The ladies of the Washington Street M. E. Church have had Wechsler & Abraham’s 
old store generously placed at their disposal for a fair which will be opened 
on the 14th inst.

Rose KEIATY, the wanderer who attempted to commit suicide last Tuesday by 
jumping in the river at the foot of Court street, was committed to the 
penitentiary for six months by Judge BERGEN this morning.

Mr. Cyrus W. FIELD today resigned as a director of the Mercantile Trust 
Company and of the Acadia Coal Company and son sails for Europe to be absent 
several months.

The Children’s carnival at Trinity Chapel, Duffield street, near Myrtle avenue, 
closed last evening.,

Some time on the 9th inst carpenters tools valued at $20 were stolen from 
Edward GRIFFITH’s shop at the corner of Eighth avenue and Eighth street.

A few minutes before 9 o’clock last night Edward PIKE, a second hand clothes 
dealer dropped dead in his store at No. 192 Smith street.  Heart disease is 
supposed to have been the cause of death.

Edward REILLY, of No. 67 Withers street, was yesterday bitten by a dog 
belonging to John LOWERY, of No. 323 Lorimer street.

James TOBY, of N 197 Floyd street, aged 17, and Louis BAKER, of No. 199 
Floyd street, aged 18, charged with upsetting ash barrels on Leonard street, 
were this morning fined $5 each by Justice NAEHER.

Harness valued at $20 was stolen last night from the stable of John MILLER, 
No 1047 Flushing av.

Bridget NOLAN, in her suit for damages under the Civil Damages act against 
John McCAFFREY got a verdict of six counts.

12 April 1885
SKELETONS.--THE DISCOVERY MADE ON THE HALL OF RECORDS SITE.
LABORERS DISINTER THE REMAINS OF A WOMAN AND CHILD 
CORONER MENNINGER’S THEORY.  
THE GAMBLING DEN WHICH STOOD ON THE CORNER OF BOERUM PLACE AND FULTON STREET.
Coroner MENINGER was notified this morning that some human bones had been 
found by the workmen who are digging out the ground next to the Court House 
for a foundation for the Hall of Records which is to be erected.  The Coroner 
went there this morning and examined the portions of the skeletons found.  He 
states that they are parts of the bones of an adult woman and a child.  The 
woman’s skull is in good state of preservation, and the upper jaw contains a 
set of well preserved teeth.  The skull of the child is in fragments.  An 
Eagle reporter asked the Coroner if the remains might have been the property 
of some physician or medical student.
"No," he said, "I fancy that there may have been a graveyard here at some 
time and that these bones are portions of bodies which were interred there."
"An old Brooklynite said to the reporter:
"During the revolutionary period there was a fort and fortifications about 
where the corner of Boerum street and Atlantic avenue now is.  The fort 
was called Fort Swift, and there were several houses in the vicinity.  There 
was at that time a burying ground, which was located about where the 
Court House stands, and I should not be surprised if these workmen do not 
come across many more skeletons."
Coroner MENNINGER ordered the bones found to be sent to the Morgue and an 
inquest will probably be held.
The spot where the skeletons were found is just about where the old 
livery stable of Ephraim SNEDEKER formerly stood.  The structure was 
demolished ten or twelve years ago.  Contiguous to the stable was a 
bar room, which was the rendezvous of may old Brooklynites with sporting 
proclivities.  Gambling to a considerable extent was reported to be carried 
on in a rear part of the building, and the place did not enjoy the best of 
reputations among the respectable people of the vicinity.

BIRTHDAY RECEPTION.
The birthday reception given by Miss Lizzie DOYLE at her residence in 
Degraw street, was a very enjoyable affair.  The following persons were present:  
Misses Jennie and Maggie STUTTZ, 
Misses Isabel and Fannie GRIFFIN, 
Miss Anna BREEN, 
Miss Katie CLYNE, 
Miss Katie FONTAINE, 
Miss Emily NORTHCOTTE; 
Messr. Charles LINK, 
Messr. Martin BREEN, 
Messr. Charles SCHWITMER, 
Messr. Dayton REED, 
Messr. Frank MARCELLA, 
Messr. Charles LIESLER, 
Messr. Charles CLYNE, 
Messr. Ernest DELLAR and others.

LONG ISLAND INTELLIGENCE.
-Fred WALTERS, of the Cold Spring hatchery, has stocked Lake Ronkonkoma 
with 300,000 bass.

-A son of Martin CARROLI of Huntington, has been missing since Friday of last week.

-During the Summer John H. STARIN will run a steamboat between Northport, 
Huntington, Cold Spring and New York.

-Franklin H. KALBFLEISCH and family, of this city, are occupying their 
Summer residence at Babylon.

-Ex-Judge McCUE's Summer residence at Babylon is being enlarged.

-Mayor GRACE has purchased the WINTHROP farm at Dorson’s Glen Cove, 
nor far from the country seat of Mr. Charles DANA.

-RECEPTION BY TUNIS G. BERGEN.
An informal reception was given last evening by Mr. Tunis G. BERGEN at 
his residence at No. 127 Pierrepont street, to the members of the Board
of Education, to further their social acquaintance. Many matters of 
mutual interest were talked over in an informal matter.  The Board was 
fully represented with the exception of 
Messrs William BERRI, LIPPMAN, SHARMANN, HENDRICKS and CLANCY.

A BROOKLYNITE’S INVENTION.
BY WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE CHAIR MAKING TRADE.
Mr. James HODSON, of this city, is the patentee of a loom for weaving cane 
chair seats.  Most of this work is done in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 
and it is expected that the new patent will revolutionize the trade.  
Mr. HUDSON says that an expert manual operator can cane a seat 14 by 10 
inches in one hour and forty minutes and claims that the new loom will do 
the same work in thirty five minutes.  In handwork a large item of expense 
is the waste of cane, while with the machine every inch is utilized.  The 
new loom consists of an oblong frame mounted on four legs.  The cane warp 
is wound on bobbins in front, each strand being separated by a brass disk, 
and passes up through a perforated bar to a series of guides working vertically 
on scentrio cams below the frames.  Thence the warp passes to the seat that 
is to be woven, where the ends are fastened.  The cane being “set up”, the 
weave turns a cylinder that alternately raises and depresses the vertical 
guides and passes the woof backward and forward with an extremely simple and 
ingenious shuffle.  The weaving being finished the seat is pushed back and one 
after another put in its place until the length of cane warp is exhausted, 
when they are cut apart.  The loose ends are then woven in diagonally with 
the shuttle by hand, all the word being done on the surfaced and thus saving 
the long up and down pull on the hand worker.  The seat is fastened with a 
border in the old style.

THE REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK.
INCIDENTS OF MINOR IMPORTANCE IN BROOKLYN AND VICINITY.
Superintendent WALLING, of New York, has instructed the police to arrest 
every person found throwing ashes or refuse in the streets after May 1.

A picture representing the scene at the laying of the cornerstone of the 
Produce Exchange building, New York, was presented to the Board yesterday 
by Alexander E. ORR

Miss CAVANAUGH, contralto of the new quartet of Mr. BEECHER’s Church, will 
give a concert at Historical Hall, on the 23d inst, assisted by well known artists.

The members of Greenwood Chapter No 265, R. A N, held their grand concert 
and soiree Friday evening at the Prospect Heights Assembly Rooms.  It 
was largely attended.

Fulton Lodge No 2140, Knights of Honor, will give a musical entertainment at 
the lodge rooms 94 and 96, Court street, on the evening of Thursday, April 16.

"Scanderberg," a forgotten hero, will be the subject of a paper which the 
Rev. James M. Ludlow DD, will deliver before the members of the Long Island 
Historical Society, on Tuesday evening next, in Historical Hall.

A musical and literary entertainment will be given on Tuesday evening at 
Irving Music hall under the auspices of the St. Mark's Relief Society.

A FREEBOOTER NABBED
Charles Smith, aged 28 years, was arrested last evening by Patrolman COPELAD, 
of the Thirteenth precinct, in the act of stealing a pair of boots from 
the store front of Isidor AKLUS, N 53 Broadway.

FIVE OVER EIGHTY.
There were ten deaths in New Lots the past week.  Of the deceased five 
were over eighty years of age.

MR. FRELINGHUYSEN’S CONDITION
NEWARK, NJ  APRIL 11
Mr. Frelinghuysen’s condition remains unchanged.  He is conscious and 
answers all questions understandingly.  He suffers but little pain.

ABOUT BROOKLYN PEOPLE.
-Miss Jennie M. CROWE, of Pulaski street, has gone to Youngstown, Ohio,
where she expects to spend a few weeks.

-Mr. E. C. FITZGERALD was the gentleman who sang the bass in the priest’s 
part in 'King Robert of Sicily,'which was red by Mr. RIDDLE to Mr. 
Henry CARTER’s organ accompaniment at Plymouth Church.

-The engagement of Miss Kate L. COE, daughter of ex-State Senator John COE, 
to Mr. William SMITH is announced.

-Mr. Edward MCEVOY, a well known Brooklynite who has been residing at 
Foster Meadows, LI where he held a responsible position in the employ of 
Messrs. ANDREWS & Co., has again taken up a permanent residence in this city.

-The friends of Charles C. SOLOMON, late corporal in the Thirteenth Regiment, 
will be glad to learn of his good fortune in Mexico, 
where he has been for some time past.  He was recently married to 
Signora Consuelo SANTIBANEZ, of Oaxaca, one of the reigning bells of that State.  
The groomsmen were the State Treasurer and the State Secretary.

-Mr. Thomas W. HYNES, formerly of the Board of Education, was for many years 
has lived in the Twenty-first Ward, has changed his address to Flatbush.

-Dr. H. A. TUCKER, of this city, has had his Summer residence at Cottage City 
changed and improved in many important particulars during Winter.  It is now 
cosier than ever,and is guests from Brooklyn this season will appreciate all 
the work that has been done.  The doctor is to be congratulated upon is spirit 
and good taste.

-J. F. FRADLEY, of Elliott place, has returned from a three months’ trip 
through the Southern States, in good health.

-Misses Grace COLLINS and Ellie H. SUYDAM and Mrs. George A. HAND distinguished 
themselves ably and well at the annual entertainment of the Young Philharmonic 
society, given in the Central Congregational Church last Thursday evening.

-Mr. Edward J. FITZHUGH, organist and choirmaster of the Church of the Redeemer, 
has resigned his position and accepted the appointment of musical director of 
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New York.  Mr. Fitzhugh’s withdrawal will be a 
serious loss to the cause of church music in this city.

-Mr. C. Franclyn EDGAR, of Henry street, a great favorite in New York and 
Brooklyn society and known in dramatic circles as C. Franclyn REGLID, 
recently with DALY’s Fifth Avenue Company, by kind permission of Estelle CLAYTON 
and her manager, will appear next Tuesday and Thursday evening in the 
leading parts at a benefit performance for the Church of the Holy Innocents.

-Last Sunday evening the child of William H. GLEAVY master block maker of the 
Navy Yard, was christened by the Rev. Father MCCARTY, of St. Augustine’s Church, 
Fifth avenue.  Among those who witnessed the ceremony were 
Tax Collecter James TANNER, 
Naval Constructor MINTONYE, 
Amos F LEARNED, 
Chief Engineer KELLY, 
Thomas LOWRY, 
James CLARK and many others.

-Sergeant HANSEN, the genial sentinel, who guards the door of the commodores 
office in the Navy Yard, was absent from his post for several days last week 
on account of sickness.

-Surrogate Jacob I. BERGEN, accompanied by his father, Mr. Isaac J. BERGEN, 
started for the Bermuda Islands for a two weeks’ rest on Friday afternoon.  
He was accompanied by many friends to Pier 40, North River, and as the steamer 
started, he received a hearty bon voyage.

-Mrs. Charles THOMAS, of South Brooklyn, has joined the choir of the Fifth-second 
street Church, New York.  She is one of the favorite contraltos of this city.

-Stanley REYNODS, familiar to Brooklyn people as a comedian, who has been 
traveling in the West returned home last week.  Mr. Reynolds was formerly well 
known as an amateur.

-Mr. Robert REILLY, who is known to a large circle of people in New York and 
Brooklyn as the author of some excellent musical compositions, has added 
another laurel to his wreath.  His latest work which was published last week, 
is said by musical critics to give evidence of the ability of a high order.  
Mr. REILLY is to be congratulated on his latest success.

-Mr. John A. CLARRY has been elected to represent St. Ambrose’s Union, of this city, 
in the coming national convention of Catholic Young Men’s Societies to be held at 
Newark, NJ.

-Mr. Fenton ROCKWELL, of the Twenty-fifth Ward, has recently been made Brevet Colonel 
of the GAR.  Mr. Rockwell holds a prominent position also, in Dakin Post GAR.

-Mr. J. H. PRATT, the wide awake treasurer of the Central Congregational Church, 
last week disposed of somebody’s posthumous female baby which was found under a 
Franklin avenue stoop and [rest missing]

-Mr. William . SMITH formerly of this city, is visiting his Mother in Pacific street.  
Mr. Smith is in business in Rutland, Vt where he has been for several years past.

-Mr. Thomas STRYKER, brother of Frank STRYKER, an officer in the Court of Sessions, 
was married on Tuesday evening to Miss Mary MCGRATH, by Rev. Father WOOD of the 
Jay street Cathedral.

-Mr. Frank H. MAGUIRE, Chief Clerk of the Sheriff’s office, wears a handsome 
deputy sheriff’s badge of gold enameled in blue, and surmounted by a diamond 
eyed eagle, presented to him recently by appreciative friends.

-Miss Sarah SANBORN, of Sackett street, gave a reception Tuesday evening at 
her residence, at which a large number of the young lady’s friends thoroughly 
enjoyed themselves.

-Miss Lillian C. WONDERLY, of Elm place, and Mr. T. O’DOUGHERTY, of Lafayette avenue, 
were married last week at the Church of the Transfiguration by Rev. C H. O’DOUGHERTY, 
brother of the groom.  The young married couple has gone on a flying honeymoon 
tour to Philadelphia and Washington.

FLATBUSH PIGGERIES.
TROUBLE ABOUT THE PAY OF FIFTEEN POLICEMEN,
The health authorities of Flatbush have taken a sudden dislike to the 6000 
pigs between East New York and the city line at the park.  To suppress them 
the members of the Board employed fifteen '“pig policemen' to watch all wagons 
coming from Brooklyn and cut off the supplies of swill.  To support these men 
the Board appealed to the town meeting last Friday for $1,800.  By a viva voce 
vote upon amendment the amount was reduced to $800.  The manner of voting was 
objected to as illegal, and a ballot was had, whereby the whole amount was 
appropriated.  It is objected that the appropriation, in its present shape, 
is illegal, as the people having once decided to give the smaller amount, 
cannot change.  The matter will probably have to be decided by the courts.  
Meantime the porcine police are being supported by public subscription.

13 April 1885
PINTO - MOORE - On Thursday evening, the 9th inst., at Christ Church,,
New Brighton, SI by the Rev. Dr. George LEADS, of Baltimore, assisted by
Rev. George JOHNSON, William Albert PINTO, of Brooklyn, to Mabel,
daughter of  C. A. MOORE.    Philadelphia and Boston papers please copy.

LIVELY TUSSLE IN OYSTER BAY.
Coroner BAYLIS Emerges with Eyes Badly Blackened.
The result of the town meeting in Oyster Bay led to a fight Saturday
night between Coroner Valentine BAYLIS and Jacob BUIMPSTEAD.  The
Bumpstead party defeated the Baylis faction in the election contest, and
the two leaders meeting for the first time began a discussion of the
methods employed, which led up to blows.  It is alleged that the Coroner
was the aggressor, and that with a single blow he knocked Bumpstead from
the steamboat dock into the bay.  When Bumpstead regained the land he
attacked the Coroner vigorously, blackening both his eyes and doing
serious damage to his face.  There will be no legal proceedings.   The
men are heavy weights, and Baylis is several years older than Bumpstead.

A MISSING DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Supposed to Have Fallen Overboard While in Charge of a Vessel.
W. G. HOWE, of the Nineteenth Ward, a deputy sheriff, was sent on
Saturday to take charge during the night of the tugboat Charles B.
Sanford, lying at the Foot of Conover street.  He was seen on board the
vessel at six o’clock in the evening.  At midnight he was seen coming
from  a liquor store in Elizabeth street and going toward the river.
Yesterday morning he was missing.  It is feared that he fell overboard,
and the men were employed this morning dragging the river for his body.

NO SOUP,  BUT A SORE HEAD.
Mary KING Injured by Her Dusky Lord and Master.
Mary KING, a white woman, appeared before Justice MASSEY this morning,
to prosecute James COXSON, a colored man, with whom she had been living,
for striking her over the head with a frying pan, because she had failed
to provide supper for him.  She almost died from the result of her
injuries. Coxon said he was an old Brooklynite, having lived in the city
over sixty years.  He had a wife and ten children, but had left them to
live with the complainant.  he had provided her with a home all through
the winter, and had done all he could to make her comfortable.  On the
day of the assault he gave her money to buy liquor with, and also to
purchase food for his supper.  She promised to give him soup.  All
through the day he had worked hard, buoyed up by the anticipation a soup
supper.  when he got home he found the woman intoxicated and there was
no fire, no light and no supper.  He thought of how he had worked to
keep her out of the cold and snow, and it made him so mad that he picked
up the first thing he could lay his hands on and struck her over the
head.  He did not mean to hurt her.  The magistrate accepted a plea of
guilty of assault in the third degree and sent Coxon to the Penitentiary
for six months.

THE E. D. HOSPITAL MYSTERY.
Josie WILSON Visited by a Distinguished Looking Lady.
	Miss 'Josie Wilson,' the mysterious patient at the Eastern District
Hospital, was visited yesterday by a lady who is supposed to be her
sister.
	The door bell of the institution was rung at five o’clock in the
afternoon and a richly dressed lady with large and lustrous diamonds and
of commanding appearance inquired for 'Josie Wilson'.  She was admitted
and Dr. SAYLES showed her to the ward where Josie is confined, satisfied
that she was her sister.  The dignified lady looked at Josie for a
moment and as tears came to her eyes she embraced her affectionately.
Josie wept and kissed the woman who bore an unmistakable resemblance to her.
	The visitor drew a chair alongside the bed and chatted in an undertone
with her for half an hour.  Josie felt relived although she tried to
hide her head and avert her face at first.  The two kissed at parting
and the visitor promised to call again.
	The strange lady was careful during her conversation to speak in a
whisper, and no word escaped her lips to indicate who she was or to
divulge Josie’s secret.  She avoided all mention of her own name or of
Josie’s, and did not say where she could be found or communicated with
in the event of  Josie’s death.

LIKELY TO DIE
George FINN From Injuries Received at Michael BROPHY’S Hand.
A row about a crazy quilt won, at a raffle March 21, took place on that
date at Michael
BROPHY’S saloon, on the corner of Douglass and Bond streets.  It was
enlivened by a struggle which took place between BROPHY and George FINN,
in which the latter received a violent push and, staggering backward,
fell with his head against the corner of the icebox.  He received a
severe scalp wound, but after a while was able to walk to his home with
the assistance of a friend named Bernard CHAMBERS.  Next day he made a
charge of assault against Brophy, who was arrested on a warrant issued
by Judge BERGEN.
	The case, when it came up, was adjourned, bail being accepted for the
prisoner’s appearance.  For the first two weeks after receiving the
injury, Finn was confined to his house, but nothing serious was
apprehended.  A few days since he became much worse and the physician
attending him, Dr. DOWER, began to entertain serious doubts concerning
his recovery.  Yesterday morning the patient was in such a condition
that Dr. Dower thought it was his duty to inform the police, so that
they might summon the Coroner to take his anti-mortem statement.  This
was done, and Coroner MENNINGER, accompanied by Brophy and Policeman
RORKE, of the Third Precinct, by whom he had been rearrested, went to
the dying man’s house.  The statement which he made was substantially as
given above, and he positively identified Brophy.  This morning Finn was
still alive, but the doctors in attendance on him did not expect that he
would live through the day.  Brophy was taken before Judge Bergen this
morning, who adjourned the case for a week holding him to await the
result of Finn’s injuries.

A BAKER BADLY BURNED.
August LIPS, employed in the baker shop of Daniel WERISTH, No. 466
Atlantic avenue, while handling a ban [pan] of boiling grease at noon
to-day, accidentally upset it, and was severely burned by the scalding
contents upon the face and both arms.  An ambulance was sent for and the
injured man removed to St. Peter’s Hospital.

ASSAULTED HIS MOTHER’S VISITOR.
Bernard CAMPBELL, of 1473 Dean street, a tall raw boned Irish lad, was
charged with having attempted to assault Hester MAHAN, a middle aged
woman, while she was on her way home having visited his mother.  The
woman’s face bore evidence of a ??? struggle.  The accused pleaded not
guilty and was held for examination.

THE REPORTER’S NOTE BOOK
Incidents of Minor Importance in Brooklyn and Vicinity.

James O’KEEFE, a member of the Second Ward Democratic Association, says
he never expressed himself as being surprised at learning that members
of the committee appointed to raise funds to defray the expenses of the
association, were required to perform such duty.

A suit of clothes was stolen from Walter BROWN, a boarder in the
dwelling No. 65 Keap street, Saturday night.  Detective HOLLAND found
the property in a pawn shop this morning.

Thomas BROOKS, of No. 23 Rush street, was knocked down by a Greenpoint
car in Kent avenue last night and sustained a severe injury.

One hundred and fifth carpenters and joiners of New York are on strike.
The union to which the men belong have a big strike fund and the
strikers will receive $10 per week while out of work.

BRIDGE EARNINGS
The bridge earned $10,833.78 last week.

14 April 1885
DAVENPORT - HEFREN - By the Rev. Father MCNAMEA, of St. Theresa's
Church, on Monday evening, William H. DAVENPORT to Ella E. HEFREN, both
of Brooklyn.  No cards.

BARTLETT  - AUERBACH
In Brooklyn, April 14, 1885, by the Rev. Lindsay PARKER, of St.
George's, NY.  J. W. BARTLETT, MD of Massachusetts, and Miss Sadin
AUERBACH of this city.

CARVING HIS OWN THROAT
A Young Man Whose Marriage was Indefinitely Postponed
Bernard KENNEDY, aged 28 year, made a desperate attempt to cut his
throat last night in his mother's apartment in the basement of the
tenement No. 228 North Fifth street.  He became engaged to be married to
a prepossessing young lady residing on Graham avenue last Saturday
night.  He called at her house on Thursday evening, according to Mrs.
KENNEDY's story, and when he approached the subject of their marriage,
she treated him coldly.  He then asked her if she had all the
arrangements for their coming nuptials perfected.
"I would inform you, Mr. Kennedy," she said in icy tones, "that I have
changed my mind about our marriage and will never wed you."
	He asked her what had occurred to make her change her mind.
"It is sufficient, sir, "she replied with much dignity, "to inform you
that our marriage must be indefinitely postponed."
	Bernard intimated that some person must have supplanted him in her
affections, but got no satisfaction.
	He departed soon after and entered the nearest saloon, where he tried to
drown his sorrows.  He drained schooner after schooner, and later on his
friends him helped him to spend a portion of the money he had saved to
embark on the matrimonial seas.  He kept up the debauch, with short
intervals for sleep, until last night.
	When he reached home at half past ten o'clock his mother had supper on
the table ready for him, but he refused to touch it and taking up a dull
knife and a fork proceeded to carve his throat.  He did not make much
headway with the knife, so he dropped it and secured one which he
regarded as sharper.  He drew the blade across his throat twice with all
his strength, inflicting a deep, jagged wound five inches long.  The
windpipe was laid bare.  Ambulance Surgeon O'KEEFE  dressed the wound,
sewing it up and then bandaging it carefully.  While he was being
treated, KENNEDY expressed his regret at not having completed the work
of self destruction, and said that he would repeat the attempt on his
life at the first opportunity.  He was placed in the ambulance in charge
of an officer of the Fifth Precinct and was taken to the Eastern
District Hospital.  His recovery is doubtful.

A NARROW ESCAPE
The Experience of New York Firemen in a Burning Building
Nine firemen narrowly escaped instant death at an early hour this
morning at the fire in HUMER's piano factory, at No. 511 West
Forty-second street, New York.  As the men were at work in the building
a loud crash was heard, and the floor of the second story, where nine
firemen were at work, sank into the cellar.  Calls were at once sent out
for assistance, and it was not long before a large force of men were at
work.  In about half an hour all the men had been safely taken from
their perilous positions.  None of them are seriously inured, with the
exceptions of Michael CAMPBELL, William GORMAN and John PRINCE.  They
were this morning removed from the hospital to their homes.

BELLIGERENT BAKER
A man named James BAKER went into George GATES' liquor store at the
corner of Inmlay and Bowne streets yesterday afternoon and demanded a
drink, saying he would pay for it at some future date.  His request was
met by a prompt refusal, which so enraged him that he seized a chair and
demolished a mirror, several lamps and a quantity of bottles containing
liquor, valued in all at $30.  He managed to make his escape.

TRIED TO HANG HIMSELF
Joseph WEISCHERT, a farmer, aged 36 years, residing with his wife at No.
75 Gerry street, attempted suicide about 5 o'clock last evening by
hanging himself to a beam in the cellar.  His wife discovered him
already nearly strangled, and took him down.  Dr. FISCHER, of Flushing
avenue, was called in and succeeded in resuscitating him.  Mrs.
Weischert's first husband, it is said, committed suicide by poisoning
himself.  She and Weischert have been married nine years.  Of the former
marriage, there are three grown up children; of the latter, a boy, aged
about 8 years.

A SUPPOSED BURGLAR SHOT
Mr. Louis Briggs, a storekeeper at Mamaroneck, hearing a noise in his
store about 1:30 this morning, took a revolver and proceeded thither.
Seeing a man in the act of forcing his way through the front window he
fired. The stranger fell back on the stoop and was found to have
received the ball in his body, and his recovery is doubtful.  The
wounded man proved to be Charles BEERS, a resident of the town who
asserts that he accidentally fell against the window, a statement that
is not credited.

TAKEN ABACK
A Dangerous Lunatic Who Escaped From Flatbush.
Recapture of the Man who Notified President Arthur that His Life Would
be Attempted – At Liberty for a Week.
Howell VANDERHOOF, a dangerous inmate of the Insane Asylum at Flatbush,
escaped from that institution on Wednesday last.  He had been allowed a
little more freedom than the majority of his fellows and utilized it
with much celebrity.  Four years ago VANDERHOOF was a home painter in
Newark NJ with an imaginative temperament that found vent in fantastic
sign painting and a predilection for politics, which occassionally got
him into trouble with old Hunter Democrats of Essex County.  VANDERHOOF
was a Stalwart of the Stalwarts, and went out of his head when ARTHUR
wad declared President.  BARNUM’s circus was in Newark at that time and
VANDERHOOF dropped in one morning with his head full of politics and his
brain whirling with foolish fancies to see Jumbo.  While in the circus
tent he claimed to have overheard a conversation between half a dozen
local politicians who were plotting to “fix” ARTHUR and had already
selected one of their number to do the work.  He immediately notified
the President by mail. The note was returned from the White House to the
municipal authorities of Newark, with a request for an investigation.
In the meantime, VANDERHOOF had left Newark for Brooklyn where he got
work at his trade.  His fellow workmen noticed some peculiarities about
him, and an amateur lunacy commission had already decided that he was
better fitted to grace the inside of the big building at Flatbush than
many of its inmates.  The official inquiry set on foot by the Newark
authorities developed the fact that Vanderhoof was mentally unsound.
The experts recommended that he be sent to the insane asylum at
Flatbush.  He comported himself