New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-10
CITY ITEMS

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This WAS the qoesiion Of yornT xr~s
ago, upon her re,Grn fIcin New-York. whitA.,
been by the Harlem Railroad, o spend those ana
other soillipgs, in ZONE ii = moneyspsnding wa,,
amply provided about the ZINE Of the holiday.
Or course tie answer Ma
| "NO, have hot seen it; have YOU lo..;,r,
al fear 60 If did not leaye /, On the ,abls .b.,r
put az thougb all my money in my por,e ,oovu.,s,
So the table, and every other possible or probah.
paee where a little gold coin coud hide abou, ,ba
| house was searched bat the shiniog face Of Ibe,v
did not sbog itsef upoD thst particular impression If
Uncle Sans steam prsss at Philadelphia. Il wa.
| lot.
"wby, Mary, how could you lose IL Can you
think Did you drop it anyshere when payisg
out money!"
"Ob, no, for ] ni,eed it in the carr, was showing
Uncle my money and soon as took it out, re-
marked to him that twenty-shilIDg gold piece was
missing"
"Ob, then you must baye dropped il in the cara and
Of course Hih it again. DID you ieok foi u
there Z"
ayes, though no: very loosely, be,ause did not
think Il postibe that had dropped H. If did, OF
coure /. is lost should be able to get pair Of over
sboes, shawl or an umbrella. or parcel because al
I the Office at TweAty SIKH street. But little gold
coin found in the dust would naturally become per-
qujsiie OF the sweeper. never shall zee that com
again"
sonwas given up ar lost, and no one interested IN
It's value thought more Of it, But we have not done
vet with the story Of that little gold coin. We have
plesrant little anecdote yet to tell connected with i
Three DAYS after is loss went out OF town on the
aanffl Il
gers called that model conductor TO him and said With
q serious tone and grave look:
"Banta am going to enter complaint asaihn yea
about the sweeping of tie cars
Bsnta looked asyonishod.
"Wby, what is the matter nowl IRE brakelaen
tell me that they take these mats and thoroughly
sweep out the cars every riorning."
just then, the man VINO did the sweeping came ir 70
light the lamps, and appealed 20.
"Yes, Sin did il myseh, this morning"
"What this car"
"Yes, Sir; took out all the mats, and swept all
out
"Tben" s.idtb gentleman lyon are very honest
sweeper, and would not pick up any little thing that
person had accidentally leit on the door,
Then, turning to the conductor, he said:
"Banta do you see that young lady in the seat OPP
posite! Very WE'LL three Gays ago she occupied the
same seat, upon your morning trip down, and after
ward discovered that while sbe had her portenonnae
open she must have dropped 81 80 gold piece. To.
day. while sitting book in hand reading some one pass
ing accidentally knocked the book to the floor She
STORED to pick it up, and there upon the fOor just
where the book had fallen she found the lost godson.
As the cars have been carefully swept it follows, Of
course that the sweepers honest enough not to dis
turb any little tre Ike that LEFT by passengers on the
floor. They leave it for them to pick up the nselyee
the next time they make trip"
| There was laugh ot the expense Of the sweeper
and altogether it was funny finale TO the hading Of
| the lost gold piece.
Merchandise hss at last established itself in Bend
street. once par excellence the arstocrtc quarter oi
the city. No. l6, formerly the residence " Gideon
Lee, has been metamorphosed into q store.
TwENT1FIRsT WARD REPuBLIcAss.-An election
for officers Of the T~enty hrst Ward Republican Asso-
citation held ast night at their rooms, No. 40
Fourth avenue, which resulted in the choice Of Almcn
w. Griswold, Presi emit; Ellsworth Eliot aud A. n.
Coffin, VcePresidents; John Weber, Recording Sec
reary Charles t. Rodgers, Corresponding Secretary,
and Spencer Kirby, Treasurer.
Thomas Joyce has on exhibition at his Gallery Of
Fine Arts" No. GO New Bowery fine collection Of
aintings by the old masters, including Diego Velas
uez Sebastian Bourbon Bureghe Rothenaner Bat.
toni, Hurllo, and others. Also large number Of mod
ern artists, in all some 900 valuable works Of art
worthy of notice by connoisseurs and o. tiers.
CITY MoRTALTTf.--The City InsTes eports that
dorng the past week 80 men, 81 wo.e0, lS boys,
and III grls, total Of 457 persons d,psFted this life
in NewYoIk being Increase Of II upon IN previous
week. Tie excesecs Of New-Yesr's Dag, probably,
had something 10 do with this sudden rise in the
tay bills. The principal diseases were: Bronchitis,
y; congestion of toe brniD u; congestion Of the
lungs III consumption, 67i nfantile convuisions, 43;
Group 80; adult debility, 9; dropsy Sin the cbes 8,
head 10 and heart g scare. fever, 44typh0id 8 aud
typhus 3; heart disease 10; hopping cough, o. inham-
nation Of the bowels. 8-of the brain T. lungs SO,
stomach a. throat @ am womb Il infantile marasmus,
l6; measles, TO- palsy 4; smallpox, 3; teethng, 4;
asphyxia, 3; burned scalded, 81 casualties, Il old
age, 8; poison, |; premature birth, 6; accidental
sufocatiCn, 2; suicide, There were in all 10 cases
of violent death. The paives Of the deceased were:
United States, 32l; Ireland, 80; Germany, %; En-
gland TO- Prussia and France each; and She remain-
der scattering.
The ToHBs LIBEAKY.-Hos. II. II. Starr hereby
Acknowledges having received valuable contributions
Of books to commence 81 The City Prison (Tombsl
Library just established for the use Of the prisoners
as follows:
! Fr.i .u., Vos e, Fso~; w., vos
d. Appleton Anson Rsndouh ......... 20
Roe Lockwood son....''..S Wa < Cernwch ;.:. Is