New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-07
CITY ITEMS.

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CITY ITEMS.
IRISH ExuFs-A meeting of the Sacred Legion Of
Irish Exiles will held at the Apollo Rooms, No. 70
Prince ST., at o'clock on Sunday.
MERE MENTIoN.-The Commissioners of the Sink
ing Fund, who were 10 have met yesterday, VIII meet
this morning Last week the Excise Board granted ISL
licenses 10 sell ale aud beer and ptuous liquors. making
Working Women's Protective Union desire publicly 20
thank their counsel, Messrs Dickinson d DAVIS, i9r
prosecuting the case OF the seWlDEShfS aSIisb NVP
Myers, now OF the Penitentiary
PERSONALLY Mariscal, Mexican Consul at WASH
ineton: Geo Peabody Russell, Massachusetts; Capt.
Dixon of the British army and Oliver Ames, N Eason,
Mass are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Gen j. stewart
r Philadelphia, and the Hon. g. W. spanldng' Saera-
uento, are the Metropolitan Hotel The Hon - %.
Robinson Montreal and II. G. Lord, Cincinnati are nj
the 81 Nicholas Hotel. The Hon Galusha A. Grow,
Pennsylvania; o. b. MattesOn, Utica, the Hon. ERA
Cornell Ithaca, and Gov. John A. Andrew oI MASS are az
the Aston House
TmE HIGHLAND CADETs.-Ihis body Of young men
from the Highland Military Academy OF worcester
Mass paraded through several of the streets OF TINS c
and BROOKLYN. They reviewed at City Hall PARK,
and gave an exhibtondr I'm the evening ~ the Arsenal
in seventh-ave Of Thirtyiifthst they made a
drilled After the review on the Park they were enter
tanned by Mr. A. Speer in Broadway, opposite the aIE
Booth Of Brooklyn.
TIRED OF LIFE.-Coroner Cover held an inquest
Yesterday at Wards IslaDd. the body Of Gottcib
Meyer German who his throat. the 30th ut, at
No Sprng-st He frlendless, and an invalid and
supposed to have been driven by poverty 10 sncaf
lie was found by the police who after dressing I'LL l'
FOR time, he seemed in fair way to recover bnt we
uuobserved he tore OF the bandages aud allowed ms
wound to bleed afresh From this time forward lie sanE
and died on Tuesday last
TIE WoMANs LIBRARY.-This Institution has
been removed from No. 70 Whe-st 10 No "A Frik'n-s
II has recently undergone beneficial changes and
the extcuded operations Of the good work have met VIII
signal success. The Library IS open from a. m 10
D. m. except sundays and holidays ana all Ieinai,
residents OF NewYork. above the age of - years, and on
proper character, may have access 70 ~ Ih9se ~no
enjoy the advantages Of the Library expected 10 con
tribute 81 per annum II their circumstance admit IN
following are the Trustees Of the Womans Library HIS
Honor the Mayor, Benjamin H. Fleld, Henry ILIt99n'
Wilson g. Hunt, Erastus Brooks, James j. BRADY
Andrew V. Stout, Henry j. Raymond, Luther Bradsn
Frederick DE Peyster, Norman White James '" beekpsh
MsoNIC-The Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma
SONS continued session yesterday The warrant 81
Horizontal Lodge, Of the oldest IN the state, which
was granted about 1892 was presented 20 the Grand
Lodge and placed among its archives ihe rev Or MIC
Murdy presented ms erGeenais as the reprcsent,sn
rial was received from President Of the southern Ma
sonic Fcnale College, asking assistance ths was teriu
to spccia committee. resolution was referred 70 te
Committee Oh Finance making an appropriation 10 an
IN erecting monument To the memory OF " \" GeorR'
pv nm. folIowuc named officers were then elected
r. W aud the Hon. stephen II. johnson, 10 he Grand
Master: r. W. john II. Anthem, 20 be Deputy Grand Mas
Ter. r. W James Gibson, TO be Senior Grand Warden.
The election of the remaining officers was then postponed
until o'clock this morning
D,SGERous HoIF-Yestertay morning between 9
and o'clock hack being driven through Bondst wren
near the Bowcry precipitated into poor oi wat'
nearly five feet dgp and over ten feet IN diameter
gentleman. the occupant OF the eaIrase tiaIhpei'u
throw ON it, side The pit had been made by gang o.
Croton Aqueduct workmen for the purpose OF examining
scugcrs NJ the danger which existed was te placing ui
couple empty barrels either end OF the MOLE ~ich
had become filed with and was constantly en-
largng No hight bad been placed there nor was Ihel
water ten feet in diameter and Of depth sufficient to
drown hald dozen men, being left ia the center OF a
thorouchiaTe unguardcd with not light near II mi
Gates gross that might have been productive
Of loss Of life III addition TO the destruction OF property
NtuoNM TELEGRAPH COMPANY'The directors Of
the Western Union Telegraph Company, at meeting
held In this city on the 5th instant unanimously resolved
70 accept the provisions of the National Telegraph law
passed by Congress- and directed that the necessary no
tees Ice filed with the Postmaster General Immediately.
By thus action the Government VIII acquire he rGht 10
purchase the Company's lines and property az Naua-
lion be determined by Commissioners chosen two by
the Company TWO by the uhlte etaies ana one ny Ie
other fOur-wheneyer Congress shall decide TO make the
gur the right TO build and maintain their lines along
all the railroads and highways in the United states, which
roads. and over all the public lands, without charge
II has claimed that the law above referred O
these important privileges exclusively 10 another Com
pany This Is a mistake as the provisions are general
and, the Western Union Company owns or controls
nearly all the lines the country, whatever value they
possess must De greater 10 that Company than 10 any
other,
TIE MEDITERRANEAN EXCURSIoN.-The following
is list OF passengers who sail with Capt Duncan for the
East next Saturday A. b. Allen, New York City; DIR. T.
Andrews, Albany, y. Y. j. g. Barry, - Louis Mo-; Mr.
and Mrs A. Bell, Portsmouth o. T. :. Beckwith. Cleve
land o.; NJ s. {. ". and Miss T. Beach, Brooklyn: DR.
G.. Birch. Missouri Mr. and Mrs. j. w. and Miss Bond
81. Paul. Mo DIR. NJ. Brown. Clrcleyille O.. Jno Bry
man, Philadelphia; the Rev. ii. Bnllard, Way
land Mass; 5. e. Mark rwan'l Clemens California;
o. DR. A. and Master Crane, New York City; Mr.. and
Mrs W. ID. Croker, Cleveland. o. d. H. Cutter, Long
chester Va Mr.. and Mrs Fred Dimon, Norwak, Conn;
Mrs c. G. and sons q. and II: Duncan, Brooklyn T. n
Elliott Columbus, o.; Mrs Fairbanks, Cleveland, O.;
j. Heron Foster Pittsburgh. Pa. W. and Mrs. Gibson,
John Greenwood. jr. Newlork City; Mr. and Mrs = VI.
GriswOld " Y city; Gen +. h. Grubb. Burlington y. j.;
phia, Pa; Capt. w. II. Hoe Cincinnati OHIO; the Hon.
j. s. Holdeman. Harrisburg. Pa; the Rev T. c. IIutehn
SON. Louis James h. Hyde, sudbury W. j. q. Ishan,
Cincinnati. Ohio DR. A. Reeves Jackson, StroudsbuTg,
Pa; W r. James Brooklyn; Fred p. jenkins, Boston,
Mass: Col. L. Kipny, Portsmouth. Ohio Chas. L. Lang
don. NewYork City; Miss Larowe. San Francisco, Cal;
York City; Mr. and Mrs Z. X. Lockwood, Norwak, CT;
j. NJ May GAINESVILLE, Wis; Mrs Mitchell Boston. Mass;
Miss Maggie Mitchell Boston Mass; l.. Moody, Canton,
r. 3 Nesbit. Fulton. Mo; Miss Newell Janesville Wis
W. A. Otis, Cleveland. o.. c. C. Paine. Pennsylvania
the Rev A. L. Park and Miss Park, Boston, Mass Geo.
Boston, Mass; GeoW Quereau Aurora ILL.,; s. Sanford,
Cleveland. o.; g. l.. Severance, Cleveland, o.. Daniel
sote st. LOUIS, Mo-. s. willets Long Island.
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