New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-22
TIE CITY.

4 human skull aud thigh bone were dug up
Yesterday by Norkmen whIle eHs"'at'ns loi e
IN FOriy-slNthst near LeAlnSlOh-AFe'
Last evening Peter Bronte. sailor belonging
10 the schooner u. H. Jones lying AZ Per No. 90 Last
River, fell overheard and was drowned
This evening, at Cooper Institute, ne Rev.
Cuban Charitable Aid Society sahJect- Cub4' lis Ms
tory and it, hopes
stephen Powell. age lG, residing at No. G3
Tompins.ave. Brooklyn ana employed az No l?I Beck.
mar-st fell through the hdtchway from the tbird II the
Grst floor Yesterday, and wac dangerously injured.
A second annual ball of the New Iork letter
attendance large and there was also present mum
Der of prominent PostOhicc officials VINO participated
In tile festivities OF the evening
The American Geographical and Statistical
Society viii hold tleir regular monthly meeting I'M"
Uuesday) evening az her rooms ID th@ C@"psr
canal across The Anosican IsthInns
The Hon. benjamin Harris Brewster the At
OF Pennsylvania is TO speak the Prince
Ing Tickets may be had at The office OF the Cass Sec
rotary, No 20 Exchange place " J.
The members Of the JOumeymcn TailOrs'
Protective and Benevolent Union gave their fourth an.
nua ball last evening at Irving IiaL The attendance
WAS large, the toilets elaborate the music good and
undsturbed increment continued until a. carly hour
tbs morning
Last evening Mary Lawler, who resides Mt
Fort Wa6swort staten Island was found on the street
suffering from audanun which she had taken end her
lie She was removed to the Ilreih.st. Tolee station
aud subseguenty by 0fdef OF fohceSurgeou h"ne!' 70
Bellevue Hospital.
On the occasion of the formal opening OF
the hall IN the chapel OF the PrcsDytcridn church.
corner Of Twonty.socod-st. and Eourtlavc the mem
Der. Of the Harmonic Cub gave reunion and sociab!e
last evening. winch well attended. Addresses were
The club Will occupy the room for one year from ne l
Of May next, and intend to glyo Elijah immediately
after lent Casssa music Is the object az the SGcciy,
and some fine solos sung b. Mrs. Hess and Miss
Brain i'll the course vi the evening
At the jefferson Market Police Court ycster-
day, before Justice STANDBY, Mary Harris, who stabbed
William IIdd sunday night AZ reported YESTERDAY,
was admitted to hail in $1,000 to await the result GER
tifcac from Dr. Wh'o stated that Ildds Injuries were
incised wounds of tho face aud thigh. and were Of
long time - Henry " Auerblch arrested by officer
Irwin, Eighth Precinct, on complaint OF George = Nor
him and Others. No complaint taken, aud Tie case
was postponed untl this morning.
Messrs. Johnson & Van Tassell sold at auction
n valuable law library, at tucr saesTOom. No 81 Nassau
yesterday afternoon There VAS good attendance OF
buyers bidding, and good prices realized Barbours
supreme Court reports 20 volumes sore at - Nol,c
AbbOts Digest, volumes nt s. - volume; B0sworths
Dayton on snrrogacs. at s. 50 Dnors superior Court
Reports, volumes at s. 80 N0lumei EhSsh common
preme Court Reports. % volumes. 50 40 Volume; New
York Court Of Appeals Report 20 volumes 10 volume
Towards Practice Reports, Is volumes, NJ 81.
Coroner Flynn, at tie City Hall yesterday,
held investigation into the circumstances connected
with the death of Margaret Kane Who wac Killed IN The
her dress having caught IN revolving SHAFT Thee
were several Witnesses examined whose testimony went
went to show that the girl was III the act Of hanging up
her sack near the shaft when portion OF her clothing
was thrown with great force against the brick wall about
two feet distant, and almost instantly killed The girl.
well as the Others employed had been cautioned OF
the great danger o going too near ts shaft verdict
! OF accidental death was gwen.
Prof. T. Il. Maury delivered an excellent
lecture last night At Y NJ C. \: Hall ON TIE eograrn
! cal Keys or Gaeways TO the North Pole. lie showed
that tie Gull Stream of tie Atlantic and huro SlwO Of
the Pacific two vast currents more than 800 linrs
large the Mississippi River run toward the Pole,
and IN all probability retain nOrn than enough heat 20
produce the open b. Dr. Kane. lie examined
the address of Judge DAILY OF the American geographical
Society, and by the aid Of Arctic Annals, and proved
currents course, not knowing OF the Gulf Stream. lie
showed that Dr. Hayes. who now laughs at tho theory,
virtually indorscs 1t IN his open Polar Sea-" Prof.
Maurys conclusion that the eligible the
routes Is that by Behring's Straits, and he believes
that Congress should grant the proposed appropriation
for Arctic exploration only condition OF trial VI the
| route by Behring's straits.
| One of the public temperance meetings of
the series held under tho auspices OF the National Tenn
Church last evening, the Hon. William H. Dodge prcsd
ing. In his introductory remarks the Chairman alluded
pointed the wrong OF deliberately lceusing Iho sale
OF liquid poison he said City and State legislators
ntemperapce is total abstinence The speaker regretted
the absence OF Horace Greeley, who unay odably
detained. and SAID that that gentleman now Labor.
ing for the abolition OF alcohol he had once fought
against Slavery The Rev. Dr. r l.. Cuyler intro.
duced. and said that he dd1't take liquor because
his business and Scripture forbade IT, Temperance was
Gods law. and he has written 1t upon bodies lie
would waive scientific discussion OF the temperance
question: merely showing that alcohol rotienness
God made grapes rye and corn. but Io did not make
what resulted in the decay Of thesc-alcohoL lie was
glad that pubic sentiment changing In favor
abstinence and he mentioned several Of the
tin.uished men of'our umes who have been hf0-long
temperance men.
BROOKLYN-Prospect Park last week WAS
visited by ?,o22 persons; on sunday. By i,7JL
The trial of John Howard for the alleged
murder OF Terence Quinn was yesterday postponed until
Thursday.
The Common Council Yesterday passed n
tl. A.