New-York tribune., 1875-01-18
NETWORK CITY.


sns.
Mrs. VIM. NJ. Tweed has lately lost the use
OF one c7c by the accidental explosion OF cap on a
pistol IA tho hands OF one OF her sons Whe Tue "caVn
wss cluse 10 her race.
The Harvard Club had its business meeting
az Demonieo's on Saturday, and viii have its annIi
dtpner on the leth at the same place Mr. Joseph d.
Cnoate war reelected President of the CLUB.
MacBride g. Williams, the produce dealers oil
Greenwich-st who suspended the 9th ins have Sub
mttrd compromise statement 10 their creditors, winch
has been sent into the country for signatures.
Mile. Juvin, the fashionable smuggler, has
been assigned to very comfortable quarters IN the Lud
low Street JAIL where she Is attended by FIeDch
servant and where her expenses are paid by friends
II the foreign mail sent from this port on
Saturday $500 letters and 81 paper Dngs'
The Gaelic took 1890 letters and Al bags: the Hohen
siuen 1890 letters and 70 DaSs Inc hehIy SnauneoS'
5000 letters and bags
Rev. Henry NJ. Scudder delivers on We'd
nesday night the first OF course OF lectures on lnda ~
the Central Congregational Church. Brooklyn His lec
ture on the RIces Languages, Her1nts' Womeu hh"
Wit OF the Hind0O People
At q recent Plymouth Church prayer-meetng
the assistant PASTOR Mr Halliday made the statement
that 500 persons attended the services 10 the eIcn
Sunday, either IN the mornlG OF eNen,ns, , n ,
were present its Sunday school OF mission her'ces
Alexander T. Stewart was lately reported as
having obtained au insurance FOR t00)e on his life In
New-Yofk company. Mr.. Stewart denies that al any
me he has ever insured his fe and that the tOmpinys
hist OF prominent persons who A0d ls pOeleS Is efV
neOus far he he 10 concerned
There was excel ent skating on the lakes III
this city and Brookyu Saturday large number of
spectators were present at the Central aud Prospect
Parks. Next "Wednesday 4 the ice remains ,b ana @ 'e
tune Lake in Brooklyn. Toe skaters are t. appear III
fancy umes, and Will include some OF tDe most eA
pert in that city.
At the invitation of the Commissioners OF
Charities and Correcson the Grand Jury of the Court
Of General Sessions visited on Saturday the AmshonSe'
the Lunatc Asylum and The Penitentary on blact"rs
isIaud and the sohooshlp Mercury. Tae Jury VIII soon
report concerning tnese institutions Inc shlp
Mercury Will probably sail next "Wednesday on us
| annual voyage TO the tropics
| Prof. w. G. Richards's three lectures, enu-
| tied. "The Matter KING" Tho Matter Queen" and
Frankn's KITE" (meanine, readers will readily in
| fer "Oxyeeu," Water" and Electricity,D arc
especially designed f.r tnGse not Intimately aclI"MHTo M @
| familiar and the experiments of very magnificent
| character They are TO he uehFeIcd al Associs'ion
| Han on the le b, 2Oth, and 2st.
| The rict-AttOruey's efforts are kept up
vigorously TO require unlicensed iquo-iealcrs 10 take
! out licenses large number who had received notin-
| cations obey the law appeared before Assistant
Dlstrct-Attorney Rollins on Saturday. Several OF t1en
aihdavIs that they had ei!her given up or where
about to gveup the hq lor trade Ohers stated tha
tney willing TO take out licenses, and were directed
| " 20 before the Excise Commissioners aud do 80.
| Mr.. Bergh caused the arrest Saturday
afternoon of Thomas Baker, cOachman in the employ
of g. A. s. Appleton member OF the firm OF d. Apple
ton q Co.. charge Of cruelty TO aLlnals. IGe horses
under Bakers care had been recently clipped, and as
MI. Rergn said were standing In front of Stcwarts
without any covering, and shlycrng wan the cod
Baker held by Justice X tsmre, AT the JoHeison
Market Police Court. under 800 bail
The annual meeting of the B'Da B'reth Be-
nevoent Society held last evening at the reutona
Assembly Rooms. 1t was decided to purchase a lot OF
land on the Hudson, Mt. ST. Vincent College, for
the erection OF building for benevolent purposes aud
TO $1,000 tor H. The following oihers were elected
for the ensuing year President Dr. 5. Naternan
Vice ePresidont, l.. Fncdander; Treasurer Isaac Led
ereT
The inquest in the case Of John Fall, q
Iunatic who killed himself iu the asylum on Wards
Island by taking dose OF carbOic acid left within his
reach by negleclfu attendant concluded satur
day the jury censur1ug the attendant Tor cdreossess
nending tbat the physIcans OF the asylum
keep sole cnarge OF dangerous medicines aud that the
number Of Attendants De increased Ihe attendant,
LOUIS De Pew held in 1900 Da to await the action
VI ths Grand Jury.
The officers and trustees of the German
Free School Fourthst near Avenue A, held their
sem.aDnual meeting yesterday morning. The report
the number OF pupils since last July has de-
creased about a per cent the present number being
Tne of the sch, O for nat time from scholars
ees sale OF books &c. was s4i95 SIS, and the expendi
lures, t60S0 80, showing loss Of 1884 ~ Accordingly
the number OF classes has been reduced from ten TO
eight aud reductions have been maue IN Inc and
salaries OF the teachers.
| Members of the Rev. 0. b. Frothngham's
congregation IL the TO Lyric Hall
yesterday morning by the that the
too SICK 10 conduct the sCsvCCs MT, FrOthDg-
bans attack sudden that no provision could be
made 10 HI the pulpit The sccohd Nntei roeep On of
| the Church SJcicty VIII occur at Lyllc Hal next
Wednesday evening. "R0Ster DOis er" an old English
comedy, VIII be presented by the Amateur Dramatic
Association Of TIC Church Society IAeIe viii be otncr
iesuNitles during the evening.
The tallcst and largest telegraph pole in
tl city, perhaps IN the world raised III Fuon-st,
st. F4us church yesterday. Il is 10 De to
support the distributing wires thai Will extend from
new building OF the Western Union Telegraph Company
Deyst. and Broadway, The pole 30 fcct long and
two feet IN diameter ana reaches nigh aJoYc the me- ~
boring buiiding- Tao raising required the labor or
large number Of men aud two horses and compl etely
blocked the street fOf some time. IHc to- which
| the pole was msdo var 0i Californian growth
| On a warrant issued by Justice Kiibrcth, on
the complaint OF Anthony Coni-tock, Uu.ted states
| agent for the suppression OF obscene literature,
| Capt. LAary OF the Twenty-sxth Precinct made a
descent yesterday Oh the Photographic gallery on the
upper floor Of No 1S9 FGltOns kept by Joseph Hall an
Emglisbmln. Hall was found AT wlth Two men
Horace Woods, an Lngllshman residing win II III at
No. 24S North Nlhth 81! WIlldnsbGrfh, and Henry
sneoack OF No. 70 North Moorc.st. I6cse were
arrested ana nearly hOdsand plates and Prints Of the
west character were seized
The Grand Jury On Saturday visited the
institutions Backwells Island and tie schoolship
Mercury. They were accompanied by the Commission
OF Charities aud Correction upon whose invitation
the visit made. Tic schOoship was inspected first
and the visitors expressed satisfaction with the ap-
pearauce Of all departments OF ihe vessel and with
the thorough discipline on board. Next Wednesday
the Mercury VIII sail on crUs5 - Trinidad, Mar
Unique, aud St. Thomas and b. absent fOur months.
The workshops aud stOncyards and the labOrs the
couvicts tho Island received the careful attention
Of the Grand Jury, who, at tue Feulteuuary. paid
visit 10 Mr Tweed, aud found Am IN usna! prison
garh.
The steamer Bridgeport, which runs daily
between New-Yort and Bridgeport. Conn., while on her
trip r0m this city Friday afternoon, struck upon rock
sunken wreck of shppan Point and stove hole in
her bottom. Capt Weeks then her upon the fats
Dareu Harpor, where her passengers landed and