New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-15
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
Oo,tmoutb's annual dinner will be eaten at
Delmonicos on Jan 10.
The only immigrant arrivals at Castle Var
den yesterday were CO by the steamer Celtic.
Tine annual ladies' reception of the Union
Iaagne Club will take place the evening OF Iuesuay
Jan. 20.
DR.. G.. Heitzmann of Vienna will lecture be-
fore the Liberal Club this evening on the Structure VI
the Skin.
Commissioner Van Mort has transmitted to
the Board OF certificates OF tho cost OF certain
street Improvements, amounting 10 s3o'is' %
The Pacific Mail steamship Montana arrived
AZ Panama from Ban Francisco. via Acapulco on Jan.
IS. The Acapulco arrived at AspinWail, from new
York, on Jan. IA.
Albert GARNER has challenged A. L. Ru-
dopbe tho present billiard champion to play game OF
points French game under tho rules OF th' Naionai
Tournament, for y, a side.
The foreign mail sent from this port yester-
day consisted of % 500 letters and 40 paper bags Inc
Algeria took ~ is9 letters and 80 paper bags the b.
Laurent 3.0il letters and paper bags.
The ladies' reception of the New England
Society ss to come on 2S at DemOnlco's. This
wear the number OF Plymouth descendants admissible
no limited to 900, the first applying 10 DO hrss
served with tickets.
| At the annual election of the Rural Club
the following officers elected: Samuel b. Parsons,
President; c. 7. Hulburi f. NJ. Hex,mer d. d. T.
Moore RS Ssns P'T g an
! Beach. 8. 8. shethar, Executive Committee.
The CeroneI's jury in the case of Ann Nc
! Cormlck OF No. 5U West Thrteenthst who was run
over by locomotive No. 100 OF the Hudson River Rll'
road the 10th inst at Thrteenthst and TenthaYe':
returned verdict of accidental DEATH bur censured
the railroad company for not employing larger mum
! Der OF hignen.
The Free Dormtory for Women, at No. 81
Amy-st, given lodgings during the year TO 1868
persons, total coat OF ssol H. This charity was es
tabishcd in 1873 by The Froternala Its OBJECT being
| ~ provide shelter for deceat destltnte Women VINO
would otherwise be Obliged TO walk the streets or steep
| IL the police stations Contributions aro much ueed;d
| to sustain this charity
at never rains but it pours," even in the
matter OF law suits. Mr. Beecnor's experience affords
the latest Illustration OF this truth lie Is not only de-
PENDANT great going IN Brooklyn, and
IN In which dentist Is plaintiff nut he repre-
SCENTS the people Ia indictments agtlnsi Ion anu iou
ton aud II prosecuting man arrested for attempting %
| obtain cash on a forged check.
Active rivalry agitates the French and Ger
man projectors OF masked balls Dissatisfaction with
the management OF the French bah has induced some OF
the dscontented to advertise the Opera Boune ball. 10
take place TWO nights before t1e French ba ana Win
price of admission placed at half the charge OF IT'S
! rival Tho Lederkranz and AriOD, tho great GERMAN
| masqueradcs, are preparing great attractions
| SUPERINTENDENT Grant of the Produce EX-
change his annual report, states that durln0 the
year 5l7 persons were approved for membership, OF
whom took out original certihcates ana 25s qualified
by transfer OF other certificates; 20 members dled
during the year; GAG visitors registered gfts
10 The library weie received from contributors the
receipts from all Slsl26T Il, aud the dis
| bursements S66,92s a.
Joseph Coburn, the ex-prize-fghter, was ar
rested by Capt. Irving and Detective King at $50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon charge OF felOnlous
assault with kill, upon Patrick d. Burns, tue
propr eior Of a liquor 40 Elizabeth ami Houston
sts Burns alleged In making the charge vt tue Police
Central Ohce, that Coburn entered his stooni drew
revolver, pat 10 to Blrnss breast, and said, III dow
| your heart out" Coburo was confined at tho Police
| Central Oilce, and viii DO taken to court to-day.
The officers of the Cercle Francois de Pillar
monte announce they have especially engaged at
| PARIS the Trouillot Family. who Will increase tho ami
nation Of annual ball OF the society t1e night Of
! jan a. Tho family includes eight persons who Will
perform three novel ald fantastic carnival Dances none
| Of winch have been seen before In America. Special
arrangements have been mids to preserve tho best
order ball II Is probable that the coming fesi
val II mirh wall b9 more succc--tul financially tnan
ever before, the boxes nave nearly ali been taken.
| At the meeting of Dock Commissioners, yes
terday resolution passed to notify the owners OF
| the bUkhcad between Piers No. IS and No. IS East
River that they repair the same, and that II such
repairs begun within 10 days. they will be made
by the Department, and the expense charged to the
owners. 1t was resolved notify tho Union Ferry
Company OF BROOKLYN that their petition for the OF
Piers Nos 2and East River could not he granted be-
those piers reserved for the use OF boats nav
igating the state Canals Tne petition Of the citizens OF
Nineteenth Ward, for the ogecon Of per between
Forty-sey ami Fity-seyenLnsts.. East River,
deued because II won,d be of no COMMERCIAL use on
Of the established exterior line being at that point
close TO The shore there That pier would Dc useless
| commercially.
Marvellous escapes from death sometimes
occur railways. As the a. m. express train from
Chicago passing between POughkeepsle and Peeks
Kill, the way TO this city, yesterday morning, u
speed Of miles hour, tho being about min
| ues behind time, Patrick Council Of I0ga went out
upon the platform Of ho and. in way, fell or
Upon the arrival OF the at Peeksk the conductor
teographed 10 the poorest station the place
dent Tor some one 10 go out pick up the unfortu
| nate mans romains" On mis- arrival at N5w-YDrk he
was surprised 10 receive dispatch from COnucil.
on thin ice, winch broke under him, and he only
| received few scratches ana very cold bdtl.
The United States Menhaden Oil and Guano
Association met yesterday in the United States HOTEL
| Luther Maddox OF Booth Bay. Maue, in the chair.
Members OF the Association from Maine. Massachusetts,
Connecticut and this vicinity present. The Com
mittee on Statistics reported that l6ls of fish
were caught last year, OF 34 over the
catch Of 1873 6O976 tons OF Rulno We're made and
ions than In 1873 The quantity OF hand,
including that in process VI manufacture at NewBed
ford IL G48OoO gallons; the number Of fishermen EN-
ployed 1567 employed at the manuf factories 81;
number vessels engaged IN the business, 49, number
steamers as DumOer OF factories, o. amount OF capl
tai invested, 81 100000.
The County Homeopathic Society met We'd
desday evening at the Homeopathic College. DR.. b. j.
Josu President OF the Society, read paper the his
tory OF homeopathy In NewYOrk. He advocated, as
important the the establishment Of large
pitals The first institution NewYork adopting the
home opathic system was the Protestant HsfOrphan
Asylum Dr. b. f. Bowers had charge OF the institution
and collected the statistics OF the various asylums OF the
city, with result favorable to homeopathy. In the in
suOn under nis charge he claimed That the mortality
In u years 6sfOo OF per cent, while In asy
lums IL reached 35 per cent. In the Five Points
House OF Industry $50 OF yphns fever
five years, and only two deaths resulted IN the entire
number This treated bv homeo pa tho
method. BY constant vaccination sml and