New-York tribune., 1876-12-15
NETWORK CITY.

Scotch heather is exhibited III ohsh-a'e'
shop window.
Christmas evergreens are largely iePieo0
around the markets. =,
Mrs. Harris keeps q milliner shop on the
BOwery. Where's q" SaireyP .
An East Side undertaken has the gas jets III
his store window made in the shape OF comm
The mail matter in this city OF late has been
very much increased by large amount Of holiday ad
vertising through circulars
An "arithmetic man." becoming alsgus5eaa gtFo ooa
with noliticaI mathematics. has estimated that 4ooOo
skilled mechanics idle in this city Ior ere '
OF work
The proverbial uncertainty of tenure OF um. .
hreas gives a pecnliar significance 10 the FOLLOWING sHn
on Myrtle-avc.: Umbrellas made repaired ana Teo"'
ered."
John Gleason died yesterday at the Roose,
the jaw received Dec at No. 30 olyerst IN nsh'
with an unknown man.
There was a special meeting OF tne gram ram
trade yesterday consider some changes Of rules MN MN
reference to the delivery OF grain through the new HUI
son River Railroad elevator
An artificial begonia plant, standing In
show window on Broadway, near UniOn-squaTe, Is so
tre 70 nature that the majority OF persons who have
seen il believe 1t to be q growing specimen
about this time" as the almanacs express
It, expect the Broadway stages and street ears
with ladies and messenger boys carrying bundles whose
outlines betray what is in store for the little folks
The city library now contains over owe rI,,S1 3,0OU
since Sal aud full OF the city directory from so
to 1870. From 100 10 1000 persons Visit tue hoi"!
daily.
man is now doing quite lucrative bus-
ness in the suburbs by selling hfty cent spectacles ior
So He warrants them to cure blindness, ana y Gn,,s
that thew galvanized in such manner as 10 erect
speedy cure.
The sale of japanese and Chinese vases, be-
longing To Lee Hing Co.'S collection % Ir9u thS t,,d
nial building, began last evening ana ~ DC cOhthn.1a
to-day aud tomorrow at Barker Co.'S NOS ~ anu NJ
Libcrty-st. :,
The managers of the Inman steamship line
announce that they will continue running Their Dest
boats during the Winter alternating WIN those 9 % u
White star line BY this means excellent y%Sss,S VIII
leave for Europe from their wharVes every shturuS'
The 9th Regiment yesterday submitted
protest TO the Board OF Aldermen against removal t
from the present aroy pT on ~ the ground
that the latter building would not aecOinodnte tue
nent and that II had spent $4,000 on tile present
armOry.
The latest STYLE at a DelmOnico dinner Is TO
take smoke before the game is served AT the
tne ducks made their appearance ana Ihe
reetradcrs seemed 70 enjoy their smoke AT this stage o
the duner.
The President of the Produce Exchange ap-
poiued committee yesterday To confer vita the snip
Owners Association and committee IRON the 1naoo ,i
nf Commerce on quarantine matters. Inc RcntIemoh
composing the committee are john H. B0yntoh Johh w.
Dale, aud James Henry.
Entirely new scenery, by h0Derts anu
Wituar has been painted Tor Mr. Days new society
drama The American" and the play Will be- presented
with which includes all the leading isNoSs orr % %,
the Fifth Avenue company. "Ihe American nhS u, u,, y,
Tor several months in preparation, as complement 10
the drama Of Fernando when crea'ed s"on i'oi
at the old Fifth Avenue Theater.
A Lady Washington tea-party was held ~
the Westminster Chapel in Elizabeth on wednesday even
ing, which great success financially anu sOoii
Fr'm Tie number present nSatulate the Rev a L.
Clark of Amherst. Mass IN his new parish, u was etr W.
dent that The capacity OF ths oha % cosm sDT of bro
cade siik ana lace. Tue most notable feature was
figured brOcade silk, with quilted slh no1t anI h aIe
shoulder kerchief in the presence 0i Lazy WASH
ingtOr, and said 10 be nearly 200 years old'
The physicians at the Ninety-ninth Street
unrl lated Yesterday that Henry :. Jester Of No:
at-gt
not from bydrOphOba, as was reported III sone VI wv
sas,ps yestsray and able to talk nationally. lie said
that he had been struck the head ny an IRON par sese
raj years ago and u Is feared tuloT nS r. stated
thai lio had been bitten by rapd doS ana hls
y a person suffering from attack Of hydrophoba-
BROOKLYN.
Damage TO the extent of $3.50 was done by
the bursting OF . water pipe at No. 80 CourtsL
Michael O'Keefe, patrolman of the Tenth
Precinct was yesterday dscha ged for inatention TO
duty.
Jeremiah w. Ellsworth dropped dead from
his worGocnch Wednesday in Hickss shoe shop. NO
603 Bedford-ave.
BURGLARS entered the residence of G. l..
Smith, No. 90 FrankinAYe, on wednesday ana stole
property worth $lO7.
A meeting was held at the Polytechnic In
stituto evening TO secure volunteer visitors 10
cooperate with the Commissioners Of Charity in outdoor
relief
On Wednesday night the residence of Joseph
Button, No. Al LeXmgtonaye., was entered through the
door by O false Keys ana JeWely valued at
$l2l was stolen.
Edward Graft, II years old, was arrested
yesterday for firing two balls from shotgun through
the window OF Public School No 30 FROM the yard OF bis
home, No. 35s Van Brunt-st.
Maggie Brown, q girl of IL years, living mt
No. ~ Hamilton-avc fell overheard at HSrtn Central
Pier Wednesday She was rescued by oncer strobe
as she was sinking for the third time
The report of the officers OF the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to animals SLOW tha duruB
the past year S2 arrests have been made ana hhes "
the amount OF 1903 have been imposed.
At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners
of Charity Wednesday, l,o26 inmates were reported
10 be III the amshOuse. 361 In the hospital lo III the
smallpox hospital aud 9O6 In the asylum.
James Gildreth of No. 209 West Sixteenth
st. NowYork, charged Ellen Rosenberg OF AtiInticst
with stealing $50 from him Wednesday night mt her
residence she arrested and tine money recovered
William Wright boarded at the Brooklyn
House HamtOn-ave until his bill for board amounted
Wednesday in New-York ON warrant issued by Judge
Delmar.
Ii was noticeable that when DR.. Hall on
spoke words euIogisc of Mr. Beecher, than OF
MIR Ttons personal friends who were present Joined in
the applause.
Fourteen candidates for admission to the bar
yesterday examined at the General Term Of the sn-
Peme Court The examnels%ere Ss nd eHJ9dge @ L. smith
examination will be continued to-day
The contract for lighting the Courthouse
with gasoline mas been Dee Sed ao ee G o s Ggrsss 10
expiration OF which time the light proves satisfactory
the county agrees TO purchase the works.
The average number of prisoners at the
Pententary during the past year has been 70S or the
four prisoners who escaped three recapured and
only iye deaths have occurred during the year. The
financial report shows balance on hand OF Si630 l6
JERSEY CITY.
James Hughes of RailrOad-ave. fell dead
from heart disease yesterday while working in Rouse
Turner's pottery. He leaves wife and four children
John Martin, labOrer at the Delaware,
Iackawanna and Western Railroad tunnel, had his
crushed by falling rock. lie taken to ST. Franciss