New-York tribune., 1876-10-26
NETWORK CITY.

Cranberries are unusually fine and large
this
Another epidemic of listers is predicted for
the coming Winter.
An ear of corn 1S3i inches in length is
exhibited in a store on Broadway
Warrants amounting TO S2,0l6,S96 7S were
signed by Controller Green yesterday
A benefit to Arbuckle is to be given at the
22d Regiment Amory on Saturday evening.
Pockets on ladies' dresses are now made
very deep and placed low down on the SKIRT
Applcs are said to be so plenty this year that
the cannot find market ana eaVe many 10 Io
on the ground.
The newest style in ball dresses is the
princess" made IN one piece and htng close TO ~.
fgirc and fastened either the back by bows OF
ribbons IN front
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will lecture
on Hard Times" AT Chickerlng Hall this evening MT
Beecher was introduced Tuesday night by James
Redpath but by j. B. Pond.
A very bright CRATE fire in the top story of
No 922 broadway last evening caused the alarm OF hre
TO raised and brought the engines to the spot Br0ad
way was blocked for some time before the iirenen found
Out the harmless character OF tnc illumination
Henrietta Frankcl, who lived with her rela-
tiyes at No 30 BaxePs started 10 90 down stairs on
errand yesterday aud missing her 100 ing te 10 tle
ward Mrs Fmnkcl said to he l0l years of age and
was Jewess.
At meeting of the Police commissioners
yesterday Thomas Gayey was appointed stabenan IN
place OF Austin Kiln and assigned the Thin second
Precinct, ar a COMPENSATION OF 5000. The following
sixth 10 the Eighth Precinct Gibson from the sixth TO
the Twenty fourth Precinct; CrttcDden, from the
Twenty-fOurth to the Seventh Precinct; Kelly from the
Fourt 10 the Twenty y-fourh Precinct; Mulycy, from
the FOlth To the yWeutysXth Precinct; Mayldnd, from
the Twenty-fOtrtl to the Seventh Precinct
A passenger on board the White Star steam
ship Gcrmaulc has written To lHE TEIBtNE that Wllc
the vessel was being detained of sandy HOOK by the tOe
on Monday, IL discovered that the main steam ppc
was defective. The pipe sent 10 NeT-fork ana re-
paired the fog allowed the vessel ~ proceed Dnt
the letter states the affair caused dissatisfaction
among the pa,Seugcrs who believed that the defect III
the machinery present before the vessel ett the
dock "a II would have been caused by the low pres
SIRE Of steam used in the passage to Sauy HOOK ana
that carGesncs alone prevented the defect fOm OehS
discovered sooner.
The police yesterday arrested James l.. Lane
OF 40. ljI East OnehuHdrrdandtwenty-s -slNtlst. Tor
whom they have been the watch Tor NOR, thal wv"
months. lie l. charged with having swindcd large
number OF coOrcd people who purchased ut kets lroh
him for a proposed "trip the Centennial ON board tie
steamer Granite state during July !, D. aud g. ON the
morning of July nearly 900 cOored men ana women
assembled ~ the foot ~ East Thirty ioufthst 10 board
tho Granite state They waited three hours Tor the boat
and were then dsp rci hy the police. Inquiry revealed
the fact that the OF the Granite state knew no
Ing whatever about the proposed excursion ON Delhi
arrlgurd .forr Justice Wandc Yesterday Lane denied
all knowledge Of the transaction aud WAS committed Tor
examination 10 Is estimated that he maze over SI,Ooo
by the sWiudle.