New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-18
NETWORK CITY.

y live fHttcnnikc IL VII 'A"i''' " "
! in Nassaust
Pos;deuts Of the Twenty-third Ward are
uromc reduction in the price OF gas after TINS month
Pbilip BENJAMIN has been appointed Mani
fest Clerk in Mayors office, in place OF fr'ue''A
SamOnsOn, feSgued.
II is said that the Harlem local trains on
Fourth will "a far As Mott Haven "neh 'nc III"
arrangement goes into eject o,
From $500 to 5000 persons have daliy
svoilcd III ,msclvcs OF the Cooper Union readngrooms
during the Wintcr. The great majority were inei
A revival is in progress in the One-hundred-
and tventv6fth Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Meetings arc held daily and many converts nave peen
made. =,
Anna Erna, 20 years of age, residing as NO.
, eulliv,nst ATTEMPTED 10 commit suicide yesterday
by taking quantity OF phosphorus, procured from 'o'no
matches.
The annual celebration of Wa,bingtons
Birthday 10y the pupils Of the Cooper Union VIII ,ahe
place Tuesday evening Feb ~ III the "Io"' ' ~
) O'Clock.
The foreign mail was carried yesterday by
,he popu orouia city OF New-York. Cen Barnes ana
and Clare II consisted of s7o6T letters and - bags
OF papers. 49, -,
The Republicans of the Twelfth Ward have
chosen Roscoe Conkng their candidate Tor inc iIcSi
Il ncy; and Roscoe Conkling Campaign Gun j. pe'ps
organized in the annexed DISTRICT
About 100 men were At work yesterday
among the ruins Of the late Broadway fire Ihey p'keu
out great quantities Of broadcloh linens, ana cotton
goods, all charrcd and s'lll smoking
Tbaddcus Dayids a Go. have begun clNIl
suit FOR 90 900 against Joseph Week Of West lIoboken
for collin, nl, hearing II is alleged Label falsely repre-
srnng that the arucle is manufactured by the COM
llainants
The schedule of Abraham llccht and Meyer
Newman was flied Yesterday with the County Clerk
t,,tpg their labitics AT Sj6623 49, aud their real
assets al S2- -. The schedule OF otto Iicnssoh'
Hlad IN the Office states his real assets" 500 ~
Margaret O'Donncll, age Is, of NO. IFS
East seycnrcenth--t ard Rosa Connolly, age D. OF
Fonrct nth st. md Ayonue A. were drown from WAGON
yesterday Ecycnthaye. by the horse taking iilsht
from a locomotive. Miss 'onnrllys icn lcs was iiac
I red. Miss o Donncll's injuries were slight
colorcd woman, who gave her name az
Emma Jacob. and Ter 80 go years, was found wan
d, rim. about after O'Clock on W'dne-day right. sc
could not give any account Of herself lo-t'i9;y I'o,n
ing she was committed TO ths ,ooi,a ii're' J" ! '"P
posed that she !, some" hat deiahseu'
Mr.. Abbott of the Erie Railway said yes
tcray that the General Ticket Agents Association hai
acr ~. to reduce the present rates of fares - per cent
over all ihc trunk line, dining The centennial months
Under this agreement itctr Woh'h ie ne OPP ''r"n
among tAc G.hrr nj colIian'-, - c"h '""i"'5' -
siid viii MAKE a uniform rein l"n
The change Of weather during the past lew
las has Increased considerably tie applications for coal
81, The office II the Commissioners OF Charities AMI Cor
rcc,ion AboG 900 tons have already been distributed
but Commissioners hope nat hy cconomiing y cir
aPpior 4iioI fh'y VII bee enah, to grant Limo" l'
III tu deserving npIl!, ants mp - trr j.
The rrpr, srntatiVcs of the different trunk
line o this city have agreed 20 discontinue the pi"
lice OF selling RAILROAD tickets by persons VINO nie
not licensed Under agreement eut"rod INTO hS Tho"
roads no company J. allowed - hay" tnorr tnan Nc
ofIcc- the sale of tch"t- In th.- 'ty should iae
present pcrulaors d"'linr I" "'"tlIe '' 'I'I ~ ,h'
,oupanic- they viii, II Is stated, he crhuaIS pros
crut,d
Rapid transit was discussed before the Com
n Yesterday hy several gentlemen, The ma"nt! Of
whom f,vorrd the construction Of go elevated road.
MIR frame opposed The occupation 81 L!sh'haN" h,-
tween Nin~ty second AMI one hundg' land t'nt' IS,
and Nh J,lbic read alda,its from John G. n ben ct
ui.on.r nf Public Works. siatus that The oousuct'n
- rapid transit road through ninety seconded might
inlur, IN. aIucduct works thtrc.
Ellen Swcenv, q homeless woman, Wd- kicked
In the abdomen Wednesday by James Riley, and j.
feared that Injuries "ill prov" fatal The assault
was committed at NJ. 1U2 Washingtonst. Riley was
locked up by Capt saunders IN the Liberty street Police
station aud thc injured woman WAS taken to the Guam
h,r- Hospital IT." vic az the Prisoner stated
that injured woman persisted ~ coming mp III" -tus
afrr her husband had forid.n her ~ do and that
ne then kch,d h'r down stairs The PRISONER l. hrht 10
await the Icsuit Of his act
Sergeant Bcrghold of the Washington Place
Police Court was arUgurd before President sn ia yes
tcrday charged with striking prisoner Harriet Wil-'
o Jan o. aud with causing her 10 be ltf,atod At the
Ionb- los telling the matron That she was a lGnatic
Bct goi v no has The p puidon 81 being ki
md huniiir officer, testified that ne never struck the
woman; that she was discharged from custody because
the Judge believed that size insane. She WAS ar
T., ted bfcakng the Windows and furniture ia The
house where size was rmploy"i The sergeant mhc'cd
that the insane. aud had told The matron So
4 pctition To reduce the rates OF commission
on the oc Exchange is IN circulation. This asks that
T. . rates shall he ~ follows: Oucluart.r Of per cent
o the par value Of rock- banks, and other securities
when the Transaction made for regular Investors ani
m OF per the par value Of all securities when
the transaction il speculative And no business
shall be- done at less than this latter rate for any
pc son or firms not members OF the EXCHANGE, or
Tor any banking other Institutions eighth 81
per the par value of all securities when tue trans
action CLOSED IN 10 days ON all securities hoigit
r sold for members Of Ia. Exchange tho rates shall h2
Ia. per cent the par value, except when memner
principal during the business hours Of the day of the
transaction In which the commission shall be -
per 100 shares. ...,,.,,.,,
The Fifteenth Battalion has adopted new
UNIFORM similar 10 that OF TIE nth Regiment of New
York
The Board of City Works yesterday referred
the resolution di-chargng the employee Of the city Hall
90 the Corporation Counsel Tor his opinion
Mrs. Mary Whitaker, age ~, of No. ISIS
Twenty -fourthst suddenly exclaimed 70 the members
OF her family yesterday g" he yen," and dropped
dead
Richard Painter, charged with abductmg
Jessie Shields, IN the Eastern District, was honoraby
discharged yesterday after examination by Justice Ober
nicr
Judge Pratt of the Supreme Court yesterday
appointed stcncy referee in the foreclosure suit of
the Farmers Loan aud Trust Company against the New
York and Boston Railroad Company
1t il stated upon good authority that neither
the Rev wyland icyt LOT the Rev. DIR. Elder, though
both are held the highest esteem by the congregation.
have considered by the Washington Avenue baptist
Church IN reference To ITS passionate.
Justice Elliott yesterday granted n warrant
for the ~ Ferrymen Coffee and Flood, who
charged with clubbing Peter Jewell cO0red barber,
violently that the latter has become insane. Jewell was
found yesterday In Newark " j. and taken to HIS home