New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-17
NFW-YORK CITY.


Tho w;JI of tbe late Samuel Woodward was
admitted probate yesterday IN the surroSafe Court
The dead body of a recently captured seal
attracted much attention on spring-si yesterday.
The American Institute Exhibition will close
| tomorrow evening. .
| Twenty-One steamships are now lalu up
| In this city.
The devil-fsh at the Aquarium died peace
t,nic fish in The roilcrs Of the Sea-"
The new Madison-ave coaches have species
Of Mansard which prevents the passenger from erect
ing his eye when depostnr q fare
Yesterday the American Institute Fair was
almost crowded Main Building at the Centennial
| on one OF the State days
A new steel engraving exhibited on Broad
is executed in style, which gives the elect OF
| pencH drawing.
The Rev. c.. S. Robinson lectures on Lon
don before the Society oi Mechanics and Tradesmen
this evening
Some of the fair dwcllers On Fifth-ave. imi-
tate Lady ShdOt aud view the Launcelots passing
! by In swinging mirrors placed near the windows.
The Grand Central Hotel has followed the
prevailing poey Of lae Other ety holes' ana HAS re-
The Police Commissioners Yesterday denied ll "a
gave ball at Irving Hall last evening
Several human scalps with long, flowing
hair adofn the 20 the BOwery Iheater Ihey
| aIc Buffalo Bilrs best drawing cards"
The 373d regular lecture of the Liberal Club
VIII Pe m r aSes Bnk formerly Tnited states
| Consul TO Mexico ON " The Future Of Mexico
Cheap restaurants are said to be on the IN
crease IN this cay. 1hat waytrins man OF Hlel, ans
The anp can now get the radit onal bowl Of soup with
! a Chathan-st. suit thrown in, for ten cents
A performance will be given at the Academy
%yn.ss church. in East Forty tnrst All the principal
theatcrs will he represented
| The New-York County National Bank has
lust erected building opposite their present SITUATION
which Will DC ready for occupancy on the lst oil May
next
An order was issued yesterday by Surrogate,
Calvin removing Mrs. Irene v House az eAeeutlih OF
Tie viii of the late o. A. Huuhe In this county she hav-
! ing failed to quily after due notice
The number of prisoners arragned at the
toml' iSr no ,Ie Yen ~. Jl dn Sreyons yea The fines
collected aud deposited In tine CITY Treasury amounted
| 10 Sl33l4 80.
The Pelham coach, once a problelnatic ex-
lion IL is reported, too that Col Kane will interest
himself In the erection Of hotel at the other end OF Tue
route.
A small but intelligent colony OF migrants
from Rotterdam landed at Castle Harden Yesterday.
! Wisconsin.
"Your clock has stopped" said an impe-
cunios looking customer to siAthaye merchant Ses-
crday, looking at the ume-pecc on the wall " Yes we
don't 20 Tick here IN any respect" was the ready
cjonder
! Edwin Booth arrived in the city late on
Wednesday evening Chicago, where he has been
resus since concluding nv san tranelSeo zen M
| McNickers company
In the suit brought by the United States
sissnuad lianauian, Tor balance OF dnties on a.
importation goods, the jury In the United States DIS
rict Court rendered verdict for the Government ior
$40 3d.
In the case of John b. Odell, assignee in
bankruptcy ol John Flood. against Mary Poster ani
others, Judge Batehord, in the United smtes District
sscssing the costs against all of the defendants.
John Mcnamara, age Is, residing on East
Broadway, near MarSetat willie at wo'K Yesterday
afternoon the building ut No. % Do~niDg-st,
m from the thd story, breaking an arm AMI receiving
serious internal injuries
Mary Murtha has begun an action against
Ann Doyle Tor II 900 which says she gave tnr de-
fenant To deposit for her hut which the defendant de-
posted IN her own name ana nov refuses TO deliver me
| passbook. jude Lawrence yesterday granted an Ia.
| junction against the defendants drawing the money
/ pending trial.
Commodore Vanderbilts condition still re-
malus unchanged. lie neither better nor worse
been for several weeks He sits III ms re-
clnng chair every evening Tor an h0u or TWO, anu 1t e
pins look though his wonderful vitality would pro-
Jrg his existence Tor some time. is family ana e"
| of hIs intimate friends visited him yesterday
Upon complaint OF citizens residing in the
negnuvrhOod tue church premises az Nos - anu o.
Attomey-st., an inspector OF the Health D'patmen
yesterday visited the curchyard at that place aud ioud
that the ROOF Of an old brick vault had ale i anu mi
number of skeletons and broken collins were paltliy
exposed, emitting unwhoiesome odois Inc INSPECTOR
recommended that the vault should be filled In with iresh
! earth.
A demurrer to the bill of complaint of the
Inlnau steamship Company against Edward o. Tinker,
acting Captain the Port, To enjon him from collecting
certain tonnage fees filed Ia tue United states CIR
cuIt Court In Equity yesterday. The demurrer alleges
that the amended bill Of the plaintiffs does not contain
any matter 81 equity wherein to sustain an injunction
| aud that the plaintiffs arc entitled To no relief
In the United States District Court, before
Judge Biacnford yesterday, tue jury IN the OF the
United states against Henry Russell ana his suretes
rendered verdict for tie Government Tor H3,2il %
Mr.. Russell was pay master IN the ned states navy
aud the amount recovered by the Judgment was de
ncirncy IN settling hts accounts Tue DOndsmen were
| Alexander Wallis aud George Russell
Messrs. Coup q Reiche, the prOpretors of
the NeWiork AQUARIUM, nave generously thrown open
various sylums of the city From . O'Clock un IL III
morning the children OF the orphan sy s and Tue
deaf mutcs OF the city, accompanied Dl lell teachers,
will be- admitted free OF charge, ana nave an ltuhy
seeing and studying the thousands OF rare ana CURIOUS
fishes mat would otherwise be- denied theh'
Charles II. Hatch a lawyer at No. 80 Lib
ertys was arrested yesterday upon an order granted
by Judge Lawrence OF the supreme Court ON the com
| sliumau The amount involved IS 100000, winch the
complainant charges has been msappropriated by Tue
onels sepmotner and 1t is alleged tna the money came
into hands three years ago as trustee oil the estate
| Sir. Hatch Was taken to Ludlow street Jan
| II il understood that ThurlOw Weed, the
Rev Dr. Chapn, Bayard Taylor, Edmund C. stedmn, and
w. H. Bodwell have consented to perform e duties ar
sed To connection with the unN ailng OF the
bust of Horace Greeley, despite th,lr many other en-
gagcments and the little time remaining To- preprt LOT
place In Greenwood on Monday, Dec. =. ~ was pIcha
urc TO announce Tuesday last that they would per
form several parts because the committee mad not
| then obtained their consent,
The trial of the suit for limited divorce,
brought by siary A. DAVIS against sane p ~ H. DAYS
Special Term of the Common Pleas The ground VI the
sut IL the defenuants abandonment Of his wife. Tue
answer of the defendant is nat the lady was already
married when he married her Her reply Is that she was
arried under Indian Territory law aud divorced under
that before her marriage 10 the defendant The case
Ii still on
During funeral at No. 1876 Avenue b, yes
terday, Mary Williams. notorious female pekpoeke
mingled with the mOuners and, affecting Intense grief
auped handkerchief TO her eyes while she deNerOusy