New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-29
NETWORK CITY.


The Post Office will be closed on Thanks
giving Day after 10 a. H.
The public school children will have holi-
day from this afternoon until Monday, Dec. 4.
Workmen were engaged yesterday in tearing
down the old Union Market beltower AT avenue and
Houstonst
At Barnums, the other night, the ostrich swal-
lowed adys cambria handkerchief with which she had
been tantalzing him.
Yesterday Commodore Vanderbilt was even
better than on the preceding day. and sitting last
evening and chatting with his physician.
A writ of certiOrari was granted yesterday in
the case of Rufus W. Flint, the teapot medium 10
have the grounds OF his imprisonment reviewed by the
General Term.
The Health Board yesterday passed a resO-
linton permitting the sanitary superintendent To grant
nerns for cattledriyng above Foreth-st. during the
Winter months.
Ground has been broken on the south east
corner of Thrty-ei ghtlst and SiXtl-ave for three
stores These will improve the space heretofore occu
pied by JUNK shanties
kerosene lamp exploded at No. 943 Third
ave last evening, severely burning little girl named
snnmerhays and setting fire to the place. The flames
were quickly eNtingushed
The fourth and last foot-bridGe wire rope
has arrived at the Brooklyn Bridge pier, and VIII DC
naced i'm position immediately In few days three I'M
nense cradles Will he suspended between the two towers
The fine weather and bracing air of yester-
day had the elect OF Dlis,ng OUT eIeSs , VI mt
a good trade done, which almost compensated Tor
the depression caused by the late unpleasant weather
The number or cnldien now RECEIVING III
strucon Colored Orphan Asy lu at one hundred
St and Tcnth-aye, Is 23l; 81 children
have been admitted to the asylum during the pas year.
If Of whom did not know the alpnaDct,
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
has adopted rates Tor coal delivered during DeeemDcr AS
follows Steamer crate egg ana pea s,ues - Ta
these prices 80 cents ton must be added for delivery at
New-iOrk or Brooklyn
Princeton and Yale are to play game OF
football Thlnks2vlng day AT D. NJ ut 81 neoggo
Cricket grounds, Hobolen. Eleven men WI play ON
size, and the game VIII De- under Ine hEpy mon
Princeton men have never yet played with one
The following is comparative statement OF
eases Of Ous diseases reported Tor the TWO VEGAS
'"'''' --FEyERs-- cereDro ,,... min, Small
,nSng phns. phSl let meningitis les. theria- pox.
NNS Sy U.s.. i Is 50 8 90
Representatives of A. T. Stewart 81 Co, and
several other lsuses called at the OAK stlGet Io9s
station yeser 70 try and Identity Ih' t Csnt gr
ray on Monday. Bat no ccw TO their ownership eouiI
be gained Many others Eno nave ,si bern
50 carefully that Identification Is dIlhcull'
The mystery attached to the restrictions OF
visitors 10 the United states sedh.r .AAin %oar w.
moved Yesterday by the cCGutcrnanlih- o. lia ovI
by the Navy Department. Mr. Iweeds Ddssa4e, s.1,
remains ON board and Is locked up IA one OF 'nI 40
ziatrruOms. IL has been rcScaled since It's dfiN"l III
port, with the stamp OF the vessel upon H. ne IT,a
she wall 90 out of commission at tins station
At the Police Commissioners meeting yestcr-
dav tue iye years, uy William kramer 90 the hrst
,uur OF No. 20 ELab. thst 10 Dee used by Inspector
luortc. At a yearly tcut 81 500, was approved 'apt
Nuc of the Sanitary SOUND requested tie assignment o.
rous on the fret floor OF The Central one" as ON rs TO-
tine sanitary CouIn tee, and PLtrulmtn Joseph NJ Dor
sey OF the Twelfth Precinct pcuuuned tor tue payment
al slOO spent "a arcstug john DOdI, VINO was hhhge
Tho Police comm resolved thdt tht iorrc sinuu
wear during the Winter hats similar "a those now IN 49,
an tue contract furnishing them was gwen 10 Cfa"-
ford a Knapp
The employees at the Ncw-Iork tower pier of
tho liryu.n ha have engaged recently IA test
ny the wire, used In the construction OF the ndn
rr, Each OF Tour cables used u support the man
floor will be- composed 81 6.3OO parallel wires at steel
lecrs the wire. vary Ing IN length irom 80 To 10 iert
are -ub,cI tu different degrees uf breaking stliiu ANA
e ,fcct indicated b. WERNER gauge, which registers
the hou-Iudth of foot Ihuss tests are made
"a "a gauge higher thau VIII bc required ~ ordinary
travel that the bridge, when completed win thls
tested material, vii be assured against all nihhhps
winch engineering skin can forcscc.
During the three months ending Sept. 80,
1870 tue sanitary In, cctnTs o the Hru ID pfttucnt
made lJ.tb7 inspections; l,bJb complaints we're t.,
crycd citizens, ali of which wcic investigated aud
reported by the Inspectors; lOJ9 permit, Tor ds
charging curgucz from Ncsscl- LIZA permits Tor empty
ng wants. iud large uumUcr oI other pci nls were
granted The number ~ cases OF cuutas diseases re-
ported follows: Iyphus fever, - TYPHOID icNc
2OI scarlet fever, 1865 ccrcbro-slnai meningitis 20
measles, 90 dphthcrid, jGJ; smallpox, ~; yellow
fever . over 1000 pounds oi meat were condemned
by Inspectors ANA s"ut 10 the Oud dooh Inc mum
bcr UI vaccinations was ALL.