New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-07
NEW-YORK CITY,


furious wind blew most of the day yester-
day. The flag ON the Post-orce whipped into rib
| bOns.
Catharine Deblius, age 80, of No. 353 East
Fortysxth-st, committed suicide yesterday by taking
| Paris green
The receipts of the New-York and Brooklyn
Bridge Company for December 400 81 and the
| expenditures SG6,s6I OF.
The new way stations of the Harlem Rail-
road between the Grand Central Depot and Harlem
| River are nearly completed.
The steamers City of New-YOrk, City, OF
Dallas and sacr yesterday 81 III letters and SO
| bags Of papers a. foreign mail.
An oyster dealer in the Bowery has adorned
his windows with wePreseryed starshes to attract the
| attention OF people passing by.
| The bootblacks rejoice in the kind OF WIN
ter weather which has experienced far this sea
| son. They claim to make from 81 80 to ~ a day.
The police have heard nothing of the where
abouts of Charles Clayton who left his residence al No
81 veseys Wednesday night, and has not since been
| seen
| While the workmen were pulling down the
old building at No 27I Cherrys yesterday, the side
wall fell upon John Sheridan OF No. Heser-s, and he
| was badly crushed
Cyrille Dion has issued challenge, open to
any player in America. to play match game Of 600
points at the threcba game for 500 or 900 side
| lie desires Albert Gamer to acceptt
Five girls. inmates of the Roman Catholic
Proecory at westchestcr effected their escape yester-
day but we1S Gy ,f fGa fSe m
A general reduction has been made In the
salaries OF the employees Of the POstOhice Every de
partnrnt with the exception Of that OF the carriers
whose pay l. established 10y Congress- Is aueceu U! the
| reduction.
Great depression is reported to exist in the
market for the sale Of ship property at the Maritime Ex-
change caused mainly by falling OF OF the foreign De
mand winch for several months past was the mann sup
! port OF the market
The proposition to apply the 900 annually
appropriated FOR libraries. to opening, after school hours
a -chooi-room each ward As public reading room
forms the substance of petition 10 the Legislature
| which l. In circulation.
According to the old style, yesterday was
Christmas Day and WAS celebrated in the Russo-Greek
Chapel in secondave., Fothst., 10y appropriate
| Berrng. Many Episcopal crrgymen were present
| 4 complete and beautiful rainbow was to be
seen at O'Clock yesterday spanning the western
| horizon VIII the adage Rainbow at morning. sailors
| take warning" De verified IN the coming OF stormy
wralherl The storm signal was displayed last evening
The laying out of Third-ave. many years
ago changed cudrcy the grade ~ the Boston turnpike
| in former Gears tho only highway TO Harlem small
section remained nnmoeslrd ~ me Ia, Of ' mil t as
| oblitorated by the extension Of L'1ingtonave.
The reported discovery of a silver mine by
| the laborcrs cxcavaiing new sewer on the West
side Boulevard near observation-disclosures proves
20 be- hoax. MneraogstS "no nave ehaminSu spo,I
mems OF the supposed precious ore nhd ho,nnt io'o
| II is stated that very good counterfeits OF
the aftyccn fractional currency VI the issue before the
last are IN circulation Persons not good judges OF en-
craving are advised to remember from whom they re,
cciye ftyccnt stamps of that ISSUE which ber me nea
samuel Dexter secretary OK the Treasury under Tres
| dcnt Adams Ia 1901.
| 4 descent was made on the pr0trudng signs
In Fulton-st. yesterday, which was productive OF much
merrimen on the part Of spectators ard much maedlc
on an part Of the boreaycd merchants, an OF whom
ad pcs orsy received notice 10 remove The obstruc
! lions. - tho devastation went ON the shopAeepers
! hastcncd 90 remove tac Objectionable Signs.
Two captains reported at this port ycster-
lay Tie loss Of ihcr vessels Capt c. s. sharp an
nounccd the total loss Of hs vessel the schooner Helen
sharp Of philadelphia, Cayo CJnftcs on the night Of
! Dec ~ 1873. All of the ctcH were saved. Capt T.
ivnion reported tho total loss OF his vessel the brig
| Walter HJwcs 81 Bangor, Me, on 2'ih o, Decemoef
/ near santa Cruz CURE The crow were saved.
The Gilbert Elevated Railway Company as
cert. that intends To begin work on the slxthave route
A. soon A. the frost OF the ground The Company VIII
not begin work on s secondaye. route until the sixth
ave r1nd mas p,cn on t"f Fynrd Road cannot be-
buut uu,il sanctioned by special commission, um con
.eni ~ onchaf the prOperty-holders on ImrdaNe not
! having been obtained
The freight agents at the offices OF the
eyera trunk lines say they do not know when the rates
ON freglts from this citytO the West Will be advanced
IN accordance with the agreement between the trunk
| lines ana the lines running ont OF Boston. The taSi
frcylt agents nave yet received orders 10 increase
the rates although instructions have been received only
~ give rates from DAY 10 day The uncertainty SAM 20
| interfere greatly with business.
There were received at this port during De
eeuber Oi9 bales Of raw silk most Of which came by
fine overland route OF pierced cocoons 37j bales were
received. The total amount Of silk manufactures m-
ported during the past year was valued at El6Slls
n gold at the largest items being OF silks llnh"s
md siIk ana cotton goods There has been steady de
crease In the amount these mDortations since ls12
when they aggregated SJJ's00,'lO
Robert ". Smith and Theron Baldwin, VINO
| lie
ad Yesterday their schedule with the Cerk OF the Court
| al Common Pleas stating their Liabilities at S7O,-
M 20 then nominal assets a. Siil9l -, ana hci
real assets f}5iG 81 Tho assg neas bond was MED
1i,rE by MARY irvins and benjamin H. Irving TO John
| Pullman aud Ellen O'Ncil To Patrick Lyman
Chief Clerk TwOmcy of the Board OF Alder
men presented the following iist Of names and salaries IN
his department OF the Board yesterday First Assistant
Clark W H. Moluney $4,000; second Assistant Clerk,
u II u,,,re - 800; Third Assistant Clerk, W H. Me
| (lbe 81 200: Fourth Assistant Clerk, j. j. Purr0y,
| 100; Fnh Assistant CcrG, John Purroy, Sl,oOo
r. F,zsumons, ~ 800; Mcsse nger Luke Welsh l,OoO'
Assistant Librarian, Ennis Gearty, Sl,2Oo; secohl Ne,
-en,er T. j. Dpran ~ 900; D1orNecper, Thomas fitL
simmons, ~ 900; Sergeant alarms. D. Walsh Sl,-oo
The annual report of the NcwYork Central
and Hudson River Railroad, just issued, shows gross
earnings for 1875 Of S29,0272lS Oh, against S3l,6oo
| $50 ~ In 1874. The transportation expenses were
sI7 1O7 "a In 1879 against SlS,3SS297 SO IN lS7i
The eros. earnings for 1879 show decrease OF S2,623
lbs o. wic there n decrease IN expenses OF To-
$50 o. The net earnings for 1870 were @llfooll ~
against Sl32G9OSg 10 IN 1874, decrease ot u l96'
"a. H. The operating expenses IN 1879 were 00'ol0Q
PER cent, against 5sV'lOo per cent ~ - "a Inc eaplt
stock H. $sJi2S 800, ana the FUNDED cent mas risen 10
TiOOO3607 81, increase for the year OF ~, 1lSJ-J
Henry f. Bird, prominent English chess
player who is well known In Europe and America from
hs games against sdch experts AS Morphy stenltL,
W!sker mcdonnell FaIkbeor and others, has been in
this city for weeks past, and has played many OH