New-York tribune., 1876-11-20
NFW-YORK CITY.


Sugar has advanced two cents per pouhu iii
the last three days.
There was great rush at the American In
stitute Fair on Saturday evening.
There were last week 1,721 arrests, 4l5
deaths 56i births, and 13i marriages.
Pools on the "Billiard Tournament, nave
taken place of betson the election At the pool oo
The deaths among the workmen on the East
River Bridge during the seven years II has been puhg
have averaged two per annun.
Commodore Vanderbilt, at 10 o'clock last
night, was resting quite comfortably aiter having
passed very quiet day
The Board of Managers of the American
Institute Fair have decided 70 allow the eHmoiuo 10
remain open until Saturday NOV 20
Maria King of No. 1876 West Eighteenth-st.,
quarreed with her husband on saturday evening ana
tearing violence jumped out Of taird story "indow
Both were broken, and her PACK uISIocdtcu'
A drummer belonging to the band at the
American Institute attracts great attention by ms per
formance upon strips OF walnut WIN Two snl "aie's
lie plays great many tunes with pleasing eject
The Rev. DR.. X. s. StOrrs lectures at Chick
erIng Hall this evening on the subject ihe oId ana tne
New in Europe Tne Eey or S Sa nnrep tn9
The immense Hook Organ exhibited IN the
Main Bull log OF the Centennial Exhibition has pot been
secured by this CITY, III mas Deeh purchaser Ioi o.
JOsepn's Cathedral at BuHalo
large quantity of smuggled brandy and
snuff was seized saturday evening from the German
steamer Hermann, lying at Hoboken Dy the oicors at
tached to Special Agent Bracketts Office
OF the many daiIies that have sprung up in
NewYorK in the last five years, only those down to"G
have been profitable experiments The Quaker Dairy q,
with liabilities OF $4,000
Some of the savans of the city have been
austrian NJ eman Baron de Palm who died This city
last May The cremation VIII tl.e place thls mohh al
Washington, Penn. near Pittsburgh.
Frederick A. Penny, age 80, of No. ~
Leroy-s while temporarily insane, attempted suicide
by taking morphine YESTERDAY morning at No 10 ,O
was attended by DR. Cook and taken 10 the City Hos
pital
The General Missionary Committee of the
Methodist Episcopal Church ned its fourth days session
on Safurday Tie subcommittee on Appropriations
met in the afternoon and agreed that the SUN OF
S6GS 300 SlS3OO more than was ASKED iOI, DC col
leced for 1877.
The sale of 1000 tons of coal at auction
will take place this week-lOOOOO tons VIII be soid To-
morrow by the Pennsylyania Coal Company, and lOO
600 tons on Wednesday by the Delaware, LackawHnna
and Western Company. These are the only companies
that will sell at auction this month
The Harvard College Club held their regular
monthly reunion at Delmonico's, at BroAdway and
Twenty-sixthst. last Saturday evening Many proml-
supper was served the evening was passed in sing
Ing college songs and in pleasant social intercourse
SupeIintendent Walling was requested on
Saturday TO aid IN the searcn for Gowen Blanchard a
student II years old, who left his home IN Baltimore
week ago. lie has been traced to Philadelphia which
place he LETT last Thursday for TINS city general
alarm has sent TO AL the police stations IN the city
Detective Dunn of the Police Central Office
on Saturday arrest d William Mckenzie, on charge oI
stealing So 900 worth of goods from Marcus Engiandcr
of No 2G2 East Sixtyeghthst BY request on the detec-
tive, Mckenzie was not arrdigned at the washington
Place Police Court but returned 10 Tie IOIce tau-
quarters.
The trees and lawns in Central Park have
been much neglected lately, as the Park Department
less appropriations made very shortly serious injury
the park VIII result It Is announced 1ha tas Gspd
feature of the place to young visitors
An invoice of steel revolving shutters of
ser1ral tbousand dollars value which had been con
Mqssr ii.
seized by Special Agent Bracelet ana MS assistants,
Nevin and Jackson on the charge o. lrreSuaii'es m ~
CustOm-hOuse.
The Winter course of free lectures at the
GooPer per institute m NJ VA FeS cEeoSu o e Ee YORK Essna on
Gong Around World" The lecturer 6 put glrdle
about the earth in 40 minutes" aud gave III graphic
style his impressions OF the places and people when dc
had recently visited
The contest in bareback riding came off at
Rarnums HipDodr0ne last Saturday evening, Sebastian
and Fish being the rival riders. The men we're very
evenly matched, and hence the performance was I'M
nonsIp for grace and skill Fish, who IN turn has
been challenged by Martno Lowande, known as the
Brazilian Hurricane Rider
Last evening the Palette Club gave the first
OF series of informal receptions at It's clubhouse, No
East Twenty-secondst large number OF members and
6y Messrs. Peri Hqrrison Miliard Boscowltz, Chris
tani Rice and Quicker, and songs ana recitations by
John and Henry MOultOn, ana A. u. roster
The great sale of the Menzies library last
week was remarkable in more than one respect. The
OF the richest in the country ana the
amount realized the largest ever received ~ book sale
in this city, being somewhat IN excess OF ToOoOO Inc
valuable collections of Peter Hase and Edward IL.
Tracy which are said 10 contain over 10000 volumes,
will be sold next February or March.
The rumor that 400 of the officers in the
Custom.house were to be removed caus d great excite
ment on saturday During the past week Special Treas
ury Agent Tnge Washin g,on mas been lnvest sang
the various departments and preparing an estimate ol
the reduction be made In the force OF officers
Ts investigation directed by the last Congress, and
al the next Congress the report is to be submitted
Frederick Snedgar, a German, was arrested
and taken the Seventh Precinct Police station YeStet
day morning charged with having forciby entered the
room AT No 30 East Broadway occupied by David 90
hen and stolen two silver watches valued Al -, gold
chain worth about $25 two coats valued at S3O and
silver ring. The stolen property was found III the pos
session Of the prisoner.
While Mary Tillman, age 80, of No. 141
crossing SiAlnaVe. AT seven
teentIIst yesterday afternoon, was knocked down
and run by of horses attached u furniture
truck receiving injuries. she was attended by
the surgeon at the Twenty ninth Precinct station aud
taken home by her friends The driver OF the truck,
Richard 4. Cassin, was arrested and locked up
A little boy named John Englehardt, 10
wears of age Was found in the street late on Friday
night and taken to the Fourteenth Precinct Police sta
tion Here he told sad story OF cruel treatment at
home ending in abandonment by his unnatural m0ther
An officer OF the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Children found his mother who lived at No % Ec"y.
st 10 be a respectable German woman, and that the
whole story had been manufactured 10 enlist sympathy
The young Ananias was returned 10 his home yesterday
The closing day of the sale of the Menzies
Library marked by the great bargains obtained Dy
mn and %