New-York tribune., 1877-10-26
NETWORK CITY.


S474I7 OF city bonds ranging from par 70 Ia per
cent No award was made.
Loms OpDerman, age forty German,
Of No 533 sixtl-st. committed suicide yesterday by
taking Paris green. Drink and family trouble led to the
act
The Hon. Daniel DOugherty, OF Philadei-
uha Will lecture Sunday evening next at Cooper IN
titute aid Of Francis Hospital on The s'a.c As
il should he"
"A big thing on ice is illustrated in Bleeck-
er-st wlnGow. giant oyster rotoses Oh huge DocA
Of ce miniature ladder stands at one side, and qee'
little man is cmhilg 40 10 reach tie OYSTER
The Fire Commissioners yesterday passed
resolution commenting the GOODNESS al ACTIVITY Of hre
man W. H. Reynolds who extugushed the bu mig scene
u0on the stage at the Park Theatre on wednesday night
The Commercial Union Assurance Company,
Of London, has appointed Alfred Pr 20 succeed EDah
Aliger the Am rican agent. Mr.. Pel formerly rep
resented the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance
Company.
The schooner William Hopkins, while sailing
mp the bay yesterday into by the ting Restless
the latter losing her snoke-ppe aud PilotnOuse. Tie
OF tne schooner claims that a the time his vessel
was struck no one was n the pilothouse % tne tug
I he Excise Commissioners yesterday re-
many applications for lceLscs, but granted ic"
They propose to refuse lice TO the bucketsIop ami
other dsrepu,abe places, whose prOpreors atcmp. to
The Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments has issued au appeal 10 register to-day
or tomorrow. IN order that hey may at tie al-
proachIug .ecton Tor candidate for the L gslatufc
who are in favor Of submitting ihe proposed c0nsttu
tiouaI amendments tJ the popular vote.
The parade Of the Coaching Club viii take
place on Saturday next The coaches wi leave Madison
Square at 3:lj p. proceeding mp Fut-lye and enter
C.I'Iul Park the FItI-lye gate from the Nall, they
OIL, ~ Ia ..
cross to Mount St. Vincent aud rctIln down the eos.
drive.
A severe hurricane was experienced on the
Mosquito coast ou september 70. Nine .u-te-i'hng
schooner, lost, Win tIcr crews. about sixty DO a
,yyo-tirds ol whom white and Toe rest culorcd
Nearly IN Of the los men were married. and hir flml-
i,s were dependent upon thom Tor support Many OF
llr -clooners on-,d in Ncw-Oileans.
The steamship State Of Virginia from Glas-
gow Lad Il Stormy passage. On October H. hurricane
-truc the snip, aud SIZE was hoye-to snt lours.
seaman sing. and t is supposed that he wa, washed
overheard When OF sandy Hook yest rIty, BE- cio.u
passengers passed resolutions Of thanks ID Captain
WooIie, and the otLcr officers OF tue vessel
Herman c. ScaycrS, alias Bush, who was
mentioned in yesterday, IB.BUNE a. having stolen eoOI-
rom H. $ Johnston. Wis discovered by L)Is Bush. WHO
recently visited Cincinnati, IN that cIty. Louis
Bush informed C. J. Bu, his brJthera So Il Thomas
,t ana TIN, in nornli was gy.n 90 the police, AM
they at once arrested Louis Lazarus the receiver
Scayers was AZ one time employed oy C. j. Bash.
James Buell., Secretary Of the American
Bankers Association stated yesterday tna tie crc iar
purporting to De sIgucI ly Inn, asking the morning
papers to publish ctrtan statements regarding the
,reruback movement" was forgery. No such cl.cu
lar nai b. n sent office Of the association Tie
cv dent object author Of the circular had been To
iujure the standing of tue association.
As the ferry-bOat California was leaving
Dol
woman jumped from the bow into the water some Mon
ON the tugnoat Austin rescued the drowning woman.
aud brought her 10 the sh"re. she taken 10 the
Trteentn Precinct Statiou ouS', whcra she gave Ter
name as Catnar.ne Cohen. she admitted having AZ /
tempted drown herself, bat refused 30 give any reason
ior her act.
The New-Y York Press Club gave its Fall re-
ception last evening the President, C. H. Pullau pre-
siding, Among the guests were " jorGeueral Thoma,
C.. Deyin and Captain Mahnken, L. = \. The musical
entertainment included glccs and solos by nry Camp
George g. Redwood ,Dr. J. T. Hills, Arthur Woodruff,
ANA j. II. Bartlett. \ photograph grou OF the officers
OF tie clue executed by Mr. G.. o. RUckwood attracted
much attention.
At the inquest yesterday on Eliza Linger
manu. who committed suicide by jumping into tue last
River on October . the husband Jhn \. Llngecmaun.
testified that his wiic death due to Mrs Elizabeth
Lincermann hi, sisterinaw, whO wnen unable to lu-
uce him to transfer certain property TO her. caused
difficulty between HIM and his vile. winch Ted to the
latters suicide The jury decided that tie deceased
woman drowned herself
At the meeting, yesterday, of the CommlS-
soner, appointed 10 determine the damage caused by
the r.peil of the Parade Ground Act, William L. Htws
real estate agent, was examined an expert A MI
Haws gave valuations which were considered too large
Mr.. Wckham drew from him the acknowledgement ihal
depreciation IN the value OF properly va, Not coll
fined to this place but general Tne examination
viii be cou,inucd ON Tuesday.
Staten Island ferry franchises were sold yes
terday, follows: New ferry from WAteIall-st'
from July - 1877 to May l. lss to john H. s'arin, at
81 5Ol yearly; oldfcrry from whehal-st from August
1871 10 November ls~2 TO the staten Island Railway
Company az - 779 9s yearly. Tie bulkhead and pier
property vas let TO the company at $1,000 yearly
The sale l other franchises adjourned until Noyem
Der :. no bids having been received
BROOKLYN
Captain Brandon, of the tugbOat II. c. Law
SON yesterday found in the river the body OF man.
which was identified by the driver Of the Mosque wagon
a. that Of John Doughty, of No 2s9 Front-st.
John Betz was stabbed and killed on the
night Of September IS by james Deyln. in the hall oi
No Il Morreilst. Devln fed and has not yet been
arrested The Coroners jury found verdict against
Dsyln.
Louis Miller. aged thirty-three, fell from
secoud~iory window at bis residence, No. 500 Broad
way +. d.. yesterday afternoon, and striking upon
picket fence received fatal injuries lie removed TO
tue ST. Catharine's Hospital
"Mr. Prisidint' sad a delegate in the In
dependent" Democratic Senate Convention on Wednes-
d.y evening. 81 think should adjourn until saturday
night There are AZ fifteen delegates here IN
this convention who are absent"
The Rev. j. H. Vincent has a new lecture,
called That Boys Sister, companion TO his humorous
lecture That Boy He il to deliver 1t at the summer
nd