New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-14
NETWORK CITY.

| CuIled cocks feathers tipped Win JET are very
fashionable.
listers of ladys cloth and camePs hair are the
| popular travelling garments
| The novelty i'm millinery is the Princesse bonnet,
| with the and brim in
w. Romeyn yermIlye has subscribed $1,000 to
the Seventh Regiment New Armory Fund
| The new centennial doll tells fortunes with the
motto papers Of which her costume is made.
Black velvet cOrnices, with bindings Of polished
brass, are the novelty for window furnishings
All the new costumes are finished of with a chat
elaine bow Of ribbon. the left side of the waist
The new ball dresses are Of white brocaded silks,
with silver or golden threads running through them
| Tie Rev. Joseph Cook Will lecture in Association
Hall evening the subject Does Death End AM"
| Floral trimmings for ball dresses are richer than
ever those of dark damask roses with
! sprays OF lily Of the-vsley.
| The new Museum of Natural History, in Central
PARK win be open for private examination this afternoon IL
formally opened President Hayes December 81
Twenty children sent to-day from the Asv-
Randas Island the state Asylum for Idiots at Sy
They charge OF Dr. Wilbur and three attend
ans
A petition is being circulated among property
owners IN the upper part city their signatures,
qucsng Legislature to grant charter for horse railway
along the Boulevard.
The letter mail yesterday from Kingston, Jamaica,
was seriously muaed by The majority OF the addresses
however were egie the letters forwarded and
stamped received In bad order"
seizure of Chinese curiositieS was made yester-
d,y on TIE steamer Castle bound from China to
London and touching at this port They had been offered Tor
| sale without the payment Of duty
Jackson s. Schultz has sent communication 20
Controller Kelly requesting him to use his influence IN pro-
curing appropriation Of 5000 for paving and repairing
! streets various parts Of the city.
The convention Of manufacturers OF saddIery
hardware al the ST. Nicholas Hotel adjourned Yesterday.
The established prices OF the association is SAID viii be
maintained during the coming season
A petition was presented TO the Board OF Manag-
ers tho Produce Exchange Yesterday requesting that the
day preceding Christmas be observed "a holiday 1t is
thought that tho petition viii not be granted
Coroner Elinger and DR.. Coldschmidt completed
nqucs Yesterday the Of twenty seven persons who
died suddenly OF these four were scaded fatally one
committed suicide others the victims Of accident
/ various forms.
An evening dress reception viii take place at
ChqrIler December s, when parents Of the
and friends Of the school are invited TO attend and
exchange Oess regarding education. This VIII be the first Of
a course Of these meetings
The police succeeded yesterday in arresting n
notorious burglar named woo-ey, alias Jack WELSH
stealing trunk containing silks worth $1,000 from one
OF Il. b. Cafus trucks The prisoner was fully identified
and viii be arralgned 10 day.
To aid the French Benevolent Society in its efforts
10 relieve poor destitute French families about dozen
French firms Of this city agreed 70 give SO month
each Nile AIMEE who has recently returned to this city has
promised contribute S2j month.
| The Old Dominion Steamship Line is bringing
daily to this city million Tor Maltby Coz
opened and shipped in portable refrceraors This
is industry, which has been remarkably successful
owing and the excellence Of the Virginia
teIs.
Doll collectors are busy at this season. They
have Of riches knitted dolls rag
dolls wax dolls bque harrub1er dolls French nurses har-
ieouns sailors Washington in costume, walking, tax
ing creeping dolls badheaed, japanese rattle dolls
and on in endless varietv
The Homeopathic Medical Society of this county
elected tho following officers President Dr. Alfred X
Hills President DR.. c. T. Blumenha Secretary DR..
Arthur r. Hns Treasurer, Dr. Carlton jr Censors. Drs
j. Falsey White swan, Joseph Finch l. G. Warner and W.
NJ. Pratt. The membership is nearly 200.
| Fame is described rs being killed in battle and
having your spelled the list. Something Of
this attaches to Mt A sivor caterer at the
Crescen H. whose handsome display the din
ngroom attributed to MI Ferrn proprietor theWes
minister Hotel The credit was due to Mr. sivor-
Persistence is n doubtful virtue In a man who has
thoughts Of sefsaus ter Jacob Iorzes No Broome
yesterday shot himself and then cut his throat with
razor The third attempt failed and Horze will have to
dure h society At least until he recoFer' from his in
Business troubles supposed to have led 10 the act
! The doughty patrolman soon promises to be in
vulnerable point has been in his feet Since Pro
fessor" the official cropodist the pedal
weakness afflicted the force has been removed
the spectacle buecoated policeman popped against the
sheltered side Of wall viii become one OF the things Of the
past.
The Home for Old Men and Aged Couples, at No.
4s7 Hulsons which under the immediate control OF the
Episcopal sserho,d Of ST. Mary, now has twenty-five in
mates During year POI have left the Home. The ins
tuition supported entirely by voluntary contributions. At
the nth reception, yesterday Bishop Norris OF ore
gon. appeal for the Home.
Many gentlemen who do business in this city and
reside IN erse yesterday, at the Aston House.
lied the New Jersey Rife Association, and elected tho
following officers: President Colonel Edward H. Wright Of
| Newark; President william II. DeIiart; Secretary.
George sques Of Elizabeth Treasurer H. f. Anderson Of
Railway Of the association stated 10 promote
rife practice provide suitable range for this purpose and
to Introduce Of aiming dr and target firing in the
! National Guard OF NewJersey"
| Newspaper boxes for the hospitals placed in
various parts city last Spring During the Summer the
thoughtful kindness public supplied them with $4,000
newspapers and magazines The box at St Pauls Church
papers the largest number Of ALL next came
the box Central Depot, in which deposited
Ia sj7 papers, while from tho box in front OF the NewYok
Hotel gathered ss7 papers The boxes are emped
eAry day. contents distributed IN Bellevue Hospital
Charity Hospital hospitals the other islands The
paper the day with its fresh is especially valued by
| the patients. -
About twenty Of the creditors Of Amos G. Torrey,
Yesterday selected tho assignee, Samuel H. holeson,
| paper dealer, Of No. IL Beekman-st., New York.
Patrick Bagley aud William Blake, on December
H. stole saddle from the stable Of William Bag.
lev No 23 Adelphiast They arrested yesterday in
Jersey City with the In their possession, and we're
| brought 70 Brooklyn last night.
The Grand Jury will bring its indictments into
the Court Of Sessions morning and next week they will
be disposed The negro Thompson, who was arrested
several weeks ago for outrage upon an old woman at
Graveserd, viii be tried next week.
Mrs Esther Hart, aged fifty, who has been i'll at
her boarding place 80 given by her physi
clan two kinds OF medicine FOR external application
which was poison she swallowed yesterday by mistake
She died from the OF the poison last evening.
Leonard schmidt shoemaker, of No 1913 hckib-