New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
NETWORK CITY.

NETWORK CITY.
| A Madison-ave. undertaken iadvertises every
| reauisite first class funeral"
A Bowery museum claims to have a greater than
Diana OF the Ephesians she weighs 7l2 pounds
George Doberty, guilecss stranger from d.
Johna r. the latest victim confidence relieved OF
| $50. q
| Stewart L. WOodford will assume the duties OF
the office Of United States District Attorney about tho mddie
| OF next week.
| The United States Grand Jury has found lndict-
ments against all of the persons arrested for the recent mail
| robberes-four in all. 80
The annual masked ball under the auspices OF inc
Cercle Prancas PHarmonIc" will take place at he Aca
envy OF Music Monday evening next
A portion Of the marble flooring underneath the
arches Of the Court has been raSed
preparatory to building additional supports for the foor
| 4 milkman named Bullwinklc arrested for
selling milk watercd FAR the standard The purchase OF
world have saved his credit aud enpe MS cans
The latest Custom-house case-Weed against the
Twenty boxes Of smngged cigars were seze SeS'
aav Nv Inspector Weed, the steamer Columbus nom
Havana.
Robert A. GTannIss, for several years past secre-
tary Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was on
Wednesday elected vcepresdent OF the Mutual e
Insurance Company city in place OF John NJ stuart
deceased.
! An amendment to the bylaws Of the Cotton Tx
MAIDS provides that all Offers to buy ana
sell cotton delivery shall be IN decmnj instead OF
vrpar
than 100 of cent 49,
The tow-path of the raging canawP promises
soon 10 be bereft of picturesque ruins new 'eI
ton for introducing The canals eNhbteh ny H. h
Baker AZ the Exchange The plan Is to be submitted
10 the Legislature. and old Doatneh pienici VIM '"o ~
mower will become obsolete.
The Poiers' Association held its final session yes
:eray at the Central Hotel and it, annual banquet
during evening The session was devotedto discussion
me labor question uotters material etc At the banquet al
IsIaLa AZ Tho lu,itf fsOil
tuition; MI Petit Of tie managers OF the centenhf'i TX
mhn; Takaka Japanese Consul to this city anu se'ef
members Of the association
A man called upon Superintendent Waiting yestcr-
day and stated employer Charles T. Goodrich had
been missing Tuesday last MI Goodrich VINO r2o
merchant SO Dey left hs once on Tues
ia, last and -ai lac would few minutes hlnce
then nothing OF him lie Lad In his POSSESSION
valuable gold watch and chain and abont $1,000 III m"ueD
Tho theory is that he has been fOully dealt WIZ
The commissioner of Public Works yesterday APP
noipted iantor for District, Police and civil Courts as
follows Civil Courts-Fs Patrick Caliahan SEC
ond james Mccullough Third, ". J. kennedy; tonrth An
drew Hanncmln; Filth, William clancy; S'1th james
uccarty seventh Patrick Bergen Eighth Samuel Barclay;
NINTH william 4. Liscombe Tenth Daniel Golden For the
Police Ccnrs-Fifit John Murphy; Second Bernard Rey;
Third Edward BrucEs
\. Brown was arrested yesterday order
granted ny Judge paly The Common Pleas on the com
Main, Of Wh.iirna Fayen o. NO 10 Chysnet Mrs faen
charles pretended TO insure her husband o 10Y
her benedt and brought them endowment policy Tor sUoO
on winch he has collected semiaunuai premiums toG nine
e,rs ,noonnc in all 10 200 She learned recently that
the policy was boguR. Blown was committed to LudO"
Street Jail in default OF $1,000 bail
4 reporl having been published that Col. John
o,,hony one of the prominent leaders was lying
onpeIousy I'll at his residence NO 81 SiXthayc a1RiBuhE
reorer cae! upon hin last evening and found him sitting IN
a chair feeling quite comfortable He sad he hoped 10 DC
out in another week He had been Suffering from oohge'"h
OF the lungs supeTnduset by co and though he Lad been
| at
bed lie regret The exaggerated statements OF his
physical condition and his financial embarrassment
The total business of the Money Order Division OF
,he Office 0T c year 1876 as shown 10y te
report OF s. perinteudcnt Plmicy amounted 10 $500
IFS 80 OF which sS0O53o 03 represents the domestic
or es issue and S2752s IS the foreign orders The deposits
surplus posmasters were @l26'1oI4 o. ana
&c Col O59 was paid posmascrs drafts Foryeisht elc's
are aued TO the duties of the department The
depression business has produced no peTceibie dhnoh
IN the receipts OF the office.
Al! rayitt's Art Rooms ut No. sl7 broadway last
evening paIt paintings and water color drawings Of
Frapcis Of this city sold at an'hon The bidding
was cot spirited and the prices realized were small n'y
Ave paintings and the aggregate o prices was
Sl949 -. Of the prices realized were - follows
nnchr by Olaydc, slO7 80, descent from he tros',
claimed by TitiAn $l72 80 "&ariyrtIm Est Bathoo
new" ~ Rivera sos; "Thc Pilgrim" by Frances, s'''
Of Ara1guez" by OayFc iGj. The sale will be
concluded this evening.
One of the objects of the recent visit q this city
Mt Elliott ~ the Treasury Department At Washington was
10 certain what objections there we're among the custom
house officials proposed plan Of introducing the metnc
svstc Of weights "a the customs service Of the
coniry thought desirable to remove a. fr as post
HE ali objection 10 tho charge before secretary
morrill, sloui bring the matter officially before Congress
Mr. Elliott spent time going tables, &c"h
| John II. IydecGer. Custom house st"oheep,i. Mr. Iy
decker said yesterday result hah been satsiac
tory 10 both Mr. En.o and himself and he had 40 doubt
about the praciicabiiy Of the proposed change
~ te oh fltp Ilr
g rector from the date foundation r. October 1882
the present time the only IN this city which has
specially Tor deaf mues. Ii has always maintained
SUNDAY afternoon for them in the sign language While
ITS been free 10 all fOr several years has
had a mission chapel in Ei.hcentis, near Eightrave
where extensive work among the poor For the
LAT thee years the incone VI fallen
s,r ~ its expenscs that has note OF 5000 to be
paid on the February The Pensioners striving
raise 500. " the wo, which 81 Auns VITA
s free doing among deaf mucs, and also among the
poor generally, hoped that other friends win contribute
| toward making up the balance.
| BROOKLYN.
| Fred Bachman about 30 years of age, of No. 2G0
Hudsonayc committed seIfau shter with Paris green.
| Rfsnorse epilepsy Henry Lutz, young man
living at II Couselyca when brought mp yesterday
cnarg, Of bcniing hs mother suddenly with H.
| and was scot hone
| Il il ,1lmored that on Feb. 1, Controller Burrl
sill aniss the bond clerk Rich. and appoint
his place Robert Courtney The place has salary Of 81
| attached 20 II.
| One burglar met speedy justice nj the hands of
Judge Moore yesterday. lie arrested In the morning
peaded guilty under the name John Brennan ami was
sentenced mouths the afternoon.
| In a pigeon match ia Myrtle Avenue Park on
"wednesday sweepstakes of 81, 900 by otto
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