New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-02
NEW-YORK CITY.

The number of communicates in the Presbyterian
Church in this city is 1891.
| Saccharine statistics: There $1,7OO,OOO
| worth Of candy ctured in this city last year.
can inquiring friend" asks how it is that persons
who wear goggles always observed to have weak
The noble Six Hundred" charged on the ice bar
rcadcs Fourteenth and other uptown thorougfares
| yesterday.
The Elevated Railway-which might more prop
ery called the air line "cared lS6326 passengers
| last year.
| William A.. Boyd, Corporation Attorney. paid to
Controller yesterday the of s5ij 90 penalties col
ecied during the month OF February for violation OF city
| ordinances
dispatch from San Francisco received yesterday
announced steamship Nevada formerly OF the Pacific
Mail steamship Company had transferred and now
| sailing under the Japanese flag
| Custon-house Inspectors McCort and llagan seized
$500 cigars brand found concealed on board
the Columbus om Havana They were incioscd Ill
| rubber bags ready to De thrown overheard
The natural history collections the old Arsenal
at gradually packed preparatory to
TO the Museum on Eghhave IL Is hoped
| to get into the building by June /.
Seen from the jersey shores, OF as one comes up
the bay the of the Courthouse
looks precisely like huge Pennsy barn. and presents
striking the ornate architecture around it,
In the suit Of August Schmd and others against
Cs.par nng. reported yesterdays TRIBUNE the jury in
Supreme Court Circnit before Judge lawrence yesterday
gave verdict for the plaintiff for 81 j9i Niles ap
peared plainn. " T.. OBnen for the defendant
Griffin the man who improved on Jersey City JUS
and divorced himself by quoting passage in Denteon
omy fled misery but stopped at Philadelphia
his late employer for 800 To enable HIM to go
West. friends have gone to bring the progal home
Of the SlOO, 900 necessary for beginning work on
the Bridge street Ferry foot OF Chambers st, New
York OOJ has when the fun amount Is made
up will and several railroad lneS on either
OF the will establish terminal branches at the ferry
houses
A large sale of dry goods was held at the auction
rooms of TOWNSEND Mputant & Coz 70 and 81 Leonard
st. yesterday 5000 o. Richmond prints were
prices varying from % TO 10 cents yard Among the
buyers H. b. Clain Co. Of this city, and Louis SIX OF
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Cornelius Van Wrinkle, an officer of the Society
for the Prevention Cruelty Animals sold recently
afflicted with CHAMBERS which he had been instructed TO
eDenced in the Court Of Special sessions Feb
~ 10 the Pcnonay ana lay fine of 200,
or further Imprisonment of three months
While "A nurse was holling Kate Hartman, baby
only six hours old 49, Ps, Feb H. she fell asleep
During her SAUNDERS, spit dog at his paw upon the new.
boru babe stangei IT, coronrr's jury yesterday
soemuy that all this had happened aud the coroner
cred ted wI -, the result OF their astatenes'
Sutton n Co., owners of the SAN Francisco Packet
line received Information Rio Janeiro under date OF
Jan ship Bde Jacket which left san Francisco,
put Rio Janeiro in disabled
condition About 1870 tonsO her will be dischar ged,
ana the vessel repairs before she VIII proceed
A petition was circulated in the Cotton Exchange
yesterday asking the Board Of Managers to repeal the resou
ton demanding that all future contracts for cotton decimal
only should be used, no decimal less Than tooth OF
he considered counter petition requested ialr
before should be rescined The rae went
into effect yesterday.
There was "A bill-pustcr' raid on Wednesday
night riy al posters covering aud dficng all the bills OF
the UmOn squar3 and Park Theaers which are posted by
Paulding. known whose bills the latter posted over
last night retaliation but rmors of raid on the bs OF
H,oh and tlp a..
III EMS are served by the rival who is suspected
Officer Gcrow of Capt. Williams precinct evil
IDENTITY wanted badly and inundated Frank T. At
water with his club. him down, and sprained his
ankle This Jan 49, while Atwdcr was watching fire
men throw water a Yesterday the officer pleaded be-
commissioners that unnecessary force was
used Their view Of the will be announced in fe" days
Several shipping merchants yesterday expressed
fears of the safety the steamship Huntsville which was
supposed To have Johns, Porto Rico, Feb H. and
consequently would be due Feb Fl. Inquiry was made at the
office Of the agents. Rivera Coz who stated that the
vessel lett st. Johns Feb Il, bat obliged 10 bat back
owing to damage her mdder which would obtain her
several repairs she is expected TO arrive to-day OF
tomorrow.
Jarrett 4 Palmer Yesterday informed Cakes Ames
the owner Booths 1caer that they did not desire to re-
new the that establishment which expires on May l.
which they the theater was made on
May 1874 but the theater not opened until Aug 10 ot
year. understood that the firm will continue III the
theatrical business upon general and extensive
scale present Duing the coming summer they "ll
manage Rockaway by the steamer Plymouth
Rock usual
Superintendent Walings attention called
Yesterday 10 letter which purpOrtcd TO be signed by VIII H.
Daily Thrdaye. which was sent to some person
out Of the city offering furnish domestic cigars which were
perfect imitation Of imported cigaS at prices 80
low that purchaser could make from $4,000 to $1,000
year similar communications have been sent TO different
persons throughout the country The superintendent de
clacs that il only form Of the "sawdusi gane
The money paid the cigars apparently IN the
presence customer who finds when he opens his box
that he has only quantity sawdust shayngs instead OF
cigars.
BROOKLYN
Work on the new municipal building was resumed
yesterday morning with force OF 20 stone masons and
laborcrs.
Thieves stole jcwery worth 1928 from the resi-
dence Armstrong 40. Us Second place on Wed
pes'!ay night
Surrogate Livingston yesterday appointed Wash
ingtOn A. and guardian clerk in place
Of Courtney who will complete his tenth year IN that
position the last day Of tins month
Bridget Byrncs was found dead yesterday al No.
The jury declared death the result OF too
much whisky liberal beating by her husband, Patrick
During past week the couple have been gloouy drunk
and quaTels frequent violent The police
are looking for Byrnes who has disappeared.
Joseph Davidson of No. 740 Ilicks-st, in quarrel
about with Patrick Trayan pedder on wednesday
night at No $50 Hicks ST. knocked down. kicked repeat
eddy body and finally thrown down stairs
pugnacious pedder Here he was found 10y MS VIC
who had him conveyed Long Island College Hospital
police found TTavan lying dead drunk III MS taos anu
locked him up on a charge Of felOnious assault
The Board of City Works yesterday passed resolu-
lions recommending 10 the Council the confirmation
the following cleaning contractors III the waius
hitherto unprOyided for: Fifth, r. York. $1,000 slAh'
Thomas Cyne 81, 200; Thirteenth Peter Blake, sioooi
Fourteenth Peter Blake $500 Members Of the board stated
ion.