New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-08
NETWORK CITY.

The number of arrests by the police last week was
| 1893. , o
The weeks record: Arrests 1893; deaths, 500;
| births 400; marriages, 1873, and still births, 49,
Gen. Mcmahon, Receiver of Taxes collected $3O5,-
$50 II Clerk Arrears s3500OO and the Crotoh ae
Bureau ST. 4S2 81 last week.
John ID. Wright President Of the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty Children desires to acknowledge the
receipt from anonymous source In ad oil the WORK.
The Mariners Church at Madison and Catherine
sta added ~ persons their membership yesterday by con-
version church is under the auspices oil the for'
society," with D. Murphy as PASTOR and in very
prosperous condition
At a meeting of the Police Board on Saturday,
Can't Murphy Of the Twenyst Precinct Police was repr
allowing coast some OF the streets IN
hs nrecnc Patrolman Patrick Kelly dismissed the
force and designations Of Patrolmen Lloyd OF the
Twenty second Precinct and Casey Of the Nineen were
accepted. :.
All the collections taken up at the Catholic
for the beneht OF the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum tho churches have already
gwen the receipts Of that day. which amount 10 s''s o.
The principal churches have not yet made any returns
There was a little infusion of sentiment IN the
dry legal routine Special Sessions Saturday Bridget
plavin modest looking young accused by her friend
Jane Berry stealing dress pattern from her ana pawn
ing 81 Being sentenced to the City Prison Tor ~ days.
on her way CELL kissed her accuser and both
girls wept bitterly E.
An old man named John Mccoy appeared as wit
meas in the Court OF Special Saturday against ms
son Thomas 40 Of for stealing " from h
The son father refused him money although
well off, The father that long the son had
money he continually drunk Thomas was returned 10
the Island. where he is well known
The horse of Gabriel Meter of No G2 West Forty
seventhst fright at Broadway and Broonest on satu
day evening and ght sleigh to which 1t was arnessed
was overturned. At INST the sleigh struck lamp
most and was demolished The horse into large truck
and was fatally injured MI Meter escaped
with few slight bruises
The trial of Police Sergeant Millerwas continued
on SATURDAY morning. Capt Sergeant Pickett giving
testimony mostly OF heasay character regarding the pres
ence the liquor saloon on the day men
toned Miller admitted that he was III the saioon
at the mentioned in pursuance OF his duty AS an ocef
denied the card playing The case was adJourheu
The last five nights of The American" are an
nounced at the Fifth Avenue and the opportunity of witness
ing should neglected ON saturday next at the mat
inee and In the evening Lady of Lyons will be revived
Mr. appearing time America as Claude
and Davenport Pauline MI Dalys new comic diaha
Lemons or Wedlock for Seven" will soon be ready.
That old French custom of cutting the cake
OF the king e 9Th OF January was celebrated at the
Union Fraternee SATURDAY Two cakes
were cut each which white bean the man find
ing adudged king of the feast and the lady VINO
happened equally fortunate the queen Crowned
with flowers, they both sat the head of the ble
Light housekeeping is now becoming no mis-
homer as the hard times forcing many families
who have occupied entire hoor of apartment house to
move into rooms others who hav lived In more con-
tracted quarters content themselves with single ROOM
The process technically landlords as douD-
ling up though protesting to forbid IT, they really accept
it a necessity.
The workmen of the East River bridge continued
the laying foot bridge SATURDAY The
rope hold the foot bridge hrm was stretched
between piers Will be made fast in its position TO-
day laying the remaining sections OF the loot bridge
will continue These necessarily be laid alternately to
prevent weight at point from DETECTING the cables
requires great care will probably DO two weeksye'
before the foot bridge will DO laid.
In the suit Of William ii. Webb against b. Hol-
aay an recently granted against the prop
ey the defendant the ground OF mis- being
Of the state defendant made application To Judge
Donohue Supreme Chambers saturday for dis
charge OF attachment Mr Holiday, in his affidavit
states that though resided California and oregon for
years. he always kept furnished residence IN west
County and has reside in this state He
for time only at Washington where he remains
during session Judge Donohue vacated the
| attachment
The funera! services, of "Eph Horn were con-
Saturday afternoon at the Church Of the Trans
Gguraton the Dr. Houghton. There number
theatrical profession present. whom were John
Matthews, Pastor, Matilda Heron James Clark Mr. and
Charles Back and other members OF the san Francisco
troupe of flowers sent by the professional
friends OF the dead minstrel There pillow OF white
flowers presented by the Francisco troupe with the
nscrpo mmorteles, 1.-THE End" Tue pail bearers
Clark, Hickman Henry Miner, and Dick"
Sands.
A philanthropist has appeared whose plans for the
OF the OF Ern make all previous schemes appear
and patry. His Is Thomas q. Oliara, and lie
be a cousin Of Daniel oConne AT IIiberna Hall
he unfoed his plan. FIJI st the mod
est request of grant of 100000 Of land from Con-
gress paid BY subscriptions This grant TO DO
and poor Iman who had kissed
the arney rich should be entitled
to one the details of this scheme left for
smaller minds the intellect scorung deal with any
plan which does not possess magnificent proportions
Drift ice has accumulated at He'll Gate in such
quantities drilling operations at Flood Rock have been
suspended 1t found impossible to maintain communi
cation with the Tuesday last gang VI picked
we're sent remove pump and up the
chnery After dangerous passage of several hours they
works and Isoon after gnaled for the steam
them back. 1t found impossible to make
nst the floating OF Ice and not unt
D. H. on Wednesday were imprisoned released.
Work Will resumed until the weather milder.
although machinery is well protected cannot fail to
damage from the suspension OF drilling al this
season.
In 1897, Ann McNar deposited small sum of
money the Blocker Street Savings Bank She twice
married. but deposit still kept in her maiden
1875 she asserted that her second husband James
Crystic drugged her She became violently insane and
Bellevue Hospital where, while still deranged,
visited by her husband aud induced by him To
der her book nephew Of Mrs Cryste notice TO
the book missing, and Of the womans
don, several days aerward the money was paid to
Crystie brought In the Marine Court before Justice
Aker and bank compelled TO pay Mrs. Cryste $i2O
the original deposit with interest
The official returns made to the Bureau of Stats
ties during the quarter ending Dec 81 1875 there
arrived polt l3903 immigrants, decrease OF 764
from corresponding period OF 1870 During the month
ending 81 1876, 1886 immigrants arrived at this port
49,! being males and lo74 females The countries repre-
scented follows England GOo Scotland l42 Wales.
10; Ireland pol Germany, 945 Austria, 90 Sweden, 81
Norway. IL Denmark. 2i France 1873; Switzerland 10;