New-York tribune., 1877-07-06
NETWORK CITY,

excellent for the seaside
The reaction of the Centennial year is felt on
national anniversaries.
A penalty Of five per cent. on unpaid croton water
rents will DE enforced August |.
The steamship Frisia sailed yese rday, carrying
2 ,399 letters to European ports.
Canvass slippers cheap and fashionable and
trimmed to match the dress
At the intercollegiate Athletic games, at Mott
Haven today Yale and Cornell unrepresented
The rage for wearing real flowers increases, and
many ladies contract with their florists for daily supplies
President Hunter of the Normal College, has been
made a Phi d. doctor Philosophy Williams College.
A number of the best drawings of the pupils Of the
public schools of the city exhibition at the Educational
Building at Grand and Elm-sts.
The most influential man a crowded street just
the with paintpot the negro with whewash
brush.
The water in the public drinking fountains in the
parks become offensive because the basins are not prop
erly cleaned
The free baths are as well patronizcd as in the
hottest days Of summer and the proportion OF female bath
is larger.
The hardy sons of toll occupy the seats in the City
Hall Park from m:O p M; then the mating Of the Sixth
War sexes begins
Departures for rural resorts are increasing. The
preacher the curbsne musicians and the champion
destroyer joining the innumerabe
Il is fashionable for ladies' 70 wear the watch hang
ing with chain also hung dangling
~ tine
4 child wife is among the latest arrivals at
Castle shes Il years OF age, and her husband is
Mennonite % years Oh.
Petroleum oils are coming into for dressing
leather amed be much better aud cheaper than
animal oils Tor that purpose.
Meerschaum pipes, with the bowl forming far
likeness Of President Hayes an1 bearing the inscription
Policy Pper becoming popular.
Washington Market butchers wear bloody frOcks
open neck and chest disclosing solitaire da
mont worth .Iom SjOjt to $1,000
Mayor Ely Yesterday approved the resolution of
te Common print thousand copies OF the laws
passed by tho legislature t last relating 20 this
CITY.
The coupe drivers in the Park say that the boys"
at The city Hail TO rle uptown mach they did in
times gone by They wax "for the benefit Of their
health and pocket.
The urclimiuary steps have been taken by the
Comm -sonors Pb. Works repaying West Broadway,
between Chambers ami Cauasl, and sxhav between For
tyssoono aad Fiily.u.nth-sis.
fydrophoha is the subject Of free lecture by DR..
Robert YUM tb evening before the Liberal club At the
College o Phycians surgeons Fourth Ave and Twenty
tmr-st
Passengers viii be conveyed from New York to the
White fountains by daylight on and afer Monday next
trains leaving The Central Depot 500 By tho
New York. Tcw Haven and Hartford Railroad and reaching
the Fabyou House. white Mountains IN time for SUPPER
The steamships Ethiopia and State Of Indiana
arrived from Glos yes riay tfoner bringing 80 cabin
7S passengers and the latter Al cabin ant 30
steerace passenger. or tola of 2l3 persons.
The revival Of t.ie Arcaliansy-tem of urd rgrouud
railway which was pgopo4'd time to build under
Brolawav s und,r The good for
rapdrnn- line a5It s pleasantly suggestive Of fresh fields
aud pastures new,
Weob C.. Hayes, a son Of The President, is in the
city visiting friends. lie rsmbed about waist. and the
stock Exchange yesterday morning, aud in the afternoon
glimpse OF the mechanical department of several OF tie
New-York newspaper Offices
Tie number of fires occurring in this city on the
Fourth from twenty four for each hour Of
IN, day. This onethrd u the number of fires caused in
York by fireworks and aecrackers alone, the Fourth
OF July 1876.
The managers Of the Seaside Sanitarium at Far
ockaway acknowledge TIE receipt of sll6i2o the eqmya
lent Of s2 2s6d tUe the proceeds Of collection made 10y
the passengers Of tne steamship Celtic which sailed from
NewYorl on May 20.
James Towers. a caIman, who is charged with
having conveyed from tn National steamship Companys
docS portion recently musgcd silks and aces
broueh. before Shields yesterday and held IN
1000 bail.
About twenty horses. lame or unfit for work, are
daily discovered by Rerch officers from tneir outlook at
the healquers Of tie society ior the Prevention Of Cruelty
Animals These horses Immediately detached from their
and u the soceys stables. ony in serious
tie drivers arrested.
The latest thing in dolls is "A young lady of tinted
wax who when wound up given high char AT the table
her mouth; when has done this certain number oi
times Necessary open her back remove the foo and
wind her up a-an Dyspepcs will probably for so
simple method OF escaping the horrors Of indigestion.
precocIous youth holding the important position
OF oGceboy in mercantile rrn conceived taste finance
Having had the misfortune to his clothes he informed his
mother businesslkc manner that going
up. That worthy woman removing her slipper severely
chased him With IT, In course Of the operation the young
corgibc casually remarked that leather coming down
d.. .1y Il nf W ITttIs o.,I
Philip Mccain of Ma. Al Beachst. put OF from the
Chrsopherst yesterday afternoon to catch excursion
barge being ,owed into the river Kenick caught
the hawser the being crushed
barges dragged overheard and drowned The body
could recovered Me- ashore in the
uninjured and reported the accident.
The Aquarium has just received some valuable ad-
dtons marine department. among which tie
dams upon which Darwin starts his amons theory
and which have been recently cassed among the animals
stead the vegetable kingdom. where they formerly
thought beang. Sea cucumbers odd looking
resembling mass Of geatne hornedcow shes, and many
Others Of grotesqus form and appearance may be n
tlnks
Catharne Blake years of age who had both legs
crushed ly by No Ill OF Thriav line at one
Hundred Fifth ST. died al 3 yesterday Her parents
refused permit the injured child 10 be taken the Ninety
Hospital aud she treated their residence
1856 Thuia av. John Dean, the driver arrested
yesterday Coroner Enger committed him to the Tombs
await the result Of the inquest
Miss Fanny Davenport sails tomorrow for Eu-
rope enjoy brief weearned holiday She has taken
passage England Of the National Line will leave
Pier A Miss Davenport Will be accompanied by
her sister, May and by the weknOwn artist George
Fuller and lady. She las no intention Of playing abroad at
pr ssnt the starring engagements made for her by stephen
recalling her 10 this country In September she
will the highest paid TO any native artist
since Charlotte Cushman.
At the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
Justice Dunys time principally occupied by patriotic
small boys who had locked up dsehargng all manner