New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-06
NETWORK CITY.

A tobacconst on Broadway exhibits two pipes
worth 81 900 each.
r.. j. De Cordova will lecture on That Dog
Next Door at Chckerng Hall Tonight
One of the old women who sell candy in
Printing Houscsalare has been engaged in that occupa
ton for tweDty-0ne years.
A petition was read yesterday, in the
Board Of Aldermen for the establishment OF ferry be-
tween this city and Gowanus Bay
The posts for the East-Side route OF the
NewYor Elevated Railway being distributed along
Pearst The contract requires that all the iron shall be
delivered in the city before February %.
Custom House Inspectors Hagdn and McCOrt
seized 900 cigars, yesterday found concealed Oh the
steamer Columbus, from Havana; also eight bottles OF
The changes in the board of directors OF
the Maryland Coal Company made at the annual eec
ton yesterday consisted in the substitution Of George
Maney in place OF Reuben Manley and George Pomeroy
In place OF George w. Butts.
The Board of Aldermen, yesterday, directed
the superintendent OF Buildings TO report upon the con-
dtion Of the upper story of the Essex Market Armory
occupied by the Goth Regiment Many complaints have
been received regarding 1t.
Robert McBright, age SO, of No. 80 Mon
roest fell overheard from the steamship Cappeii at
Pier No 90 North River Yesterday and received severe
Injuries the head. Oihcer Wright, or the western
Steamboat 8 uad, rescued MIN from the water
A resolution was adopted by the Aldermen,
Yesterday requesting the Mayor, Police Commissioners,
and Corporation Attorney to enlOie the ordinance re-
curing the street railroad companies to obtain permits
before using -pOugis and sweepDg-indchlnes
There was good deal of excitement about
the County Clerks Office and the Aston House rOtunda,
Yesterday to know what John MOrrssey could possibly
have meant By his courteous dispatch to his Old assist
ant. County Clerk Ford: 81 have improved every day
since yOu tefL'
Controller Kelys statement for January
,I,n tor nv
as 3,5570lS %. The funded city debt, deducting The
sinking fund, given S90472656 63. and the total
dsbt. including the temporary debt payable wholly or
part from assessment, as Sll7IO9sSl w. Inc to'aI
debt, January 81, 1877, was %l2l ,3763H 3s.
The pictures belonging to the collection OF
the late Charles A. Lamont exhibition at the
Kurt Gallery, and Will be sold at Chckcring Hall on
February 13 and H. Among the artists represented are
Achcnbach, Alvarez, BokaIowiez James H. Beard Cab
aue Detaie, FOWuny, Eiouard Frere, Geg0me, James
NJ Hart William II irt Merle, Edward Moran, Schreyer,
Van lIarcke Horace Vernct, Zamae0is, Zieln, ana
Other welknown painters both American and Euro
pean
A letter was received 10y the Pilot Commits
siouers yesterday stating that william T. Murphy had
appealed for aid to the widow Of Commodore Collins,
who died few days ago. Murphy repre- ened that he
Lad been pilot on the Collins line Of steamships and
packets tweutysix years ago, and was now paralyzed
Ine Commissioners say that he Is an impostor He was
formerly pilot, Out was dropped from the rolls 1t is
stated, Tor improper practices
BROOKLYN.
The special committee on legislation ap-
pointed by the Aldermen will so to Albany to-day.
The amount Of excise money distributed
among the charitable institutions last quarter
was $3.50.
1t is stated that permission will be asked of
the Legislature to extend the railroad on Atlantic
ave. tO.the South Ferry through the old Atlantc-ave
tunnel, now closed
William De Angels an employee of the New
York Custom House. died at his residence No. 39l
South Fftlst Monday. at the of seyenty-One years
He had been the Government service for thrtysiN
years
A horse and sleigh, valued at 5000, were
stolen from the stable of William Smith, at North sixth
and Fif,hsts yesterday morning. The sleigh was snl
sequeuty found overturned III South foufth-st, ana
the horse returned TO the stable alone.
The Cor0ners jury in the case of John
Lynch who was killed By eaping from window at the
Fiatbush Luuatc Asylum, on Sunday, recommended
that more careful inspection IN future be made OF all
tie windows o the asylum 50 AS to secure the safety oil
tile inmates.
The Brooklyn Board of Education met, last
evening tor the first time in its building Red Iiookane
since the building has repaired The hall has been
enlarged. rettted and handsomely furnished at cost
OF $500. Every measure that came up before the
Board, yesterday, was laid on the table.
Robert Baker, who was arrested on Thurs
day last charge Of biyamy was held yesterday by
Justice Walsh to await the Grand JGrys action Baker
was married his first wife last November and TO the
second the night before his arrest lie Is twenty
years Of age and gave his residence as fOit Ha
The thirty-seventh and thirty eighth strands
OF the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge completed
Yesterday AS soon as they wrapped and lowered
into their proper positions. Onehalf of the number OF
strands required will be finished. timber frame sixty
feet in height being on Cue south Siue S
large blocks which viii form the facing OF the ap