New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-20
NETWORK CITY.

| undersklrtS OF winter COSTUMES
Among the seizures yesterday by Custom
House officers 1907 pounds Of sugar and nineteen
| dozen pairs of kid gloves.
A new freak of fashion shows the dolman
with double skirt is not nearly as pretty as the
| graceful singe-skirted dolman.
The gross receipts to-day at the American
Institute Exhibition Will be devoted TO the fund for the
relief OF the yellow fever sufferers
The panier has resolved itself into very
small dimensions, consists in the slight looping or
| draping of the back breadths Of the Overdress.
The tight-ftting coat sleeve remains in ia
yor and is now made with slight gathering at the ell
| bow which makes it much comfortable TO wear.
William Tucker, of Brooklyn, while showing
the qualities OF horse which he wished to sell yeser-
day. drove sharp stick into the animals body He was
arrested and held in $500 BAIL The horse will have to
! be killed.
| A special meeting of the Medical Society of
the County OF NewYork will be held this evening at the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons TO discuss the sub
ec of tho detrment to health caused by the elevated
| railroads.
The Board of Excise granted eighteen IL
censes yesterday. The license OF Maurice Baumcl, OF
No 81 Bowery who charged with violation Of the
Excise law by the Society for the Prevention of Crime,
was revoked
John Martin, of No. 227 Cherry-st, got
drunk and jumped into the water from the new stone
pier at the Battery yesterday afternoon The cold water
made HIM willing 20 be rescued by officer Crtten-
| den and bOatman named COndy.
A wealthy widow living in LexingtOn-ave.
superintends her stall in Washington Market In
oil sorts weather she appears at her postal o'clock
the morning. and the day in attending to her
/ accounts and directing her employees.
A plea of guilty of burglary was made by
Cyrus C. Ryer yesterday the charge OF breaking into
the house OF Martha f. Van WICK No. % West Twelfth.
st. the night Of August ., and stealing quantities or
ewery Recorder Hackett sent him to State Prison for
i've years.
Francis Waller, q pocketbook- maker, age
twenty-five OF No 10 Delanceyst, was arrested yes
teray for having his possession barrel containing
500 cigars IN boxes stolen from No 100 stantonst At
Essex Market Police Court Waller was held Tor trial IN
$1,000 bail.
Captain Ryan, who was recently promoted
from the rank sergeant still remains at the Nineteenth
Precinct performing the duties Of sergeant. lie offered
his services superintendent walling to act at the
the offer accepted.
Colonel Coster, pension agent, paid 600 PEN
soners yesterday; 0166 having been settled with since
September L. The largest payment Of the present
quarter for any day 1907, The payments thus
sOns $l7,S30 IS; total. S2644l2 o.
People do not seem to be eager for gold
coin In change The ticket agent at the Park Place de-
pot OF the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad received
gold dollar yesterday, and then found IL impossible 10
get rid OF the little yellow coin. Al IL o'clock last
night he stl Offering IL as change.
II was reported at Police Headquarters yes
terday that on the evening OF September IT, while the
family OF Robert Colgate, OF Wesst Rverdale were at
supper ia the basement sneak thief entered the house
and stole iewelry OF the value Of S2lJ. Among the
stolen property two medals gold and the other
Of silver valued at $780, and won at athletic games by
X H. Colgate.
Tho ship Othello, lying at Hoboken, was
lbeled yesterday by United States Deputy Marshal
Edsa In a suit brought by Martin Henderson for tho
recovery OF $4,000 damages for injuries received by
him board the ship Henderson fell through hatch
way and dialocated his shoulder, and tho injury was
due IL Is claimed, TO negligence on the part OF the
owners OF the vessel.
That's 2O-cent piece" said passenger
on the Elevated Road passing Of those coins TO the
ticket agent who clutched t with sparkling eyes and
looked the date after which his jaw fell and he re-
marked: Pshaw. thought II one OF the 1876
coinage. II looked 40 bright Only LOO coined, aud
now worth dollar and a half each Long as I've been
here haven't gOt one yet"
Edward Murphy, age twenty three, living
ia West Thrtyscyenth-st, auaigned at the Jeher
Market Police Court Yesterday morning, charged
with stealing quantity OF clothing from NO 3li West
Ihrtyninih-st Murphy had been arrested on Wednes-
under promise OF marriage hut had been released upon
agreeing to fulhll his promise
Joseph w. Rihlard, the brother of the
wealthy wine importers OF that in Yesey-st..
arraigned before Recorder Hackett yesterday a
charge Of forgery lie pleaded not guilty and was re-
before the members OF the Grand Jury, and
they brought against him six other indictments for
forgery and one for obtaining money under false pre-
tences
Martin Shiels was arraigned yesterday be-
fore United States Commissioner Deuel. charged with
having attempted pass counterfeit trade dollar at
prisoner said that he lived at No. 651 Hudsonst, and
had been employed formerly on the ChnrehS horse
He produced evidence as 20 his good characer and for
character Of the coin he was discharged.
BROOKLYN
In Brooklyn, last week, there were 22S
deaths, 1874 births and 81 marriages.
MIR. Arbuckle, the cornet player, has been
again engaged to lead the singing at the Tabernacle in
| scheTmerhornst.
| The regular Democrats of Kings County
last night held primary elections in the various wards
TO select delegates to the Assembly District Conventions
which will meet tomorrow and choose delegates TO the
| Syracuse Convention.
Patroman jeremiah Cavanagh, who shot
at Captain Worth. In the Stage Street Police Station,
| Monday morning, brought before Judge Pratt in
the Supreme Court yesterday writ Of habeas cor
! pus and released in $1,000 bail
Michael Cars while walking in Flushing
ave-, near the Naval Hospital, late Wednesday night.
was knocked down and robbed by two runians Two Of
his broken and he received bruises
| The hlghwaymen secured only 30 cents.
! United States Marshal Harlow yesterday
appointed number Of Deputy Marshas to be on duty
at the poling-paces election day. Judge Benedict
Elections Allen OF Deputy Supervisors OF Elections.
Lena Warner, age ten, disappeared on Sun
day from the residence OF her guardian Mrs. Waller,
No SO Par-ave Margaret Riley, seventeen. of
Rod Hook, has been missing since September II. She
is describe as having light complexion aud auburn
/ hair, and wore a calico SUIT,
SOLDIERS And POLITICIANS AT THE FAIR
| II has come to he an annual custom i'm New