New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-24
NETWORK CITY.

Two Thousand dollars were realized from
/ the sale of Easter eggs alone last week by Broad
/ way cOnieclioner.
| Sick children are receiving flowers and straw
berries through the kindness Of ladies and tIe Efforts O
/ the Children's Aid Society.
| The statement OF cases of contagious dls-
eases for the week ending April 20, shows of scarlet
fcycr115 typhoid fever ), diphtheria g. measles l3O
Inspector Conway has been authorized by
the Pilot Commissioners to the immediate re
moyal Of shad poles east Of the middle of the Noth
River.
Maggie Fisher, age three years, died ycster-
day at No. l25 West Thrtvrs;-st., from the effects OF
received the day before, by falling into vessei Oh
hot water.
KEENAN, +. Carroll, nineteen years old, OBJ
tanned yesterday from Chef-Justice DAILY in Common
Pleas Chambers the appointment OF gudrdHh 10 Ell
able him To sue his wife Catharinc for divorce.
The fishing schooner Lizzie and Maria went
ashore a little south OF the telegraph station at sandy
Hook yesterday morning, and WAS pulled or by tugs
soon aitcrward, having sustained little damage
A large amount of property in FOrty-fourth
and FOrty-fftss., the Hudson River has Deen
transferred by william Mcuzcs to tn" Municipal Gas
Light Company for $2lO'OOo The deed was recorded
yesterday.
Pier No, % North River is the rendezvous
OF pigeons. These have increased FROM single pair
whch settled there years ago. TO whole colony
They pick gram tie pier and are fcd ny the at
PENDANTS OF steamers when are m0orea there.
The Board OF Health has ordered that no
cattle shah be driven through the streets between Fifty
eighth aud slxty-sXtl-sts, except on written permit
from the Board and In strict conformity 10 the routes
hours, and terms designated heretofore by the Boald
The 23d Regiment, of Brooklyn has ten
dcrcd to the 22d Regiment, OF this city, the honor OF
reception aud banquet, on SATURDAY next az the 23Is
ccptcd. The I'D Will leave NewYOrk at 800 y. III. on
that day
In all subscription matchcs--a new feature
at CrcedmoorJuring the Spring meeting 30 per cent Of
the entrance money will be divided into prizes, Of %
per cent one Of - per and Of 10 per cent The
match Tor the Waters Prize cong rangcI wlll begin AT
100 p. IN. to-day
Theron Skccl, age thrty-OnC, civil engineer,
died very suddenly yesterday at his room. at No. ~
East Twcuy-siXth-st st the request Of some friends
postmortcm examination was made by Deputy Coroner
Goldsmith, when showed the cause OF his death TO nave
been heart disease
An Easter festival will be held at st. Luke's
Home for Aged Women, the corner Of Eighty ninthst
and Madsou-ayc, Thursday, April -. The house
will Ice uVcn to visitors from ii O'Clock a. N FaGcy
articles aud refreshments will be- for sale and ING friends
Of the institution which Is much IN need OF AID are re-
specially invited To be present
Aldermen Wachncr, Lewis and Jacobus were
appointed a committee yesterday to investigate the al
is5G ncithcr the Justices OF the Civil Courts
nor their clerks have made returns oil Tees received III
summary proceedings or In appeals.
In the divorce suit of George f.. Robinson
against hi. wife, ChiefJusticc DAILY denied yesterday
motion for alimony and fee there being ref
creuce pending, aud the wife having obtained from
a week, which she had not enforced.
Resolutions were adopted By the Pilot Com
ms,ioue yesterday expressing the regret OF the board
the los OF the late Commissioners Blunt ana stating
county has well earned that which he valued more
tnan pccuniary title to the gratitude OF his
COunNInen ana The men oi his line
Carlo SattnOn, an Italian student, who was
committed on Monday by Justice Duffy for attempting
suicide, held yesterday by the same Judge in 5000
J Ia., nh = Saa. Of No. i3i West Professionalism from
whom he obtained - on "A forged order
During n quarrel in the saloon at No. 7Gj
Tcnth-aye., Simon stump, yanishcr o. No 40 West
Twcuy-cghth-st stabbed Tho left shoulder and head
Gcorg, Mansinann No. 253 rcuth-ayc aud Fred
erick lIobleuz OF No. 600 1nrd,yc in the back The
injuries HhiCtcd were slgIt stump was committed Tor
trial by Justice Smith Ia default OF 5000 bail.
The condition of William Henry Walters,
who attempted to murder his wife and then his
throat on Friday night in Stantou-st, is said To be
improving. His wife h also doing much better than
expected, and her recovery is no longer impossible
said to have addressed letter 70 her couched IN
the kindrst words, ana evidently intended as conca-
tory measure
In order to crafty the curiosity which is
felt IN reference 20 the new system Of instruction called
the Kitchen Garden, taught AZ Wilson's Mission and
elsewhere the city, exhibition OF the exercises OF
the school will be gwen on Monday next, At the Memo
rial Chapel Thirtictnst and Third-ave The perform
aucc VIII BE- Daue additionally interesting ny the sing
ing OF glccs.
A man, supposed to be Bernard Donnely
was staggering WCstst CbristOphcr-St.,
after nlghail yesterday, considerably the for
liquor, when ear No q, ON the Cross Town Railroad
came up. James TwOmly, the drive, eudeaNored III
vain To stop 10 IN time Tie man was knocked down.
the passed his body crushing his RIBS and
causing death almost instantly
The Supreme Court, General Term, was an
noccd TO meet yesterday at O'Clock to give opinions
At o'clock the crowd OF waiting lawyers told the
court would meet at O'Clock, but IL not until halt
past that the decisions IN about ninety cases au
I'm
they meant ~ Ia the Office OF Lewis Bcccner at
Broadway and Parkplacc
A committee of the Brooklyn Aldermen
asked President Roberts of the NewYork Board yester
day. to his influence the resembling of the resou
ton prohibiting cnItmen from obtaining Licenses unless
they live within the city limits Mr. Roberts thought
the resolution good one. resolution was adopted 10y
the NewIOrk Aldermen. requesting the Legislature To
pass law that would interfere with this ordinance.
BROOKLYN.
Patrick Fitzgerald, aged twenty-threc of
Sixtls l.. d., who shot, Sunday afternoon, by
James Riley, of No. 2GS North seyenth.st, died last
evening at the Eastern District Hospital
Another pistol accident: William Ward, ten
years old o. No Is Ryorsor-st while playing with
pistol yesterday accidentally shot hmself IN the left
iani The ball entering the palm aud passing at the
back Of the hand
Leo Ziedler, age forty-eight, of No. %
Everest, was struck by revolving fan IN the sugar
refinery OF IIavcmcycr Elder, Yesterday and received
a compound fracture OF the skull The injuries VIII
probably prove fatal.
owen Smith was fined $40 by Justice Riley,
Yesterday, for mayhem in biting the hand Of Thomas
NJ stone, a conductor the Myre-avc. line,
who put Smith of his car because he was drunk aud
acted IN "A disOrderly Smith preferred go to
Jail for forty days rather than pay the ilne.
David Reise, who has served four years at
Sing sng was convicted of robbery in the first degree
in the Court OF Sessions yesterday On January Is he
went to his mothers house, presented pistol NJ her
head aud demanded $50, which she gave him. Upon a
trial for petit larceny Judge Moore sent the case back
To the Grand Jury reiudctment for robbery. Rese