New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-09
NETWORK CITY.

At tho Moant Sinai Hospital 223 patients
were treated during the past month, only nine OF whom
paid for the service.
Controller Kelly, yesterday, paid $23,333 80
to the Chdrens Aid Society," for the months Of January
February and March,
The Police Commissioners yesterday trans-
fired Sergeant Alexander b. Warts from the Tenth to
the Fourteenth Precinct
At the German Hospital, during January,
100 patients were treated Voluntary contributions and
gifts amounting to $I,539 II were received
John Bowe age iifty-fve, OF No. SO wash
ngton-s while at work on Pier No. Il, North River,
last evening, fell overheard and was drowned
Charles FISHER one of the men arrested for
forgery was a coectc" agent in Jersey City in 1878,
when he was arrested for embezzling money collected
by him. He escaped by some legal tecEiheah'y
"You're getting a great deal of silver aren't
Won \, he said. as he paid his Is cents nj the lunch
counter, and took half the toothpcks in the tnmbirr.
"Yes, but we're getting short OF timber replica tue
clerk.
The lecture this evening i'll the Cooper Union,
free course In the Great Hail. will be delivered 10y Pro-
fessor T. Morse OF Salem. Mass on Glimpses OF Lac
JAPAN" with illustrations. This VIII he the secoho
lecture on the same subject
The laborcrs at work cXcavating at the foot
of East Seventy ouri-st yesterday exhumed three hui
man skulls ana quantity OF other bones all OF which
sent to the Mcrgue IL now THOUGHT TO oe certain
that buryinggIOund formerly existed at that spot
In finance the Wall-st. man is now immersed;
his speech of silver Lis talk Of the trade dollar his
hobby that he could give points" to Congress. In
flience his wife is absorbed she daubs pigments On
ugly jugs calls II decoration ana dreams that she Is an
artist
This afternoon Mt o'clock a private cxhibi-
ton of ten trained broucho horses wi be given at the
Aaua!inm. They belong to W. C. Coup. and were cap
tuged the plains about four years ago; Iheir per-
orances are cic by bugle and no bits or brides
used On Monday the public exhibitions VIII pcSin
At the meeting of the Managers of the Amer
lean Bible Society Thursday, appropriation was mado
for work in South Africa and numerous grants OF books
made of the value of more than $1,000 IL was DC
cldCd To suspend the NeW-Ensah agency ~ me cIosc W
the present nsca year TIE receipts Tor January were
S45,22G.
The Board of Health, yesterday, received
report from the Sanitary superintendent Dr. Day, on
the subject OF defective plumbing in which he refers to
the neglect OF the Department of BHiings IN not re-
qurg builders to furnish in their specifications details
plumbing and drains, III accordance VIVA rcscIulOhs
passed by two departments IN March, 1870
The Street Cleaning Bureau during January,
swept sos miles of streets, and removed 17,647 cart
loads Of dirt GodOO loads of ashes aud garbage, and
3277 loads Of snow. Snow has been removed from
Broadway, the principal downtown ogsiness streets
found pocketbOcA, containing $50 III The SNOW
Custom House Inspectors Waters, Clark, Don
olue and De Revere picked up o2 cigar boxes. eonta
ing 100 cigars aud 357S handles of csarctes Wednes
day which found floating in and ~ bar
supposed that they were part OF Tho cargo OF the
Niagara from Havana aud that the intention
was to smdgSic them INTO this pOrt.
The first strawberries that have appeared in
the New-York market this from Norfolk. aud
are consigned 10 John w. Hall & Co.. No. II Bdrclay-st
These berries Of the wilson variety are very fine In
favor, and Of large size. aud are soic ioi - hox:
Strawberries sent 10 tls market
from florida. This consignment is made month ear
ier than tue first shipne NJ of laft year
Miss Lolita VI. Crabuce, the actress, gener-
ally known simply as Lolita, is evidently In no imne
date need OF testimonial benefit She has loaned on
bond and mortgage TO william b. Asien and wife. sGs,
53l 26 on property in Madisonave.. Fourtlavo. aud
EIghtlavc., between One-nundred and-twentyn aud
Observation-Disclosures ih-sts Inc papers "e."
recorded in the Registers office yesterday
BROOKLYN.
John Lynch. of No. 80 Mctr0polltan-avc., was
committed TO jail yesterday by Justice Guck, for brutaly
treating his wife, who was sick ia bed.
Mr. Bcccher did not return in time to attend
the Brooklyn Church prtyermeeting, last evening He
will reach his home today, and preach as usua! 10
morrow.
The Committee on Contested Seats in the
Assembly Will begin this morning 10 take testimony, in
the Court House in the Bradley Clancy contest In the
LIST District.
An old street car driver on the Myrtle Ave-
enue Road named jimmy Is seyentyhye years Of
age and has been a driver since July j. lsji, when the
first street car was started In BrooLyn
There has been only two days skating at
Prosnect Park this season. The Zee is four inches Thick
but covered with The Park laborers are making
good slcigl.ne ny shOvelling snow into the drives.
A brick building at Dwight aud Decvan-
sts formerly used IA factory, fell into heap OF ruins
at an early hour Yesterday morning. IL ascertincd
that the as had been undermined by the buroWins Of
rats
The new bridge over Gowanus Canal, at Ham
itouave Brooklyn s claimed by the engineers Of the
Board Of CITY Works 70 be the cheap yet best CON
stIucted bridge the city 1t is tight built OF iron, ana
cost, including rebuilding OF bnlkheads, 1880.
Coroner Simms was informed yesterday that
the infant of Mrs. W;tc, Of No. 30 fulionst died
Thursday from narcotic poisoning. Tho child two
weeks old and by q mistake given medicine left
for The mother Two hours elapsed before the mistake
discovered.
The Brooklyn Association for Improving the
Condition Of the Poor, has issued appeal for AID
growing out OF the fact that public outdoor relief in
Kings County TO 6c discontinued immediately, Us being
without auth0ry If law. The appeal states that So
necessary 10 carry on the WORK oi the ass0c"n
Alderman Shannon, of the Fifth Ward, whose
vote last Fan caused the confirmation OF the nominees
of Mayor Schroeder for important positions In the nut
picpal DEPARTMENTS has written letter in which he
mics that Mayor Schroeder any else gave
promised give him dollar for his vote In the Board Of
Aldermen.
Frederick A. Morris, who is employed in
saloon az No. 81 Nas'aust., NcwYOrk. before JUS
uce Elliott Yesterday on charge Of abandonment pre-
ferred By his wife, According 10 the husbands state
ment hls wifo attempted TO get divorce from him f"e
time ago Finding that he would defend the suit. lie
SAYS that she began the present proceedings JUSTICE
Elliott adjourned the examination
DR.. MeCorlilc, Milk Inspector of the Health
Board charged j. " d. ". Turner, Of No. 1913 Prospect,
ST. with furnishing watced milb TO the Brooklyn Orphan
Asylum Yesterday Justice Walsh sentenced Turner to
pay fine $50 stand committed 10 ia FOR twenty
iye days The fire was paid. John Purcell, Of $50
Warrcist.. who charged By Inspector Wilson with
selling milk without permit, paid line OF $40.
COMMISSIONERS TO PARIS