New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-15
NETWORK CITY.


Chinchlla is the fashionable fur and, strange
to say, Il Is not costly.
KiOto ware is being sold to eager and I'M
wary purchasers valuable satsuma.
Beaded trimmings cover evening dresses,
making them look AZ IL studded with jewels.
Empress dresses are supersedng the prin-
cesse stylc-in the natural line OF promotion.
Wells of black tulle are something new, COW
cred with small gold flies or Brazilian bugs.
The latest and most expensive travelling
bags are made OF Japanese stamped leather.
The new bows of ribbon worn on the left
side OF the waist are called ChateIaine bows.
A veteran fruit-vendcr at Washington Mar
ket has occupied the same stall for thirty years.
The regular trips Of the old Boulevard stage
have not been interrupted FOR over forty years.
A new grade OF corn. called the round
State" has been adopted at the Produce Exchange.
Prlncesse dresses, arranged in costly fabrics,
are sparingly trimmed. The plain mode is preferred
Bustes are no longer worn; three founces
on the back brcadths OF understands take their place
A Newfoundland dog on the east side earns
hs daily bread Dy keeping bIacksmts bellows going
The newest picture frames are of dark
colorcd velvet, with shrred satin of delicate shades
set in.
John Reilly, an escaped prisoner, was cap
tured by Officer Kmartin the TwcntyGrst Precinct
early yesterday morning.
Doublc-headed masks. with hair of two col
and only three eyes between them, are the latest
monstrostes for juvenile delight for masqueraders
A. Lexington Avenue car ran into one Of
the Dry Dock line yesterday damaging both. and throw
ing the Passengers from their seats several of whom
received slight injuries
City Chamberlain Tappan has paid out, dur
ng the week ending January H. $759,9l4 II. and re-
ccycd $3327l1 90, leaving balance in the city treas
usy Of 81 .3i6,9iG 3D.
Under the auspices of the Oldcr Of Odd-Fel-
lows measures have been taken open free labor
chang" which, Il expected. VIII be the of fur
uishng employ to uincl Ous unemployed members
Of the order.
An autograph letter of Abraham Lincoln to
Commodore Dallgren Is exhibited in Chatham-st.
window. Ii written In 1861, and requests written
option concerning gun brought TO the attention
OF President Lincoln.
Ii has been suggested to the bridge directors
hat they put calcium light with downward reflector.
the centre OF the bridge Mt night to facilitate river
navigation in general. II J.. thought that this Will
materially assist the transit Of the Fulton Ferry boats
during dense fogs.
Collector Arthur, with the approval of the
Secretary the Treasury has renewed the lease Of the
Post Building at 40 iannycr-st, for term OF three
years, annual rent of - 1909 and Of the binding
dt So Ii Exchange place. iion The same person, for
5000 pr auuum.
The aesthetic taste Of every well-rcgulatcd
family delights the melody OF the bubbug teaketlc.
John Kelly had faint notion of h' but he carried
the idea too far. and aemred 10 charm the -lHm9cr' Of
copper ho,r WIKI SICK. Justice SmitI hucd him -
yesterday.
Adolph Poppcnhuscn, formerly president of
the Long Island Railroad yesterday nlci for record in
the Registers Office mortgage for $1,000 piece Of
property In Fi.U-ninthst, the mortgaeor being The
Conrad PoPp, ulu>on Association for thc Advancement
al Know i"igr and N" improvement ~ the Moral AMI
Social Condition 81 tnc Working Glasses"
The newest toy sayines-blnk is OF cast iron.
aud bears the rca-suriug ute Of Hold the fort"
miniature coumhL,d. which discharges q practical
bulict. ~ means Of percussion cap. surmonut- the
wall, and . fire - BE dtio-t INTO a tower rae gun
trained on the tower s. -uppo, 70 h11"n s!utary r.
feet on iusIc!ously Inclined officers or trustees.
He slipped on z piece of oiangc-pccl in Cen
trcst yesterday and came down bard TIE vet side.
walk. he got NJ AMI squared himself % kick tie offend
Ing Object into the gutter. bat he only succeeded ia noor
nS himself second time. Then he seemed To discover
Vhls;Ilg LAgtl bath sorroW- that Hc.yca cannot
heal"
Ftrin Spclton, aye thirty five, native of
Belgium and FOR years couicctioncr at No. $50
ClEa!-,t. committed suicide yesterday morning by cu,-
ting his throat VITA razor, ~ coal hiu IN the cellar.
H. lc;t note. saving that De- .ck and tir,d oat.
both iu miud aud body II j. said Inst hr ne, been much
dTc-, ~ late on account Of thr dunc's OF business
aud That Hi, domestic relations nave not been OF the hap
pic't nature
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the American Bank Yesterday .ouc cAIus,e
were mad, IN t.c Board of Directors The following Is
iLr NV Board: PhlP Bs.iaG,r. William R\Buun.
Theodore Dcccr, Nl,cc!lls Hartley Joshua Ifeudc,As.
Alexander Elingcnhcr,. Martin H. Levin. Frederick
Mt.-ucr, William MrIt.us, Joran l. Mott Emil Orlh,r-
iuauu. Oswald puruiuri,r. John l.. PuIL', lirr.v
HnrLuIl -rti! ~ SiIf,f james i. Ihorhuin. tiJil.s
Uugr Ir,Icca Non B,tEGth, Charles +. NocrI,Loict.
Charlie 4. Zo.i I,,a.
The Ncw-York Marine Society Yesterday
,lcr.cl The following officers: William G. rlomp. o..
PRECEDENT; htnhcc.- SNOW nnd Edward -. Tabcr. "lr"
presidents; william A. E!li1 trca urcr; Joseph pcrS,s
s.tr.;aiy. hyc silver medal rcpr cntiu1 a fdge-cd
r rudrr way presented 10 the sociciy hy Captain
Iauc, lIa'., aha ttupttd the pa '>idcut~ DId-rof
,fn O.. iLc btjl" formerly that ui ihr 'v -luIh
.cl Institution and snip masters society sad was
lately iulul a,uoIS The refuse In = IunEshOp. TAG
annual dluutr Was eaten al SCicllcr's hotel
BROOKIIN.
Inspector Jackson, of Special Agent Brack-
cts Office. ,,s:c.day seized qGaG,iy Of c-al-. 616