New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
NETWORK CITY.

Beautiful bOurette grenadines are sofa at
]. & c. Johnstons for 20 cents yard
New pocket-hasks are covered with croco-
die skin and ornamented with silver tops.
Rainbow glass vases are in the shape OF
three soap-bubbles one resting on the other
LADIES' white vests are made of white cord
urov or Turkish toweling; both materials wash beau
tifully
The pavement on the north side of the
post Office facing City Hall Park is in a dsraceful con-
dition.
John TAYLOR Johnston has resigned his posi-
tion as a director OF the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey.
Colonel George w. Wingate has been ap-
ponted General Inspector OF Rife Practice, with the
rank OF Brgader-Gencral.
The new folding mirrors are very conven-
lent FOR travelling. They have three Sides aud the
frames are Of gilt and embroidered silk.
The initials on the caps of the Gilbert Rail-
way employees NJ +. r." cause the road TO be face
uously called the Methodist Episcopal Railway"
Herman s. Schering, of No. go Eighth
ave. was accidentally drowned while bathing at Fifty
fourthst and East River Monday, and his body was
recovered yesterday.
John GaynOr eight years Of age, fell from
fourth story window the residence OF his parents,
No 1Oj Wyckost. yesterday afternoon, and received
injuries which will probably prove fatal
The Board of Police yesterday authorized
the superintendent to grant all leaves OF absence not OK
cecdlng oneAalf day, when such leave will not inter
terc with the regular performance OF duty
The fashion of wearing belts is att height,
and now there are belts Of silver, hgree and heavy
inks being the latest Irdies might almost imagine
they were wearing conyct's ball and chain
As No. II Hook and Ladder truck was being
driven rapidly through Eighth-aye. yesterday, Adam
Hutton. age thrtyeight one OF the company was
thrown to the pavement aud received severe injury oi
the eye.
The coal companies have issued their July
schedules Of prices showing advance OF 10 cents
ton on stove chestnut by all except the Lehigh Val
ley Coal Company which makes au advance OF 20 cents
ON stove and % cents on chestnut
Among the contributions recently received
in aid OF the Seaside santaum at Rockaway Beach, for
WiifS $50. Perry Wendell Fay & Co, $50 J. +. Far
rish, sos +. c. stedman. $40 August Roos. $40.
The Broadway and Seventh Avenue Rail-
road Company reduced the Of employees, ow-
ing 10 the competition of the Elevated Railroad. The
to ~ %; those of the carpenters from ~ 80 to 81
Police Sergeant Francis Fitzgerald was trans
ferred yesterday from the Twentyeighth Precinct 10
the Thirty-thrd Sergeant Charles G. BufdngtOn from
the Thirlythird To the Iwenty ana touhdsn5h
Judson Golden from the Thrtyhird 10 the Nineteenth
The ease of General Nicolas Cassina, charged
with abducl ing Emma Collins. has been set down FOR
animation tomorrow. at jefferson Market Police Court
sheriff ana George II. Bend, stock broker OF Bfoads
About twenty men began working at Fifty
nintht aud Fifh-aye. yesterday morning tearing up
the old wooden pavement. contract has been
awarded 20 NJ Byron % pave The avenue rom FIFTY
nintst 20 seventysec0nd-st The aborers are already
CON planning OF the wages, II 10 a day.
The steamship Montana, of the Williams a
Guon Line arrived Liverpool yesterday having on
board nearly 300 Mormon Immigrants who viii start
FOR the West to-day While coming up the bay slight
accident 90 the machinery Of the Montana caused her 10
anchor for about two hours 10 make repairs.
The Manhattan Athletic Club will hold its
Spring games the grounds at EghthRyc. and Fifty
sxih-st, Saturday afternoon Of this week There Is
already good demand for reserved seats In the grand
neIs aud Jumpers viii take part IN the contests
Thomas J. Gilmore, who was charged with
haylngimposed several produce dealers by means Of
forged checks complaint Of william j. Young Of No
I40 Rcade-st, and Robert NJ Valentine Of the hrm OF
ted ior trial yesterday, IN default OF $4,000 bail
The managers of the Riyington Street
Flower Mission have added a feature TO the work
propagating bod has been constructed In dollhouse
attached 10 Tie SICK Chdrcns Mission building for the
purpose Of roofing the slips Of genums, fuchsias and
other hardy plants that are sent from the country with
flowers These young plants potted and gwen To
sick children and other poor people IN the tenement
houses.
Fitzgerald OCOnnor, thirty-seven years of
age physician. OF this city, found dead in his bed
at the Bristol House. az Greenwich ana Chamber-sts.,
yesterday afternoon. Hc Ia been drinking to excess
and death Thought the result Of intoNcatOn
Deputy Coroner Godschmeit gave permit to have his
body removed, and It WAS taken the establishment OF
r. s. Hart, undertaken, No. 67 Princest where an IN
quest will be held this morning.
The Board of Health held n long meeting
yesterday most Of the time being taken up IN the prep
araton of the list OF the tenement house visiting phys
caus. Tho appointments not made The board
referred the for investigation, the OF
the child Of Mrs Blatz Of No ,4O7 Ihird,ave, winch
born dead about two hours after Mary Iaur OF NO
I,407 Thiri-ayo, midwife, had administered TO the
mother medicine known labor drops"
Margaret Welch, Of No. 443 First-ave., was
SENT yesterday, to Backwes Island for six months by
Justice Murray charged with habItua drunkenness on
the complaint Of her husband She IA large and pow
erful woman and had To be handcuGed aud strapped to
prevent her from assaulting the officer She is the
killed Officer McChesney OF the Eighth Prcciuct while
he was taking her to the station house she was sen
fenced to states Prison for life for the crme but was
pardoned. nnoo,-,,,,,
The members of Clinton COmmandeTy,
Knights Templar, observed their semi-centennia ami
vcrsary yesterday by excursion to West Point IN the
steamboat j. H. Schuyler.
William Blake has been appointed Supcrin-
tendent OF outdoor Poor He the assistant Of the
has filed the office since the lattcr's death.
Fire Marshal Thorn reported to the Board
Of Police and Excise Yesterday that during the months
Of March Ap and May there We're 10 d fires in Brook
John 0'Shay was shot twice accidentally
whc scoring the shots the rifle range at Manhattan
Park, yesterday afternoon. Thomas Doyle, OF No. 55
Bergen ST. was arrested for the shooting 0'shay who
lives at No. 235 Van Bulnst Is thrtyseven years Old.
He is severely wounded In the eshy part OF the left hip
The building at Court and Livingston-sts.
formerly occupied by the Police Department which s
be used for the Central Grammar School after the frat
Monday OF September, Is now being reited for that
purpose. There VIII he fifteen cass-rOOms, which Will
| accommodate 800 pupils.
Samuel Thornton, whose death occurred last
Saturday, buried yesterday from his late residence
| No 3j3 Gand-ave. The services were conducted by
| the Rev. j. NJ Greene OF staten Island, who for
the OF the Second Prcsby Church in
Brooklyn. Mr. Thornton'5 remains were placed in the
| family vault In Greenwood.
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