New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-22
NETWORK CITY.

Pertaining the hair is a new freak
Leg-of-mutton sleeves have been revived.
New velvet muffs are edged with black lace.
The novelty for bonnet trimming is dyed
grebe.
The cut-away jacket supersedes the polon-
aise.
Neigeuse, or snow gauze, is the novelty for
ball dresses.
Births reported last week, 467; marriages,
los; deaths, 533.
Scarf pins have japanese decorations in
colored gold or oxydized silver.
Small flowers will take the place OF the
large flowers worn this Winter
Chip hats and bOnnets will be worn almost
to the exclusion Of other straws
Ladies are wearing Spanish cOlOrs, as nearly
as complexion and style will permit.
Spring styles have appeared, and proclaim
the fact that everything is beaded.
1t is asserted that long wraps will still be
worn as the warm weather approaches.
Ribbon watered on one side and satin faced
on the other Will be much worn this Summer.
The steamship Athenian, from Galveston for
Liverpool put into this port for repairs yesterday hav-
ing broken her rudder soon after leaving Norfolk
The Mayor yesterday appointed Charles p.
Wood to the office of Supervisor Of The CITY Record Mr.
Wood has been for some time clerk in the Mayors
office.
Mrs. Fanny Foster will give dramatic read
ings and rectatons at Association Hall this evening
She will be assisted by Miss Alice Fowler, pianist and
Mr. George F. Sargent. baritone.
The trophy presented by Colonel Robert
Olyphant for competition In voey and line firing by
company OF the National Guard, during 1875 Is
exhibition IN Tiffany'swlndow.
John Schermer, aged twenty EIGHT, OF No.
6l7 East Fih-s attempted suicide yesterday by tax
ing Paris green in tailor's shop, at No. 749 East
Ninth-st
The engineers of the East River Bridge are
making arrangements for the manufacture Of the
;rO which % Sq aetSss the bridge The
The Board of Rtrsjn and Correction Of
heard further testimony yesterday concern
ing the prices paid for work the Eastern Boulevard,
bu, no decision was reached the confirmation OF the
assessment lists.
The pilots, attached to pilOt-boat Hope, No.
l. deny report that they forced the captain OF the
disabled schooner Lucrea to accept their terms before
rendering him assistance The captain corroDorates
their statement
Casper Paulus, drug store keeper, of AL
barry who was charged with obtaining property, valued
at 1851 So Charles schlesnger, of No. 92 Liberty
ST.. was committed for examination yesterday at the
Jefferson Market Police Court.
Officer Donnelly, of the Twenty-tirst Pre-
cinct. arrested John Connolly on suspicion of having
connected with the shooting Of James Malone Of
,
is reported to be in very critical condition.
Detective Smith, of the Twelfth Precinct,
yesterday arrested Charles Kent for keeping q gaming
establishment at No. 1891 secondave. The detective
surprised half a dozen men who were playing policy
while Kent stood by and registered the numbers.
A new system intended to prevent wholesale
differing of cotton is to go ee the Cotton Ex
change March 25. Supervisory Committee is TO have
charge OF all handling OF cotton and TO superntend the
granting of licenses TO weighers, warehousemen mend
ers. truckmen, etc.
The congregation of the West Twenty third
Street Presbyterian Church. which destroyed by fire
Sunday night has accepted the invitation Of the South
Reformed Church (Dr. Rogers's TO make use of their
edlhce for Sunday evening services Inc place Iof horn
ing service has nOty,t been determined
b. w. Hitchcock's Office in COrtlandt-st. yes
terday morning again visited by many of the wo-
men employed at the late Congress of Beauty" but
they found no signs OF the missing manager Nearly
Womcn's Protective Union, for legal assistance
Michael Meade, of No. 40 West Eleventh.
st. who has recently from Backwells Island
represented to Mrs. Ernst that he could secure many
comforts Tor her prisoner, by expending so She
some eCthing gave ne SnS a To soue anu
A private letter, received yesterday, an
nounces the death from old Of Margaret Logan,
colored woman at Freehold, y. j. Her relatives claim
she III years old. having been born in l56t
They that II was her boast thdt she hau often, whe
u girl, seen " Massa Washington.
The dedication exercises at the opening of
the new Masonic Hall OF Hohenlinden Lodge No Sc, at
No 304 Fultonst occurred last evening The hall was
crowded to its utmost limit by the members OF the lodge
and their lady friends The services OF dedication were
performed by the Grand Lodge OF the state Of NewYok
under the direction Of John c. Boak, Acting Grand Mas
ter, and an address made by John III. Buris. The
programme included music, songs and Rotations.
Emil Mayer a restaurant keeper, of No. 46
Delanceyst, went to Police Headquarters yesterday with
a. ,l,..f, .Ta w,a,,
the mother abducted night before last The police had
found the child in the mothers possession supernten
dent Walling would not decide with whlcn parent Tue
child should and sent her to the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty TO Children.
The remains Of Mr. Ferrer de Couto, late
editor of the Spanish newspaper FL Cronista who died
in this city IN June last placed yesterday on board
Spanish bark Anastasia for transmission 10 Spain Mr.
de Couto often expressed wish that his body might be
buried IN Spanish soil, and King Alfonso, learning Of this
after his DEATH body should removed
at the OF the state The remains will be buried
ut Madrid, with public honors
Corporation Counsel Whitney yesterday sent
to the Mayor his opinion the legality of the resou
ton OF the Board Of Education passed February II
which provided that the reduction teachers salaries
should take effect from January l. The resolution was
objected being retroactive. The Corporation COun
sci thinks however that in view OF former resolution
OF the Boald which provided that any reduction made
necessary by the appropriations for ISIS snoua appy
all OF that year. the action OF the Board
legal and valid.
At the monthly meeting of the trustees of
the Chdrens Aid Society, last night, William Bayard
Cutting was elected Trustee in the place OF the late The
odore Roosevelt During the month 301 persons were
provided with homes and employment 113 persons
were sent to the West and South. At the News Boys
Lodging House, 245 boys were sheltered every night
80 boys furnished with homes and employment
and l21 boys saved 1881 Is at the Girls Lodging
House, ~ ST. Markspace, 60 girls admitted and
"a sheltered nightly at the other odginghouses the TO-
tai number Of boys nightly lodged was 354.
BROOKLYN.
The Church ci the Mediator, at Jefferson-st.