New-York tribune., 1879-05-06
NFW-YORK CITY.

held at Room "A, Morse Building, May 8, at 4;3o
p. m.
Professor Alphonso Wood has been engaged by by
the New-York College of Pharmacy as lecturer on
botany.
This is GusGT GCntry%nSs " ahead raG
afoot. 1t seems to run to extremes.
London dispatch Yesterday alluded TO the
"rampantness " of American bonds. Ihat Is plooo-
ably the heaviest word that ever came over 'no
cable.
The limited States revenue cutter Grant which
has been at anchor of Tompkinsville, VIII start
this morning for cruise along the Long ls'duu
coast.
How many matches ere now in progress TO decide
the championship Of this planet? And isthere any
body anywhere who doesn't deserve the champions
belt for sOmethingi
Why doesn't the Mayor appoint as dog,catcheii,,
at-arpc the ten persons who make the best tme W
the walking match this week They would seem
to have special fitness.
Thomas Ryan, the proprietor of Union Square
Hotel and well known for years past among sport
ing men, died yesterday. He was native OF Ire
land, age fifty-One years.
More human bones have been found by the eSI
cavatOrs for the Eighth Avenue Elevated hallr9au
at Ted-and-twenty-f0urth-st. SKULL Is
among them. All were sent to the Morgue.
Perhaps the fact that the max imum OF sun spots
is approaching has nothing TO do with TINS cor, coIa
Spring. but the Summer of 1916 30 noted for large
enots ON the central luminary was the coldest on
record in the United States
The lady managers Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church Home, on behalt OF lne lHmdleS, hdNC. INV" az
cepted an invitation to attend the performance at
the Aquarium this afternoon. Seyenty-hYe old
ladies will enjoy the entertainment
Dr. Lewis A. Sayre and other prominent New;
York physicians are i'm attendance at the NaiiOnai
Medical Association which meets this week in At
lanta Ga DR.. Sayre will read a paper illustrating
improved methods of orthopedic surgery.
The court. martial in the Staney-IIaze en- case ss-
sembed Yesterday at II a. m, and continued IN ses-
sion until o'clock I'm the afternoon At that hour
they adjourned until 10 a. m. to-day. 1t Is under
stood that no conclusion has yet been reached.
The steamer City of Washington, which left this
mort on Thursday last. arrived at Havana Yesterday
morning making the trip in three DAYS ana sixteen
hours. The steamer beat her own time by one hour,
which up to the present time was the lastest on lec
ord.
William Sturgis, father-n-law Of Pliny Freeman
has resigned his position as trustee of the Globe
Mutual Life Insurance Company and J, Il. Hol-
brooke has resigned as superintendent OF Agencies.
Pliny Freeman is reported to be dying at Charles-
ton, 5. c.
The Board of Police will be asked to-day TO- grant
permission to Captain McDonnell, OF the Eigmn g
of No. 500 Broadway, ladies' gold watch ana
opera chain, as reward for the recovery OF stolen
property valued at S953.
The police of the Eighteenth Precinct are looking
for Bernard Conway, of No. 400 First-ave., who at
an early hour yesterday morning, during bar
room fSht, stabbed Edward Harold, inaicting a
wound in the head from which the injured man Is
in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Special Revenue agents yesterday seized the recti
fving establishment of Martin Burns. st No. 525
West d. t. he me VEST Ffs t
was also seized. The two establishments had ap-
parenty been run forthe purpose of defrauding the
Government.
An inquest was held yesterday in the case Of Mary
Macer ace four, who was shot by the random
pistol firing Of her father, Daniel Macer, at No. 20
East -twenty,trs-st& IT, on & A1ni ~: ~
was committed to the Tombs to await the action oil
the Grand Jury.
The cashier at the Post Once Yesterday by $50 2;3o
ing certificates. The window was then closed, al
though fully $50 persons were waiting to buy; lhe
difficulty in getting a sufficient supply IL SAID TO be
owing to delay in The Engraving and Printing
Bureau at Washington
choice floral exhibition has come to be one of
the things to be expected at the regular monthly
meetings of the New-YOrk Horticultural Society
After the business meeting this afternoon, IN ac-
cordance with the pleasant practice OF the society ~
their rooms at No. 80 " est Thirty -thlrd-st. Will be
opened to the public from o'clock until L.
Judge Miles Beach took his seat for the first time
unon the bench of the Court of Common Pleas yes
terday, sitting with Chief-Justtce DAILY and Judge
Larremore at General Term. In one, OF the cases
that came up in the afternoon, Judge Beachs
father, William A. Beach. appeared as counsel
whereupon Judge Beach retired from the bench.
The midnight burglar infests Morrsana. few
nights ago the residence of John A. Butler was en-
tered and a large amount of jewelry and slyerware
carried away. Before departing the visitors spread
table in the basement and enjoyed conyivlai
II.
of MISUNDERSTANDING was robbed
of a set of diamond studs valued at $3.50 No ar
rests have been made
bare-footed blue-eyed boy with pnched nose
found %H TiS pTowIng around the Forty Street
Depot without any visible means of support; At
first he said his name was Henay flfher, I OF New
of Jefferson City. Mo- He said he left home
on Christmas, Eve. with performing cir
Gus, and had visited Boston, Phlladelphla,
Baltimore, Pittsburg, Chicago, New-Orleans, and
all the places between he had got from one place
TO another by representing that his parents lived
next, knowing that most cities had Maln-st:
He was very hungry and mi iserable Officer Chiardi
took care of him temporarily.
BROOKLYN.
DWIGHT p Alderman, age twenty-five, residing
at No 4s7 Hudson-aye., has been missing since
Saturday morning. He was a printer by occupa-
ton. When last seenSe was dressed in dark
mixed SUIT.
The police were informed yesterday that John
Farrell, age ten, was diving at his home, No. 662
ClassOn-ve., from the effects Of Kick which lie re-
ceived on April 2S, while playing at st. J9sephS
10y Thomas Lees. a boy ten years old, of No. G21
ClassOn-avc. FaIrelPs ante-nortem statement was
AIKEN.
Resolutions were adopted by the Board Of Alder
men yesterday, directing the Brooklyn, Flatbush
and Coney Island Railroad Company to erect gates
at ITS crossings at Dean and Pacicsts.. and author
izng the appointment of a committee to tender the
use of the East Side Park lands for the Worlds Fair
proposed 10 be held in 1888. The Board also deter
mined to override Mayor HOwelPs votoes of the
olution directing the Corporation Counsel 10 prose-
cutethc appeal IN the of Congressman OReilly,
now sitting as Alderman for the Twelfth Ward, and
OF resolution which was offered at a recent meet
ing bv Mr.. ORely.
In the opening of the trial of the City Works
officials yesterday, Mr.. Shaier, of counsel for the
defence, stated that after the adjournment on Fri
day in the presence of the Judge, counsel and of
the Jurors Mr.. Wilmer a letter unsigned was pro-
duced, winch had been sent to the District Attor-
ncy 1t set forth that this Juror had been intimate
with Commissioner Benefits sons before the trial
began and that the intimacy had ceased. Mr.
Shar moved this be- made part of the record Of the