New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-19
NETWORK CITY.


| NETWORK CITY.
The deep Russian collar OF fur IL seen OH 'he hc"
| fur lined circulars.
Mcssrs. Gilbert and Sullivan visited the perform
| ance of Fatinitza' at the Standard theatre last
| evening.
Tho billiard tournament will be resumed NJ IAN,
| many Hall this evening, and VIII continue un'i
| November %.
| The Dauphipv collar Is worn by ladies rs well
as by children, and when made OF lace Is very
pretty and becoming
| Heavy cords aud tasses again used for orna-
mentlng costumes and wraps and when tasteiuiiy
| used are very handsome.
| The Yale ana Columbia teams will play game of
football on the ST. Georges Cricket GIounds, HOBO
ken, next Saturday afternoon at O'Clock.
Squares of silk with n row Of lace insertion and
Breton or poRt Tcsprit lace, -pleated around
the edge are iavorto garnItures for the neck.
John Hacker. age sixteen, of No oio lenth-avc.,
fell from the platform OF the Metropolitan Elevated
Railway Station at Park-place last evening and his
wrist was broken
John Ousan was charged bv Detective Adams, of
the Fourteenth Precinct. with violating tine LOT
terry policy law, at No. Al liester-st. lie was re-
CURED 10 furnish bail III $500.
Retail milk dealers who have been selling milk at
cents quart, assert that the cost OF mix I"
them is increasing on account OF the advance III
butter. and propose to charge 10 cents quart
THE Octoroon. " as produced at Haverlys Thea
tire, Fourtcenth-st., near SiXth-aye, presents sev-
eral people and features heretofore unknown To
New-IOrk audiences. The production is by trav-
cling combination.
The cabinetmakcrs in the employ of one Of the
city furniture manufactures are Threatening "a
strike, because their employers cannot agree To
change their pay day from Monday every TWO
weeks 10 Saturday of each week.
A committee of undertakes presented a memorial
to the Health Board yesterday In which they asked
for better accommodations for those who apply for
burial permits They complained of the alleged
uncvlIty and unnecessarily exacting spirit OF the
permit clerk
At the meeting Of the Board of Education to-day,
the Mayor will probably send in seven TO I'll
the places of the following Commissioners whose
term of office expires at the end of the year: Com
missioneIs Wood, Halstead. Bcadslcy. Wheeler,
Cohen, Jelllfie and Kelly.
William How Mason, formerly an entry clerk in
the Custom House., John W. O'iSren, for several
years "a clerk the Treasury Department, and
George T.. Mitchell. of Albany, having passed sue
ceSsfully q civil service examination have been
designated by Collector Merritt as assistant
weghers
The following Is a comparative statement of cases
of contagious diseases reported for the two weeks
ending November TO- 1879;
Week TYPHOID Scarlet SPINAL men ,,.. DIgn- small
nov nov i i -. Is Is g s. %
The committee TO organize national agricultural
society, to represent every section of the country
ard mbine every interest. directly or indirectly.
relating to agriculture, has issued an address to tue
| public from It's headquarters NJ No. 323 Pcai-st.
The conventions TO which all persons Interested IN
the subject are invited Will be held at the Metro
pOtan Hotel, III tins city, Oh December 10, to fur
Their the design OF the Committee Oh Organization.
The breadstuiis market was lower yesterday, and
flour difficult to sell even at decline of from
| 10 10 10 cents barrel. There was a moderately
active speculative movement IN wheat with light
export demand at decline of from . 10 3 cents a
bushcl. Corn was from TO 70 cents lower, and
oats showed a falling of from l2 TO q of a cent.
Provisions were also lower, with light trading
Charles Walker. who is known TO the Police as
| Charles III. Livingston, was before Justice Morgan
! at the 1Ombs yesterday, on a charge of having
uttered forged heck for 81 $40 purporring TO bc
drawn TO the order of H. A. Gillian, hy Barclay &
Livingston, ut No. "a Beaver-St The circumstances
of the were published IN Yesterdays TRIBUNE.
| lie was committed for trial in default OF $4,000
bail.
There has been strike among the 'lOngshore-
men employed at jersey City. Some complaints
have been made by the men because they were paid
only 30 cents an hour for day work aud at the
rate for night work. They have been assured that
if the wages of the men are raised in this city theirs
Wilson Freight Line have been promised an in
crease of wages within ten days
The seventv-ifh anniversary of the founding of
the New-York Historical Society WAS celebrated in
the library of the society, at Elevcnt-st. and Sec
An address was delivered by Frederic de Povstor,
president of the society, upon the LIE ana Admin
istraion of Richard, Earl of Beomont. ole OF the
early Governors Of New-lcrk. Tho address was q
carefully prepared and very exhaustive paper upon
Governor BellomonPs administrations
There was very little interest taken in the strike
of the 'lOngshOrcmcn on the river fronts yesterday
and il seems TO have suddenly quieted down Some of
the men employed at weekly salaries by the Archor
| Line demanded from the stevedores an increase of
| So q week which was declined. and they stopped
work. A meeting of the master sievcdores was held
at No. l l3 Pcar-st. yesterday. to have free OK
change of views and 10 decide upon the best course
| to pursue. A committee appointed TO wait
upOn the merchants to see II they would consent TO
| the demand of 40 cents an hour.
Dr. C. Lockwood, jr., informed the Board of
| Health yesterday that Miss A. \. Brown, the owner
of flower store at No. 600 SXh-ave., was SICK nj
! her house with the sma-p ox. Immediate stems
were taken TO have the patient removed to the
Riverside Hospital. The place was thoroughly
fumgaed. and all the inmates of The house we're
! vaccinated. The health authorities closed the
store. and It will not be opened until The danger Of
! cuntagOn has passed. Miss Brown had been sick
for few DAYS before the doctor was called. How
the disease was contracted at present unexplained
There was a small attendance at the second DAVIS
sale of Professor Anthon's collection of coins and
medals of the British Empire yesterday al Bang. q
| The bidding, however. was fair. gold coronation
medal of George H., dated 1861. brought $50. A
bronze medal OF Garrlck, the English actor brought
sc. For silver medal of John Milton. by John
Dasscr. 81 60 was paid. The Boydell medal i'm
silver of Shakespeare was bought bv Mr.. Warner
for 50 %. MIR. Starr bought gold medal Of Robert
I'LL of Scotland for 80 %, and a gold medal of
james H. for $40. 4 Birthstone 30 shilhngs piece
hon's collection will take place III the Autumn of
1850.
party of ladies and gentlemen, numbering about
100 LETT Jersey City by the Pennsylvania Railroad
at o'clock Yesterday afternoon for Washington to
attend the ceremonies of the unveiling of the
statue of General George II. Thomas to-day Gen.
eral T.. A. Merritt, General Henry W. SlocnIn Gen
eral Arson G.. McCook. General A. 5. Webb General
c. X. Graham, Geueral G. A. Underwood. Col
lecor of the Port of Boston. General II. A. Bar
mum, Colonel Henry Stone. Colonel II. c. Ellis.
Colonel &. Goddard and Colonel NJ. p. Bestow
were of the party, The Army and Navy
Club was represented by General James Nc
Quade and Captains Priechel, Kenneth and Miles
- s.nfk fafa .furn ia
by the same train. General Hancock and staff left
liz city by the 10 nclnck train LAST cv1uiror - L.