New-York tribune., 1879-04-24
NEw-YOEK CITY.

! satisfaction of an audience in Lyric Hall.
Edward H. johnson, of thi, city, has made some
| importaut improvements IN the phohograpil'
| What Offices would PIcrrc Lorillard and Maurice
| DoIv like when they return 10 Their native lana
| nile Cor the new iron pier at COney Island was
sunk ten feet in eight minutes Ih's Is drNlhE p"'
| mess.
Professor Nathan Sheppard will read from George
Eliot, novels this afternoon at o'clock at Chick-
! enng Hall.
The East Side Elevated Road has been rrnnng
! trains from the Ninth-st branch during the busy
! hours since Yesterday.
! There is no John pcrchcd upon rumble, content
to there abide; there IS ~ village howSoeVar num-
! BILE but has one missing Drlde.
| Colonel Sellers entered on new speculation at
| Auburn, and is ready 70 chaslse any man VINO as
| scrts that there, millions IN u.
Tho Rev DR.. Marvin Z. Vlcent VIII deliver a
! lecture a. the Worllngmcn's Free Rcading-room,
| No 135 Greenwich-st.. tomorrow evening, on
Sclf-IIelp."
| II Is understoo that His Honor the Honorable
MAYOR. had some particular Alderman IN mind when
ne inadvertently neglected tOprc1N the word holl-
! orable" To the corporate designation.
4 ladies' fair in behalf Of the Church of The Paul
st Fathers will be opened at Lyric Hall SiYth-aye.
and Fortysecond-st. to-day. The fair viii be con-
timed until May 10. promenade concert Will be
Since CAPTAIN Williams was found guilty. but not
punishable it noticed that sick and weakly pco-
pie avoid parks and exposed places, and are careful
not 70 walk on the dark side Ot streets. ms Is
curious phenomenon.
A race OF two hOnrs, open to all amateurs, and
competitors to they please, will take place on
the grounds OF ne Manhattan Athictic Clu2;; .; at
EIghtl-aye. and Fttv-SiXth-st., on saturday Nav
g. Gold medals will be given 10 the first and sec
ond, and a silver medal to the thlrn.
A Polish jew was terribly pounded Tuesday
night by some unknown TuilHn. Ills head was
banged all 10 pieces, one eye was closed. lib was
| broken, two teeth were ont. a piece was bitten
from his ear and he was unconscious when found.
However, perhaps Captain Williams can prove an
alibi.
In the case of William Kelly of No. 53 lonroe-st.,
who was stabbed in ght with four Italians on the
Catherine Street ferry boat PecOnic on April 10.
Coroner's jury yesterday failed to ind out by whom
and how the wound was inflicted. Francisco Abncz-
10 and DommIck Lafontwho were engaged in the
| fight, are detained for tnal.
The new chairman OF the Police Board Committee
on Street Cleaning has made careful inspection Of
| many branches of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment. II is understood that thorough reorganizl-
| ton OF the street Cleaning Bureau wlI he the
probable result of the investigations and expert
ments OF the new Commissioner
The Dock Commissioners yesterday received a
communIcaton from superintendent OF Public
Works b. :. w. Clark stating that the canal boat
men were now dcbarred from the Use of piers be-
tween Nos. 2 and 6, on the East River, BY accumu-
latIons and deposits IN the slips, and requesting
that they should he dredged ont.
The New-YOrk Board of FIRE Underwriters yester-
daY adopted a resolution declaring that " the Board
deems it of vital importance that prompt and cit-
cIent measures should be taken TO furnish the
means for the increase of the water supply of the
city, and earnestly urge the proper anthorltes to
take such measures at tie earliest possible day"
The suit of Hubert o. Thompson against the
Tammauy Society for an injunction TO prevent the
initiation of 1f7 new members was discontinued
yesterday before Judge Barrett IN supreme Court,
Chambers, by mutual consent, without costs 10
cIt her party. The plantIn consented Ia pay $3.50
damages to the defendant for the injunction pre-
Ylously obtained.
The awarding of contracts for Indian supplies was
continued yesterday. \ contract was gwen to j.
Dobson n Co.. Phladaiphia for 25,0O0 pairs of
| f4t~ tl MARI nvF flna
proposals for coffee jrcted The prices asked
were, without exception, ;Ol L above market rates
A suspicion was expressed thJt there was COmbl-
nation among the cOlce bidders
Inspector Conway, Of tho Pilot Board, with Tho
steam tug Trojan, began 10 remove the sh4d poles
east of the middle of the North River YESTERDAY
morning The chain tackles were fastened 10 the
poles and then carried to the capstan, when they
were pulled ont Tho jersey fishermen claim that
tine loss Will bc very severe upon them, especially
"a the thus far has been most unprotitable
one.
Joshua L. Deacon, wholesale dealer in cloth at
No. 2G2 Canal ST., who made an assignment Ia
liabilities of SO S6j -; nominal assets Sl4, 4,5s5
actual assets. $1,000 %. Assignments were flied
yesterday by Abraham NJ. Lewis to Hill {. Lewis
by Henry NJ. BIaskopf and Samuel q. Brown, OF
Biaskopf d Brown, Joseph Salus; and by Charles
Splegel and Robert Stutterheim, of c. Spicgcl Il
Co., to Andrew Horn.
The festive and reckless wind stirred mp the roy
sterlng dust Yesterday and gave the city prelude
Of Summer. Doors slammed. signs banged and
shrieked, tmId people who rode the Elevated
vehicles held hcir breath lest they should he
| blown of the track, aud everywhere dust and dut
gathered in chick coats of tugdciOus filth ia which
tie Police Commissioners could have written their
names. But 1t was too eXaspcratlng for many
words.
Taking the entire length of tho Ncw-York Elo-
yated Railroad, both the East and West SIDE lines
aud multiplying II by the number of trains dur
ing tie twenty-fouT hOuTs, and again by the num-
bcr of locomotives and cars. n Is found that he
total distance travelled in one dly is 80 $50 miles
arIy o hal IA
the proportion of miles travelled the West Side
rs compared With the East side being about 10
seven Ia this 10 account Is made of the MctrOpo-
tan Road.
| Four recently arrived Germans bought four ban
! anas yesterday noon at stand on Chatham-st.
and a, they turned meditatlYelY away and corllcd
up then cheerful faces with tic prolonged fruit.
| the wIII took that pl1ntan merchant and iauLed
| her IN tine next oeilarway and strewed WIam-st.
! with igneons fragments ana macerted pup a.
far as the eye uld see.' Those Germans betrayed
10 sion of pain or sympathy but they proceeded on
| thcir way enjoying -he cihlcs and the best edu-
| Gated remarked "Py 0holly! NOsn't We lucky :"
It the Iouihs Police Court yesterdsv. Justice
Smith dismissed the compliant preferred by the So
| cICty for the Prevention Oi Cruelty to Children
agi William 4. Multord, IT., oi NblOs Garden, for
employlug lttle gl u Hru DAVIS lh the ballet II
! thr " Black Crook IL .uiug -o the Justice 49,
"Whe the Court Is morally IN accord with the
theory ui the prosecution. nd does not believe i'm
the OF chiiuIru iOf spectacular plays o. n1cts
II iaii, 80 ," that the evidence dl~clOses sufficient
facts TO bring the defendant within the strict con-
| StIuCtlOn Ol tno statute.
At the meeting Of the Park Commissioners ycster
lay DDS were received for ga4 supplies aud for uul
forms tor the police bu. as there not quorum
| OF Commissioners present awards Uad..
The bid, foy gas supplies were for period cyttud-
ing from Apr 30 10 Stptrm Gel 81 and the amounts
gwen are So much for each lamp hc Metropolitan
Company. &i3 Harlem Company, 81 30 and IA.
Ncw-iUrk Mltual. - &C. The bids ou police uu-
forms were for nln'ty-elEhi suits, N,llam Bennett
,ii-,7 10 dke them ior pl,13i 90 and \. ii. Miller
for $3.50.
Tls Spanish re.l dents Of this $ commem1ratcI
the anniversary ga the death of CcIlgutcs last even
ing hy tramatic and literary entertainment at