New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-19
NETWORK CITY.

Music the Mall IN tcntIdl
o'clock, under the direction of IL. H. Dodwor'h'
.Jobn II. Starin's annual free excursion TO the
ncwsboys and bootblacks of New-York Will take
place to-day. ,
The Manhattan Athletic Club will give handicap
games its grounds at E'gth-aVe ana rlity-siA'n-
ST., on Saturday. July 20.
The cash girls of X. II. Macy & Co. will be given
picnic to-day at Linden Grove, Staten lsano.
This will he the fourth auaf OF llllS KIM III uhc
Macy establishment.
Can Wah is the name of Chinaman In Sixth
ave- near Forty-third-st. When he Anglicized his
name il he had borrowed an IS" the explanatory
part of his sign might have been omitted.
The whole number of publications of all kinds in
the United States and Territories, as shown by the
American Newspaper Directory, increased from
SOB Ill January last TO 9,153 III July.
Tire scow Mars. heavily loaded with gravel,
sDrang a leak and sunk to the bottom of the East
River early yesterday morning at One,hundredc
and-thlrtY-hrst-st. IL was owned by "A. Howell Oh
No 335 West Nineteentl-st., and was valued at
500.
The Improvement of Frankfort-st. to bring it on
line with the Brooklyn Bridge approaches has
made 1t necessary to reduce the width OF hulidngs
his new wall about 100 feet long. inside the old
building, aud will take away the old she'll alter the
improvement Is completed.
1t was reported yesterday that, at a conference
between representatives of the Union Pachc ana or
the IT. LOUIS Kansas City and Northern railroads,
business of great importance had been done On
inquiry of prominent officers OF both companies u
was learned that no important business had Deen
transacted and that no conference had been held'
The flower distributors connected with the Riy-
ington Street Flower Mission are kept busy dlstrib-
utng the large quantities of flowers that arrive py
railIOad, steamboat and mail for the sick and poor
of the teUemcnt-hOuses. Since May oOOUo Oou-
Qucts and plants have been given away The DIS
tIibutOTS are constantly asked for shps Oh rose
geramum. which poor families plant In old cans or
boxes with soil gathered from the street, and the
superintendent of the mission asks 1or cohtrlou-
tons Of these slips.
John Lehle Helnhauer, German farmer. who
came to this city recently 10 escape ms creditors
died suddenly from apOpleXy yesterday M No w
East FOurth-st.. where he had been boarding. soon
after is death letter from his wife and daughter
III Germany was received at the Doardlng-ho9se,
and il was opened by the Coroner. 1t contained an
appeal 10 have him return. His property had been
sold 10 meet the demands of his creditors, ms VIE
had been obi ged to seek work, and his children
were IN want of food.
Detective Shelly, of Police Headquarters, re-
turned yesterday from Peru, Ind, after seeing
James q. Goldsmith, the dcfaullmg treasurer OF
that city, safely lodged IN jail. The detective said
tnat the residents OF Peru were greatly eX-
cited over the flight of Goldsmith and his sUbse-
quent arrest in Ncw-York. The officials of he city
had discovered that he was a dcfaultcr to the
amount OF -, 7G5, which they believed lie bad lost
by speculatiOus IN Wallst., and in gaming places.
Goldsmith had a wife and family in Peru, and he
seemed 20 feel his disgrace very kccnly.
The Veteran Association of the Tammany Rcg
ment tl9d Regiment New-lork Volunteers held IFS
second annual festival at Jones's Wood yesterday
afternoon and evening. The association Is com |
posed q. Forty members. lis officers are Captain
John Catey, president Captain john Mclnnis vice
president Captain f. i. Reynolds, secretary, and |
Captain /. Abbott. treasurer. A short address was
made by cXCGroner Croker. The chief feature of the
entertainment was the dancing which was opened |
by a march. Ihtre were twcnty-SeyeB dances, one |
for each OF the twcnty-Scvcn battles IN which the |
regiment was engaged during the rebellion.
I. Kraucr shoemaker at No. $50 Ludlow-st., APP |
piled TO the Commissioners of Emigration ygstcr- |
day to have his mOthcI-in-lIw, Marie FOertsch, !
committed to the insane asylum at Wards Island. |
Krauer said he had been III the habit of sending |
money to her I'm Bavaria for her support and that !
she arrived here on the steamship Rhem on jane |
%. lie added that six days before her arrival she |
became terribly frightened ut witnessing bur |
esduc performance on board the Rucin, and since |
then hGd been insane. superintendent Jackson, OF !
Castle Garden, investigated the case. and decided |
that her mental condition was well known to her |
relatives before she left Bavaria lie advised that |
the proposition to make her charge OH the State |
bc not entertained but that passage for her to Ba
varia be furnished by the next steamer
The fourth excursion of the season of the Float
ing Hospital of ST. Johns Guild, which took place
on thursday was gwen by William r. TrayerS who |
contributed $3.50 TO defray the expenses. Mr.. f. |
barge. Nine hundred and nncty-l0ur sick chill |
drrn and mothers were taken on board at the !
White Star dock and at Pier No. > East |
River. The excursion to-day is given by Gardner
H. Colby, who contributes $3.50 for the OCCASION
The following additional contributions have been
received slcc last acknowledgements: GaIducr r. |
Colby, $50; Frederick De Barry, 500 john III. |
Brown. So Calhoun Robbins x Co., 500; l.. VI.
Archibald 80; Bank OF N 50; total. $jj3. Further
contributions may be- sent to W. ii. GuiOn Treas
urer, No. 20 Broadway.