New-York tribune., 1879-05-28
NENY-YORK CITY.

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letters from Richard Wagner, the renowned coin
poser which will repay peTusal
| Arnold, Constable & Co. viii close their stores,
both wholesale and retail, ON Decoration Day, tnuS
giving their employees full holiday.
! The third excursion Of the New-York Microscop-
| ical Society will take place May 30, Decoration
Day. Pelham Bridge will be visited
| WaIkiug-matches by one-egged men are the rage.
One of these now pending is for what Is known rs
the w6oden-leg championship OF the "orld anu
| Canada"
II seems trivial for Covert Bennett to ask for ar
| scnic "to improve his complexion III III W0uid
! put better face on his defence. there "oulu DC
| some sense In II.
| The Pilot Commissioners yesterday ordered that
q contract he made To remove at once the wreck OF
! the bark Amalf, which burned opposite Chiffon
| and sank in five fathoms OF water
At half-past7 last evening about ~ drops pio OF
rain fell in the city-causing all nature to smile.
p Slater il rained earnestly as to take all the
playfulness out OF the above remark.
The game of base ball PLAYED on the p Union
Grounds Yesterday. between the jersey CITY BrOWhs
and the Fyawav Club resulted In victory ior the
| former club by a score of 13 to 4.
The trustees of the Sxty-fourth Street Synagogue
on Monday night selected Dri hohler, OF wmitago, T
cevc the approval of the congregation before speciai
| arrangements are made.
| The Board of Aldermen ouGht TO authorize poor
deDizens on the West side to pull up ana store TOT
Winter fuel the whole wretched Nicholson pave
| ment which now dIsfgures WashinGton-square'
There can be no travel on 1t without crippled horses
and broken wagons.
Az the Essex Market Police Court Yesterday
before Justice Smith, Charles OBrien, of No. 160
| Chrvstie-st. charged Robert Williams with keep
| ing a gambling saloon at No. II Bowery where ne
saws he lost $50 on May 26, while Williams acted
as dealer at faro. Williams was required to give
bonds i'll $500 to answer
The following comparative statement OF cases
of contagious diseases reported for the two weeks
ended May u, 1879 -
TYPHOID Scarlet Measles, Pgn I19na s%a Pea
May May X: H.: 4 II II 8 5S g }
The veterans of the 9th New-York Volunteers
DURYEA'S Zouaves) held meeting last evening at
the 9TH Regiment Armory TO complete arrange
ments for their parade on Friday. A handsome
banner which has been painted for the occasion was
displayed. The project of forming Veteran Ass0-
ciation was discussed by the members OF the oth
who were present.
The Secretary of the Treasury sent, yesterday to
Collector Merritt his permissio for the sale at pub
lie auction of the goods damaged by fire IN
Watson's stores. Brooklyn. The store burned was
leased by Bartlett & Greene, and contained hemp,
jute, sugar and wool. The sale VIII be held under
the authority of the Collector who will retain the
proceeds for the benefit of the underwriters
The Brooklyn 18th boys in Montreal erected
the following verse and sang IL to Ring the merry
bells on board ship: "SOund the bugle, strike the
cymbal. spend the money-don't be mean shoulder
arms and step of nimble, yell for Beecher ana the
Queen" And western correspondent thought 1t
beautiful enough to telegraph all the way to Gin
cnnati paper.
The annual election of officers of the Mining
Stock Exchange VIII take place on June =. Inc
regular nominations as follows: FOrpresident,
George b. Satteree: yice-prcsident, Henry {.
Hardy; treasurer John stanton, jr; chairman, A.
W. Peters: secretary, John +. Scott; assistant
secretary X. H. Gallaher, j.; members of the Gov
erning Committee TO fill vacancies L. ii. Melgs w.
A. shepard, l.; W Badger H. l. 4 Arnold, l. B. New
combe, John \. MacPhersOn K. III. Cooke.
The annual dinner of the Silk Association of
America took place last evening at the rooms of the
Downtown Club in Pine-st. About sixty members
of the Association were present. The principal
speeches and speakers as follows: The SILK
Association of America" William Strange " Our
Sister Societies John Grmshav and William Ryle;
The silk Industry of America William skinner
and B Richardson The Manufacturing Interests
of New-Jer,ey" Judge Barkalow; :. The Raw SIX
Rowland Johnson: The Press" Mr.. Wurtz.
Levy Mandlebaum, age nineteen years, of No. 0S
East Eighth-st. and Michel Rosenberg age twenty
six years. of No. 236 Delancey-st, were chargedby
Adam Straus, of No. 237 Seventh-st., with having
stolen 800 He was standing in line at the
General Post Office waiting his turn to purchase
funding certificates. He gave five 500 bills to
Mandebaum, who was in advance OF MIN. II Is
stated that Mandlebaum ran away after handing
the money to Rosenberg in whose possession 1t
was found: The men were each committed III de-
fault of ~ 900 bail.
The pupils of st. LawTences Academy will give
an entertainment this afternoon at Parepa Hall,
Eightv-sixth-st and Thrd-aye. There will be
chOrses vocal and instrumental music, dialogues,
tablcauX, aud calisthenics and dancing under the
direction of Professor Carl Marwig. scarf
dance comic witch polk and a gypsy quadrile
will form some of the features. a young ladies'
boarding school VIII De depicted IN q dramatic
sketch by the Misses Cassidy. Conway. NJ Walsh,
DOnOhue and tusaCk. Tie exercises Will conclude
with the crowning of the May Queen.
A report was current yesterday that an extra as
sessment of - on each policeman had been made TO
defray the expenses of the contest against rcGuc
ton in police salaries, that the captains of precincts
had made announcements Of the assessment, and
that much dissatisfaction had been caused among
members of the force in consequence. Inquiries
were made at police headquarters, and at several
stations yesterday, and the reply in every case was
AZ
and that no hint of a further assessment had come
from any quarter.
Joseph II. Demeza, Cuban pleaded guilty to an
Indictment charging him with larceny in the
Court of Specla! Sessions yesterday Demeza is
about twenty-five years of age, and has plausible
address. On May II he called on Mrs. Clara Z;
Lilley, of No. ~ West Twenty and told
her that her husband while crossing Fulton Ferry
had fallen overheard, that he was dragged out of
the water and then at an hotel near the ferry,
and that he had sent HIM for change of clothing.
The lady gave the impOster Il suit of her husbands
clothes, and saw nothing more of him until his
arrest. Demcza was sent to State Prison for two
years.
Domnick B. McGuire, while lying in bed yestcr-
DAY morning about O'Clock, was visited by John
Mcclure ana LOUIS May, two tellow-bOarders, who
1t is alleged: stabbed HIM behind the ear with a
penknifc. His assaants got away and Dominick
dressed himself and walked to the Eightyeghth-st.
Station House, where his wound was dressed. Then
Sergeant HUFF dispatched two officers in search OF
the two assaIlants. Mcclure arrested in the
lower part of the city, bat May caught in bed.
DOmIuick McGuire refused tO prefer "A complaint
against the young men notwithstanding the fact
that two policemen had spent half night in secur
ing them. Domnck assigns reason for the as
sault.
The police were directed by general alarm on
Monday night to look for John f.. Morton, age
twenty-Cnc who was missing. 4 full description
OF hi, appearance indicated that he well dressed
and good looking one of the police headquarters
detectives was detailed also to make "a search for
the young man. IL was learned yesterday that Mf.
Morton returned home soon after the general alarm
had been sent ont. lie had been absent from the
city and as he did not return expected
hIs grandmother became ANXIOUS, and sought the
assistance OF the police His return was not known