New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-04
NEM.YORK CITY.

The Netherlands American Steam Navigation
Comp8nys steamship W. \. Scholten, captain ~
left Rotterdam April 3 for New-Iork
William A. Boyd Corporation Attorney, pad r.
the Controller Yesterday SAG penalties collected
| in March for violation of city ordinances
The subscriptions reported M TO last evening ioi
the relief of the Szegedin sufferers at the Once
the Executive Committee, amounted 10 Fo,4'Z oo.
The Rev. Henry G.. Spauldng will repeat his
Illustrated lecture. " The Destruction of Ponpell
at Chckering Hall tomorrow evening at O'Clock
Ferryboats had considerable difficulty IN making
landing on the S Of tbe S F1s ferrT line los
ing headwav for moment, was carried under the
bridge by the wind.
In consideration Of 1922, 800. the Manhattan
SAVINGS Institution on Wednesday last assigned 10
the New-York Life Insurance Company ten mort,
cages held by il. The assignment was recorded
at the Registers Office yesterday
At special meeting of the Union Lcague ClnD AZ
the theatre this evening, Presiden Andrew u.
White, Of Cornell University. who has recently been
nominated for the German Mission, will deliver an
address on Education and Politics.
A neat li.tle book containing information on the
ancient and modern umbrella has Just been issued
nv Isaac Smiths Son Co. fac-simile Illustration
Of an umbrella in an advertisement published IN
Blunts Nautical Almanac, August, lSl:i, SHOWS IliI
striking contrast with one on the opposite page OF
tho "WeiGhtlcss" perfected in 1873.
From the report Of Captain Otto lieinZman, STA
tistican of Castle Garden, for the three months
ended March 81. il appears that the total number
of cabin and steerage passengers arriving NJ TINS
port since January 1. 1879. was 1884; of which
II 22S were aliens and AVG citizens; showing an
increase Of 3007 citizens over the same period last
year and an increase of 400 aliens.
The Committee on Railroads of the Board Of
Aldermen heard further arguments concerning a
Broadway Railroad Yesterday. Henry BeIgh SPOKE
in opposition to the proposed road. hut sad that ~
any road were authorized, "bobtall cars should
not be allowed on it. samuel b. WhitchuTch, OF the
Central TAXPAYERS Association, opposed II, whlle
several other persons favored the project
Negotiations have been closed by which Daniel
OIearv the pedestrian, engages GllmOreS Garden
for the entire month of October for pedestrian
purposes for So, 900. A six days " 90 ~ you
please match will take place there some time ID
that month. The winner is TO have 5000 and q
belt and challenge ROweli fol the Ashley belt. Inc
object of the walk is 20 encourage running IN TINS
country.
In accordance with the report OF a commission ap-
pointed to INQUIRE INTO the system of general order
stores and on the approval of the report by the
Secretary Of the Treasury Collector Merritt has Is;
sued an order changing the districts III TINS CITY ana
Brooklyn. The river fronts have been divided each
INTO three districts instead Of four, and several
changes the stores incident to the variations IN
the district lines, have been made.
The Trunk Line Executive Committee at re.
cent meeting discussed The reported cutting OF
rates on east bound freight. Commissioner FINK
stated that his information was that there bad
been no cutting on east-bound freight below the 20
cents rate from Chicago since March ~, when the
new compact was signed and that freight when
had recently come through on 5-cents rate was
carried under contracts executed before March "a.
The entire matter was referred TO commissioner
Fink for action.
BROOKLYN.
James Sherlln, Governor of the Kings Comfy
Pententiary, has suspended two of his subordi-
mates, Edward Crummey and Stephen DOnnelly.
Tho alleged reason is that they knew of some official
irregularities the knowledge OF which they had
kept from Mr. Shcrlin.
Work was begun in Brooklyn yesterday in max
ing ready the foundation for new theatre where
the Brooklyn Theatre stood at Washington and
Johnson-sts which was burned December ., 1876,
with the loss of nearly 800 lives. The stage of the
the house by brick wall. twenty inches thick. in
which an archway thirty -iiye feet high opens for
pToyided.